Movie

  • Home Entertainment Guide: September 2021

    - Sep 17, 2021
    10 NEW TO NETFLIX “Cliffhanger””Cold Mountain””Do the Right Thing””The Golden Child””The Interview””Labyrinth””Mars Attacks!””Mystery Men””Once Upon a Time in America””School of Rock” 10 NEW TO HBO MAX “Event Horizon””The Evil Dead””Final Destination””Friday””The Iron Giant””King Kong””Mad Max: Fury...
  • FACETS Reopening on September 17th with Anne at 13,000 Ft.

    - Sep 17, 2021
    FACETS is excited to announce that the 46-year-old organization has selected the film designated to mark its long-awaited return to in-person programming, following an 18-month hiatus due to the Coronavirus pandemic: “Anne at 13,000 Ft.” by Canadian director...
  • Bergman Island

    - Sep 16, 2021
    There is a graceful ease to Mia Hansen-Løve’s cinematic prose, one that can feel misleadingly simple at times. But once you allow her placid beats wash over you, the intricacy of her ideas rises to the...
  • We’re All Human: Justin Chon on Blue Bayou

    - Sep 16, 2021
    “Blue Bayou” tells the harrowing story of an American we rarely see in film. Justin Chon’s Antonio LeBlanc, a Korean adoptee living in Louisiana, faces deportation to a country he doesn’t know after an altercation with...
  • TIFF 2021: The Survivor, Montana Story, Lakewood

    - Sep 16, 2021
    TIFF is often a home for potential Oscar contenders and celebrities who look great on a red carpet but there’s another thing that’s easy to find every year in Canada: very serious subject matter. A trio...
  • TIFF 2021: Astel, The Gravedigger’s Wife, Saloum

    - Sep 16, 2021
    My continued coverage of the Toronto International Film Festival’s African cinema programming included three more gems: Ramata-Toulaye Sy’s coming-of-age short film “Astel” from Senegal, Khadar Ayderus Ahmed’s romantic drama “The Gravedigger’s Wife” from Somalia, and Jean Luc Herbulot’s...
  • Cry Macho

    - Sep 15, 2021
    Clint Eastwood will be 92 next May.  Now. To take a particular kind of stock of this fact. The Portuguese director Manoel de Oliveira lived to be 106. And he completed his final film in 2015,...
  • B.J. Novak’s The Premise is an Inspired Satire of Modern Issues

    - Sep 15, 2021
    B.J. Novak’s new anthology series “The Premise” is something of a hot-button “Black Mirror,” in that it takes different major topics and explores them over 30 minutes with twisty, sometimes funny narratives. But while the similarities to...
  • Strength Behind the Joy: Max Harwood, Lauren Patel and Jonathan Butterell on Everybody’s Talking About Jamie

    - Sep 14, 2021
    At a time when social distancing measures are being implemented to battle the Delta variant, Jonathan Butterell’s jubilant musical, “Everybody’s Talking About Jamie,” is the cinematic equivalent of a sorely needed hug. This year marks the...
  • #415 September 14, 2021

    - Sep 14, 2021
    Matt writes: Since last month marked the fortieth anniversary of Robert Redford’s Sundance Institute, RogerEbert.com presented a special edition of Thumbnails featuring priceless articles penned by Roger Ebert, including the one he wrote about his first...