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In anticipation of the Academy Awards, we polled our contributors to see what they thought should win the Oscar. Once we had our winners, we asked various writers to make the case for our selection in...

With a heavy heart, we must report the passing of Leonard Doyle, our beloved longtime greeter at Ebertfest, who died January 25th at age 89, surrounded by four generations of his family. Mr Doyle worked at...

A Celebration of Life will be held for Mary Frances Fagan from 5:30pm to 7:30pm on Saturday, April 14th, at The Museum of Broadcast Communications, 360 N. State Street, in Chicago. The following is an update of...

If there’s one piece of advice I can offer to those about to dive into “Ugly Delicious,” the frustrating but mostly winning new Netflix documentary series from Morgan Neville (“20 Feet From Stardom”), Momofuku chef David...

In its 90th year of celebrating the best in cinema, the Oscars widened its embrace and chose to go beyond business as usual when deciding which talents made the cut as nominees for 2017 films. Not only...

Drink is good, drunks are not; there’s much more to wrestle with than this in Gus Van Sant’s new film, but it’s a decent starting point. “Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot”—in competition at...

“Game Night,” about game-loving partiers who get drawn into a web of danger, is a raucously funny film that has a knack for going right up to the edge of nastiness. Written by Mark Perez and...

After creating a half-century of vital and acclaimed documentaries, the Chicago-based production company, Kartemquin Films, is celebrating its first two Oscar nominations. Scoring his first Best Documentary Oscar this year is Steve James, the renowned director...

Sometimes a movie hits the zeitgeist and the consciousness of the public at just the right time, causing it to transcend the form of a cinematic event and emerge as a movement. In many ways, Patty Jenkins’ “Wonder...

Rutger Hauer plays the father of the Biblical hero who still stands as the ultimate symbol of strength in “Samson,” an epic co-starring Lindsay Wagner, Billy Zane, and Jackson Rathbone, with newcomer Taylor James in the...