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10 NEW TO NETFLIX “Ali””Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead””Bright Star””Carol””Carrie Pilby””City of God””Graduation””Half Nelson””Last Men in Aleppo””Nocturama” 8 NEW TO BLU-RAY/DVD “The Big Sick” Michael Showalter’s “The Big Sick” is one of the biggest independent...

For years, EA Sports’ “Madden” was the clear frontrunner when one would ask a video game critic what the best sports simulation was in the world. Sure, there were fans of “FIFA,” “NHL,” and Sony’s “MLB The...

With “Victoria and Abdul,” director Stephen Frears reunites with his “Philomena” star, Dame Judi Dench. And he revisits the subject matter of his film, “The Queen” with another story of a real-life British monarch who struggles...

The franchise-style espionage thriller has long been ripe for a sendup, or a pastiche, or an update, or whatever the hell people think it’s ripe for. The comic book “Kingsman” provided the basis for 2015’s “Kingsman:...

Thumbnails is a roundup of brief excerpts to introduce you to articles from other websites that we found interesting and exciting. We provide links to the original sources for you to read in their entirety.—Chaz Ebert1.”The...

Edoardo de Angelis’ “Indivisible” takes a decidedly serious approach to the story of conjoined twins, initially ruminating on the lack of freedom one might have existing next to someone else for their entire lives. Instead of...

“I’m not an artist, I’m a craftsman, and the craft is life.”—Wim Wenders, honoree at the Ebert Filmmakers Tribute lunch at the Toronto Film Festival, September 10, 2017. An intimate group of filmmakers, professionals, and fest...

From Denmark comes the dramatically ambitious “You Disappear,” which seeks to challenge its audience emotionally as much as it does intellectually. In a nifty balancing act of entertainment and information that works to the very end,...

There were people who must have doubted a young American actress in the director’s chair. But could Greta Gerwig’s “Lady Bird” be anything short of fantastic? Her turn as writing collaborator on “Mistress America” and “Frances...

Legendary character actor Harry Dean Stanton passed away at the age of 91. Sheila O’Malley wrote our obituary, but we wanted to let other members of our staff share their thoughts on such an irreplaceable screen presence. BRIAN TALLERICO...