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It was a century ago today that Danielle Darrieux was born, and it is just over 80 years ago that she first became a star of the French cinema in “Mayerling” (1936), a romance in which...

The male ego and its propensity for folly is a theme of three films that recently had their premieres at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival. Sure, they take place in different parts of the world, and...

Where were you on that day that Los Angeles burned? Was it a sign of things to come? The heart-wrenching A&E documentary “L.A. Burning: The Riots 25 Years Later,” produced by John Singleton, begins not in...

“50/50: Rethinking the Past, Present, and Future of Women + Power,” the 20-minute documentary from Emmy-nominated filmmaker and Webby Awards founder Tiffany Shlain, absolutely slays me. It encompasses the 10,000-year history of women in power, while illuminating...

I JUST CAN’T STOP THINKING ABOUT THE TWENTY-ONE. That is the 21 charitable nonprofits and arts organizations that gathered in Chicago on April 4, ostensibly to commemorate my late husband Roger and his championing of empathy, but...

Instead of dedicating this year’s Ebertfest to a person, we are dedicating it to four principles that have proven to be more vital than ever in this political climate: Empathy, Compassion, Kindness and Forgiveness. I’ve had...

The following table of contents contains the work of all the Ebert Fellows scheduled to attend Ebertfest 2017 this year. Click on each link and you will be directed to the full article. To view the...

I AM PLEASED TO INTRODUCE YOU TO THE EBERT FELLOWS. They are students who are emerging writers, film and art critics, filmmakers and/or technologists who have been mentored in one of the Ebert programs at Sundance, Telluride, Hawaii,...

I’ll try to keep this short, because Roger tended to write short. Roger Ebert, who died four years ago today, is still my guiding light as a journalist. I grew up watching him and Gene Siskel...

On a cloudy but ever so lively Chicago Tuesday morning, a group of film enthusiasts, Chicago figures, charity leaders, and many others converged outside the Chicago Theatre. They were all united by being fans of film...