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AS WE COMMEMORATE ROGER on this, his fourth year since taking his “Leave of Presence,” let’s take a look back to see his thoughts on some of his favorite movies of different decades. Throughout the entirety...

Three hours before the world premiere of Nick Broomfield and Rudi Dolezal’s much-anticipated documentary about Whitney Houston at Tribeca, the filmmakers were unsure whether their movie would actually screen. The family and estate of Houston were...

“Rodney King” is a film of provocations, starting with its opening lines, delivered by writer and star Roger Guenveur Smith: “Fuck Rodney King in his ass.” Those aren’t Smith’s words. He’s quoting rapper Willie D’s song...

One of the pleasures of a great film festival is the heightened attention of its audience. Small moments that would’ve likely escaped the gaze of more passive viewers are savored with audible glee at Hot Docs,...

The highlight of “The Circle” is producer-costar Tom Hanks’ performance as the CEO of the titular company, a Google- or Apple-styled high-tech octopus that’s spreading its tentacles into every nook of our lives. The brilliance of...

Friday night at Ebertfest, “Elle” illuminates the Virginia Theatre’s screen. The complex and active character of Michele, brought to life by Isabelle Huppert, is being forcefully assaulted and raped. Again. I hear a few “oh my...

“The world is either crazy or you are—they’re both solid options.” For years, Hollywood has grappled with how to adapt Neil Gaiman’s beloved, epic novel about power, religion, faith, and general insanity known as “American Gods.”...

Theo Anthony’s astonishing debut feature, “Rat Film,” proves that the deeper one digs into a particular subject, the more universal it becomes. The movie may be confined within Baltimore, but its revelations about the history of...

“Sleight” is an ambitious genre mash-up about a young street magician that pulls off a nifty bit of trickery itself.With his debut feature, director and co-writer J.D. Dillard deftly mixes intimate sci-fi thrills with dramatic, big-city...

After niftily compressing more than a quarter-century of its central character’s early life into a tidy five minutes and a handful of seconds before any opening credits flash by, “How to Be a Latin Lover” all...