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Louis Anderson, the stand-up comedian whose success led a film and television career that would earn him three Emmy Awards, died today in Las Vegas at the age of 68. The cause was complications from diffuse...

In the director’s commentary for the “Remedial Chaos Theory” episode of “Community,” writer Chris McKenna mentions he was working to avoid giant plot explosions. In order to break up the tension, he dolloped small doses of...

Her lover is dangerously sexy, tattooed, and sinewy. He calls her in the middle of the day for spontaneous trysts, sending her into a frenzy of trying on clothes and applying just the right amount of...

Save for a 2019 revival movie (and its upcoming sequel later this year), the absence of Julian Fellowes’ aristocratic costume drama “Downton Abbey” has left an ornately-manicured hole in the pop culture atmosphere. Yes, we’ve filled...

When the social media tributes came pouring in shortly after Sidney Poitier’s death, one clip seemed to be the most ubiquitous. It was a moment from the 2002 Oscar ceremony—the night Poitier was awarded an Honorary...

Aughts nostalgia is in full swing as of late. There’s a Matrix film in theaters next door to a Spider-Man movie featuring Tobey Maguire. “Gossip Girl” is back, “Sex and the City” is back, “iCarly” has...

The Sundance Film Festival unfolds virtually for ten days this January, starting on Thursday the 20th. At RogerEbert.com, we will cover, well, almost all of it. The programs have been divided among five of our contributors,...

The first Sidney Poitier film I ever saw was the Oscar-winning 1967 thriller “In The Heat of The Night,” about a Black detective from Philadelphia who gets waylaid in a Mississippi town and teams up with...

Matt writes: We have lost so many legends in the early days of 2022, none of which were more towering than Sidney Poitier, who passed away on January 6th at age 94. He made history as...

On May 9th, 1961, my dad Newton Minow, the then-35-year-old Chairman of the FCC, made three significant appearances. In Washington, he gave his famous “vast wasteland” speech to the National Association of Broadcasters, telling them that...