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Albert Lewin is a name I wish more people knew. He was a genius, good at everything, smart as can be, and so talented it makes your head spin. A lot of people wanted to make...

The following annotated table of contents features all of RogerEbert.com publisher Chaz Ebert’s video dispatches from the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, directed and edited by Scott Dummler of Mint Media Works.—The Editors 1. Cannes 2021 Video #1: Returning...

Oh Boy! This is really Throwback Thursday. But do you remember as vividly as I do growing up watching the oddball yet endearingly hypnotic commercials for such products as the Veg-O-Matic and the Pocket Fisherman? How about the Smokeless Ashtray, the Cap...

Fantasies and morality tales make uneasy bedfellows, as evidenced in the varyingly exultant and frustrating “The Pursuit of Love.” Adapted by Emily Mortimer from the famed same-named 1945 novel by Nancy Mitford, the three-episode miniseries is...

Like an all-inclusive vacation package, you basically know what’s in store for a romantic comedy like “Resort to Love.” A cutesy storyline, some endearing performances, a few laughs, and by the credits’ roll, a whole lotta...

Many will see James Gunn’s “The Suicide Squad” as a funhouse mirror inversion of the writer/director’s work with “Guardians of the Galaxy.” After all, it’s another collection of underdog heroes who overcome all odds to defeat...

Writer/director Edson Oda’s “Nine Days” premiered at Sundance 2020, and audiences in Park City fell in love with this ambitious, moving tale. And then it went where so many movies had to in 2020, a holding...

In the pantheon of Disney movies based on Disney theme park rides, “Jungle Cruise” is pretty good—leagues better than dreck like “Haunted Mansion,” though not quite as satisfying as the original “Pirates of the Caribbean.”  The most...

Paris-dwelling American film critic Lisa Nesselson just attended her 33rd Cannes Film Festival. Which means she has spent 11 months of her life in the city of Cannes, mostly inside in the dark. We asked her...

We are pleased to offer an excerpt from the latest issue of the online magazine, Bright Wall/Dark Room. The theme for their July issue is “Erotic Thrillers” and, in addition to Elizabeth’s piece, also includes new essays...