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Controlled, alert, and seemingly game for anything, Ethan Hawke has become one of the most reliable presences in movies. Unfortunately, director Michael Almereyda’s risk-taking historical drama “Tesla,” about inventor Nikola Tesla, never quite adds up in the way one...

Let’s get something clear from the beginning—there are acts of great personal courage in HBO’s “The Vow,” a nine-part mini-series starting this Sunday, August 23rd. Coming forward to reveal stories of abuse and trauma takes bravery...

Henry (Austin Abrams) and Grace (Lili Reinhart) are two well-read high school students who work at the school paper, and yet struggle to express themselves. Henry is a mumbler, and Grace is withholding a great deal of...

The license plates in the unnamed state where the thriller “Unhinged” takes place read: “America’s Heartland.” The suggestion is that the horrors that occur over the course of one inordinately eventful day—and the ire that prompts...

With “The Complete Works of Agnès Varda,” Criterion has once again delivered a comprehensive collection for a filmmaker in much the same way they did for Ingmar Bergman in 2018. One of the joys of that...

Consider the staggering failure of U.S. policy in Iran over the past … well, almost 70 years. What of it? Near the end of this documentary, one of its talking heads says that had the U.S....

I feel like Michael Almereyda doesn’t live on this planet. It’s how he’s been able to catalogue some of our most interesting creators with such grace and curiosity. He’s done work on Manny Farber, Hampton Fancher, William...

The credits of “Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies” includes an unconventional executive producer name: Mr. Skin. Mr. Skin is the name of a very successful web site that collects snippets of nudity from...

RogerEbert.com is proud to present the theatrical poster and trailer for Melissa Haizlip’s award-winning documentary, “Mr. Soul!”, which is opening in over 50 cinemas across the nation on Friday, August 28th (click here for the full...

“Diva,” one of the defining works of the French “Cinema du Look” movement, simultaneously is and isn’t what it looks like. It’s a lighthearted chase movie, adapted from Daniel “Delacorte” Odier’s breezy novella. It’s also a...