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The horrifying death of movie star Natalie Wood has overshadowed her life. “Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind,” a film by longtime documentarian and behind-the-scenes DVD featurette director Laurent Bouzereau, tries to correct that, by focusing on the actress’ film career...

The art of video games is old enough now that classic games are getting remade and reimagined to appeal both to a new generation and to those who still fondly remember the original. For years now,...

A funny thing happens sometimes when you put a film into Final Cut and start skimming it for clips to use in these video essays: You see the stills so small and either the movie doesn’t...

As an exploration of friendships, first-loves, and freewheeling hangouts among a group of skating teenage girls, “Betty” is totally vibrant, and its lively DNA—of clanging skateboard wheels, packed bodegas, and ollies that land on warm pavement—makes...

5 NEW TO NETFLIX “The Artist””Catfish””Despicable Me””Django Unchained””Hail, Caesar!” 7 NEW TO BLU-RAY/DVD “The Assistant” Kitty Green’s devastating drama is a study in quiet and even mundanity. We’ve seen so many overheated stories of workplace melodrama,...

Editor’s note: The 2019-2020 Roger Ebert Fellows at the University of Illinois College of Media, working with advisor/mentor Michael Phillips of the Chicago Tribune, are finishing up their fellowship with a most unusual spring quarter. After...

Some actors have what can only be called presence. When Irrfan Khan entered a scene, your eyes were immediately drawn to him. What’s he thinking? What’s he feeling? What’s he going to do next? As a...

Imagine you’re a teenage girl who likes a guy. He sure looks handsome on the football field, and when he invites you over to his parentless house, the sex is great. There’s only one catch: he’d...

Our hearts go out to our editor-at-large, Matt Zoller Seitz, and his family, on the death of his wife Nancy, who spent her final years doing good works for others.—Chaz Ebert “She died of cancer.” On April 27th,...

It’s called “The Clark Sisters,” but this movie belongs to Aunjanue Ellis, who gives a dazzling performance as the mother, choir director, and manager of five daughters who became the most successful female gospel group in history, with...