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Before Christopher Nolan’s trilogy, the only movie that took Batman seriously was a cartoon. Originally a direct-to-video release, Warner Bros. Animation rushed “Batman: Mask of the Phantasm” into theaters 25 years ago next month. Created by...

It’s hard to believe that in all the years of covering short films that I had yet to write about one based on a classic short story. Herman Melville’s “Bartleby” (first published in 1853) has been...

It seems so quaint in retrospect: the notion that a sex scandal could derail a political career. These days, there can be an audio recording of a candidate bragging about grabbing women’s genitalia and he can...

The first note I took while playing Rockstar’s hugely-anticipated “Red Dead Redemption 2” was “I’m not sure this is supposed to be fun.” Of course, it eventually becomes quite fun but it’s telling that the game...

After establishing himself as one of America’s most transformative actors in movies like “There Will Be Blood” and “Love & Mercy,” Paul Dano now makes his debut behind the camera with “Wildlife.” Adapted with co-writer/producer Zoe Kazan from...

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Like a lot of directors, Robert Altman flew too close to the sun. Went too long without a failure, without critics turning against him. It was bound to happen. He could get cantankerous when criticized and...

Money in your pocket. A morning of clear skies. A vast, untamed landscape, or years and years ahead. Few things are as intoxicating as a sense of endless possibility, and it’s that sense, above all others,...

Passes for the 21st annual Roger Ebert’s Film Festival, or “Ebertfest,” will go on sale Nov. 1. The festival schedule will run four days instead of five, but with the same number of films. The festival will...

A few years ago, I found myself writing an article for this very website in which I did anoverview of the films of Brian De Palma. Initially, I wrote about the films in a straightforward chronological...