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Not all coffee table “Making of” film books are created equal. Some are clearly cheap knock-offs, designed to attract fans of franchises who are willing to buy whatever may be related to their favorite flicks, regardless...

Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s documentary “Blackfish” showed us that the orcas performing tricks at SeaWorld were in severe distress. Her first narrative feature film, “Megan Leavey,” is another story about the complicated but profound workplace relationship between a...

“It Comes at Night” is the story of two families brought together by a type of zombie apocalypse, unsure of if they can trust each other. Joel Edgerton’s Paul has established a safe corner of the...

Like a lot of horror movies, “It Comes at Night” opens with a death. An older gentleman, who is clearly very ill, says goodbye to his family and then gets shot in the head before his...

The following video was produced by Chaz Ebert and Scott Dummler of Mint Media Works. Cannes 2017 Segment 6 Round Table : RogerEbert.com from The Mint on Vimeo.Thank you Lisa Nesselson and Jason Gorber for participating...

And the Oscar goes to … Nick Kroll as Professor Poopypants. That’s not going to happen, of course. Films as knowingly goofy and childish as “Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie,” a DreamWorks feature about two...

“Dean” is a movie that very clearly came from humane and compassionate impulses. This is particularly evident during the final third of the film, during which the principal characters reluctantly shed their defensive quirks and face...

If you’re feeling kind, you could look at the choppy, episodic structure of Showtime’s “I’m Dying Up Here” and equate it to spending a night in a comedy club. No one expects continuity or tonal consistency...

When Jonathan Demme left us last month, cinephiles all over the world were in mourning. We felt we knew this man. His films were like old friends, because they so clearly believed in us. “Something Wild,”...

Ever since William Moulton Marston created her in 1941, Wonder Woman has always been at her best when her stories lean into the feminist ethos at her core. When artists treat her compassion as the key to...