Roger Ebert was the first film critic to win a Pulitzer Prize, Chicago is emblematic of the stark decline in film criticism.
Michael Phillips is leaving the Chicago Tribune. Not because he has run out of things to say about movies, but because the paper decided it no longer needs a film critic. Offered the choice of ...
Just Dance After screening A Star Is Born in 2018, Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper led their entourages to the Masonic Temple.
Locally set movies about crypto ("$Positions") and a kombucha startup ("Kombucha") will screen at the Chicago Underground ...
TIFF has always had the twin goals of bringing the best of world cinema to Toronto and the best of Canadian cinema to the ...
The science fiction classic was light years ahead of its time, and deserved every bit of praise it got from the likes of Roger Ebert.
Burt Reynolds teamed up with Clint Eastwood for City Heat, a buddy-crime comedy that promised big things. The cast included ...
The central show from Chicago Exhibition Weekend is a complex, thought-provoking display of art that requires time and an ...
Time for your weekly edition of the Defector Funbag. Got something on your mind? Email the Funbag. You can also read Drew ...
Roger Ebert wasn't always a fan of the 'James Bond' series, but he really enjoyed this highly acclaimed outing. Read more ...
Like you, we will miss the excitement of Ebertfest in our community—and Roger’s hometown—and the way it has brought together ...
Six weeks after Ozzy Osbourne's death, Roger Waters has criticized the heavy metal legend for bringing "hundreds of years" of "idiocy and nonsense" into the culture, prompting an angry reply from ...