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In her dispatch from the Tokyo Film Festival, @rifewithkatie.bsky.social speaks w/ director Terasaki Mizuho abt JOURNEY INTO SATO TADAO, which makes the case for Tadao as 1 of Japan’s most important film critics. Read on for surprising intersections btwn Ebert & Tadao’s work.
Tokyo Film Festival 2025: Journey into Sato Tadao | Festivals & Awards | Roger Ebert
We talk to Japan's preeminent film critic as a documentary about him premieres at Tokyo's premier festival.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
In her dispatch from the Tokyo Film Festival, @rifewithkatie.bsky.social speaks w/ director Terasaki Mizuho abt JOURNEY INTO SATO TADAO, which makes the case for Tadao as 1 of Japan’s most important film critics. Read on for surprising intersections btwn Ebert & Tadao’s work.
Chaz Ebert will be discussing THE MAN WHO SAVES THE WORLD? with director Gabe Polsky in attendance along with international peace activist Patrick McCollum. More information about the screening:
Can Movies Save the World? | Chaz's Journal | Roger Ebert
An event with director Gabe Polsky, subject Patrick McCollum and publisher Chaz Ebert at the AMC River East.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Chaz Ebert will be discussing THE MAN WHO SAVES THE WORLD? with director Gabe Polsky in attendance along with international peace activist Patrick McCollum. More information about the screening:
"Audiences loved SISKEL & EBERT because it taught them what to look for in movies, what made them work, and how they told stories."
Contributing Editor @nellminow.bsky.social compiles some favorite moments from the show that later became SNEAK PREVIEWS, and then SISKEL & EBERT AT THE MOVIES.
Contributing Editor @nellminow.bsky.social compiles some favorite moments from the show that later became SNEAK PREVIEWS, and then SISKEL & EBERT AT THE MOVIES.
Siskel & Ebert at the Movies Celebrates its 50th Anniversary | Features | Roger Ebert
An editor shares some great clips of Siskel & Ebert.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:40 PM
"Audiences loved SISKEL & EBERT because it taught them what to look for in movies, what made them work, and how they told stories."
Contributing Editor @nellminow.bsky.social compiles some favorite moments from the show that later became SNEAK PREVIEWS, and then SISKEL & EBERT AT THE MOVIES.
Contributing Editor @nellminow.bsky.social compiles some favorite moments from the show that later became SNEAK PREVIEWS, and then SISKEL & EBERT AT THE MOVIES.
“It’s gorgeous … the acting is engaging, embodying the characters with a pretentious capriciousness fitting the aristocrats of that time, and the writing moves along. I’m struggling to define why this show didn’t spark for me, except I was bored,” writes Sherin Nicole about THE SEDUCTION.
HBO's “The Seduction” Surprises without Sizzle | TV/Streaming | Roger Ebert
“The Seduction” is about vicious paybacks and the scandals of libertine life, but without visceral sexiness or savvy.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
“It’s gorgeous … the acting is engaging, embodying the characters with a pretentious capriciousness fitting the aristocrats of that time, and the writing moves along. I’m struggling to define why this show didn’t spark for me, except I was bored,” writes Sherin Nicole about THE SEDUCTION.
“With a bait-and-switch approach, whose ultimate deployment feels wholly unearned, LONG SHADOWS takes viewers on a long, winding, and emotionally inept journey,” writes @812filmreviews.com.
Long Shadows movie review & film summary (2025) | Roger Ebert
"Long Shadows" takes viewers on a long, winding, and emotionally inept journey.
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November 7, 2025 at 11:10 PM
“With a bait-and-switch approach, whose ultimate deployment feels wholly unearned, LONG SHADOWS takes viewers on a long, winding, and emotionally inept journey,” writes @812filmreviews.com.
"The compassion director Tommy Dorfman brings to every character is endearing, and her unquestioning love for them makes this a heartwarming gem,” writes @nellminow.bsky.social about I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST.
I Wish You All the Best movie review (2025) | Roger Ebert
Dorfman brings a tender-hearted sensitivity to the story
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November 7, 2025 at 10:40 PM
"The compassion director Tommy Dorfman brings to every character is endearing, and her unquestioning love for them makes this a heartwarming gem,” writes @nellminow.bsky.social about I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST.
"PLURIBUS quickly shapes up to be one of this year’s most complicated and thrilling television series & has the potential to define this decade like Vince Gilligan’s previous series defined the beginning of the century,” writes Kaiya Shunyata about the Apple TV show.
Vince Gilligan’s Riveting “Pluribus” Is the Television Event of the Year | TV/Streaming | Roger Ebert
It is mostly a one-woman show, run by a phenomenally sharp Seehorn.
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November 7, 2025 at 10:10 PM
"PLURIBUS quickly shapes up to be one of this year’s most complicated and thrilling television series & has the potential to define this decade like Vince Gilligan’s previous series defined the beginning of the century,” writes Kaiya Shunyata about the Apple TV show.
"None of this is easy, and not much of it is fun. But DIE MY LOVE is a wild and worthwhile ride,” writes @sheilakathleen.bsky.social in her 3.5/4 star review:
Die My Love movie review & film summary (2025) | Roger Ebert
A wild and worthwhile ride.
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November 7, 2025 at 9:40 PM
"None of this is easy, and not much of it is fun. But DIE MY LOVE is a wild and worthwhile ride,” writes @sheilakathleen.bsky.social in her 3.5/4 star review:
"Christy Martin overcame meager beginnings, disapproving parents, an abusive marriage, and the self-loathing of the closet to emerge as a trailblazing figure in women’s boxing. But CHRISTY the movie about her life, takes no such risks,” writes @christylemire.bsky.social:
Christy movie review & film summary (2025) | Roger Ebert
Ultimately a formulaic, underdog sports movie.
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November 7, 2025 at 9:10 PM
"Christy Martin overcame meager beginnings, disapproving parents, an abusive marriage, and the self-loathing of the closet to emerge as a trailblazing figure in women’s boxing. But CHRISTY the movie about her life, takes no such risks,” writes @christylemire.bsky.social:
“NUREMBERG should be impossible to watch without thinking about the genocides, wars, and state repressions happening all over the world, and whether those responsible will ever be held accountable,” writes @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social.
Nuremberg movie review & film summary (2025) | Roger Ebert
Telling a story set in the past can be a great way to talk about the present.
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November 7, 2025 at 8:41 PM
“NUREMBERG should be impossible to watch without thinking about the genocides, wars, and state repressions happening all over the world, and whether those responsible will ever be held accountable,” writes @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social.
“ALL THAT WE LOVE can feel like a bit of a balm at the end of a tough year & its subdued, no-frills drama may be just the space one needs for a good cry,” writes @mcastimovies.bsky.social:
All That We Love movie review (2025) | Roger Ebert
A quiet drama that's surprisingly moving yet gentle, giving a well-known comedian a complex role to prove herself.
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November 7, 2025 at 7:13 PM
“ALL THAT WE LOVE can feel like a bit of a balm at the end of a tough year & its subdued, no-frills drama may be just the space one needs for a good cry,” writes @mcastimovies.bsky.social:
“When do we have silence, and when do we let loose something that we’ve really honed in on?”
@isaacfeldberg.bsky.social spoke w/ Lynne Ramsay & Jennifer Lawrence abt DIE MY LOVE, running on instinct, picking the film’s musical selections, & more.
@isaacfeldberg.bsky.social spoke w/ Lynne Ramsay & Jennifer Lawrence abt DIE MY LOVE, running on instinct, picking the film’s musical selections, & more.
You're Living Intrusive Thoughts: Jennifer Lawrence and Lynne Ramsey on "Die My Love" | Interviews | Roger Ebert
An interview with the writer-director and star of MUBI's latest relationship drama.
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November 7, 2025 at 6:52 PM
“When do we have silence, and when do we let loose something that we’ve really honed in on?”
@isaacfeldberg.bsky.social spoke w/ Lynne Ramsay & Jennifer Lawrence abt DIE MY LOVE, running on instinct, picking the film’s musical selections, & more.
@isaacfeldberg.bsky.social spoke w/ Lynne Ramsay & Jennifer Lawrence abt DIE MY LOVE, running on instinct, picking the film’s musical selections, & more.
TRAIN DREAMS is in limited theaters now. In his 4/4 star review, @briantallerico.bsky.social writes how it’s a film that is "a meditation on the beauty of everyone and everything, how we are connected to both the earth and those who walked it before us.”
Train Dreams movie review & film summary (2025) | Roger Ebert
Bentley and co-writer Greg Kwedar (“Sing Sing”) tell a story of an ordinary life in an extraordinary way.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:01 PM
TRAIN DREAMS is in limited theaters now. In his 4/4 star review, @briantallerico.bsky.social writes how it’s a film that is "a meditation on the beauty of everyone and everything, how we are connected to both the earth and those who walked it before us.”
Dir. Ira Sachs PETER HUJAR’S DAY is in theaters now, which @mcastimovies.bsky.social calls "a surprisingly beautiful and subtle tribute to the balancing act it takes to be a working artist.”
Peter Hujar’s Day movie review (2025) | Roger Ebert
A surprisingly beautiful and subtle tribute to the balancing act it takes to be a working artist.
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November 7, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Dir. Ira Sachs PETER HUJAR’S DAY is in theaters now, which @mcastimovies.bsky.social calls "a surprisingly beautiful and subtle tribute to the balancing act it takes to be a working artist.”
"There has rarely been a film in which the family dynamic is more genuinely defined than in this one,” writes @briantallerico.bsky.social about SENTIMENTAL VALUE, which is in limited theaters now.
Sentimental Value movie review (2025) | Roger Ebert
It’s a movie that sneaks up on you like great fiction, blending theme and character in a way that allows it to live in your mind after you see it, rolling around what it means to both the people in…
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November 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
"There has rarely been a film in which the family dynamic is more genuinely defined than in this one,” writes @briantallerico.bsky.social about SENTIMENTAL VALUE, which is in limited theaters now.
"It all adds up to a flipping good time—a chance to watch good people achieve a bit of excellence in their little corner of the world, while laughing at the absurdity of the society that surrounds them,” writes Cristina Escobar about the NBC Mockumentary Sitcom STUMBLE.
NBC Mockumentary Sitcom “Stumble” is a Flipping Good Time | TV/Streaming | Roger Ebert
“Stumble” gets a high score, thanks to it mostly resisting easy/dumb jokes in favor of surprising and warm ones.
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November 6, 2025 at 8:45 PM
"It all adds up to a flipping good time—a chance to watch good people achieve a bit of excellence in their little corner of the world, while laughing at the absurdity of the society that surrounds them,” writes Cristina Escobar about the NBC Mockumentary Sitcom STUMBLE.
NUREMBERG is in theaters now & Contributing Editor @nellminow.bsky.social spoke with dir. James Vanderbilt abt the advice he got from David Fincher, how research shifted the story’s focus, and casting a then-unknown in a key role:
Adaptation is About Subtraction: James Vanderbilt on "Nuremberg" | Interviews | Roger Ebert
The writer-director talks about mining painful history for maximum pathos in his historical courtroom drama.
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November 6, 2025 at 8:15 PM
NUREMBERG is in theaters now & Contributing Editor @nellminow.bsky.social spoke with dir. James Vanderbilt abt the advice he got from David Fincher, how research shifted the story’s focus, and casting a then-unknown in a key role:
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This sounds awesome. Loved PREY, need to watch the animated one and go see this Friday. (Thx @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social)
"It’s a bizarrely inspirational adventure about different types of beings overcoming the limiting parts of their own programming (literal or figurative) and/or proving there is more to them than others assumed,” writes @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social in his 4/4 star review of PREDATOR: BADLANDS.
Predator: Badlands movie review (2025) | Roger Ebert
An exceptional sci-fi action thriller with memorable characters and lead performances that deserve to be included in discussions of the year's best.
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November 5, 2025 at 4:59 AM
This sounds awesome. Loved PREY, need to watch the animated one and go see this Friday. (Thx @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social)
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"If you take a macro rather than micro view, the film’s majestic ambition is easy to see—and its timing is chillingly perfect,” writes @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social about ANNIVERSARY.
Anniversary movie review & film summary (2025) | Roger Ebert
If you take a macro rather than micro view, the film's majestic ambition is easy to see—and its timing is chillingly perfect.
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October 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
"If you take a macro rather than micro view, the film’s majestic ambition is easy to see—and its timing is chillingly perfect,” writes @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social about ANNIVERSARY.
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"Her face is like a territory in flux. We see the changes on her face, but it is a soft, very enlightened face that is slipping away gradually, and that is the ultimate horror of it"
For @ebertvoices.bsky.social I spoke to Sepideh Farsi about her astonishing film PUT YOUR SOUL ON YOUR HAND AND WALK
For @ebertvoices.bsky.social I spoke to Sepideh Farsi about her astonishing film PUT YOUR SOUL ON YOUR HAND AND WALK
Female Filmmakers in Focus: Sepideh Farsi on "Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk" | Interviews | Roger Ebert
The Iranian filmmaker talks about her harrowing Cannes documentary and how to remember the film's beloved late subject.
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November 5, 2025 at 5:18 PM
"Her face is like a territory in flux. We see the changes on her face, but it is a soft, very enlightened face that is slipping away gradually, and that is the ultimate horror of it"
For @ebertvoices.bsky.social I spoke to Sepideh Farsi about her astonishing film PUT YOUR SOUL ON YOUR HAND AND WALK
For @ebertvoices.bsky.social I spoke to Sepideh Farsi about her astonishing film PUT YOUR SOUL ON YOUR HAND AND WALK
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This is a beautiful look at Fatma Hassona's work thru the eyes of Sepideh Farsi:
This is a beautiful look at Fatma Hassona's work thru the eyes of Sepideh Farsi:
For this month’s Female Filmmakers in Focus column, @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social spoke to dir. Sepideh Farsi abt PUT YOUR HAND ON YOUR SOUL AND WALK, the film’s unique visual language, her hope that people will remember the unwavering spirit & singular life of Fatma Hassona forever.
Female Filmmakers in Focus: Sepideh Farsi on "Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk" | Interviews | Roger Ebert
The Iranian filmmaker talks about her harrowing Cannes documentary and how to remember the film's beloved late subject.
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November 5, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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This is a beautiful look at Fatma Hassona's work thru the eyes of Sepideh Farsi:
This is a beautiful look at Fatma Hassona's work thru the eyes of Sepideh Farsi:
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Well this sold me. I'll be at the theater tomorrow afternoon.
"It’s a bizarrely inspirational adventure about different types of beings overcoming the limiting parts of their own programming (literal or figurative) and/or proving there is more to them than others assumed,” writes @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social in his 4/4 star review of PREDATOR: BADLANDS.
Predator: Badlands movie review (2025) | Roger Ebert
An exceptional sci-fi action thriller with memorable characters and lead performances that deserve to be included in discussions of the year's best.
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November 5, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Well this sold me. I'll be at the theater tomorrow afternoon.
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I forgot that I reviewed the Predator prequel, PREY at @ebertvoices.bsky.social. Consider it a companion piece to my Globe review of PREDATOR: BADLANDS.
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Prey movie review & film summary (2022) | Roger Ebert
It’s a scary and fun amusement park ride that also elicits a surprisingly tender emotional response.
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November 6, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I forgot that I reviewed the Predator prequel, PREY at @ebertvoices.bsky.social. Consider it a companion piece to my Globe review of PREDATOR: BADLANDS.
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www.rogerebert.com/reviews/prey...
“DEATH BY LIGHTNING remembers James Garfield as a decent man who never wanted to be president but might have made for a good one had he been given the time,” writes Richard Roeper about the limited series. Now on Netflix:
Death by Lightning movie review (2025) | Roger Ebert
“Death by Lightning” sticks to a refreshingly linear timeline, save for a few well-placed flashbacks that actually serve to inform the story.
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November 6, 2025 at 7:37 PM
“DEATH BY LIGHTNING remembers James Garfield as a decent man who never wanted to be president but might have made for a good one had he been given the time,” writes Richard Roeper about the limited series. Now on Netflix:
For this month’s Female Filmmakers in Focus column, @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social spoke to dir. Sepideh Farsi abt PUT YOUR HAND ON YOUR SOUL AND WALK, the film’s unique visual language, her hope that people will remember the unwavering spirit & singular life of Fatma Hassona forever.
Female Filmmakers in Focus: Sepideh Farsi on "Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk" | Interviews | Roger Ebert
The Iranian filmmaker talks about her harrowing Cannes documentary and how to remember the film's beloved late subject.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:00 PM
For this month’s Female Filmmakers in Focus column, @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social spoke to dir. Sepideh Farsi abt PUT YOUR HAND ON YOUR SOUL AND WALK, the film’s unique visual language, her hope that people will remember the unwavering spirit & singular life of Fatma Hassona forever.