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Spike Lee Remembers How Critics Claimed ‘Do The Right Thing’ Would Incite Riots While Accepting His TIFF Tribute Award

September 11, 2023 3:15 pm

Over the weekend, iconic director Spike Lee was at the Toronto International Film Festival to accept the Ebert Director Award, which is given out at TIFF’s Tribute Awards. And as you might expect from someone ...

Ramin Bahrani Talks The Unexpected Relevance Of ‘The White Tiger,’ His Friendship With Roger Ebert & More [The Playlist Podcast]

Charles Barfield

January 19, 2021 11:20 am

Interviews, News, Podcasts

On this special episode of The Playlist Podcast, Charles and Mike speak with acclaimed filmmaker Ramin Bahrani about his latest feature, “The White Tiger,” which is arriving on Netflix on January 22. The film ...

Vincent Gallo Defends ‘The Brown Bunny,’ Unloads On Roger Ebert, And Wants To Kill 6 Billion People

Charles Barfield

March 22, 2018 1:20 pm

News

To say filmmaker Vincent Gallo is a controversial figure in the industry is a vast understatement. As an actor, he appeared in many films. However, it’s his work as a writer-director that really got his name in...

Roger Ebert Reviews ‘Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace’ & Talks With George Lucas In Vintage ‘Siskel & Ebert’ Special

Kevin Jagernauth

January 6, 2017 4:21 pm

News

While we're already taking for granted the fact that we're going to have new "Star Wars" films every year for the foreseeable future, back in 1999, all fans had to hold onto was the original trilogy. And so, th...

Look Through The Lens: The Cinematography Of Yasujiro Ozu’s ‘Floating Weeds’

Samantha Vacca

June 12, 2016 3:35 pm

News

Lately, lauded cinematography has been full of nature-porn wide shots (looking at you, "The Revenant") and catchy camera movement (ok, maybe just you, Emmanuel Lubezki). For a film to be recognized and receive ...

Watch: Put A Hand Into Robert Bresson’s ‘Pickpocket’

Samantha Vacca

May 11, 2016 5:25 pm

News

Robert Bresson was an abstemious filmmaker. He paid the utmost attention to detail and divulged his entire self into each of his 13 feature films. Compared by Jean-Luc Godard himself to the likes of Fyodor Dost...

Watch: 21-Minute Documentary ‘Vision Of A Future Passed: The Prophesy Of 2001’ With Roger Ebert, William Friedkin, And More

Zach Hollwedel

October 2, 2015 1:03 pm

News

Watch: 21-Minute Documentary 'Vision Of A Future Passed: The Prophesy Of 2001' With Roger Ebert, William Friedkin, And More

SFIFF: Roger Ebert Honored By Directors Terry Zwigoff, Errol Morris, Jason Reitman, Philip Kaufman

Jacob Combs

May 6, 2010 6:59 pm

News

Saturday night the San Francisco International Film Festival played host to “An Evening with Roger Ebert and Friends” preceding a screening of one of Ebert’s favorite 2009 films, “Julia” starring Tilda Swinton....

Why Roger Ebert Hates 3-D (And We Do Too)

Jacob Combs

April 30, 2010 7:35 pm

News

Ah, Roger Ebert. America's most popular critic, who was most recently covered in a touching if overly sentimental Esquire piece, continues to write reviews weekly, updates his blog regularly, and tweets incessa...

Weezer Pen New Song For ‘Shrek Forever After’; Sony Pictures Classics Picks Up ‘The Illusionist’ & More

Kevin Jagernauth

April 27, 2010 4:30 pm

News

Continuing their slide from once relevant garage pop band to mall punk morons, Weezer have written a new (and probably terrible) song for "Shrek Forever After." Our only hope is that some kid manages to discove...

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