Chaz Ebert appeared on “Podtalk with Patrick McDonald” this week to discuss her book It’s Time to Give a FECK: Elevating Humanity Through Forgiveness, Empathy, Compassion and Kindness with the CFCA member and lead critic at HollywoodChicago.com. The full interview is embedded below and click through to the previous link for more information.
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10 Holiday Movies That Roger Ebert Loved (and Where to Watch Them)
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! We dug into the catalog and found 10 holidays movies that Roger Ebert gave a thumbs up and looked into where to watch them too! Get the family together and watch one of these season favorites, and check out Roger’s full reviews, quoted and linked below. “A […]
Process the Environment: Rachel Morrison on “The Fire Inside”
At first blush, Rachel Morrison landed the perfect project for her directorial debut. The cinematographer known for her work with Ryan Coogler (“Fruitvale Station” and “Black Panther”) and Dee Rees—she became the first woman nominated for Best Cinematography for her work on Rees’ “Mudbound”—landed a script written by “Moonlight” director Barry Jenkins about the real-life […]
All the Big Movies (Probably) Coming in 2021 – IGN
What a year that wasn’t, right? With dozens of movies and TV shows finding their productions halted and their releases delayed due to COVID-19, 2020 became an unprecedented year for entertainment. So much so that this big rundown of the biggest movies coming in 2021 looks a hell of a lot like the preview we […]
2021 in film – Wikipedia
List of years in film … 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 … In radio 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 In television 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 In music 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 […]
It’s Time to Give a FECK: Elevating Humanity through Forgiveness, Empathy, Compassion and Kindness (book by Chaz Ebert, with Foreword by Tamron Hall)
When I published my book recently I reached out to my friend, Tamron Hall, the award winning Talk Show host of “The Tamron Hall Show.” She in her generosity agreed to write the Foreword. I was surprised that she had encountered certain obstacles when she first came to Chicago as a reporter and broadcaster. Tamron […]
The Great Performances of 2024, Part Two
The film output of 2024 was full of performances so nice, we had to run this feature twice. The wonderful contributors to this site have already weighed in on sixteen of the best performances of the year—starmaking turns from unknowns, A-listers demonstrating their dominance, character actors finally getting their moment in the spotlight. But the […]
Biggest Movies Coming in 2021: 'Dune,' 'Spider-Man 3' and More – Variety
As if the pandemic and tumult of 2020 weren’t enough, last year also delayed a slew of hotly anticipated films, ranging from action Blockbusters such as “Black Widow” and “No Time to Die” to the Timothée Chalamet-led sci-fi epic “Dune,” which will now release both in theaters and on HBO Max in 2021. Most theaters […]
The Great Performances of 2024, Part One
It’s our favorite time of year, the one in which the many writers of this site pick their favorite performances to write about. There were so many contributions this year that we’ve split the results in two—the second half will run tomorrow. Now, a few notes. These pieces are not comprehensive. There are performances we […]
Peacock Turns the Rom-Com Into a Game of Death in the Charming “Laid”
The French call the orgasm la petite mort, but for Stephanie Hsu’s frenzied, thirtysomething serial dater Ruby in Peacock’s latest series “Laid,” the deaths around her are far from little. She’s the typical rom-com protagonist, or at least she’d like to think so: She’s obsessed with them, right down to coveting Billy Crystal’s abs in […]