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Part of the Solution: Matthew Modine on Acting, Empathy, and Hard Miles
Matthew Modine, who stars as a cycling coach for troubled youth in Hard Miles, reflects on a lifetime of acting.
Matthew Modine, who stars as a cycling coach for troubled youth in Hard Miles, reflects on a lifetime of acting.
On the latest Blu-ray releases, including a Criterion edition of McCabe & Mrs. Miller.
A look at the latest on Blu-ray and streaming, including The Flash, Asteroid City, Fast X, and Criterion editions of Dreams and Drylongso.
A feature on what people were watching as the Civil Rights Movement was growing across the country.
A tribute to the late, great Richard Donner.
With FilmStruck gone and no real alternative filling the void at present, Amazon is in a prime position to grab up fans of classic movies.
A look at the contenders for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress this year and how many of them play a historically-beloved role for Oscar, the mother.
James Fotopoulos on "The Given"; Robert Taylor on "The Window"; Barbet Schroeder on "Amnesia"; The Dunkirk spirit; Hitchcock brings surrealism to Hollywood.
Reviews from the Cannes Film Festival of Bong Joon Ho's "Okja," Ruben Ostlund's "The Square" and Mohammad Rasoulof's "A Man of Integrity."
An interview with director Louise Osmond about her winning documentary "Dark Horse."
An appreciation of the late novelist and filmmaker Nora Ephron.
RIP Harper Lee; Hell in Oz; "The Witch" reawakens childhood nightmares; How to hire women directors; How David Milch gambled away his fortune.
A discussion with the RogerEbert.com writers on the legacy of Sophia Loren.
Jana Monji reports on iconic actress Sophia Loren being honored at the 2014 AFI Fest.
Sheila writes: "Life Itself" has been getting wonderful reviews all over the country, and in case you missed it, Chaz Ebert appeared on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" on July 18th, to discuss the film and Roger. July 18th also marked Chaz and Roger's 22nd anniversary and so the moment was especially poignant. It was a great interview, funny and emotional, and you can see the clip here.
Nell Minow responds to our Movie Love Questionnaire.
Marie writes: I've been watching a lot of old movies lately, dissatisfied in general with the poverty of imagination currently on display at local cinemas. As anyone can blow something up with CGI - it takes no skill whatsoever and imo, is the default mode of every hack working in Hollywood these days. Whereas making a funny political satire in the United States about a Russian submarine running aground on a sandbank near a small island town off the coast of New England in 1966 during the height of the Cold War - and having local townsfolk help them escape in the end via a convoy of small boats, thereby protecting them from US Navy planes until they're safely out to sea? Now that's creative and in a wonderfully subversive way....
With the passing of Andy Williams, I keep imagining his golden tenor singing Henry Mancini's "Moon River." The song talks about crossing life in style. "Breakfast at Tiffany's" is all about fashionable cafe society and love; in an adult fairy tale, you can have both even if you are two drifters.
The director Gregory Nava once commented, "Whenever any question of style or taste in dress comes up, I simply ask myself, 'What would Fred Astaire have done?'" Audrey Hepburn is Astaire's female equivalent: sophistication mixed with fizzy fun.
