Silhouettes and Warnings: On Reading Ray Bradbury’s “There Will Come Soft Rains” On the Exact Day When It’s Set
The events of Ray Bradbury’s short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” occur today: August 4, 2026. Like so many dates in science
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What Could Have Been: Kaylee Hottle (2007-2026)
From Jean Harlow and James Dean through Simone Battle and Anton Yelchin, entertainment history is filled with instances of performers dying just as
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Fifty Years After the Bicentennial, A Declaration of Independence for American Filmmakers
July 4th marks the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States of America. Speaking as someone old enough to have personally
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Love’s in Need of Love Today: Reflections on EbertFest, Cinema, and Empathy
This month, the very last EbertFest took place in downtown Champaign, Illinois, in the magnificent Virginia Theater, a 1000-seat venue that’s over a
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A Beautiful Day for a Neighbor: Tom Noonan (1951-2026)
I met Tom Noonan in 2008, on the 2 train in Brooklyn, heading back into Manhattan after speaking to a film history class
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Lightning in a Bottle: Angus MacLachlan on “A Little Prayer” | Interviews
Writer-director Angus MacLachlan’s “A Little Prayer” is a quiet domestic drama about an older couple in North Carolina, their troubled adult children, the
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Hulu’s “Chad Powers” Wastes Talents of Glen Powell | TV/Streaming
The new Hulu series “Chad Powers” combines the “over-the-hill athlete makes a comeback” movie and the “person wears prosthetic makeup to pretend to
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Josh Larsen on the Return of Cinema Interruptus | MZS
For many years, Roger Ebert hosted an annual event at the Conference on World Affairs in Boulder, Colorado, called Cinema Interruptus. It was
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Life is Like a Piano: Tom Lehrer (1928-2025) | Tributes
The great comedic songwriter and performer Tom Lehrer passed away at 97 yesterday, outliving one of the writers credited with penning the “advance”
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Enjoy Every Second: Adam Stein and Zach Lipovsky on “Final Destination Bloodlines” | Interviews
The “Final Destination” series had been dormant for fourteen years when its home studio, Warner Bros. Discovery, decided to bring it back with