Walter Scott Murch is one of the most influential figures in film history that most people haven’t heard of. Now 83, Murch was

As a journalist, I only had a few interactions with the late Michael Wright, mainly at industry functions and movie premieres. The one

The events of Ray Bradbury’s short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” occur today: August 4, 2026. Like so many dates in science

From Jean Harlow and James Dean through Simone Battle and Anton Yelchin, entertainment history is filled with instances of performers dying just as

July 4th marks the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States of America. Speaking as someone old enough to have personally

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

I met Tom Noonan in 2008, on the 2 train in Brooklyn, heading back into Manhattan after speaking to a film history class