Every Monday, we’ll highlight a piece of writing from our vaults. This review of Being There originally ran as part of our Ebertfest 2017 coverage. Finally, my last screening of the festival was another film that looks a little bit...
Mr. Topaze, the only feature film on which Peter Sellers is credited as director, was re-titled I Like Money for its initial U.S. release. While that’s a boring title, it takes its name from the film’s highlight, a musical number...
Ealing Studios Comedies month comes to an end with The Ladykillers, a film that doesn’t reinvent the wheel cinematically but which is still an absolute delight that goes to show not every film has to be a game changer – sometimes it...
I decided to undertake a movie challenge in 2017. This seemed like a good way to see some classic movies that I have unfortunately never seen. The Battleship Pretension Top 100 list provided such a challenge. I had never seen Dr....
In this episode, West plays music from two films directed by Stanley Kubrick, Lolita (1962) and Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb (1964).
I always have mixed emotions about Saturday at Ebertfest. It is the busiest day, with an extra matinee screening—and who would complain about more movies? But considering I’m already exhausted from the week, tired of eating garbage food for every...
