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RogerEbert.com @ebertvoices.bsky.social · 10h

“Women and mothers should be able to be honest with each other and themselves. It’s not a betrayal of your love for your child. It’s not. But it’s seen that way."

Katie Rife speaks with director Mary Bronstein about her fierce & fearless film, IF I HAD LEGS I’D KICK YOU.

Some Things You Consume, Some You Experience: Mary Bronstein on "If I Had Legs I'd Kick You" | Interviews | Roger Ebert

The filmmaker behind A24's latest talks about the taboos of motherhood, the film's cosmic aspects, and more.

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RogerEbert.com @ebertvoices.bsky.social · 11h

“The film is as aching as it is diverse and defiant in reflecting its subjects,” writes @812filmreviews.com in his 4/4 star review of THERE WAS, THERE WAS NOT.

There Was, There Was Not movie review (2025) | Roger Ebert

The film is as aching as it is diverse and defiant in reflecting its subjects.

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RogerEbert.com @ebertvoices.bsky.social · 12h

"By the end of WHO KILLED THE MONTREAL EXPOS, you come to hope that one day spring will smile kindly once more on those still still praying for the return of their darling team,” writes @812filmreviews.com.

Who Killed the Montreal Expos? movie review (2025) | Roger Ebert

While it's light on the actual baseball, it doesn’t forget the fans.

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RogerEbert.com @ebertvoices.bsky.social · 12h

“THE WOMAN IN CABIN 10 entertains enough to pass the time, but certainly doesn’t thrill,” writes Peyton Robinson about the new Netflix film.

The Woman in Cabin 10 movie review (2025) | Roger Ebert

Entertains enough to pass the time, but certainly doesn’t thrill.

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RogerEbert.com @ebertvoices.bsky.social · 13h

“This is an honest, real movie about people living big lives during tumultuous times, and coming through it damaged but wiser,” writes @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social about FAIRYLAND.

Fairyland movie review & film summary (2025) | Roger Ebert

An honest, real movie about people living big lives during tumultuous times.

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RogerEbert.com @ebertvoices.bsky.social · 13h

“As ten-episode season drags on, the pulpy thrills of its action sequences give way to the kind of tedious bloat you can expect from, well, your average Apple TV+ show,” writes @clintworthing.bsky.social about the disappointing series, THE LAST FRONTIER. www.rogerebert.com/streaming/th...

Apple TV+ Thriller "The Last Frontier" Gets Snowed Under In Pulpy Action and Cheap Melodrama | TV/Streaming | Roger Ebert

"The Last Frontier" flits between two distinct modes, one entertaining and one frustrating.

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RogerEbert.com @ebertvoices.bsky.social · 14h

“Director Harris Dickinson gives URCHIN an uncluttered visual language that allows our eye to take in the entire moment without the sweaty close-ups that usually define tales of the homeless and addicted,” writes @briantallerico.bsky.social in praise of the BEACH RATS star’s directorial debut.

Urchin movie review & film summary (2025) | Roger Ebert

Dickinson proves himself an excellent director right from the beginning.

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RogerEbert.com @ebertvoices.bsky.social · 14h

“KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN arrives at a time when we could perhaps use a little more distraction, an excuse to stop doomscrolling and fall into the old school charms of sweeping musicals and a story about love in the face of oppression,” writes @mcastimovies.bsky.social.

Kiss of the Spider Woman movie review (2025) | Roger Ebert

It’s kitsch but a delightfully surprising throwback, and a welcome reminder that in times of need, we still have art for escape.

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RogerEbert.com @ebertvoices.bsky.social · 1d

“MURDAUGH: DEATH IN THE FAMILY IS an occasionally engrossing but mid-level project that never really grabs hold of you,” writes Richard Roeper of the Hulu limited series that boasts “outstanding” performances but “underwhelming” production values.

Murdaugh: Death in the Family movie review (2025) | Roger Ebert

The acting often outshines the merely competent direction, editing, and melodramatic writing.

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RogerEbert.com @ebertvoices.bsky.social · 1d

“It’s a show that plays alternately like a mystery and a study of a man going insane. It might be both,” writes @briantallerico.bsky.social in praise of the “captivatingly strange” Tim Robinson-led HBO show, THE CHAIR COMPANY.

Tim Robinson Sits in a World of Paranoid Conspiracies in HBO’s “The Chair Company” | TV/Streaming | Roger Ebert

It’s a show that alternately plays like a mystery and a study of a man going insane. It might be both.

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RogerEbert.com @ebertvoices.bsky.social · 1d

At this year’s NYFF, @judysquirrels.bsky.social writes how LATE FAME, WHAT DOES THAT NATURE SAY TO YOU, & BARRIO TRISTE, all “explored the generational divide between jaded elders and the eager young minds hoping for a better future.”

NYFF 2025: Late Fame, What Does That Nature Say to You, Barrio Triste | Festivals & Awards | Roger Ebert

On three films out of the New York Film Festival.

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RogerEbert.com @ebertvoices.bsky.social · 1d

In Netflix’s BOOTS, “precious little time is spent on how easy it is to manipulate those whose lives have been spent in repression,” which "leads to an oversimplification of what military life was and is actually like for queer service members,” writes Nandini Balial.

Netflix's "Boots" is a Trite Coming-of-Age Tale with a Hollow Corps | TV/Streaming | Roger Ebert

In trying to play both sides, “Boots” falls flat tonally.

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RogerEbert.com @ebertvoices.bsky.social · 2d

“VICIOUS too often loses its way in jump scares and screeching sound design,” writes @briantallerico.bsky.social about director Bryan Bertino’s VICIOUS. On Paramount+ and digital this Friday:

Vicious movie review & film summary (2025) | Roger Ebert

Despite a strong premise, Bertino struggles to define what he’s trying to say with the piece, falling back on way too many loud noises and jump scares.

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RogerEbert.com @ebertvoices.bsky.social · 2d

CLOUD is now streaming on the Criterion Channel. Read the review from @briantallerico.bsky.social, who praises how director Kiyoshi Kurosawa delivers "a brisk film that leaves one pondering its themes, especially what it means to live in an era when nothing is real.”

Cloud movie review & film summary (2025) | Roger Ebert

A reminder of Kurosawa’s remarkable skill with pacing and plotting.

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RogerEbert.com @ebertvoices.bsky.social · 2d

“It's uncomfortable confront the fact that we’re complicit in causing the crumbling of a loved one’s sanity,,” wrote Cortlyn Kelly in her review of IF I HAD LEGS I’D KICK YOU, where she praised the film’s "excellent, exhausting execution.” In select theaters Friday:

If I Had Legs I’d Kick You movie review (2025) | Roger Ebert

While “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You” may not be something I revisit, that does not detract from its excellent, exhausting execution.

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RogerEbert.com @ebertvoices.bsky.social · 2d

“ROOFMAN s a slick but incurious film that is so preoccupied with showing the what of Jeffrey Manchester’s story that it doesn’t bother to examine the why,” wrote @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social out of the film’s TIFF premiere. In theaters Friday:

Roofman movie review & film summary (2025) | Roger Ebert

A slick but incurious film that is so preoccupied with showing the what of Manchester's story that it doesn’t bother to examine the why.

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RogerEbert.com @ebertvoices.bsky.social · 2d

“Director Kathryn Bigelow's ability to take a series of hypotheticals and render them into narrative actuality has never been more pinpoint accurate or merciless,” praises @glennkenny.bsky.social in his 4/4 star review of A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE. In select theaters Friday:

A House of Dynamite movie review (2025) | Roger Ebert

Bigelow’s ability to take a series of hypotheticals and render them into narrative actuality has never been more pinpoint accurate or merciless.

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RogerEbert.com @ebertvoices.bsky.social · 2d

“BEAST OF WAR is gnarly in all the ways that a shark midnight movie should be,” writes @briantallerico.bsky.social, in his review of the creature feature out of Fantastic Fest. In theaters this Friday:

Beast of War movie review & film summary (2025) | Roger Ebert

“Beast of War” is gnarly in all the ways that a shark midnight movie should be.

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RogerEbert.com @ebertvoices.bsky.social · 2d

"Stick with the film and its many rewards,” writes @tomilaffly.bsky.social in her review of Luca Guadagnino’s AFTER THE HUNT, where she praises a "truly breathtaking Julia Roberts” & the film’s "clear-eyed reckoning w/ a time when most people lost the ability to hold multiple truths simultaneously.”

After the Hunt movie review & film summary (2025) | Roger Ebert

Sometimes, we should be made uncomfortable. And that is, in the end, what “After the Hunt” attempts and mostly succeeds in.

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RogerEbert.com @ebertvoices.bsky.social · 2d

"With Ira Sachs’ painterly compositions and Ben Whishaw’s deceptively effortless performance, PETER HUJAR’S DAY is a surprisingly beautiful and subtle tribute to the balancing act it takes to be a working artist,” writes @mcastimovies.bsky.social in her 4/4 star review.

Peter Hujar’s Day movie review (2025) | Roger Ebert

A surprisingly beautiful and subtle tribute to the balancing act it takes to be a working artist.

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RogerEbert.com @ebertvoices.bsky.social · 2d

"There's not much to MR. K beyond its second-hand surrealism and strained counter-mythmaking,” writes @simonsaybrams.bsky.social, finding that lead actor Crispin Glover’s 'baggy role doesn’t really suit his weird charms.”

Mr. K movie review & film summary (2025) | Roger Ebert

There’s not much to “Mr. K” beyond its second-hand surrealism and strained counter-mythmaking.

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RogerEbert.com @ebertvoices.bsky.social · 3d

“STOOPER is a terrific father-son story with two outstanding performances at its center,” writes @collinsouter.bsky.social in his latest Short Films in Focus column about Emile and Valor Hirsch led film.

Short Films in Focus: "Stooper" (with Bennett Watanabe) | Short Films in Focus | Roger Ebert

An interview with the director of a new short about fathers, sons, and gambling.

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RogerEbert.com @ebertvoices.bsky.social · 3d

“Jane Goodall lived her life with a purpose, not just rooted in her work with chimpanzees, but also in her mission to conserve our natural world before it’s too late,” writes @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social about the late English primatologist who used her platform to uplift others.

Your Life Matters: Jane Goodall (1934-2025) | Tributes | Roger Ebert

An ode to the acclaimed primatologist and conservationist, whose lifelong work was captured beautifully on film for decades.

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RogerEbert.com @ebertvoices.bsky.social · 3d

“STILLER AND MEARA is a fascinating window into not only the history of this famous family but also the beautiful and punishing nature of performance itself,” writes @judysquirrels.bsky.social out of the film’s NYFF premiere.

Stiller & Meara: Nothing is Lost movie review (2025) | Roger Ebert

As we learn more about three generations of Stillers, the film takes the shape of a family therapy session that just happens to be lovingly crafted into a feature documentary.

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RogerEbert.com @ebertvoices.bsky.social · 3d

“STILLER & MEARA is a fascinating window into not only the history of this famous family but also the beautiful and punishing nature of performance itself,” writes @judysquirrels.bsky.social out of the film’s NYFF premiere.

Stiller & Meara: Nothing is Lost movie review (2025) | Roger Ebert

As we learn more about three generations of Stillers, the film takes the shape of a family therapy session that just happens to be lovingly crafted into a feature documentary.

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