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  2. "Best Laid Plans" is a movie with several surprises too many. It opens in a bar, with two old friends, Nick and Bryce (Alessandro Nivola and Josh Brolin) having a drink after several years. A girl named Lissa (Reese Witherspoon) walks in. Flash cut to later that evening. It's Nick's place. There's a panic call from Bryce.
  3. Dec 11, 2023These are the films selected by the regular film reviewing staff of RogerEbert.com as the best of the year. Come back on Thursday to see the specific lists of all of the regular critics, plus those from our extended family of contributors. And click through on the links below, when available, to watch the best films of 2023.
  4. "Metropolis" (1927) Arguably the most influential science-fiction film ever made, "Metropolis" has inspired everything from video games to rock videos to comic books. The film's futuristic sets helped spread the popularity of art deco, while the gadget-filled lab of mad scientist Rotwang became a sci-fi staple.
  5. This sequence suggests a Ricky Jay TV special, illustrating weird coincidences. But it is more than simply amusing. It sets up the theme of the film, which shows people earnestly and single-mindedly immersed in their lives, hopes and values, as if their best-laid plans were not vulnerable to the chaotic interruptions of the universe.
  6. Huckleberry Finn as 15-year-old rock critic, in one of the best coming-of-age movies ever made. Writer-director Cameron Crowe based the film on his own experiences, when he was 15, convinced a Rolling Stone editor he was an adult, and was assigned to accompany the Allman Brothers on a road trip.. In the film, Patrick Fugit is perfectly cast as the young, bright, earnest kid who talks himself ...
  7. Dec 26, 2024Direction, Gary Hustwit, "Eno" The liner notes to Brian Eno's groundbreaking 1975 album Discreet Music begin "Since I have always preferred making plans to executing them, I have gravitated towards situations and systems that, once set into operation, could create music with little or no intervention on my part." The surprisingly lyrical tones of Discreet Music are the result of two ...
  8. Here are links to Roger Ebert's reviews of films on the AFI 100 list of Most Inspiring Movies: 1. "It's a Wonderful Life" (1946) 2. "To Kill a Mockingbird" (1962) 3. "Schindler's List" (1993) 4. "Rocky" (1976) 5. "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" (1939) 6. "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial" (1982) 7. "The Grapes of Wrath ...
  9. Jun 25, 2024The signature shades of David Lynch and Henry James are left like paint on the surface of a pool; we must sink below them to discover what he's searching for beneath the obvious references to LA surrealism, school shooters, and climate change. That identity is a performance; that romance is implanted like the Manchurian Candidate's code phrase; that fulfillment has always been controlled ...
  10. The best films of 2021. 9. "Petite Maman" Quickly shot in secret under pandemic conditions and clocking in at only 72 minutes, Celine Sciamma's follow-up to her international hit "Portrait of a Lady on Fire" may appear at first glance to be little more than a minor trifle, but even her most devoted supporters may be startled by just how deep and meaningful it really is.
  11. Feb 4, 2025This is one of the best films of my 13 years covering Sundance, and it requires every element to work, arguably none more than the performance that carries us through almost every scene. - BT. Carey Mulligan and Tom Basden appear in The Ballad of Wallis Island by James Griffiths, an official selection of the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.
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