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Writer/Critic/Meat Popsicle -- assistant editor @ RogerEbert.com, editor in chief The Spool. Words: Block Club Chicago, Consequence.

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‘The camera is my weapon of choice’: Gordon Parks’ era-defining shots of segregation – and those who defied it The visionary photographer captured the ugliness of racism in America, as well as the strength and dignity of those who opposed it – from cleaners in the corridors of power to Martin Luther King Jr pr...

A great photographer (incidentally, director of the game-changing 1971 Blaxploitation film SHAFT as well); if I were in London I would visit this expo for sure.

06.03.2026 12:45 👍 31 🔁 13 💬 0 📌 0
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theyre turning this woman into an advice animal meme for every lesbian & trans woman who knows about yuri and software/hardware online and it's devastating. the amount of jokes about emulation

05.03.2026 23:12 👍 575 🔁 100 💬 7 📌 4

my first roger ebert byline! talking about the images of women produced by Survivor and how they've changed over the last quarter-century

05.03.2026 15:58 👍 46 🔁 8 💬 1 📌 0

Was such a delight to edit this piece, and really glad Esther could join us at Ebert for Women Writers' Week.

05.03.2026 15:58 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Omw to sit with a friend for his top surgery consult - its a big, hard step for him but I'm sooo proud to see him get to finally have the appt he set a year and a half ago! 🏳️‍⚧️

05.03.2026 15:31 👍 11 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Lyle Conway sculpting Aughra from The Dark Crystal

Lyle Conway sculpting Aughra from The Dark Crystal

RIP Lyle Conway

The sculptor of Audrey II in Little Shop of Horrors,

Aughra, Skeksis, and Urskeks from The Dark Crystal,

Jack Pumpkinhead, Gump, and Billina and Return to Oz,

The monsters from Where the Wild Things Are and the remake of The Blob

04.03.2026 12:13 👍 141 🔁 76 💬 2 📌 2

Our Congressmen have the brains and scruples of mice

04.03.2026 23:07 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

I know this is a silly complaint but I really wish streaming services would allow you to choose if you want to watch their ugly remasters or just the original shows with their original effects, like I want that 1960s beauty and ingenuity when I’m watching Star Trek TOS, not cheap CG.

03.03.2026 14:56 👍 58 🔁 4 💬 9 📌 1

www.gofundme.com/f/support-ro...

02.03.2026 22:33 👍 1485 🔁 1521 💬 1 📌 10

Still passing this around, as Im still struggling to make ends meet, although stability is starting to show and light is starting to appear at the end of the tunnel in no small part due to the friends and strangers help that has buoyed me along to this point. 🙏🏿

03.03.2026 01:30 👍 7 🔁 9 💬 1 📌 0
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🚨 Calling all aspiring film critics in the Chicagoland area! 🚨

Applications for the Chicago Critics Association and Rotten Tomatoes Emerging Critics Program are now open!

Details and how to apply here: chicagofilmcritics.org/grant

Deadline to apply is March 27th, 2026!

02.03.2026 22:27 👍 24 🔁 27 💬 0 📌 2
pop art style poster of the Music Box Theatre marquee that reads Chicago Critics Film Festival May 1-7, 2026

pop art style poster of the Music Box Theatre marquee that reads Chicago Critics Film Festival May 1-7, 2026

We're two months out from the 13th Chicago Critics Film Festival, which will be held May 1-7, 2026 at @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social 🍿

Early bird passes go on sale next week 🎟️

Keep your eyes peeled for more updates soon 👀

02.03.2026 18:08 👍 34 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 5
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The Greatest Movies of All Time (According to Trans People) — From the Front Row What makes a great film? Does film hold an innate greatness - or is greatness in the eye of the beholder? Cinephiles love lists. Critics make annual top ten lists. Sight and Sound magazine holds its p...

The Greatest Films of All Time (According to Trans People)!

I polled more than 40 transgender and non-binary filmmakers, film critics, and cinephiles to find out which films trans folks connected to most. Check it out below!

02.03.2026 13:42 👍 265 🔁 134 💬 7 📌 40

Huge shout out to Mattie for putting this together. Genuinely fascinating to see what ten films ended up topping the list, but I mostly adore the sheer variety of picks in the individual lists.

02.03.2026 16:29 👍 34 🔁 15 💬 1 📌 0
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02.03.2026 15:03 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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K-Pops! review: Anderson .Paak makes charming, if cloying, musical family comedy an inoffensive, disposable trifle more focused on Anderson .Paak's personality than the genre that shares its title.

"It's an inoffensive, disposable trifle more focused on self/star power than the genre that shares its title,” writes @clintworthing.bsky.social about K-POPS!

27.02.2026 17:15 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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K-Pops! review: Anderson .Paak makes charming, if cloying, musical family comedy an inoffensive, disposable trifle more focused on Anderson .Paak's personality than the genre that shares its title.

I think it's very sweet that Anderson .Paak made a cute little movie about reconnecting with his son through K-pop. I just wish the resulting product, K-POPS!, felt a little less shaggy and disposable.

For @ebertvoices.bsky.social: www.rogerebert.com/reviews/k-po...

27.02.2026 16:43 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar but it's mr windychu and ms wavechu

Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar but it's mr windychu and ms wavechu

yes YES

27.02.2026 15:03 👍 165 🔁 48 💬 2 📌 1
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Back on my bullshit*

*Moderating Q&As with composers, namely Mina Samy (Happy Birthday) and Aaron Cupples (The Wolves Always Come at Night), about the challenges of composing on a global stage.

Come join us this Saturday, 4-5pm CST, over on IG Live (@clintworthing)! Always love doing these.

26.02.2026 16:32 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

honestly if you’re still writing for the new york times, please don’t ever pretend you’re an ally again. too many of y’all are comfortable taking paychecks from people who are actively courting transphobes and directly putting trans lives at risk.

24.02.2026 16:09 👍 20 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0

I can't get over this number: in 2007, there were 360,000 newspaper jobs. Now, there are 80,000. "My local paper sucked!" Sure. What sucks even more? The void. "I get all my news from the Guardian!" No, the Guardian doesn't report on your town council, your school board, local cops.

22.02.2026 16:26 👍 7371 🔁 1900 💬 165 📌 204
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The Plague movie review & film summary (2025) | Roger Ebert A harrowing psychological thriller that transplants the tyranny of puberty to the anxieties of modern boyhood.

Read the 4/4 star review from @clintworthing.bsky.social, who called it "one of the scariest movies of the year.”

20.02.2026 19:58 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Hulu's "Paradise" Splits Its Focus And Gets More Frustratingly Unhinged In Season 2 | TV/Streaming | Roger Ebert There are a few pulpy delights here and there, but this particular apocalypse moves a bit too slowly.

Hate to say it, but all the batshit shine of Hulu's PARADISE is gone in Season 2, replaced with split focuses, wasteful A-lister guest roles, and an ongoing sense that no one knows where this particular train is going.

For @ebertvoices.bsky.social: www.rogerebert.com/streaming/pa...

20.02.2026 17:05 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

i would make the argument that much of the best reality television is no less carefully thought out than any given piece of scripted television, sometimes serving as better humanist studies than fiction, and that the capability of the production/editorial teams is what makes many of them sing.

19.02.2026 19:03 👍 30 🔁 10 💬 7 📌 1

Let's goooo

18.02.2026 19:15 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Cougar Town Remains a Delightful Vacation From the World The series embodied the kind of tacky Floridian comfort you’d find in a Jimmy Buffett song.

with everyone talking about scrubs i just thought "i should write about the bill lawrence's true masterpiece" only to remember i actually did do that two years ago

18.02.2026 17:51 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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"An early contender for the funniest and most charming movie of the year" -- @clintworthing.bsky.social, @ebertvoices.bsky.social

NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE is Now Playing at the Music Box!

Get Tickets Now: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...

18.02.2026 03:44 👍 14 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

Shoot

18.02.2026 02:02 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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“The Self You Have is Created”: Amanda Kramer and Robin Tunney on “By Design” What if Juliette Lewis switched bodies with a chair? isn't the kind of logline you hear every often. But in the universe of indie filmmaker Amanda Kramer, it fits like hand in glove. Starting her care...

I'm so pleased to return to my old stomping grounds at @thespool.bsky.social for an interview with BY DESIGN director Amanda Kramer and co-star Robin Tunney to talk about Hollywood, desire, and finding the humanity in women's (and men's) deeply human anxieties.

thespool.net/interviews/b...

16.02.2026 22:17 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Robert DuVall was unbelievable, especially in his era. He seemed modest in comparison to his contemporaries like Pacino or De Niro or Hoffman, but unlike them you could plug him into most roles like a character actor, and trust him with the heavy stuff too.

16.02.2026 18:14 👍 89 🔁 17 💬 2 📌 1