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“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arrested in a Chicago raid are telling their stories.

NEW: Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims.

For the first time, the Venezuelans arrested in a Chicago raid are telling their stories.

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YouTube video by Filmspotting–Movie Reviews Frankenstein Review, Hedda, Christy, Peter Hujar’s Day

A split Filmspotting review of FRANKENSTEIN, though we're both taken with Jacob Elordi's Creature. Watch on YouTube for instructive clips courtesy producer Sam.

Reflections - Roger A. Deakins In REFLECTIONS: On Cinematography, Deakins offers his fans and film enthusiasts the improbable journey of the “boy from Torquay, England” to Hollywood.

This book is out today. It was a pleasure and an honor to help a little bit in the process of creating it. REFLECTIONS tells the story of Roger Deakins' life and storied career in his words—with a lot of behind-the-scenes details and, of course, many pictures.

George Retes on His 3 Day ICE Detention

Siskel & Ebert at the Movies Celebrates its 50th Anniversary | Features | Roger Ebert An editor shares some great clips of Siskel & Ebert.

"Audiences loved SISKEL & EBERT because it taught them what to look for in movies, what made them work, and how they told stories."

Contributing Editor @nellminow.bsky.social compiles some favorite moments from the show that later became SNEAK PREVIEWS, and then SISKEL & EBERT AT THE MOVIES.

YouTube video by Filmspotting–Movie Reviews Frankenstein Review, Hedda, Christy, Peter Hujar’s Day

A split Filmspotting review of FRANKENSTEIN, though we're both taken with Jacob Elordi's Creature. Watch on YouTube for instructive clips courtesy producer Sam.

Chicago and its suburbs, all day every day. I know I’ve posted something to this effect before but nothing has changed. Every day, it’s like a weather report. “Where is ICE today?” “What’s ICE up to?”

Frankenstein | Larsen On Film ... where del Toro’s gothic instincts flower into full-blown Romanticism.

"This is the only FRANKENSTEIN that del Toro—whose ghosts and monsters have long gestured toward the sublime as much as the horrific—could have given us."

Becoming Alien- Wipf and Stock Publishers The Alien films are perceived to be a fractured franchise, each one loosely related to the others. They are nonlinear, complicated, convoluted: a collection ...

My publisher is having a major sale this month—all titles 50% off, including mine. If you haven’t picked up a copy of Becoming Alien yet, now’s a great time to do it!

The movie that made me pick up a skateboard and Adam pick up a guitar. Nostalgia, nitpicks, and more in our 40th anniversary Sacred Cow review of BACK TO THE FUTURE. youtu.be/eil7RS02uE0?...

I wrote a little book, pals. 'SOFIA COPPOLA: The Complete Unofficial Guide' is out today from @quercusbooks.bsky.social/ Greenfinch and in all good bookstores. I loved delving into Sofia's prettified & melancholy worlds. Link here: www.waterstones.com/book/sofia-c...

Fix Your Heart or Die: The Startling Empathy of David Lynch The films of David Lynch are strange creatures, but to focus only on their most ungainly appendages is to willfully ignore their equally beautiful qualities.

Fix Your Heart or Die: The Startling Empathy of David Lynch

Indigenous filmmakers have their lenses aimed - Chicago Reader The 35th annual First Nations Film and Video Festival showcases the spectrum of styles and subjects captivating Indigenous filmmakers.

First Nations Film and Video Festival shows the only thing Indigenous films have in common is Indigenous filmmakers. https://bit.ly/3Lhe20I

Thank you!

Frankenstein | Larsen On Film ... where del Toro’s gothic instincts flower into full-blown Romanticism.

"This is the only FRANKENSTEIN that del Toro—whose ghosts and monsters have long gestured toward the sublime as much as the horrific—could have given us."

Chicago all day every day now. I'm not even sure the rest of the country realizes what it's like here now.

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Currently living in St. Andrews and actually saw del Toro's FRANKENSTEIN in Dundee. This is absolutely a landscape that ignites the imagination.

A Preview of the 2025 Black Harvest Film Festival | Festivals & Awards | Roger Ebert A preview of the 2025 Black Harvest Film Festival.

With Black Harvest Film Festival just around the corner, for @ebertvoices.bsky.social, I wrote up a quick preview highlighting 5 films that you should go see!

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Two Thumbs Up to Siskel & Ebert's 50th Anniversary: "Eve's Bayou" Kicks Off Film Series | Chaz's Journal | Roger Ebert The Chicago Cultural Center honors fifty years of Siskel & Ebert with a series of repertory screenings.

Starting Wednesday, DCASE & the Chicago History Museum will present a month long series of movies & events at the Chicago Cultural Center’s Claudia Cassidy Theater in celebration of Siskel & Ebert’s 50th Anniversary. More info about screenings and sign up information:

I know, calling out the "PERSONA shot" in our Filmspotting Sacred Cow review of BACK TO THE FUTURE was a bit much, even for us, but come on! youtu.be/eil7RS02uE0?...

This is as good as time as any to share that I'll be introducing the gorj new 4K restoration of THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (aka The Most Abby Movie of All Time) at Screenland on Nov. 9, and you should come.

Blue Moon | Larsen On Film Another Richard Linklater talkfest featuring his favorite talker...

Like the movie's kind and patient E.B. White, I tried to be nice to BLUE MOON.

My favorite reading/writing space at St. Andrews: Martyrs Kirk, former church turned library.

Hoping to make something happen next summer, but nothing definitive yet.

The movie that made me pick up a skateboard and Adam pick up a guitar. Nostalgia, nitpicks, and more in our 40th anniversary Sacred Cow review of BACK TO THE FUTURE. youtu.be/eil7RS02uE0?...

This was different. Went on a livestream Brazilian YouTube show to discuss Fear Not! A Christian Appreciation of Horror Movies. Thank goodness for Ana, the translator. You can watch the recording here: www.youtube.com/live/RPsjVa6...

Criterion Mobile Closet Steered Through Chicago International Film Festival Amid An Intense Political Weekend | Features | Roger Ebert A report on the Criterion Mobile Closet's visit to Chicago.

With the Criterion Mobile Closet visiting Chicago International Film Festival, I spoke to those standing in line about what it felt like being there while ICE and the No Kings protests swirled around the city.

Their thoughts via @ebertvoices.bsky.social