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The Unloved, Part 144: River Queen | The Unloved | Roger Ebert It's the 12th anniversary of The Unloved. Let's go for a ride with Vincent Ward's last fiction film.

With THE UNLOVED celebrating twelve years, this latest video essay from @honorszombie.bsky.social explores RIVER QUEEN, a “film that the world forgot … which little of it ever saw.”

Troll 2 movie review & film summary (2025) | Roger Ebert Doesn’t have nearly enough action, monster-related or otherwise, to justify its existence.

“TROLL 2 … doesn’t have nearly enough action, monster-related or otherwise, to justify its existence,” writes @simonsaybrams.bsky.social.

The Merchants of Joy movie review (2025) | Roger Ebert In the end, the film has a tried-and-true message about the need to stop working overtime to make a few bucks, slow down and appreciate what you have.

"In the end, the film has a tried-and-true message: stop working overtime to make a few bucks, slow down, and appreciate what you have,” writes @collinsouter.bsky.social about THE MERCHANTS OF JOY.

Almost Christmas movie review (2016) | Roger Ebert Whatever the reason, we need to understand and relate to one another more than ever nowadays, and if a pleasant diversion like Almost Christmas can bring this to an audience, its minor flaws are easil...

If nothing else, in the article I mentioned a Black Christmas movie AND the review I wrote for it at @ebertvoices.bsky.social:

www.rogerebert.com/reviews/almo...

Troll 2 movie review & film summary (2025) | Roger Ebert Doesn’t have nearly enough action, monster-related or otherwise, to justify its existence.

TROLL 2! No, not that TROLL 2, this is a sequel to the Roar Uthuag-helmed giant troll movie from 2022. The first one was on Netflix and so is this new one. I enjoyed the first one, but reviewed the second. More @ebertvoices.bsky.social: www.rogerebert.com/reviews/trol...

YouTube video by Music Box Films ZODIAC KILLER PROJECT | Official Trailer | In Select Theaters November 21

"A brave, fascinating piece of filmmaking that asks viewers to question the mysteries of true crime" -- @ebertvoices.bsky.social

From @musicboxfilms.com, ZODIAC KILLER PROJECT opens this Friday at the Music Box!

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Marty Supreme movie review & film summary (2025) | Roger Ebert The film belongs to Chalamet, who fully captures the kind of guy who thinks confidence is currency.

“MARTY SUPREME is unlike anything released this year, a riveting study of a man who fully believes it when he says, ‘ I have a purpose. You don’t. And if you think that’s some kind of blessing, it’s not,’” writes @briantallerico.bsky.social about Josh Safdie’s film.

Home Entertainment Guide November 2025: "Familiar Touch," "Eyes Wide Shut," "Splitsville" | DVD/Blu-Ray | Roger Ebert The latest on streaming and VOD includes Criterion editions of Eyes Wide Shut, Hell's Angels, and Burden of Dreams, along with recent releases like Splitsville, Caught Stealing, and Familiar Touch.

For November’s home entertainment guide, @briantallerico.bsky.social reviews the latest physical media releases worth a pick-up, from Criterion releases of HELL’S ANGELS and EYES WIDE SHUT, NEON’s SPLITSVILLE, an Arrow edition of IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS, and SEA FOG.

Reflections on the 2025 Tailinn Black Nights Film Festival | Festivals & Awards | Roger Ebert A recounting of time spent at the Estonian film festival.

“The city of Tallinn, Estonia, embraces this darkness as a virtue,” writes @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social. Read her reflections on the festival where she was able to "see the festival’s dark charms in all their glory with my own eyes.”

The Stringer: The Man Who Took the Photo movie review (2025) | Roger Ebert A fascinating and disquieting documentary.

“What comes across most vividly in this movie, ultimately, is the fact that what happened almost half a century ago is a trauma that still weighs heavily on the people of Vietnam. And many Americans,” writes @glennkenny.bsky.social.

The Thing With Feathers movie review (2025) | Roger Ebert Southern wields the tropes in a stylistically over-determined way–jump-scares and all–which cheapens the delicate and poetic narrative.

"When the film doesn’t work, the problem often lies in the choices made when adapting the source material,” writes @sheilakathleen.bsky.social about the disappointing adaptation, THE THING WITH FEATHERS.

The Tale of Silyan movie review (2025) | Roger Ebert Succinct, entrancing, and life-affirming.

"Oscar-nominated director Tamara Kotevska’s THE TALE OF SILYAN is a succinct, entrancing, and life-affirming documentary,” writes @carlosfilm.bsky.social.

“Stranger Things” Sets Up Its Endgame with Quartet of New Episodes | TV/Streaming | Roger Ebert While these four episodes stumble a bit in terms of pacing and urgency, especially early on, they end on such a satisfying, long-awaited note that fans who have literally grown up watching this show…

Have you binged the latest episodes of STRANGER THINGS yet? Don’t miss the review from @briantallerico.bsky.social, where he writes "While these 4 episodes stumble a bit in terms of pacing & urgency ... they end on such a satisfying, long-awaited note.”

“Stranger Things” Sets Up Its Endgame with Quartet of New Episodes | TV/Streaming | Roger Ebert While these four episodes stumble a bit in terms of pacing and urgency, especially early on, they end on such a satisfying, long-awaited note that fans who have literally grown up watching this show a...

My thoughts on the first volume of the final season of Stranger Things. www.rogerebert.com/streaming/st...

Enjoyed this love triangle meets DEFENDING YOUR LIFE riff that imagines purgatory like a never-ending convention advertising a number of afterlife options. Would recommend ETERNITY for a bit of post-feast escapism.

Teenage Wasteland movie review (2025) | Roger Ebert An intriguing doc that juggles '90s nostalgia with an optimism for student journalism that avoids over-sentimentality.

“TEENAGE WASTELAND offers its own kind of victory: Their investigation, however incomplete, was nonetheless formative for these kids, who turn out to be quite all right,” writes @clintworthing.bsky.social about Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss’ new doc:

BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions movie review (2025) | Roger Ebert The rich, multi-faceted feature directorial debut from Kahlil Joseph is an immersion into Blackness.

"By fashioning a kinetic work that pulls together references and sources from Black literature, music, politics, and meme culture, BLKNWS: TERMS & CONDITIONS stands as a seismic intellectual awakening,” writes @812filmreviews.com.

Eternity movie review & film summary (2025) | Roger Ebert “Eternity” may as well be a small slice of heaven on earth: a good time at the movies.

“ETERNITY takes a simple premise of a person forced to choose between two prospective suitors and elaborates the concept with clever world-building and emotional relationship dynamics,” writes @mcastimovies.bsky.social.

Hamnet movie review & film summary (2025) | Roger Ebert The craft on display alone is enough to bring a tear to your eye.

"The craft on display alone is enough to bring a tear to your eye,” writes @christylemire.bsky.social about Chloé Zhao’s transcendent HAMNET.

The Secret Agent movie review (2025) | Roger Ebert This is one of the year’s best films, and one of the most distinctive.

"If you’re willing to bend with the story, THE SECRET AGENT will take you places movies rarely go,” writes @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social of Kleber Mendonça Filho’s film, which "doesn’t feel made, but extracted from a dreaming mind.”

BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions movie review (2025) | Roger Ebert The rich, multi-faceted feature directorial debut from Kahlil Joseph is an immersion into Blackness.

"'BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions'—the rich, multi-faceted feature directorial debut from Kahlil Joseph—is an immersion into Blackness."

My four-star review via @ebertvoices.bsky.social.

Teenage Wasteland movie review (2025) | Roger Ebert An intriguing doc that juggles '90s nostalgia with an optimism for student journalism that avoids over-sentimentality.

If you're looking to spend your Thanksgiving with an easy-on-the-eyes journalism doc, consider TEENAGE WASTELAND, which feels like SPOTLIGHT meets THE BREAKFAST CLUB and goes down easy as pumpkin pie. For @ebertvoices.bsky.social: www.rogerebert.com/reviews/teen...

Reflections on the 2025 Tailinn Black Nights Film Festival | Festivals & Awards | Roger Ebert A recounting of time spent at the Estonian film festival.

A week ago I was in Tallinn, Estonia watching movies and meeting cool people!

Here's some highlights, for @ebertvoices.bsky.social:

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery movie review (2025) | Roger Ebert It’s an ambitious delight, a movie that doesn’t divide the faithful from the heretic but reminds them of their common needs.

"It’s an ambitious delight, a movie that doesn’t divide the faithful from the heretic but reminds them of their common needs,” writes @briantallerico.bsky.social about Rian Johnson’s divine whodunit, WAKE UP DEAD MAN.

Dispatch Review: Telltale's Latest is a Superhero Triumph “Dispatch” not only saves the day but also may save Telltale’s entire legacy.

“DISPATCH is an enthralling game throughout its entire eight-episode run. … It’s a lot like watching a Netflix series, but it also smartly incorporates its gameplay mechanics into the narrative,” writes George Yang.

No Good Deed Will Go Unpunished: Kleber Mendonça Filho and Wagner Moura on "The Secret Agent" | Features | Roger Ebert We speak to the writer/director and star of this year's Cannes favorite about censorship, artistic collaboration, and more.

"The truth as we know it is over. A lot of that has to do with the decline of journalism."

@812filmreviews.com spoke with director Kleber Mendonça Filho and star Wagner Moura about THE SECRET AGENT, the importance of journalism, censorship, and the road to their long awaited collaboration.

The Shuffle Review: HBO Sports Doc Spins Novelty Short Into Gold The 40-minute running time feels just right.

“THE SHUFFLE is a breezy, entertaining documentary directed, produced, and edited with smooth skill and efficiency by Jeff Cameron,” writes Richard Roeper.

Swan Song: Udo Kier (1944-2025) | Tributes | Roger Ebert A tribute to the prolific character actor, who played vampires and Nazis and outcasts until the age of 81.

"In an age where queerness in cinema is a bit more accepted … Kier’s proud embrace of his queerness as outsiderness, whether as a mad scientist, a lonely hustler, or even a vampire, makes him feel like a pioneer,” writes @clintworthing.bsky.social in his tribute to Udo Kier.

Zootopia 2 movie review & film summary (2025) | Roger Ebert Every bit as exciting and heartwarming and imaginative as the Oscar-winning original and maybe even funnier.

“ZOOTOPIA 2 is pure delight, every bit as exciting and heartwarming and imaginative as the Oscar-winning original and maybe even funnier,” writes @nellminow.bsky.social:

"Kleber used to say: I’m only going to give you the script, and if you read the script and you don’t like it, then you’re a fucking asshole."

For @ebertvoices.bsky.social , I spoke with Kleber Mendonça Filho and Wagner Moura about THE SECRET AGENT!!!

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