The Great Performances of 2024, Part Two | Features
The film output of 2024 was full of performances so nice, we had to run this feature twice. The wonderful contributors to this site have already weighed in on sixteen…
The Great Performances of 2024, Part Two
The film output of 2024 was full of performances so nice, we had to run this feature twice. The wonderful contributors to this site have already weighed in on sixteen…
The Great Performances of 2024, Part One | Features
It’s our favorite time of year, the one in which the many writers of this site pick their favorite performances to write about. There were so many contributions this year…
Peacock turns rom-com into death game in charming “Led” TV/Streaming
French people call orgasm la beautiful deathBut for Ruby, Stephanie Sue's maniacal, thirty-something serial dater in Peacock's latest series "Led," the deaths happening around her are minor. She's the typical…
No Box He Won’t Escape From: James Mangold on “A Complete Unknown” | Interviews
James Mangold is no stranger to locking in on the finer rhythms of some of American music’s most indelible figures: His 2005 Johnny Cash biopic, “Walk the Line,” was a…
Chaz Ebert on the Slate Podcast “Death, Sex & Money” | Chaz’s Journal
Ten years ago, in 2014, I was invited to be a guest on Anna Sell's podcast, "Death, Sex and Money." I was still raw, having recently been widowed after the…
10 Best Horror Movies of 2024 features
Perhaps not surprisingly for a group that self-selects for gothy wallflowers, "scary people" tend to have a bit of a sense of oppression. Thus, there is an eternal truth that…
The 25 Best TV Series of 2024 | TV/Streaming
It feels like everyone is a little frustrated by television in the 2020s. The most common complaint is that there’s too much out there on too many platforms. How can…
My Night at the Critics’ Choice Celebration of Black Cinema and Television Chaz’s Journal
I started attending film awards ceremonies with my late husband, Roger, about thirty-five years ago. In those early years, I noticed that few ceremonies included black entertainers as award winners…
“Dragon Age: The Veilgard” builds a dense mythology with interesting characters. video games
This review of EA's "Dragon Age: The Veilgard" is much later than most of them for two reasons. One, it's the busiest season of the year for everything in the…