The following table of contents features the complete coverage of the 2021 Telluride Film Festival published at RogerEbert.com and written by Managing Editor Brian Tallerico and film critics Monica Castillo and Tomris Laffly. Click on each alphabetized title to be directed to the full review… PREVIEW Telluride Film Festival Announces Full 2021 Program Lineup by The…

It’s an unusual year for the Toronto International Film Festival. The annual event for film lovers from around the world has had to dodge pandemic precautions, mask protests, and even bad publicity regarding its limited virtual platform. And yet the movies don’t really have much to do with any of this. Yes, festivals are about…

There’s a dopey twist at end and a lot of dead air throughout “Malignant,” a 111-minute long possession thriller about a woman who’s haunted by a vindictive killer who may or may not be her imaginary childhood friend. Admittedly, the movie’s twist could have been the basis for something lurid and fun instead of over-produced…

It doesn’t exactly sound like the stuff of a feel-good Broadway musical: On Sept. 11, 2001, 7,000 stranded airline passengers landed in the tiny town of Gander, Newfoundland, on the far, eastern edge of Canada, instantly doubling its population. Fearful, fatigued, and far from home, they were eager to contact loved ones and get back…

In 2021, movie musicals are again the rage. “In the Heights” and “Annette” have already been released. “tick, tick … BOOM” and Steven Spielberg’s remake of “West Side Story” are soon to follow. Back in 2015, a coming-of-age musical entitled “Dear Evan Hansen,” premiered on Broadway, and took the world by storm by winning six…

“Y: The Last Man” has been in some stage of production for years, set as a feature film more than once and then stuck in development hell as a TV series. After the massive success of projects based on highbrow graphic novels like “Watchmen” and “The Walking Dead,” it made sense that Brian K. Vaughan and…