Roger Ebert

Always excitement when a Wes Anderson movie opens. Kim Morgan goes deep:

"Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" is a hit. Say what? A movie for grown-ups?

Daily Streamer correct link: "Tears of the Black Tiger," a Thai Western. One of the damnedest movies you'll ever see.

Atlantic: A Brief History of Time Travel in the Movies. Impossible, but that doesn't stop them.

Big day at Cannes. Gangster movie with Brad Pitt and Ray Liotta. Berlolucci's first film in 10 years. Barb Scharres:

RT @ChazEbert: THE SAPPHIRES a fun movie with Jessica Mauboy, Australian soul singer. She was a runner up on Australian Idol

The film of Kerouac's classic "On the Road" premiered at Cannes, and Barbara Scharres reports for my site:

Barbara Scharres on a rainy day in Cannes, from Ken Loach to Alain Resnais (rt):

New dispatch from Cannes. Alain Resnais, Ken Loach, and rain. Barbara Scharres reports:

A new film from Resnais at 90, a Ken Loach comedy, and rain, rain, rain. Barbara Scharres' new dispatch from Cannes:

Love under stormy skies with Haneke and Kiarostami. Barbara Scharres, my correspondent at Cannes:

Big Day at Cannes: The new Michael ("Cache") Haneke and the new Abbas Kiarostami. Barbara Scharres reviews on my site:

Chicago Mercantile Exchange, with millions in profits, receiving $1 billion in tax breaks over next decade from bankrupt State of Illinois.

President of Columbia College Chicago "skeptical of the value of cinema studies to student learning." Wrong. It's the art form of our time.

Bloody confrontation between protestors and cops in Chicago.

RT @Ihnatko: Getting ready to do a call-in on Roe & Roeper's radio show on WLS Chicago...talking security at 3:33-ish CT.

"Chicago is not the most corrupt American city. It's the most theatrically corrupt." -- Studs Terkel, born 100 years ago today.

A homeless man reviews the sociable soup kitchens of Chicago. Enthralling. Steven Boone also writes for my site.

Huh. My Netflix site page keeps jumping to the top and won't stay still or scroll down. Anybody else?

My Daily Streamer: "I Capture the Castle," an Ebertfest selection, is on Netflix Instant. The poster and my review:

My Daily Streamer. "The School of Flesh" with Isabelle Huppert. Older woman, young gay man, battle of wills. Netflix.

My Daily Streamer: "Secret Things," an erotic film from France. Streaming on Netflix Instant. The poster, my review:

"Drive" is *new* on Netflix Instant, and is my Daily Streamer. Shoulda been nominated.

My Daily Streamer is "(Untitled)," a satire of the art world with Adam Goldberg. On Netflix Instant. Poster, review:

My Daily Streamer: "The Iron Giant," Brad Bird's first feature with its unexpectedly lovable hero. Poster, review:

My Daily Streamer: "I Capture the Castle," an Ebertfest selection, is on Netflix Instant. The poster and my review:

My Daily Streamer: "Secret Things," an erotic film from France. Streaming on Netflix Instant. The poster, my review:

Daily Streamer: "Innocence Unprotected," quirky and deadpan funny, by Dusan Makavejev. Hulu and Mubi. Poster, review:

My Daily Streamer is "(Untitled)," a satire of the art world with Adam Goldberg. On Netflix Instant. Poster, review:

My Daily Streamer. "Garbo: The Spy," the true story of a deception that changed the course of WWII. Poster, review: