Roger Ebert wrote about how movies are the great "empathy machine." This documentary, which chronicles his life, career, and death, is the empathy machine of the year
This would-be, should-be summer blockbuster presents a fascinating and thrilling take on life after the apocalypse
Director Matt Reeves dials back the scope and presents a shockingly good summer film that relies on themes that resonate and characters that live and breathe
It runs just 30 minutes, but moments and images in Alain Resnais' Holocaust documentary will stick with you for a lifetime
The Apocalypse Now documentary, Hearts of Darkness, is both the greatest DVD extra ever produced and a chilling example of art imitating life
Dziga Vertov's silent, avant-garde documentary changed the medium of cinema forever
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Films from talents as diverse and exciting as Woody Allen, Bong Joon-ho, Steve James, and Richard Linklater cover the summer indie movie calendar
Dragons, apes, and a raccoon—plus Channing Tatum times two!—highlight the summer movie schedule
Gravity and 12 Years a Slave duke it out for the evening's top prize. What wins?
12 Years a Slave, Gravity, American Hustle, and Captain Phillips promise to lead the way
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