CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — A Champaign tradition returned Wednesday evening, and it’s one of the film community’s favorites. It’s the 26th year for the Roger Ebert Film Festival in Champaign. Movies, ...

In April 2009, when I was just a freshman in college, I drove four hours across state lines to attend the Ebertfest Film Festival in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, then in its eleventh year. I didn’t go ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WAND) — Ebertfest has announced a slate of films, this year's theme, and guest speaker, Frank Oz. The long-running film festival has chosen "Empathy at the Movies" as the theme for ...

The Virginia Theatre fell silent Thursday afternoon as “I’m Still Here,” Walter Salles’ historical drama, took the screen at Ebertfest. “I’m Still Here” made history at the 2025 Academy Awards by ...

After announcing earlier this year that the beloved event was, at best, on hiatus, it will now officially see at least one more year in its long-time home.

Over the next three days, Ebertfest will showcase overlooked, forgotten and underrepresented films at the Virginia Theatre, providing a space for casual and expert film enthusiasts to come together ...

Roger Ebert’s Film Festival, also known as Ebertfest, is celebrating its 25th anniversary by hosting screenings of Bob Fosse’s most polarizing film and one of Malcolm D. Lee’s most beloved movies. The ...

Capping off this year’s Ebertfest: ‘The Hangover’ (2009), starring, from left, Ed Helms, Bradley Cooper and Zach Galifianakis. Capping off this year’s Ebertfest: ‘The Hangover’ (2009), starring, from ...

For nearly 45 years, Roger Ebert has remained one of world’s most influential film critics. Beginning his career as a 15-year-old sports writer with the Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette, he joined the ...

CHAMPAIGN — Movie buffs don’t have to leave home (or their office) to participate in the 14th annual Roger Ebert’s Film Festival. The festival for years has live-streamed its panel and post-screening ...