Roger Ebert's opinions can ripple through Hollywood, and a film that helped put John Cusack on the map is another example of how impactful he is.

Fifty years ago this month, the legacy of Willowbrook State School sparked the National Disability Rights Movement. During the 1970s, journalists exposed the horrific treatment of children and ...

In 2018, Shia LaBeouf was feeling heartbroken, adrift, in a state of what he called “spiritual ... The thought of not only meeting a movie star but getting in on the ground floor of some bold ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10)– More than fifty years ago, the Willowbrook State School in Staten Island was exposed for its horrific treatment of those with developmental disabilities by investigative ...

With advertising budgets that are unable to compete with what larger studios are able to throw at their movies ... for the children of the Willowbrook State School in Staten Island.

With four movies about the Beatles on the distant ... on behalf of children with intellectual disabilities at the Willowbrook State School in Staten Island, N.Y. John and Yoko were inspired ...

In 1972, ABC aired an exposé on the Willowbrook State School in Staten Island ... Houston — it utilizes a huge amount of their home movies, personal phone recordings (which a justifiably ...

The impetus for the film, however, stems from the recently restored footage of Lennon’s “One to One” benefit concert, which sought to raise money for Willowbrook State School, a sorely ...

The movie is at its most fascinating in its depiction of Lennon ... Rivera’s harrowing 1972 account of the awful conditions at Staten Island’s Willowbrook State School for children with mental ...