The 2025-26 University of Illinois College of Media Roger Ebert Fellows discuss “One Battle After Another”.

A streetwise gem of 1970s studio filmmaking, director Sidney Lumet's "Dog Day Afternoon" handed newly minted superstar Al Pacino one of his greatest roles: Brooklyn bank robber Sonny, based on a real person and an improbable true-crime story, about a desperate man with a complicated home life and a hostage situation that turns into a media circus.