Great Movies
Ebert Club
#479 March 5, 2024
Matt writes: It was on February 28th, 2014, that RogerEbert.com publisher Chaz Ebert gave me the green light to publicly announce that I had been hired to join her team.
Matt writes: It was on February 28th, 2014, that RogerEbert.com publisher Chaz Ebert gave me the green light to publicly announce that I had been hired to join her team.
An article honoring comedy icon and filmmaker Harold Ramis on the tenth anniversary of his passing.
Matt writes: This past Groundhog Day, February 2nd, in Chicago, actor and filmmaker Harold Ramis was celebrated by members of his beloved 1993 classic, "Groundhog Day," at a special public event honoring the tenth anniversary of his passing.
Actors Stephen Tobolowsky, Robin Duke, Marita Geraghty and David Pasquesi reflect on filming "Groundhog Day" with director Harold Ramis, who will be honored in Chicago on February 2nd.
An article about the cast of "Groundhog Day" reuniting on Friday, February 2nd, in Chicago for Harold Ramis' 10-Year Celebration of Life.
An article about the New Works Virtual Festival benefiting The Actors Fund and running now through Christmas Day.
An article about the New Works Virtual Festival being rescheduled for November 2020 and its call for editors.
An interview with actor Kevin Pollack about the New Works Virtual Festival (Oct. 18-24) benefitting The Actors Fund.
A Far-Flung Correspondent looks back at Alan Parker's powerful visual presentation of racial hatred and its virulent terror.
A chat between our three female film critics about the lasting power of "Thelma and Louise" on its 25th anniversary.
On the set of "The Knick"; Swedish cinema gives women a bigger role; When Amazon dies; Stories of "Star Wars" extras; Chatting with Abi Morgan.
Celebrating "Groundhog Day"; Stop making movies like "Black or White"; The catharsis of "Almost There"; Reflections on sexual abuse; How secular family values stack up.
Stephen Tobolowsky remembers Harold Ramis; Alec Baldwin says goodbye to public life; A snipe at Jared Leto and his performance in Dallas Buyers Club; Jimmy Fallon is not funny.
From the Grand Poobah: Time passes twice now, first as real time, then as remembrance of things past, as I search my memory for my memoir. As my eyes lift up from my keyboard, they stare sightlessly straight ahead and old faces and places pass in review. So I take a photo of where I'm looking, in order to record what I see. When the picture was taken, Gene and I were in the Brown Derby at Disney World while taping an Oscar special; I'd like to say I have no idea of who came up with the idea for that composition, but I do, and it was yours faithfully, the Poobah.
(click to enlarge and read book spines; smile.)
