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What better place to hold a film festival than inside the gorgeous, restored Virginia Theatre in Champaign-Urbana, IL.

Lisa Rosman's Official EbertFest blog 

David Poland's Overlooked photos 

Jim Emerson's Scanners blog

Official Overlooked Film Festival Site

UPDATED 05/03/06: "Some films are born overlooked. Others have it thrust upon them. Among this year's festival entries, "Ripley's Game" has never had a theatrical release in the United States, and "Duane Hopwood" had a release so spotty it seemed designed to hide the film.

"Yet these are the kinds of films a movie critic views with joy: Films that are a meeting of craft and art. Being able to share them is an incalculable pleasure; everybody should have their own Overlooked Film Festival in the glorious Virginia Theater, all the year around. You have no idea how much fun it is."

-- Roger Ebert

For audio (MP3) of selected Ebert interviews with Overlooked festival guests, check the right column on this page.

Roger Ebert

Roger Ebert was the film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death in 2013. In 1975, he won the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism.

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