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Roger Ebert to Be Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award
Roger
Ebert will join a select group of journalists on Tuesday, February 11, 2014 when
he is honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the University of Illinois
at a ceremony in Chicago, Illinois.
Thumbnails 2/10/2014
The comment on Godard’s ‘No Comment’; Polanski’s victim offers some advice to Dylan Farrow; the comedy club theory of dictatorship; Shia’s brand new bag.
Armadillos in Their Trousers: The Tragic Special Snowflakes of “This is Spinal Tap”
Thirty years after the release of “This is Spinal Tap”, Ali Arikan looks back at this mocku-rocku-mentary.
Blu-ray Consumer Guide: February 10 2014
Six recent releases on Blu-ray, including Fellini’s “Il Bidone” and two Tyrone Power movies.
“American Promise”: A Review by Briana A. Williams
As part of our partnership with Columbia Links and the Chicago Urban
League, student Briana A. Williams reviews “American Promise”.
“American Promise” A review by Kaylah Harrington
As part of our partnership with Columbia Links and the Chicago Urban League, student Kaylah Harrington reviews “American Promise”.
RogerEbert.com partners with Chicago Urban League to mentor young critics during Black History Month
RogerEbert.com is proud to help mentor Chicago high school students who aspire to be critics and journalists.
Thumbnails 2/7/2014
Joe Dallesandro; “Blazing Saddles” at 40; women and revenge; women and Scorsese.
Thumbnails 2/5/2014
Post-Beatles Beatles movies; heroin and creativity; Terry Gilliam’s life in 8 movies; Hannibal’s food stylist.
On Seeing “Life Itself” at a Special Advance Screening
Søren Hough of MovieFail.com talks about his experience seeing “Life Itself at a special screening for contributors to the Indiegogo campaign that helped fund the movie.
Strength and compassion: a note to drug abuse concern trolls, concerning Philip Seymour Hoffman
Some notes on Philip Seymour Hoffman, addiction, and compassion.
Magnolia Pictures acquires “Life Itself”
“Life Itself” gets a theatrical release from Magnolia Pictures.
Guild Awards Keep the Best Picture a Horserace
The Producers Guild, the Writers Guild and the Directors Guild have all weighed in. How good are they as predictors of the Oscars?
Thumbnails 2/4/2014
A plea for “sanity” in discussing Allen/Farrow; Phillip Roth on why he’s not going back to fiction; Russell Brand on addiction; The Tonight Show‘s forgotten host.
RogerEbert.com welcomes new Assistant Editor
RogerEbert.com welcomes a new member to the editorial team.
Thumbnails 2/3/2014
R.I.P., Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Eduardo Coutinho; the Allen-Farrow thing, catalogued and linked; Kristin Scott Thomas’ ambivalence; Chuck Jones, honored.
Stay, little Valentine: Philip Seymour Hoffman, 1967-2014
Matt Zoller Seitz on why Philip Seymour Hoffmann mattered.
Broken Screens: Eduardo Coutinho, 1933–2014
A remembrance of documentary filmmaker
Eduardo Coutinho.
