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Calming the Controversy: “After Tiller” Directors Lana Wilson and Martha Shane Discuss the Complexities of Late-Term Abortion
Filmmakers Martha Shane and Lana Wilson talk about trying to calm down the rhetoric in the discussion of late-term abortion in their film “After Tiller.”
Ebert Digital Names Award-Winning Journalist as Interim COO
Ebert Digital elevates Frank Sennett, an award-winning Chicago
journalist and author, to the position of interim Chief Operating
Officer.
Thumbnails 9/20/2013
Extraterrestrial life may really exist; House Republicans slash billions in food stamps; “Invisible Man” banned in North Carolina; an object of Internet ridicule speaks; Hollywood luminaries who got their start with Roger Corman.
On the Subject of Movies and Pies: Passion of the Crust
Some of our contributors muse on pies in the movies. Yes, you read that right.
Thumbnails 9/18
The sounds of ‘Twin Peaks’; the case for Internet newsletters; Jonathan Franzen is very, very angry; rethinking headphones; an app for building a database of everyone’s dreams.
Thumbnails 9/17
Mamet’s screenwriting career, the hours after John F. Kennedy’s assassination in detail, why creatives are good for the economy, how Facebook keeps you from quitting, the political economy of zombies.
Thumbnails 9/16/2013
More debate about the future of U.S. healthcare reform; Twitch Film apologizes to director Sono Sion; friends don’t let friends remake “Ben-Hur”; how television does better by women than movies do; deconstructing a “Carlito’s Way” scene.
Thumbnails 9/15/2013
The 1963 Birmingham bombing, observed; J.D. Salinger as seen by Joyce Maynard; Roman Polanski as seen by Samantha Geimer; the impossibility of ending a great TV drama; R.I.P. Mr. Dolby.
Mondo Meyer: Critic and Author Irv Slifkin talks about Russ Meyer
We catch up with Irv Slifkin, the man behind MONDO MEYER, a Philadelphia event celebrating the work of filmmaker Russ Meyer.
Book Excerpt: Roman Polanski: A Retrospective
This excerpt from James Greenberg’s “Roman Polanski: A Retrospective” looks at Polanski’s breakthrough American film “Rosemary’s Baby.”
How Netflix Could Drive the Next Creative Evolution of Television
Netflix’s move into television content has been bold and much-hyped. Can they get us beyond the old binary of comedy and drama that has dominated television for so long?
The Thinking Molecules of Titan: Ending by Jason Pulley
An ending to Roger’s “The Thinking Molecules of Titan” by Jason Pulley.
The Thinking Molecules of Titan: Ending by Ellen Chen
An ending to Roger’s “The Thinking Molecules of Titan” by Ellen Chen.
The Thinking Molecules of Titan: Ending by Dylan Dougherty
An ending to Roger’s “The Thinking Molecules of Titan” by Dylan Dougherty.
The Thinking Molecules of Titan: Ending by Andreas Belgun
An ending to Roger’s “The Thinking Molecules of Titan” by Andreas Belgun.
Plans for a statue of Roger in Champaign-Urbana
Residents of Champaign-Urbana are raising funds for a statue of Roger outside the Virginia Theater, the home of Ebertfest.
Toronto International Film Festival 2013: Day Four
The male bonding/rivalry and cars-go-vrooom of “Rush” leaves Susan Wloszczyna bored, but the Sandra Bullock and Dame Judi Dench save the day with great work in “Gravity” and “Philomena” respectively.
