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Dedicated to memories of Roger Ebert, for the simple reason that talking about movies is so thrilling. He did not like lists, but I love his lists.
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I Miss Roger’s Reviews
Saturday, May 4, was one month to the day that Roger left this earthly
plane. In honor of Kentucky Derby weekend I am posting this photo of
Roger and I proudly sporting our hats at Churchill Downs. There have
been several photos of us wearing hats over the years. For some reason
hats delighted us to no end. And Roger was particularly fond of some of
the more outrageous hats we wore. That day while we were watching the
races we were so pleased that we could wear our hats both in doors and
out. You can’t wear a hat in a movie theater.
To the moon, Stanley!
(UPDATED) Stanley Kubrick faked the Apollo 11 moon landing. The Newtown massacre and Boston Marathon bombings were “false flag” government conspiracies designed to take away our guns. Also, black is white, rich is poor, Obama is a foreign-born Muslim, work is freedom, freedom is slavery and Mona Lisa was a man.
Ebert’s last interview: A letter from Ramin Bahrani
Dear Roger,
You emailed me the questions to this interview on March 15, 2013. In your March 16th reply to my email, you said: The piece will go out to all my print syndication customers. (“Print!” How times change.)
Tilda Swinton’s Ebertfest dance-along
Tilda Swinton leads 1,500 people in a dance-along to Barry White’s “You’re the First, the Last, My Everything” during Roger Ebert’s Film Festival in the Virginia Theater on April 26, 2013.
Seduced by Sonoma
As Roger Ebert noted in February, film festivals have become so ubiquitous that there’s almost certainly one within driving distance of most film fans in the US. And lots of them are sprouting world-wide. Three years ago, I’d pitched Roger with an “FFC” piece on the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. He advised that I provide a sense of the town and its atmosphere, the people, as well as what the festival itself was like.
Follow the official Ebertfest blog
Follow the goings on at Ebertfest (April 17 – 21, 2013) with the official festival blog by RogerEbert.com contributor Steven Boone.
Letter to the Readers:
Roger got such a kick out of the interactions he had with you on Rogerebert.com that it provided joy to him right to the end. Even in grief I marvel at his timing. How could he post his very meaningful, “Leave of Presence” article on his blog, April 3, to commemorate his 46th year as a film critic, and then pass away the next day. And for those of you who want to know, yes indeed, we did sit down in his hospital room with his computer and look at the outpouring of comments from you. He felt it was important to let you know that among all of the other things he was planning to do, his cancer had returned, so his health was dictating that he had to slow down. He didn’t have the energy to respond to all of the comments as he once would have done, but he wanted to share his newly redesigned website with you. He was so proud of it, and had seen the last tweak of it that Monday, April 1, and gave me and Josh Golden the go-ahead to unveil it.
Platform Announces Founding Member Event in Chicago
April 15, 2013, Chicago, IL – Platform, launched in 2012 with the mission to increase the interest, participation, and success of underrepresented populations in the innovation economy, today announced the third in a series of regional receptions focused on welcoming new Founding Members and introducing the organization and its mission to the area’s business and civic leaders.
Inside Kubrick’s Room 237
“Room 237” is a captivating and engrossing new documentary exploring the covert symbols and whacked-out theories that have obsessed ardent fans of Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 horror film, “The Shining.” From a personal secret statement about the Holocaust to a cryptic confession about his involvement in a supposed NASA cover of the Apollo 11 moon landing, “Room 237” offers the wildly diverse interpretations of five obsessed film fanatics regarding Kubrick’s possible hidden intentions. Katherine Tulich interviewed the film’s LA based director Rodney Ascher and producer Tim White for this video report.
To Roger, from far-flung friends
Longtime readers of the Chicago Sun-Times are familiar with Roger Ebert’s “One-Minute Reviews.” These are capsule reviews (roughly 75-150 words or so), condensing his responses to current movies. As any writer knows, the short versions can be harder to write than the full-length ones.
Watch video: Roger Ebert Memorial Tribute
“Roger Ebert: A Celebration of Life”
Thursday, April 11, 7 p.m. Central Time
Chicago Theatre, 175 N. State St.
In lieu of flowers, send donations to The Ebert Foundation, att: Jane Borton c/o Northern Trust, 50 S. LaSalle St., Chicago, 60603. The foundation is a nonprofit that supports arts and education programs.
Hollywood and Indie Worlds Come Together for Roger Ebert Memorial Tribute
Hollywood and indie film directors, actor John Cusack, actor Chris Tucker, comedian and philanthropist Dick Gregory, former Playboy chair Christie Hefner and the president of Sony Pictures Classics, and the lead critics from Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, and the Chicago Film Critics Association, will join other celebrities, friends and colleagues to pay tribute to iconic film critic Roger Ebert’s life and prolific career at “Roger Ebert: A Celebration of Life,” this Thursday, April 11, at 7 p.m. at the Chicago Theatre, 175 N. State St.
♫ Deck us all with Boston Charlie, Walla Walla, Wash., and Kalamazoo! ♫
Deck Us All With Boston Charlie from IQ on Vimeo.
 
“Fight Club,” by Jane Austen
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