When I caught up with "Iron Man," a broken hip had delayed me and the movie had already been playing for three weeks. What I heard during that time was that a lot of people loved it, that they were…
Dear Readers: In response to my blog item, "How Studs has helped me live my life," Sun-Times editor and columnist Tom Mcnamee sent me the following priceless memory. RE
From Bob Shultz, ABC-TV, ST. Joseph, MO:
By Roger Ebert
Director Laurent Cantet accepts the Palme d'Or, surrounded by his cast. For the first time in 21 years, a French film has taken the top prize at the Cannes film festival, and in a rarity for Cannes, the Palme d’Or…
I got caught in the Indiana Jones whirlwind and allowed an important anniversary to pass unremarked: On May 16, Studs Terkel celebrated his 96th birthday. One of the great American lives continues to unfold. If I know Studs, the great…
View image The beginning of the dissolve (recall, with nostalgia, when Paramount was A Gulf + Western Company?). View image The new/old Paramount Pictures Presents. (... or "You're a Better Man Than I Am, Short Round") This is a contribution…
From Scott Collette, Los Angeles CA:
Q. You asked if readers raised on color had any thoughts on the B&W issue. I was born in 1971, and the worlds of television and cinema were fully in color. I grew up "hating" black and white, and dismissed…
Kyle and Alison Eastwood with their father Clint on a big night out in Cannes. Dear Roger, I've just returned from the official dinner given by the Festival for Clint Eastwood's movie. I felt like Cinderella at the ball. The…
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