Ebertfest 2017: "Hysteria," "The Handmaiden," "Elle"

by Chaz Ebert and Matt Fagerholm  |  May 12, 2017  | 

The screenings of "Hysteria," "The Handmaiden" and "Elle" at Ebertfest 2017.

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Stars, Music, Movies and Compassion Converge: Ebertfest 2017 Preview

by Chaz Ebert  |  April 14, 2017  | 

Chaz Ebert provides a preview of the 19th installment of Roger Ebert's Film Festival "Ebertfest" 2017.

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"Hair," "To Sleep with Anger" and More Set to Screen at Ebertfest 2017

by The Editors  |  March 23, 2017  | 

An article about various films set to screen at Ebertfest 2017, including the opening night selection, "Hair."

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"I realize that most of the turning points in my career were brought about by others. My life has largely happened to me without any conscious plan. I was an indifferent student except at subjects that interested me, and those I followed beyond the classroom, stealing time from others I should have been studying. I was no good at math beyond algebra. I flunked French four times in college. I had no patience for memorization, but I could easily remember words I responded to. In college a chart of my grades resembled a mountain range. My first real newspaper job came when my best friend's father hired me to cover high school sports for the local daily. In college a friend told me I must join him in publishing an alternative weekly and then left it in my hands. That led to the Daily Illini, and that in turn led to the Chicago Sun-Times, where I have worked ever since 1966. I became the movie critic six months later through no premeditation, when the job was offered to me out of a clear blue sky."Visit "I was born inside the movie of my life" to read the opening pages from Roger's forthcoming memoir to be published September 13, 2011.

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