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Lynne Jordan is my favorite diva. For sure.
She rocks the joint, and then makes it dreamy. She plays all the way from Green Dolphin Street to the Drake Hotel. She is worth seeking. Oh, yes she does.
Roger Ebert became film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times in 1967. He is the only film critic with a star on Hollywood Boulevard Walk of Fame and was named honorary life member of the Directors' Guild of America. He won the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Screenwriters' Guild, and honorary degrees from the American Film Institute and the University of Colorado at Boulder. Since 1989 he has hosted Ebertfest, a film festival at the Virginia Theater in Champaign-Urbana. From 1975 until 2006 he, Gene Siskel and Richard Roeper co-hosted a weekly movie review program on national TV. He was Lecturer on Film for the University of Chicago extension program from 1970 until 2006, and recorded shot-by-shot commentaries for the DVDs of "Citizen Kane," "Casablanca," "Floating Weeds" and "Dark City," and has written over 20 books.
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She rocks the joint, and then makes it dreamy. She plays all the way from Green Dolphin Street to the Drake Hotel. She is worth seeking. Oh, yes she does.
Marie writes: It's no secret how we feel about B-rated movie trailers inside the Ebert Club; there's nothing like a steaming pile of crap to inspire a good laugh. And it seems we're not alone. For behold: Siskel & Ebert…
Narrated by Tom Hanks, this 11-minute film is uncommonly affecting. With all I've learned about 9/11, I was unfamiliar with this story. Thanks to my old Toronto friend George Anthony for this link.
My friend and colleague Michael Mirasol, from the Philippines, now in Australia, is the very image of a Far-Flung Correspondent. We bonded at Ebertfest. Look at his magnificent video essay about Vincent Ward's film, which we honored at Ebertfest.
Marie is the Hon. Sec'y of The Ebert Club, and editor of our newsletter. As you can see, she communicates well in images. Here is a free sample of The Ebert Club Newsletter. So hop on board, already. Whenever you…
Thanks for the link to Gary Houston.
The graphic was created by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to represent 1,235 planets we know to exist, and the suns they orbit. Each planet is a black dot. Our sun is below the top row at the right.…
My review of "Silver Linings Playbook."
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I have the book. This great photographer died unknown, having made an invaluable photographic record of the Chicago of her time. The rediscovery of her work was a great event in the history of photography. The director of this film…
