* *It's hard to believe Steve Goodman has been gone for 25 years. Even though we knew he had leukemia, and sang for 16 years with it, he fought it with courage and good cheer. You counted yourself blessed to…
The famed Alloy Orchestra of Cambridge, Mass., performed their original compositions to a group of "Wild and Weird" early silent shorts on April 27 at Ebertfest. This is a sample of the program, with titles by Ken Winokur. Check their…
The Ebert Club would like to present the noir film "The Lady from Shanghai" by director Orson Welles, streaming free. And to explore an even greater assortment of finds and discoveries, please join the Ebert Club. Your subscription helps support…
My third collection of reviews of movies I really hated. Order A Horrible Experience of Unbearable Length: More Movies That Suck from Barnes and Noble, Amazon or the independent bookstore of your choice: Introduction to the book By Roger Ebert…
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I was so surprised to find this on You Tube. I hosted several segments of the "Focus on Britain" series in the 1980s. It was produced by the British Tourist Authority. I haven't seen this in more than 25 years.…
Timelapse video by Jeff Desom, on Press Play via Indiewire. Click here for more information. Thanks for the link to Michael Mirasol. Here is my Great Movies review of the film.
My Far-Flung Correspondent Michael Mirasol has set a new record in far-flinging himself. He writes: "This is a little mashup I wanted to see with Bud Luckey's immortal Sesame Street song meeting Robert Zemeckis's opening scene in CONTACT."
Part of the "This Must Be the Place" series of The Atlantic. URL leads to all entries in the series. Thanks to Jana J.Monji, who writes me: "I used to live in a loft space from a former factory but…
The painting at the top is by Jacopo Bassano (1510-1592).
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