By Roger Ebert November 16, 1986 Most people who are on the road all the time seem to be running from something. Willie Nelson seems to be looking for it. One of his best friends says Willie can't be happy…
On my walks in Lincoln Park, one of my favorite destinations is the Shakespeare garden at the south end of the ponds. Here a little path meanders through plantings of (allegedly) all the flowers mentioned by Shakespeare. On four boulders…
After the screening at Telluride, September 1987: My Great Movies review of "Au Revoir, les Enfants." The film is on Instant Streaming at Netflix. var a2a_config = a2a_config || {}; a2a_config.linkname = "Roger Ebert's Journal"; a2a_config.linkurl = "http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/"; a2a_config.num_services =…
This film, which played at Ebertfest, is by Rudi Dolezal from Vienna, one of Europe's leading directors of music videos. He met Freddie Mercury in that way and gained his agreement to make the film. Freddy's mother also agreed to…
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This free Newsletter is a sample of what members receive weekly.For Roger's invitation to the Club, go HERE Marie writes: some of you may recall seeing a custom-built "steampunk" microphone stand made for the group Three Days Grace, by sculptor…
"House" is new in the Criterion Collection, so I figured it might be good. I looked at the trailer. This is the trailer. Your challenge, should you choose to accept it: Having not seen the film and working only from…
By Roger Ebert / June 26, 1974 Richard Harris, dressed from head to toe in black, sprawled on the couch in his hotel suite and sang, not at all badly, a few warmup lines of "Oh, What a Beautiful Morning."…
Atom Egoyan must be a wonderful teacher. (Photo by Roger Ebert) Egoyan on inspiration Egoyan on erotic scenes   Egoyan on Amanda Seyfried Egoyan on Liam Neeson Egoyan on Ingmar Bergman and the essence of cinema Egoyan on preconceptions about…
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