Daily archive for ‘ April 23rd, 2009 ’

Ebertfest Day 2

23rd April 2009 | 3 Comments

I am back at the hotel for a quick break between screenings. I just saw : My Winnipeg., a wonderfully cheeky & unique film film directed by Guy Maddin, who I met, and Ramin Bahrani’s Chop Shop – Fabulous! I just saw Bahrani’s film Goodbye Solo a few weeks ago. But tonight we are screening [...]


Ebertfest – Day One

23rd April 2009 | 2 Comments

There are some basic survivor strategies that one must know when one comes to Ebertfest. I attended Ebertfest 2005 with my BFF Avis who was a big editor at the Chicago Sun Times and friend of Roger, so we had VIP-this and Press-that. But being a lone Cougar I had only the upgrade of Festival [...]