Sunday April 26th: I had all kinds of logistical issues on this day: noon checkout, noon movie, two pieces of luggage, an Ebertfest tote bag full of books, exhaustion, and an 8P.M. train departure. What to do? What to do from 2P.M. - 8P.M.? (remember the noon check out) Well, like everything else on this trip, it all worked out for the best. Oh you can do check out at 7:30P.M. for a small fee - and it was small and well worth the convenience. I left my bags in the room until my departure for …
Ebertfest: Day Four
Enjoy Mat Dillon as eye candy until I can blog about Day Four later today. Just got back from a lovely Ebertfest party and its so late and I gotta pack and sleep and prepare for tomorrow's screening. Last Day... boo hoo! but a brief recap - I saw: …
Ebertfest: Day 3 Part Two
Frozen River. That says it all for me. This was a lovely, lovely film! More tears. I am starting to lose my mind over how fantastic these movies are! Once again we were treated to the presence of the writer/director (Courtney Hunt - first time filmmaker), one of the stars (Misty Upham) and Michael Barker, co-president of Sony Pictures Classic, that bought the film. …
Ebertfest: Day 3, part one
Oy!! This festival is starting to exhaust me! That was my thought this morning when I rolled outta bed at 9:30A.M. to get some books autographed by Roger and to attend a forum about film. That exhaustion turned into exhilaration by the time I reached the theater. I just saw Begging Naked, a documentary by Karen Gehres. This film was extraordinary. It ripped my heart out and enlightened me at the same time. …
Ebertfest Day 2: Trouble the Water
Well, it did it to me again... I saw Trouble the Water and it made cry - again. The film makers (Carl Deal, Tia Lessin) and subjects (Kim & Scott Roberts) were on hand to introduce the film and afterwards for a Q & A (Richard Roeper was the mediator.) I had to raise my hand to comment. Back in October I had emailed my review to the Trouble the Water's Myspace profile and Director Carl Deal wrote me back. And so when I made my comment I mentioned that I had sent an email to Myspace, …