Posts Tagged with "Ebert"

Roger Ebert on La Dolce Vita

Monday, April 12, 2010

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Roger Ebert on La Dolce Vita

I’m in one of my Fellini Fhases, watching Amarcord (which I have always liked) on Friday and Juliet of the Spirits (which I always haven’t) on Saturday. It just comes upon me, you know? And then I’m back in a world of big-breasted women in heavy eye makeup. Anyway, I was browsing around looking for [...]

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Roger Ebert and Groucho

Friday, November 30, 2007

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Kate found and forwarded this neat little interview with Groucho Marx, circa 1969…

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Lawrence of Arabia

Monday, July 3, 2006

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Lawrence of Arabia

I had the great good fortune to watch the movie “Lawrence of Arabia” in 70mm at the Aero Theater last night. I decided to do it on a whim, and the theater was packed, but it was really a wonderful experience. It reminded me of other times, mostly as a boy, when a movie has [...]

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All current and recovering smart kids must see…

Sunday, June 15, 2003

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…”Spellbound,” the new documentary about the national spelling bee. All eight students–between 10-13–are tremendously interesting; some of them inspire pity for the pressure (implicit and explicit) they’re under–pressure to succeed, sure, but pressure to deal with differences in culture and class, and in the largest sense, the great task of becoming oneself..I admired all of [...]

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La Dolce Vita…

Sunday, May 4, 2003

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I watched Federico Fellini’s La Dolce Vita last night, and as usual found it to be an incredibly rich experience. Every damn time I watch it, I come up with one or more insights into my own life–things to do, not to do, patterns recognized, temptations resisted or embraced and the consequences of each…This, along [...]

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Ebert on Red Dragon

Friday, October 4, 2002

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I’m a fan of the book, so I was pleased to read Roger Ebert’s positive review of the movie. UPDATE: In my eternal quest to be even-handed, here are two more reviews of Red Dragon, neither very positive. One’s from the Village Voice, and the other’s from The New York Times. Thus armed, you can [...]

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