#roger-ebert — Public Fediverse posts
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Russ Meyer and Roger Ebert teamed up again for 1976's Up! which is a little bit fairy tale, a little bit Nazisploitation, and a whole lot of busty women. I... I mean it's Russ Meyer.
Read the review from May 2020 at https://wp.me/p9XNnZ-1gJ
#blog #review #russmeyer #70s #rogerebert #exploitation #sexploitation #nazisploitation
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Perhaps one of the more famous Russ Meyer films is the pseudo-sequel to Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls. Beyond the Valley of the Dolls isn't just a kind of funny title, or a studio film for Meyer, it was written by famous movie critic Roger Ebert.
Read the review from May 2020 at https://wp.me/p9XNnZ-1fX
#blog #review #70s #russmeyer #valleyofthedolls #beyondthevalleyofthedolls #exploitation #rogerebert
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"The way seemed clear for ['Hoop Dreams' to win] an Academy Award as best documentary. Then a shameful thing happened. It wasn’t even nominated. We learned... that the members of the committee had a system. They carried little flashlights. When one gave up on a film, he waved a light on the screen. When a majority of flashlights had voted, the film was switched off. 'Hoop Dreams' was stopped after 15 minutes."
https://www.rogerebert.com/rogers-journal/the-great-american-documentary
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Siskel and Ebert Come Alive on Stage as Chicago Marks 50th Anniversary of Iconic Critic Duo
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Christophe Gans – „Pakt der Wölfe“ (2001)
„In dem Film geht es um Wölfe, französische Aristokraten, Geheimgesellschaften, Irokesen-Indianer, Kampfkünste, okkulte Zeremonien, heilige Pilze, Prahlhänse, inzestuöses Verlangen, politische Unterwanderung, tierische Geister, blutige Schlachtszenen und Bordelle. Das Einzige, was man nicht tun sollte, ist, diesen Film ernst zu nehmen. Seine Wurzeln liegen in traditionellen Monster-Sex-Fantasy-Filmen mit Spezialeffekten.“, schrieb Roger Ebert. (ARD, Wh)
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"The purpose of civilization and growth is to be able to reach out and empathize a little bit with other people."
-Roger Ebert
Life Itself (2014)
Dir: Steve James#Movies #Cinema #MovieQuotes #MoviePosters #2010s #Documentary #RogerEbert
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Christophe Gans – „Pakt der Wölfe“ (2001)
„In dem Film geht es um Wölfe, französische Aristokraten, Geheimgesellschaften, Irokesen-Indianer, Kampfkünste, okkulte Zeremonien, heilige Pilze, Prahlhänse, inzestuöses Verlangen, politische Unterwanderung, tierische Geister, blutige Schlachtszenen und Bordelle. Das Einzige, was man nicht tun sollte, ist, diesen Film ernst zu nehmen. Seine Wurzeln liegen in traditionellen Monster-Sex-Fantasy-Filmen mit Spezialeffekten.“, schrieb Roger Ebert. (ARD, Wh)
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"The problem with being sure that God is on your side is that you can't change your mind, because God sure isn't going to change His." -Roger Ebert
#christiannationalism #trump #maga #fascism #conservatism #authoritarianism #fundamentalism #quote #quotes #rogerebert -
Critic Richard Roeper to Leave Chicago Sun-Times After 37 Year Career
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I watched "Dear Frankie" (2005) because of Roger Ebert's review (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/dear-frankie-2005), then promptly bought the DVD.
If you can find it, do yourself a favor, and watch it.
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CW: Roger Ebert, alcoholism
Coming across Roger Ebert's review of "When a Man loves a Woman" (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/when-a-man-loves-a-woman-1994) again, and then re-reading his essay on AA and alcoholism recovery.
https://www.rogerebert.com/roger-ebert/my-name-is-roger-and-im-an-alcoholic
He died twelve years ago come April, and we are all poorer for it.
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Just want to share this utterly charming re-review of "E.T." that Roger Ebert wrote in 2002, phrased as a letter to his grandkids who he watched it with.
https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-et-the-extra-terrestrial-1982
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#CapitalPunishment #Holocaust #Gaza #RogerEbert
Indeed. It's not happening to US, right? We don't have to see it, think about it.
Right up to the point it IS us facing death.
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
The ability of so many people to live comfortably with the idea of capital punishment is perhaps a clue to how so many Europeans were able to live with the idea of the Holocaust: Once you accept the notion that the state has the right to kill someone and the right to define what is a capital crime, aren't you halfway there? -Roger Ebert, film critic (18 Jun 1942-2013) -
Der Kollaps des Kapitalismus – Margin Call (2011)
Fast 20 Jahre nach der Weltfinanzkrise, dem Kollaps der Lehman Brothers, und der Rettung von Banken überall auf der Welt mit dem Geld der Steuerzahler:innen, ist das ziemlich atemberaubende Debüt von J. C. Chandor noch immer ein Schlüssel, um den Finanzkapitalismus zu verstehen. Die Frage bleibt: Haben wir dazu gelernt, seitdem?
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Der Kollaps des Kapitalismus – Margin Call (2011)
Fast 20 Jahre nach der Weltfinanzkrise, dem Kollaps der Lehman Brothers, und der Rettung von Banken überall auf der Welt durch das Geld der Steuerzahler:innen, ist das atemberaubende Debüt von J. C. Chandor noch immer ein Schlüssel, um den Finanzkapitalismus zu entschlüsseln. Die Frage bleibt: Haben wir dazu gelernt, seitdem?
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"At the end of the film, I had to smile, recognizing how Shyamalan has essentially ditched a payoff. He knows, as we all sense, that payoffs have grown boring. The mechanical resolution of a movie's problems is something we sit through at the end, but it's the setup and the buildup that keep our attention."
#RogerEbert, 2002
Maybe we were all sick of set up and payoff in 2002, but by 2022 we were desperate for screenwriting capable of doing it well.
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Roger Ebert on his impending death:
"I know it is coming, and I do not fear it, because I believe there is nothing on the other side of death to fear,” he writes in a journal entry titled ‘Go Gently into That Good Night.’
“I hope to be spared as much pain as possible on the approach path. I was perfectly content before I was born, and I think of death as the same state.
What I am grateful for is the gift of intelligence, and for life, love, wonder, and laughter. You can’t say it wasn’t interesting.
My lifetime’s memories are what I have brought home from the trip. I will require them for eternity no more than that little souvenir of the Eiffel Tower I brought home from Paris.”
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Isabella Rossellini Speaks on Roger Ebert’s Claim That David Lynch “Degraded” Her in ‘Blue Velvet’
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Isabella Rossellini Refutes Roger Ebert’s Claim That David Lynch ‘Exploited Me’ in ‘Blue Velvet’: ‘I Was an Adult. I Chose to Play the Character’
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#NowPlaying #RogerEbert #DavidLynch I had an interaction like this with a coworker once haha. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y5BfLqdMeI