Aged just 14, Roger Ebert was already a critic. Read his 1957 letter to “Amazing Stories.”
Amazing find by Ian Schoenherr!
Film: Life Itself
The film focuses on the work of Rick Guidotti and his organization, Positive Exposure, which works to transform perceptions of people with mental, physical and behavioral differences. The footage will feature one of the film’s subjects as well.
The trailer for On Beauty can be found here.
“It has this sort of serendipitous quality about the way it’s put together, where he really didn’t go in with a preconceived notion about what this film was going to be. He really let the film and the experience of being in the streets of Paris dictate where it took him.”—
Steve James on Le joli mai
From the book The Best Film You’ve Never Seen
Steve James loves this film. Also programmed it for his IDFA top 10.
Inspired by Myriad Genetics: The four new DNA bases by Jack Ohman, Sacramento Bee
On tomorrow night’s episode of In the Loop, we take a closer look at the case of Myriad Genetics, and how a decision will affect tens of thousands of women who get tested for a genetic mutation known to cause breast and ovarian cancers.
Does a company have the right to patent your DNA? #wyccintheloop
Joanna Rudnick, director of In the Family, will be on WYCC’s In the Loop tonight!
Source: kmkubo
Chaz Ebert leads a “500 Thumbs Up for Roger Ebert!” tribute today at the American Pavilion at Cannes.
Film: Life Itself
