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> <channel><title>Alt Film Guide &#187; Roger Ebert</title> <atom:link href="http://www.altfg.com/blog/tag/roger-ebert/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog</link> <description>The Oscars, film awards, new releases, Los Angeles screenings, movie classics, gay movies, film festivals, box office, foreign and independent films</description> <lastBuildDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:29:41 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <item><title>Playboy Playmate Cynthia Myers Dies: BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS Star</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/cynthia-myers-playboy-playmate-beyond-the-valley-of-the-dolls/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/cynthia-myers-playboy-playmate-beyond-the-valley-of-the-dolls/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 21:44:47 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35719</guid> <description><![CDATA[Model and actress Cynthia Myers, a 1968 Playboy Playmate, died Nov. 4. She was 61. Hugh Hefner announced her death on Twitter: “I’m saddened by the news of the passing of beloved Playmate Cynthia Myers, Miss December 1968.” No details about the cause of death have been released yet. Myers' movie roles were few. She reportedly had a bit part as a native girl in [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/cynthia-myers-playboy-playmate-beyond-the-valley-of-the-dolls/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Ryan Dunn Drunk, Speeding Before Fatal Crash</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/ryan-dunn-drunk-speeding-roger-ebert/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/ryan-dunn-drunk-speeding-roger-ebert/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 21:50:18 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27300</guid> <description><![CDATA[Ryan Dunn Vilified by some for being &#34;insensitive,&#34; Roger Ebert turned out to be right about Jackass performer Ryan Dunn's last ride. Dunn's blood alcohol level was 0.196, or more than twice the maximum legal limit of 0.08. Also, according to police he might have been driving as fast as 140 mph in a 55-mph zone. Dunn, who had turned 34 on June 11, and [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/ryan-dunn-drunk-speeding-roger-ebert/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Roger Ebert Apologizes for Ryan Dunn Tweet</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/roger-ebert-apologizes-ryan-dunn-tweet/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/roger-ebert-apologizes-ryan-dunn-tweet/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 19:10:58 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Zac Gille</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27295</guid> <description><![CDATA[Following the tweet &#34;friends don't let jackasses drink and drive,&#34; referring to Jackass performer Ryan Dunn, who died in a fiery car crash on Monday, June 20, Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic Roger Ebert has been relentlessly attacked by some on Twitter and Facebook. Shortly before the crash, Dunn had tweeted a picture of himself drinking with two friends, one of whom was Hartwell. Many who [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/roger-ebert-apologizes-ryan-dunn-tweet/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>CASABLANCA Review Pt.6 &#8211; Lack of Great Themes</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-movies/casablanca-review/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-movies/casablanca-review/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 22:18:22 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Schneider</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=16034</guid> <description><![CDATA[Ingrid Bergman, Humphrey Bogart in Michael Curtiz's Casablanca CASABLANCA Review Part V &#8211; DVD: Lauren Bacall Documentary BACALL ON BOGART Now, the biggest mistake that prevents Casablanca from reaching greatness is its lack of great themes. There is nothing in the film that is so overwhelmingly majestic, technically or performance-wise, that can put it in a class with many of the other highly praised motion [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-movies/casablanca-review/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>CASABLANCA Review Pt.5 &#8211; DVD: Lauren Bacall Documentary BACALL ON BOGART</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/dvds/casablanca/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/dvds/casablanca/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 22:15:46 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Schneider</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=16033</guid> <description><![CDATA[Dooley Wilson, Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman in Michael Curtiz's Casablanca CASABLANCA Review Part IV &#8211; Ingrid Bergman The ending is good &#8212; Louie and Rick talk of leaving Casablanca after Louie covers for Rick's killing the Nazi Major Strasser &#8212; but there is nothing either actor does that lifts the scene above its own well-written basis. Then there is Strasser's portrayer, Conrad Veidt, an actor [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/dvds/casablanca/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>STRAW DOGS Review Pt.4 &#8211; Sam Peckinpah &quot;More Barbaric Version of Alfred Hitchcock&quot;</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/straw-dogs-review-sam-peckinpah-alfred-hitchcock/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/straw-dogs-review-sam-peckinpah-alfred-hitchcock/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 22:34:23 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Schneider</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26667</guid> <description><![CDATA[STRAW DOGS Review: Part III In his defense, Clover is not the only critic who has butchered their interpretation of the film. The infamous Pauline Kael loved Straw Dogs, but mislabeled it &#34;fascist,&#34; as if a band of local loonies are the equivalent of a nationwide junta, while many of her female acolytes condemned both the film and the director for &#34;misogyny.&#34; Even the powerful [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/straw-dogs-review-sam-peckinpah-alfred-hitchcock/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>“Roger Ebert Presents At the Movies” on PBS in 2011</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/roger-ebert-presents-at-the-movies-pbs-stations/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/roger-ebert-presents-at-the-movies-pbs-stations/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 18:55:59 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25133</guid> <description><![CDATA[If movies and movie franchises can have reboots, why not television shows devoted to movies and movie franchises? Roger Ebert Presents At the Movies, a reboot of the film-review show At the Movies in which Ebert and Gene Siskel gave thumbs up or down to countless releases, will be produced by his wife Chaz Ebert at the original series' station, WTTW Chicago. The new show [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/roger-ebert-presents-at-the-movies-pbs-stations/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>ECLIPSE Tent Scene: Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner Connect While Kristen Stewart Thaws Out</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/robert-pattinson-taylor-lautner-chat-while-kristen-stewart-eclipse-tent-scene/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/robert-pattinson-taylor-lautner-chat-while-kristen-stewart-eclipse-tent-scene/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 12:12:48 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=24690</guid> <description><![CDATA[Taylor Lautner, Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson in David Slade's The Twilight Saga: Eclipse The Tent Sequence in Stephenie Meyer's novel Eclipse is many twihards' favorite. It's also quite possibly the most discussed scene found in the movie version, partly because it had to be reshot in order to solve some &#34;blocking&#34; issues. Although overall I found Eclipse a marked improvement over New Moon, I also [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/robert-pattinson-taylor-lautner-chat-while-kristen-stewart-eclipse-tent-scene/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>6</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>IRON MAN 2 Reviews from Top Critics</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/iron-man-2-reviews-top-critics/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/iron-man-2-reviews-top-critics/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 12:14:18 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Zac Gille</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=24147</guid> <description><![CDATA[Robert Downey Jr as Tony Stark in Iron Man 2 There were some positive reviews for Iron Man 2 out there now, but, really, a 5.9 average at Rotten Tomatoes isn't exactly what I'd call a fruit I'd want to eat. Directed by Jon Favreau from a screenplay by Justin Theroux, Iron Man 2 brings back Robert Downey Jr as Tony Stark, in addition to, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/iron-man-2-reviews-top-critics/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Roger Ebert&#039;s Ebertfest 2010: PINK FLOYD THE WALL, APOCALYPSE NOW REDUX</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/ebertfest-2010-roger-ebert-pink-floyd-the-wall-departures/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/ebertfest-2010-roger-ebert-pink-floyd-the-wall-departures/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 03:38:01 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=24012</guid> <description><![CDATA[Alan Parker's Pink Floyd The Wall (top); Dziga Vertov's Man with a Movie Camera (middle); Masahiro Motoki in Yojiro Takita's Oscar-winning Departures (bottom) The 2010 edition of Ebertfest, Roger Ebert's film festival of overlooked (and not-so-overlooked) movies, kicked off at 7 p.m. this evening with a screening of Alan Parker's (not-at-all) overlooked Pink Floyd The Wall. (I'm no fan of the film; I was told [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/ebertfest-2010-roger-ebert-pink-floyd-the-wall-departures/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AT THE MOVIES Cancelled</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/at-the-movies-cancelled-roger-ebert/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/at-the-movies-cancelled-roger-ebert/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 06:17:48 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=23663</guid> <description><![CDATA[Michael Phillips and A.O. Scott's At the Movies has been cancelled by Disney/ABC after 35 years. At the Movies was started as Sneak Previews in 1975 by Gene Siskel and current tweetermeister Roger Ebert, who joined hands to give thumbs up (or down) to hundreds of films. Following Siskel's death, Ebert kept on going with Richard Roeper, until illness ended Ebert's television career. Roeper then [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/at-the-movies-cancelled-roger-ebert/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Matt Damon&#039;s GREEN ZONE Reviews</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/matt-damon-green-zone-reviews/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/matt-damon-green-zone-reviews/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:13:58 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=23316</guid> <description><![CDATA[Green Zone: Amy Ryan, Matt Damon (top); director Paul Greengrass, Matt Damon on the Green Zone set Paul Greengrass' Iraq War thriller Green Zone follows a US Army officer (Matt Damon) who discovers there's a government conspiracy at work to dupe Americans into believing Saddam Hussein's Iraq had &#34;weapons of mass destruction.&#34; As to be expected, right-wingers have called the movie &#34;anti-American,&#34; while US critics [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/matt-damon-green-zone-reviews/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Kristen Stewart&#039;s WELCOME TO THE RILEYS Acquired</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/kristen-stewart-welcome-to-the-rileys-acquired/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/kristen-stewart-welcome-to-the-rileys-acquired/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 08:17:34 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Joan Lister</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=23283</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Kristen Stewart vehicle Welcome to the Rileys has been picked up for distribution in the United States, Mike Fleming reports at Deadline.com. Written by Ken Hixon, directed by Jake Scott, and co-starring The Sopranos' James Gandolfini and Academy Award nominee Melissa Leo (Frozen River), Welcome to the Rileys was shown at Sundance where the performances were received warmly &#8212; the film itself less so. [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/kristen-stewart-welcome-to-the-rileys-acquired/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>5</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Robert Pattinson&#039;s REMEMBER ME Reviews</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/robert-pattinson-remember-me-reviews/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/robert-pattinson-remember-me-reviews/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:48:03 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=23266</guid> <description><![CDATA[Robert Pattinson’s new starring vehicle Remember Me has been greeted by mixed-to-negative reviews. Directed by Allen Coulter and written by Will Fetters, Remember Me stars Pattinson (who also executive produced the film) as a James Dean-style chain-smoking rebel who has a troubled relationship with his wealthy father. Pattinson's character later meets a young woman with whom he falls in love. There are plenty of obstacles [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/robert-pattinson-remember-me-reviews/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>34</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Roger Ebert Gets Standing Ovation, Gabourey Sidibe Wins: Spirit Awards 2010</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/roger-ebert-gabourey-sidibe-spirit-awards-189/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/roger-ebert-gabourey-sidibe-spirit-awards-189/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 06:22:15 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=22726</guid> <description><![CDATA[Gabourey Sidibe in Lee Daniels' Precious John Cassavetes Award winner Lynn Shelton, Best First Film Crazy Heart director Scott Cooper, and Precious screenwriter Geoffrey Fletcher all shed tears when accepting their awards. But the most emotional moment of the evening was the standing ovation given to Roger Ebert, who presented the Chaz and Roger Ebert Truer Than Fiction award to Bill Ross and Turner Ross' [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/roger-ebert-gabourey-sidibe-spirit-awards-189/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Cannes 2009: ADRIFT, DRAG ME TO HELL, IN THE BEGINNING</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/in-the-beginning-adrift-drag-me-to-hell/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/in-the-beginning-adrift-drag-me-to-hell/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2009 02:03:11 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Massimo David</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=12386</guid> <description><![CDATA[At Firstshowing.net, Alex Billington on À Deriva / Adrift (above, with Laura Neiva), screened in the Un Certain Regard sidebar: &#34;I think I stumbled across a big Cannes sleeper hit. From the beaches of Brazil comes Adrift, known as À Deriva in Portuguese, the third film from Brazilian director Heitor Dhalia. I'm going to say right up front &#8212; following in the footsteps of City [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/in-the-beginning-adrift-drag-me-to-hell/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Robert Mitchum Interviewed by Roger Ebert</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/roger-ebert-interviews-robert-mitchum/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/roger-ebert-interviews-robert-mitchum/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2007 22:51:11 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
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