Life Itself (2014)
For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism (2009)
(Available on Netflix Streaming)
Other Movies of Note
Votes on Last Month's Movies
Chef: 3.0
Ida: 2.57
Sunday, July 13, 2014
Movies for August 2014: Life Itself and For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism
Don is hosting for August. The movies to see are:
'Life Itself' recounts the surprising and entertaining life of world-renowned film critic and social commentator Roger Ebert - a story that's by turns personal, wistful, funny, painful, and transcendent. The film explores the impact and legacy of Roger Ebert's life: from his Pulitzer Prize-winning film criticism and his nearly quarter-century run with Gene Siskel on their review show, to becoming one of the country's most influential cultural voices, and finally to Roger's inspiring battles with cancer and the resulting physical disability - how he literally and symbolically put a new face on the disease and continued to be a cultural force despite it.
Relied upon by some moviegoers and reviled by others, film critics for over 100 years have represented a form of journalism that sought to find and judge film as an art in a way others might want to heed. This film presents a comprehensive history of this form of writing as it developed with the film medium itself. With historical profiles on major contributors like Pauline Kael along with interview with contemporary figures like Roger Ebert, the nature of the profession is explored both for its illustrious past and its uncertain future.
(Available on Netflix Streaming)
(Available on Netflix Streaming)
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