Podcasts about Ebertfest

“Sinners” (2025) and a preview of the 2025 Ebertfest film festival with Hollis Monroe, Phil Brown and Monica Schmidt.

Pope Francis dead at 88, Protest at Alma Statue, EbertFest begins tomorrow and Champaign Central Maroons host Richwood KnightsHosted by Nick RoachoStories by Faith Routley, Sean Farnsley, Peter Hanson, and Maeve KeeleyMusic by Boxout

New bill protects University press affliates, UI graduate students art exhibit, Virginia Theatre opens in time for EbertFest and Women's basketball adds new transfer. Hosted by Nick RoachoStories by Emily Huffman, Faith Routhley, Sean Farnsley and Maeve KeeleyMusic by Boxout

The crew sit down and talk about Civil War and Challengers as well as what else they have been watching. Nick also dives in to his Ebertfest 2024 experience.

On this week's episode, the panel is first joined by Slate's music critic, Carl Wilson, to puzzle over The Tortured Poets Department, Taylor Swift's much-anticipated 11th studio album. Stuffed with 31 tracks, the two-part album is a departure from the billionaire pop star's otherwise perfectly crafted oeuvre: it's messy and drippy, and at times, manic and frenetic. Is this secretly a cry for help? And more importantly, when did she find the time to record this thing? Then, the three explore Fallout, a post-apocalyptic drama series adapted from the extremely popular role-playing video game of the same name. Executive produced by Jonathan Nolan (Westworld, Person of Interest) and streaming on Prime Video, Fallout certainly achieves a high level of immersive world-building, but do the stories and characters fare the same? Finally, Becca Rothfeld, the Washington Post's non-fiction book critic, joins to discuss her triumphant first book, All Things Are Too Small: Essays in Praise of Excess, in which she rebukes the culture's affinity for minimalism and makes the case for living in a maximalist world.  In the exclusive Slate Plus segment, it's part two of the Ambition versus Contentment discussion (courtesy of a listener question from Gretel): How should a parent approach cultivating ambition in a child, if at all? The hosts discuss.  Email us at culturefest@slate.com.  Outro music: "Ruins (Instrumental Version)" by Origo Endorsements: Dana: The Teacher's Lounge, a film by German-Turkish director Ilker Çatak. It was a Best International Film nominee at the 96th Academy Awards. (Also, Ebertfest in Champaign, Illinois!) Julia: Kristen Wiig's Jumanji sketch on Saturday Night Live, inspired by Dana.  Stephen: The British band Jungle, introduced to him by his daughter. A few favorite songs: “Back on 74,” “Dominoes,” and “All of the Time.”  Podcast production by Jared Downing. Production assistance by Kat Hong.  Hosts Dana Stevens, Julia Turner, Stephen Metcalf Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's episode, the panel is first joined by Slate's music critic, Carl Wilson, to puzzle over The Tortured Poets Department, Taylor Swift's much-anticipated 11th studio album. Stuffed with 31 tracks, the two-part album is a departure from the billionaire pop star's otherwise perfectly crafted oeuvre: it's messy and drippy, and at times, manic and frenetic. Is this secretly a cry for help? And more importantly, when did she find the time to record this thing? Then, the three explore Fallout, a post-apocalyptic drama series adapted from the extremely popular role-playing video game of the same name. Executive produced by Jonathan Nolan (Westworld, Person of Interest) and streaming on Prime Video, Fallout certainly achieves a high level of immersive world-building, but do the stories and characters fare the same? Finally, Becca Rothfeld, the Washington Post's non-fiction book critic, joins to discuss her triumphant first book, All Things Are Too Small: Essays in Praise of Excess, in which she rebukes the culture's affinity for minimalism and makes the case for living in a maximalist world.  In the exclusive Slate Plus segment, it's part two of the Ambition versus Contentment discussion (courtesy of a listener question from Gretel): How should a parent approach cultivating ambition in a child, if at all? The hosts discuss.  Email us at culturefest@slate.com.  Outro music: "Ruins (Instrumental Version)" by Origo Endorsements: Dana: The Teacher's Lounge, a film by German-Turkish director Ilker Çatak. It was a Best International Film nominee at the 96th Academy Awards. (Also, Ebertfest in Champaign, Illinois!) Julia: Kristen Wiig's Jumanji sketch on Saturday Night Live, inspired by Dana.  Stephen: The British band Jungle, introduced to him by his daughter. A few favorite songs: “Back on 74,” “Dominoes,” and “All of the Time.”  Podcast production by Jared Downing. Production assistance by Kat Hong.  Hosts Dana Stevens, Julia Turner, Stephen Metcalf Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dan & Manny welcome Emmy award winner, writer, & USC Alum, Eric Althoff to put the Jean-Claude Van Damme classic Street Fighter (1994) to the ultimate test--THE NOSTALGIA TEST! This is an hour and a half of classic Nostalgia Test Podcast comedy, hot takes, & tangents. We try to figure out who Street Fighter is for, how no one sets out to make a bad movie, Raul Julia, the absence of JCVD splits, quotable lines from the movie, Eric talks about an enlightening conversation he had with Judd Nelson, and so much more!    112.

Immaculate (2024) and a preview of Ebertfest 2024 with Hollis Monroe, Phil Brown and Monica Schmidt. The post Talking Pictures 4-17-24 appeared first on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.

In this episode, Nick once again welcomes Nell Minow, The Movie Mom to the podcast. Nick and Nell talk about what a true badass she is, and her thoughts on the movies "The Beautiful Game" & "Civil War," the classic TV show "Gilmore Girls," the world of Fathom Movie Events, what's happening at rogerebert.com, and the upcoming Ebertfest in Champaign Urbana. They also talk about the battle between Disney and Florida, and their shared love of underdogs taking down the establishment. Then, Esmeralda Leon joins Nick for another taste test of Ukrainian snacks, a discussion about crazy celebrities, and the glory days of Andy Frain security guards. Plus, Nick loses a subscriber because of politics?? Yep, it's true. [EP236]

An Illinois judge ruled that former President Donald Trump should be taken off the ballot for the state's primary election. The U of I men's basketball team won Wednesday's game against Minnesota by a score of 105 to 97. This April marks the 25th anniversary of Ebertfest, a film festival celebrating the Pulitzer prize winning U of I alum and film critic Roger Ebert and the movies he loved. Champaign is set to receive a new discount store called PopShelf at 2022 North Prospect Avenue in Champaign. Hosted by Layli NazarovaStories by Layli Nazarova, Nicolas Roacho, Joaquim O'Malley-Macias, Emily HuffmanMusic by Boxout

This week, I was so pleased to welcome one of the best film writers currently working today - the wonderful Sheila O'Malley - back to the podcast. A regular film critic for RogerEbert.com and a member of the prestigious New York Film Critics Circle, Sheila's work has also appeared in Film Comment, The New York Times, The L.A. Times, Criterion Collection, Sight & Sound, and other outlets. Additionally, a scene from her full-length script JULY AND HALF OF AUGUST was turned into a short film, which played at the Albuquerque Film and Music Experience, as well as at EbertFest. She's also written the narration scripts for two tribute reels played at the Lifetime Achievement Oscar ceremony, one for recipient Gena Rowlands (read by Angelina Jolie) and one for recipient Anne V. Coates (read by Diane Lane). Always a must-read, when she isn't doing everything else, Sheila writes about actors, movies, and Elvis at her outstanding personal site, The Sheila Variations. Returning for the first time since last winter when she joined me to discuss BLUE HAWAII on one of our winter physical media episodes, we had so much fun cracking each other up about Elvis movies that we couldn't resist tackling five more together this time. Focusing on a group of films that Sheila considers to be underrated for one reason or another, whether that's because it's a western, features a remarkable performance, or is the epitome of what a '60s Elvis romcom musical could be when it's done well, in this sparkling conversation, we cover KING CREOLE, FLAMING STAR, GIRL HAPPY, LIVE A LITTLE LOVE A LITTLE, & THE TROUBLE WITH GIRLS. Originally Posted on Patreon (9/24/23) here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/89764018 Theme Music: Solo Acoustic Guitar by Jason Shaw, Free Music Archive Logo: KateGabrielle.com

Another Ebertfest has come and gone, and Matt & Ashley were in attendance. In our latest episode, we talk about the film festival's movies, guests, ups & downs, and just our overall thoughts about it.

For this year's Ebertfest, the festival's leaders say they've decided to take inspiration from this quote to honor the tenth anniversary of Roger Ebert's passing with this year's line-up of films under the theme "Roger Ebert and Empathy." Chaz Ebert joined The 21st to talk about her work with the festival, film selection, and more.

Cool Movie Darth has finally attended Ebertfest when he saw the Terry Zwigoff and Thora Birch hosted screening of "Ghost World". It may have only been to one of the 13 shows, but this is a movie that has an important place in his life, regardless of the extra 20 minutes. He does his best to describe the experience to his big sister, ThePoeticCritic, perhaps to distract her from the remaining month of cinema lacking Jeff Goldblum.

Chuck and Pam discuss this year's Ebertfest in Champaign, IL as well as four new movies to see in theaters this week!  

The team sits down with Dr. Nate Kohn, Director of Ebertfest.Dr. Nate Kohn is the festival director at Ebertfest and a professor at the University of Georgia. His producing credits include Zulu Dawn starring Burt Lancaster and Peter O'Toole; the independent feature Somebodies, which premiered at Sundance (2006); Rain, the Bahamas' first indigenous feature which premiered at Toronto (2007) and on Showtime (2010); the feature film Bottleworld (2010); he was Executive Producer on the BET television series Somebodies(2008); he was Producer on the feature-length documentary Bayou Maharajah that premiered at the SXSW Festival (2013); he produced the Emmy Award-winning short documentaryEbertfest 2012; and he was Executive Producer on The 73rd, 74th and 75th Annual Peabody Awards Specials for PivotTV/Participant Media (2014, 2015 and 2016). He has served on juries and mentored screenwriters at the Atlanta, Hawaii, Kerala, and Bahamas International Film Festivals. He is a board member of the Arkansas Cinema Society. And he is the author of numerous scholarly articles and of the book Pursuing Hollywood: Seduction, Obsession, Dread (AltaMira Press, 2006).Fandor is a proud sponsor of EbertFest.Fandor on Social Media:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fandorTwitter: https://twitter.com/FandorInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/fandorfilmsTikTok: tiktok.com/@fandorfilms Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The person died in 2013 at age 70. The force and grace of his opinions propelled him into the mainstream of American culture. He went on two dates with Oprah Winfrey. He had multiple operations for cancer and eventually lost his ability to eat, drink and speak. His thumbs-up-or-down approach drew scorn from some critics, who said it trivialized film criticism. Today's dead celebrity is Roger Ebert. 

Champaign asks for $1.14 million, Ebertfest begins, CU MTD not requiring masks, Pritzker signs state budget and tax relief, and IL athletics merchandise sale Hosted by Tori Gellman Stories by Avery Bowen, Tara Mobasher, Josie Alameda, Madison Holcomb, and Emily Crawford Music by Boxout

Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022) and X (2022) – plus an Ebertfest preview – with Hollis Monroe, Phil Brown and Monica Schmidt.  The post Talking Pictures 4-20-22 appeared first on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.

Chuck and Pam review Mark Wahlberg's new film "Father Stu," chat about Chuck's interview with Mr. Wahlberg, and discuss what's coming to Ebertfest this year!  

After a three year hiatus, the Roger Ebert Film Festival (aka Ebertfest) is back! Matt & Ashley look ahead to this year's installment with festival director Nate Kohn. Highlights include the movie Ghost World (with director Terry Zwigoff and co-star Thora Birch in attendance), and Nightmare Alley (with director Guillermo Del Toro and screenwriter Kim Morgan also attending). Lots of other great films and guests at this year's festival, as well! This year's Ebertfest is from April 20-23, in beautiful Champaign, IL.

Students move back into the University of Illinois, Local businesses are now eligible to apply for grants to support them in the pandemic, US Health and Medical officials announce booster shots may be available soon, Ebertfest returns to Champaign this September and more. Hosted by Emily Crawford Stories by Jane Knight, Owen Henderson, Justin Malone, and Tori Gellman Music by Boxout Support this podcast

This week, I was so pleased to welcome one of the best film writers currently working today - the wonderful Sheila O'Malley - to the podcast. A regular film critic for RogerEbert.com and a member of the prestigious New York Film Critics Circle, Sheila's work has also appeared in Film Comment, The New York Times, The L.A. Times, Criterion Collection, Sight & Sound, and other outlets.Additionally, a scene from her full-length script July and Half of August was turned into a short film, which played at the Albuquerque Film and Music Experience, as well as at EbertFest. She's also written the narration scripts for two tribute reels played at the Lifetime Achievement Oscar ceremony, one for recipient Gena Rowlands (read by Angelina Jolie) and one for recipient Anne V. Coates (read by Diane Lane). Always a must-read, when she isn't doing everything else, Sheila writes about actors, movies, and Elvis at her outstanding personal site, The Sheila Variations.Extremely knowledgeable when it comes to the art of acting and classic film, in this richly researched episode, Sheila joins me to dissect the movies (and mores!) of Hollywood's notorious pre-code era, including The Public Enemy, the original Scarface, Three on a Match, Baby Face, and Design for Living.Theme Music: Solo Acoustic Guitar by Jason Shaw, Free Music ArchiveOriginally Posted on Patreon (7/21/21) with links to items discussed here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/53958553

A shooting in Champaign, Chicago's updated reopening plans, US contributions to the global vaccination effort, tickets to Ebertfest, and more. Hosted by Owen Henderson Stories by Emily Crawford, Reese Armstrong, Da Yeon Eom, Barrett Wynn, and Tara Mobasher. Music by Boxout Support this podcast

Matt & Ashley talk with Nate Kohn, the longtime festival director of the Roger Ebert Film Festival, aka Ebertfest.

Last night's Democratic Debate, University of Illinois receives state funding package, Ebertfest lineup, and more. Host: Barrett Wynn Stories by: Emma Boone, Mac Dudley, Salem Isaf, and Tara Mobasher Support this podcast

Hugh Jackman’s explorer goes on an adventure with a Sasquatch-like creature voiced by Zach Galifianakis in writer-director Chris Butler’s stop-motion animated MISSING LINK. In recommendations, Mark Pfeiffer reports on this year’s Roger Ebert’s Film Festival, otherwise known as Ebertfest, and highlights David Mirkin’s comedy ROMY AND MICHELE’S HIGH SCHOOL REUNION with Mira Sorvino and Lisa Kudrow. Paul Markoff selects Kent Jones’ drama DIANE featuring Mary Kay Place. Send your comments, questions, and feedback to filmboundpod@gmail.com. Twitter: @filmbound Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/filmboundpod/ MISSING LINK clips courtesy United Artists Releasing ROMY AND MICHELE’S HIGH SCHOOL REUNION clip courtesy Touchstone Home Entertainment DIANE clip courtesy IFC Films Music: "Parasail" by Silent Partner Recorded April 27, 2019.

A very special episode for you live from Ebertfest 2019 in Champaign, Illinois. Rita Coburn Whack talks of her film "Maya Angelou, Still I Rise" and lets us in on the words of wisdom she learned from Angelou herself. Then, Sam brings out two of the festival's biggest stars. Lastly–  Sam calls up the great writer and critic Richard Roeper to talk all things Ebert. Illustrations by Krishna Shenoi. Music by Dylan Peck.

Ashley & Matt preview this year's schedule for the Roger Ebert Film Festival.

Chaz Ebert is a force to be reckoned with. A strong, loving partner to her late husband Roger, she maintains his website rogerebert.com as well as his annual film festival, now known as Ebertfest, in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois. That’s where Leonard and Jessie persuaded her to play hooky for an hour of candid and uplifting conversation.

This week iconic filmmaker Julie Dash joins Sam from Ebertfest! The pioneering director entered the public consciousness in 1991, when her debut film - "Daughters of the Dust" - became the first feature by an African-American woman to receive a nation-wide theatrical release. Over the course of a winding conversation, Julie and Sam get into her upbringing in New York City, the difficulties of receiving financing in Hollywood, and why, these days, she simply creates for herself. http://talkeasypod.com/

The Deathwatch team hits the road to the 20th annual Ebertfest to discuss the life and career of film critic (and, at least once, film writer) Roger Ebert.

Profound and formally audacious, Kogonada’s feature debut Columbus captured the eyes and hearts of countless indie film fans upon its premiere last year. The former video essayist’s story of life, death, and architecture in Indiana immediately drew comparisons to Ozu and Linklater, solidifying him as a talented director to watch. This week at Ebertfest, Sam sits down with Kogonada, and--when the two aren’t thoroughly deconstructing the concept of interviews as self-expression--they cover the filming of Columbus, the particular happy-sadness of leaving a place, and Kogonada’s life as a parent-slash-filmmaker. http://talkeasypod.com/

Episode 59 of One Week Only! Another big week of films, which was challenging since we just got back from the Minneapolis/St. Paul International Film Festival, and now Carlos is at Ebertfest in Illinois! Our key film this week is "Metamorphoses," a modern-day retelling of classic Greek & Roman Mythology, based on the writings of Ovid. Gorgeously shot, this low-key fantasy blends multiple myths into a beautifully-constructed story about storytelling, and brings these 2000-year-old tales to vibrant life. Not many people have seen or talked about this film, but we feel it's one of the best movies of the year so far. Directed by Christophe Honoré, this magical film is a must-see. It already played in Los Angeles & New York, but it opens this weekend in Chicago, with hopefully more cities to follow. (1:04:35) We also review the wonderful biopic "A Quiet Passion" about the life of American poet Emily Dickinson with an incredible performance by Cynthia Nixon, directed by Terence Davies (7:30); the documentary "Tomorrow" about everyday people around the world working to help the environment, directed by Cyril Dion & Mélanie Laurent (16:30); the period drama "The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki" about a boxer torn between training for a big match and a blossoming relationship, directed by Juho Kuosmanen (24:15); the powerful documentary "Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982–1992" about the people and events surrounding the LA Riots, directed by John Ridley (31:15); the drama "Somewhere Beautiful" about parallel stories of struggling relationships, directed by Albert Kodagolian (41:45); and the shocking drama "The Student" about the dangers of religious fanaticism, directed by Kirill Serebrennikov (52:10). Hosted by Carlos Aguilar & Conor Holt. Music by Kevin MacLeod at www.incompetech.com

A podcast about popular culture we kinda like, but more often than not, really hate.As Jason enjoys Ebertfest, Damian and Eric are left behind to talk about other less important things like the best movie trailers of summer 2015 and the amazeballs Netflix Original Series Marvel's Daredevil. 

A documentary about the Overlooked Film Festival and Ebertfest, an annual event showcasing films selected by renowned film critic, Roger Ebert, an Illinois alumnus, at the Virginia Theatre in Champaign. The video features commentary by Roger's wife, Chaz Ebert, Chancellor Richard Herman, Sun-Times columnist Richard Roeper, and Oscar-winning director Ang Lee, also an Illinois alumnus.

The 14th Annual Roger Ebert's Film Festival returns to campus and the Virginia Theater this April. For more details, please visit www.ebertfest.com