{"id":10855,"date":"2017-03-31T13:00:39","date_gmt":"2017-03-31T19:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/?p=10855"},"modified":"2018-04-03T10:35:49","modified_gmt":"2018-04-03T16:35:49","slug":"ebertfest-2017-films-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/?p=10855","title":{"rendered":"Ebertfest 2017 films revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Thursday, March 30<\/strong>, the College of Media<\/strong><\/a><\/span> at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign<\/strong> announced the full slate of movies to be showcased at the nineteenth annual edition of Roger Ebert\u2019s Film Festival<\/strong> taking place on April 19-23, 2017<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Wednesday, April 19<\/span>
\n7:00 p.m.<\/em> HAIR<\/strong> (1979, 121 min, D: Milos Forman)<\/p>\n

Thursday, April 20<\/span>
\n1:00 p.m.<\/em> HYSTERIA<\/strong> (2012, 99 min., D: Tanya Wexler)
\n4:00 p.m.<\/em> TO SLEEP WITH ANGER<\/strong> (1990, 102 min., D: Charles Burnett)
\n8:30 p.m.<\/em> THE HANDMAIDEN<\/strong> (2016, 145 min., D: Park Chan-wook)<\/p>\n

Friday, April 21<\/span>
\n1:00 p.m.<\/em> THEY CALL US MONSTERS<\/strong> (2016, 82 min., D: Ben Lear)
\nWith: JULY AND HALF OF AUGUST<\/strong> (2016, 12 min., D: Brandeaux Tourville)
\n4:00 p.m.<\/em> VARIET\u00c9<\/strong> (1925, 72 min., D: E.A. Dupont)
\nAccompanied by the Alloy Orchestra<\/strong>
\n8:00 p.m.<\/em> ELLE<\/strong> (2016, 131 min., D: Paul Verhoeven)<\/p>\n

Saturday April 22<\/span>
\n11:00 a.m.<\/em> MIND\/GAME: THE UNQUIET JOURNEY OF CHAMIQUE HOLDSCLAW<\/strong> (2015, 57 min., D: Rick Goldsmith)
\n1:30 p.m.<\/em> PLEASANTVILLE<\/strong> (1998, 124 min., D: Gary Ross)
\n4:30 p.m.<\/em> NORMAN LEAR: JUST ANOTHER VERSION OF YOU<\/strong> (2016, 92 min., D: Heidi Ewing & Rachel Grady)
\n8:30 p.m.<\/em> BEING THERE<\/strong> (1979, 130 min., D: Hal Ashby)<\/p>\n

Sunday, April 23<\/span>
\n11:00 a.m.<\/em> DE-LOVELY<\/strong> (2004, 125 min., D: Irwin Winkler)<\/p>\n

Key festival guess this year include Charles Burnett<\/strong> (TO SLEEP WITH ANGER), Isabelle Huppert<\/strong> (ELLE), Gary Ross<\/strong> (PLEASANTVILLE), Norman Lear<\/strong> (NORMAN LEAR: JUST ANOTHER VERSION OF YOU), and Irwin Winkler<\/strong> (DE-LOVELY).<\/p>\n

Roger Ebert\u2019s Film Festival will take place at the Virginia Theatre<\/a><\/span>, 203 W. Park Ave., Champaign, IL<\/strong>. The \u201cEbertfest<\/strong>\u201d Web site<\/a><\/span> also features individual reviews and details of signings and panel discussions. Individual and bulk ticket sales will go on sale tomorrow, Saturday, April 1, 2017<\/strong>, while a small number of festival passes are still available.<\/p>\n

~ Jason Pankoke<\/p>\n


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