{"id":7239,"date":"2014-03-24T09:00:24","date_gmt":"2014-03-24T15:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/?p=7239"},"modified":"2014-09-06T14:47:05","modified_gmt":"2014-09-06T20:47:05","slug":"ebertfest-2014-films-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/?p=7239","title":{"rendered":"Ebertfest 2014 films revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Friday, March 21<\/strong>, the College of Media<\/strong><\/span><\/a> at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign<\/strong> announced the movies to be showcased at the sixteenth annual edition of Roger Ebert\u2019s Film Festival<\/strong> taking place on April 23-27, 2014<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Tuesday, April 22<\/span>
\n7:00 p.m.<\/em> THE TAKING OF PEHLAM ONE TWO THREE<\/strong> (1974, 124 min., D: Joseph Sargent)
\nFree pre-festival show hosted by Patton Oswalt<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wednesday, April 23<\/span>
\n7:30 p.m.<\/em> LIFE ITSELF<\/strong> (2014, 112 min., D: Steve James)<\/p>\n

Thursday, April 24<\/span>
\n1:00 p.m.<\/em> MUSEUM HOURS<\/strong> (2013, 106 min., D: Jem Cohen)
\n4:00 p.m.<\/em> SHORT TERM 12<\/strong> (2013, 96 min., D: Destin Daniel Cretton)
\n9:00 p.m.<\/em> YOUNG ADULT<\/strong> (2011, 93 min., D: Jason Reitman)<\/p>\n

Friday, April 25<\/span>
\n1:00 p.m.<\/em> HE WHO GETS SLAPPED<\/strong> (1924, 85 min., D: Victor Sj\u00f6str\u00f6m)
\nAccompanied by the Alloy Orchestra<\/strong>
\n4:00 p.m.<\/em> CAPOTE<\/strong> (2005, 114 min., D: Bennett Miller)
\n8:30 p.m.<\/em> DO THE RIGHT THING<\/strong> (1989, 120 min., D: Spike Lee)<\/p>\n

Saturday, April 26<\/span>
\n11:00 a.m.<\/em> WADJDA<\/strong> (2013, 97 min., D: Haifaa Al-Mansour)
\n2:00 p.m.<\/em> A SIMPLE LIFE<\/strong> (2012, 118 min., D: Ann Hui)
\n5:00 p.m.<\/em> GOODBYE SOLO<\/strong> (2008, 91 min., D: Ramin Bahrani)
\n9:00 p.m.<\/em> BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY<\/strong> (1989, 145 min., D: Oliver Stone)<\/p>\n

Sunday, April 27<\/span>
\n12:00 p.m.<\/em> BAYOU MAHARAJAH<\/strong> (2013, 90 min., D: Lily Keber)<\/p>\n

Key festival guests this year include Steve James<\/strong> (LIFE ITSELF), Patton Oswalt<\/strong> (YOUNG ADULT), Spike Lee<\/strong> (DO THE RIGHT THING), Haifaa Al-Mansour<\/strong> (WADJDA), Ramin Bahrani<\/strong> (GOODBYE SOLO), and Oliver Stone<\/strong> (BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY).<\/p>\n

Roger Ebert\u2019s Film Festival will take place at the Virginia Theatre<\/span><\/a>, 203 W. Park Ave., Champaign, IL<\/strong>. The editors of RogerEbert.com<\/strong> have posted the official press release of the schedule<\/span><\/a>. The \u201cEbertfest<\/strong>\u201d Web site<\/span><\/a> also features individual reviews and details of signings and panel discussions. Tickets for individual shows will go on sale Tuesday, April 1, 2014<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

~ Jason Pankoke<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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