{"id":8654,"date":"2014-12-25T17:30:27","date_gmt":"2014-12-25T23:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/?p=8654"},"modified":"2014-12-26T14:50:33","modified_gmt":"2014-12-26T20:50:33","slug":"ebertfest-in-shatterglass-limelight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/?p=8654","title":{"rendered":"Ebertfest in Shatterglass limelight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Confidential Ebertholics! To distract you this holiday week from the physical absence of C-U Confidential #8<\/strong>, which is almost<\/em> ready for press as of this writing, Shatterglass Studios<\/strong><\/span><\/a> has just dropped its annual video tribute to Roger Ebert\u2019s Film Festival<\/strong><\/span><\/a>. All the expected guests \u2013 Oliver Stone, Steve James, Brie Larson, Spike Lee, Haiffa Al-Mansour<\/strong>, etc. \u2013 and figureheads \u2013 Chaz Ebert, Nate Kohn<\/strong> \u2013 appear in the piece, designed by director Luke Boyce<\/strong> and his collaborators to extract the sense of wonder and community engendered by attending the event, a signature function of the College of Media at the University of Illinois<\/strong><\/span><\/a>. Be sure to watch through the end credits for some laugh-out-loud zingers courtesy of Patton Oswalt<\/strong>, making good on his pledge to appear at \u201cEbertfest<\/strong>\u201d after having to cancel two years prior. If you\u2019re a regular then we don\u2019t have to set this up any further. If you have yet to partake, we\u2019ll allow one Sam Fragoso<\/strong> of Forbes<\/strong><\/span> to efficiently pose some of the virtues<\/span><\/a> long cited as setting this movie showcase apart from nearly everything else making up the festival circuit in North America<\/strong>. You can always bear witness yourself when the seventeenth Ebertfest takes place April 15-19, 2015<\/strong>, in downtown Champaign<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

~ Jason Pankoke<\/p>\n

p.s.<\/em> Not unlike our statement here<\/span><\/a>, this will mark the beginning of our reduction in Ebertfest<\/strong> coverage to the bare necessities going forward. Sadly, we overreached our means in attempting to recount 2014, as our series has stalled since this post from August<\/span><\/a>. Beyond practicality issues, entertainment media at large allots the show plenty of attention; we could readily divert our resources elsewhere without a crisis of conscience. As for philosophical differences \u2026 another time, dearest readers.<\/p>\n

p.s.2<\/em> Good job with avoiding disclosure in your post, Mr. Fragoso, that you are also a regular staff writer<\/span><\/a> for RogerEbert.com<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n


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