
Prof. David Bordwell and Prof. Jacqueline Reich discuss La Dolce Vita
Producer Michael Barker holds up Prof. Prof. Jacqueline Reich's book: Beyond the Latin Lover: Macello Mastroianni, Masculinity, and Italian Cinema 
Barker, Bordwell, and Reich take a question from the audience.
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Monday, April 30, 2007
La Dolce Vita
Fisheye Lens Between Screenings
No, it's not the space-travel portal from Stargate, it's just the Virginia Theatre ceiling, between screenings, shot with a fisheye lens, and showing some of the great detail of this old theater.
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Saturday, April 28, 2007
Roger Welcomes Old Friends in the Green Room

Chaz Ebert, director Werner Herzog, director Paul Cox, and Roger Ebert.
Werner Herzog, David Bordwell, Roger Ebert, and Paul Cox
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Politics in Movies, Movies in Politics panel



film critic David Poland, film scholar Kristin Thompson, director Hadjii, and director Eric Byler
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Come Early Morning

Ebertfest blogger Lisa Rosman, director , director Eric Byler, director Joey Lauren Adams, and actor Scott Wilson discuss Come Early Morning
Joey Lauren Adams and Scott Wilson.
Joey Lauren Adams.
Scott Wilson
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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

Alan Rickman discusses his work in Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Festival Director Nate Kohn, Alan Rickman, and film critic David Poland discuss Perfume
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Sadie Thompson

The C-U Symphony Orchestra take a well-deserved bow for their live performance of Joseph Turrin's original score for the "silent" film, Sadie Thompson.
Chaz Ebert introduces conductor Steven Larsen and composer Joseph Turrin, who provided the live music for Sadie Thompson.
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Friday, April 27, 2007
Moolaade Discussion Panel

Professor Samba Gadjigo, Fatoumata Coulibaly, and Marcia McBroom discuss Ousmane Sembene's Moolaade.
Producer Anna Thomas and Professor Samba Gadjigo
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Fatoumata Coulibaly of Moolaade

Moolaade actress Fatoumata Coulibaly presented with a golden thumb from Chaz Ebert.
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Writer Steven Conrad

Writer Steven Conrad, The Weather Man, with his golden thumb award from Roger.
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Sunny Day for the Weather Man

The Weather Man actor Gil Bellows, local filmmaker and head of Dreamscape Cinema Robin Christian, and The Weather Man writer Steven Conrad, and son, ready for showtime.
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Film Critics Panel

Actor Scott Wilson, UIUC Film Professor Richard Leskosky, film critic for efilmcritic.com Peter Sobczynski, and actor Gil Bellows.
Role of the Film Critic Panel Discussion

Panelists at the Role of the Film Critic in Contemporary Distribution Practices: actor Gil Bellows, writer Steven Conrad, film critic and editor for rogerebert.com Jim Emerson, writer Alison Firor, and film scholar David Bordwell.
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Role of the Film Critic Panel Discussion

Ebertfest Festival Director kicks off the Role of the Film Critic panel discussion in the Illini Union.
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Gattaca Panel Discussion

Ed Tracy of the Pritzker Military Library, Ebertfest Blogger Lisa Rosman, Gattaca co-Producer Michael Shamberg, and UIUC Prof. Ira Carmen.
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