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EXCLUSIVE: Is Once and Begin Again helmer John Carney looking to take a break from a streak of musical-themed film that continues with the Sundance sensation Sing Street? Carney and STX Entertainment are discussing with the Irish filmmaker Russ & Roger Go Beyond, about the time that the soft-core porn impresario and…

EXCLUSIVE: Bob Simonds’ STX Entertainment is in talks to finance and distribute domestically Russ & Roger Go Beyond, about the time that the soft-core porn impresario and film critic teamed to make 1970’s Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls. Deadline already has revealed that Will Ferrell is circling the role of Meyer, and…

CNN Films’ Roger Ebert biopic Life Itself , which has been on the film festival circuit for a year — it debuted one year ago this month at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival —  and also been released theatrically and on VOD, finally debuted on the cable news network last Sunday night. The docu, which has been shortlisted…

“It's dangerous as a black woman to give something that you made from your point of view, very steeped in your identity and your personhood, to a white man whose gaze is usually the exact opposite and to say ‘You are the carrier of this film to the public, you’re the one who will dictate if it has value.’ You had a…

If there was any doubt awards season was in full swing, this week’s growing list of screening events featuring lunches, dinners and receptions all aimed at luring Academy and Golden Globe voters should erase any question. As I pointed out last week, the Academy’s “official” foreign-language screenings began on Monday…

Will Ferrell is circling to play softcore film producer Russ Meyer in a movie about the time he collaborated with film critic Roger Ebert to make Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls. The indie project is taking shape quickly. Filmmakers including Edgar Wright are intrigued, as are actors who might play the late Ebert, a…

Before the screening began at last night’s Hollywood premiere of director Steve James’ Roger Ebert documentary Life Itself, Ebert’s remarkable wife Chaz shared something with the packed crowd of industry notables that her late husband told her as they were embarking on the shooting of the film. “Roger said, ‘Make sure…

His career is pretty much summed up in this trailer’s first words: “Roger Ebert was the definitive mainstream film critic in American cinema.” Life Itself is the new documentary about the Pulitzer winner’s career as a lover, defender and eviscerator of movies. The pic follows his career from scripting Russ Meyer’s Beyo…

The 16th annual Roger Ebert‘s Film Festival, also known as Ebertfest, will kick off April 23 with the critic himself. The Ebert documentary Life Itself, from director Steve James (Hoop Dreams), will open the annual film festival held in Champaign-Urbana, IL where special guests Spike Lee, Oliver Stone, Patton Oswalt…

Magnolia Pictures acquired the Sundance documentary Life Itself, which covered the life of beloved film critic Roger Ebert. Steve James of Hoop Dreams fame directed the picture, which is being eyed for summer release followed by a broadcast on CNN. Related: Sundance: Roger Ebert Docu Debut Draws Cheers…

"I think I am so fortunate to have had one of the greatest love stories," Chaz Ebert emotionally told the crowd tonight at the Sundance Film Festival world premiere screening of the biographical documentary about her late husband Roger Ebert, who died April 4. "He would say two thumbs up, way up," a visibly moved Chaz…

The Sundance Film Festival today unveiled its Premieres and Documentary Premieres sections for the 30th anniversary gathering in Park City next month. Among the selections in the out-of-competition sections is the William H. Macy-directed musical drama Rudderless, which will be the fest's closing night film. The rock…