• Bill Stamets and Roger Ebert
The 46th Chicago International Film Festival will play this year at one central location, on the many screens of the AMC River East 21, 322 E. Illinois. A festivalgoers and filmmakers' lounge will be open during festival hours at the Lucky Strike on the second level. Tickets can be ordered online at Ciff's website, which also organizes the films by title, director and country. Tickets also at AMC; sold out films have Rush Lines. More capsules will be added here.
"127 Hours" (USA)A tour de force by James Franco and Danny Boyle ("Slumdog Millionaire"). Many are familiar with the true story, and just as many probably thought it could never be filmed. Boyle succeeds. A climber named Aron Ralston went climbing by himself in remote canyons, and was trapped deep in a crevice when a falling rock pinned his arm. He had limited food and water, no...
The 46th Chicago International Film Festival will play this year at one central location, on the many screens of the AMC River East 21, 322 E. Illinois. A festivalgoers and filmmakers' lounge will be open during festival hours at the Lucky Strike on the second level. Tickets can be ordered online at Ciff's website, which also organizes the films by title, director and country. Tickets also at AMC; sold out films have Rush Lines. More capsules will be added here.
"127 Hours" (USA)A tour de force by James Franco and Danny Boyle ("Slumdog Millionaire"). Many are familiar with the true story, and just as many probably thought it could never be filmed. Boyle succeeds. A climber named Aron Ralston went climbing by himself in remote canyons, and was trapped deep in a crevice when a falling rock pinned his arm. He had limited food and water, no...
- 10/16/2010
- by Roger Ebert
- blogs.suntimes.com/ebert
At the beginning of Fatherhood Dreams, a new hour-long documentary about gay male parenthood that first aired on Canadian television, random people-on-the-street are asked their opinions about gay families.
Finally, after all that pontificating, someone is asked "Do you know any children raised by gay people?"
The person thinks for a second, then says, "No, not really."
The point is well-made: everyone has a strong opinion about something that most people know very little about and have no first-hand experience with.
The documentary then introduces us to three very different gay families: Randy and Drew, a gay male couple that has adopted a child via open adoption; Steve, who shares parenting duties with a lesbian and her partner, one of whom had once been his wife; and Scott, a single gay man about to become a father of twins via surrogacy.
As the documentary says very clearly up front, the...
Finally, after all that pontificating, someone is asked "Do you know any children raised by gay people?"
The person thinks for a second, then says, "No, not really."
The point is well-made: everyone has a strong opinion about something that most people know very little about and have no first-hand experience with.
The documentary then introduces us to three very different gay families: Randy and Drew, a gay male couple that has adopted a child via open adoption; Steve, who shares parenting duties with a lesbian and her partner, one of whom had once been his wife; and Scott, a single gay man about to become a father of twins via surrogacy.
As the documentary says very clearly up front, the...
- 11/18/2009
- by Brent Hartinger
- The Backlot
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