Welcome to Roger Ebert's Film Festival |
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| For
years now Urbana-Champaign has been the fortunate host of Roger
Ebert's Film Festival (formerly "Roger
Ebert's Overlooked Film Festival") -- known around these
parts simply as "Ebertfest". Every year Mr Ebert (or
simply "Roger", as many local have grown custom to calling
him) chooses a dozen or so films he feels are "overlooked"
in one way or another (and he is the first to state that he
"can define any film as 'overlooked' if (he) wants to show
it badly enough") and shows them at the beautifully restored
Virginia Theatre.
There is always an epic 70mm film (Lawrence of Arabia, 2001:
A space Odyssey, Patton, Playtime, etc), a silent film (Battleship
Potemkin, Nosferatu, Metropolis, etc) and a musical (Singin'
in the Rain, Oklahoma!, etc). Otherwise it's a mish mash of
films -- all of which are great. I would personally like to thank
Roger Ebert and everyone involved in bringing this festival to life
every year. Ebertfest is just another thing that makes living in
Urbana-Champaign great!!! |
Here is the Official 2007 Ebertfest blog. |
| Also, check
out this Unofficial
Ebertfest blog. |
2008: The Tenth Annual Robert Ebert's Film Festival (official site)
The Band's Visit (DVD)
Canvas (DVD)
The Cell (DVD)
Delirious (DVD)
Hamlet (DVD)
Housekeeping (not available)
Hulk (DVD)
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (Criterion DVD)
The Real Dirt on Farmer John (DVD)
Romance & Cigarettes (DVD)
Shotgun Stories (DVD)
Underworld (1927) (not available)
Yes (DVD) |
2007: The Ninth Annual Roger Ebert's Overlooked Film Festival (see Message From Roger)
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (DVD)
Come Early Morning (DVD)
La Dolce Vita (DVD)
Freddie Mercury, the Untold Story (not available)
Gattaca (DVD)
Holes (DVD)
Man of Flowers (DVD)
Moolaade (DVD)
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (DVD)
Sadie Thompson (DVD)
Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus (DVD)
Stroszek (DVD)
The Weather Man (DVD) |
2006:
The Eighth Annual Roger Ebert's Overlooked Film Festival
Bad Santa (DVD)
Claire Dolan (DVD)
Duane Hopwood (DVD)
The Eagle (DVD)
Junebug (DVD)
Man Push Cart (DVD)
Millions (DVD)
My Fair Lady (DVD)
Ripley's Game (DVD)
Somebodies (not available)
Spartan (DVD)
U-Carmen e-Khayelitsha (DVD) |
2005:
The Seventh Annual Roger Ebert's Overlooked Film Festival
Playtime (Criterion DVD)
Murderball (DVD)
The Saddest Music
in the World (DVD)
The Heart of the
World (DVD) (on the "Twilight of the Ice
Nymphs" DVD)
After Dark, My
Sweet (DVD)
Yesterday (DVD)
The Phantom of
the Opera (1925) (DVD)
Baadassss! (DVD)
The Secret of Roan
Inish (DVD)
Primer (DVD)
Map of the Human
Heart (DVD)
Me and You and
Everyone We Know (DVD)
Taal (DVD) |
2004:
The Sixth Annual Roger Ebert's Overlooked Film Festival
Lawrence of Arabia (DVD)
Tarnation (DVD)
The Son (DVD)
Once Upon a Time…
When We Were Colored (DVD)
Tully (DVD)
The General (DVD)
The Scapegoat (not available -- a short film by Darren Ng)
El Norte (Criterion DVD)
My Dog Skip (DVD)
Gates of Heaven (DVD)
People I Know (DVD)
Invincible (DVD)
Louie Bluie (not currently available)
Sweet Old Song (not currently available) |
2003:
The Fifth Annual Roger Ebert's Overlooked Film Festival
The Right Stuff (DVD)
Stone Reader (DVD)
The Grey Automobile (not currently available)
Your Friends and
Neighbors (DVD)
Blood and Wine (DVD)
Medium Cool (DVD)
What’s Cooking? (DVD)
The Black Pirate (DVD)
L.627 (only
available on PAL DVD)
The Golden
Age of Silent Comedy (not currently available)
Shall We Dance? (DVD)
Charlotte Sometimes (DVD)
13 Conversations
About One Thing (DVD)
Singin’ in
the Rain (DVD) |
2002:
The Fourth Annual Roger Ebert's Overlooked Film Festival
Patton (DVD)
Innocence (DVD)
Grand Canyon (DVD)
Diamond Men (DVD)
Paperhouse (only
available on PAL DVD)
Hyenas (DVD)
A Soldier’s
Daughter Never Cries (DVD)
Kwik Stop (DVD)
Metropolis (DVD)
Metropolis (anime) (DVD)
Two Women (DVD)
George Washington (Criterion DVD)
Say Amen, Somebody (DVD)
Wonder Boys (DVD) |
2001:
The Third Annual Roger Ebert's Overlooked Film Festival
Everyone Says I
Love You (DVD)
Girl On the Bridge (1999) (VHS and PAL DVD)
Jesus’ Son (DVD)
The King of Masks (DVD)
Maryam (DVD)
Nosferatu (1922)
(DVD)
On the Ropes (DVD)
Panic (DVD)
Songs from the
Second Floor (DVD)
A Simple Plan (DVD)
Such A Long Journey (DVD)
3 Women (DVD)
2001: A Space Odyssey (DVD)
Stanley Kubrick:
A Life in Pictures (DVD) |
2000:
The Second Annual Roger Ebert's Overlooked Film Festival (link)
Sidewalk Stories (not currently available)
Grave of the Fireflies (DVD)
American Movie (DVD)
Legacy (DVD)
The Terrorist (DVD)
The Castle (DVD)
A Woman’s Tale (not currently available)
Children of Heaven (DVD)
The Last Laugh (DVD)
Dark City (DVD)
Oklahoma! (DVD)
Deja Vu (1997) (DVD) |
1999:
The First Annual Roger Ebert's Overlooked Film Festival (link)
Dance Me to My Song (not currently available)
Autumn Tale (A Tale of Autumn) (only
available on VHS and PAL DVD)
Surrender Dorothy (DVD)
Hamsun (DVD)
Maborosi (DVD)
Battleship Potemkin (DVD)
Household Saints (not currently available)
Shiloh (DVD)
Thirteen (1997) (not currently available)
Tron (DVD) |
| (click
here
for a list of Ebertfest films currently available at That's Rentertainment) |
