Just when I thought that Roger Ebert had gotten comfortable in the world of print, blog and tweet, along comes some very welcome news, which involves him and wife Chaz in negotiations with Disney for a show called Roger Ebert Presents the Movies. Auditions have been taped in Los Angeles with potential critics, since Roger's means of communication now precludes the usual back-and-forth interchange. He plans to be a part of it by way of commentaries from film festivals and such, which is a wonderful thing. And not in a patronizing poor-him way either. It is fantastic that he found a way to be part of something he loved when the odds were against it. Hats off to the people who strip-mined decades of Roger's spoken words to make it possible.
And hey, let's give Michael Phillips and A.O. Scott our full support until the last At The Movies show airs August 14!
Yours in intelligent movie criticism,
MTMG
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