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The Toronto Film Festival always reminds me of the last time I saw Roger Ebert.
He was, as far as I could tell, very ill. He couldn't walk. He couldn't speak. @ChazEbert was a constant presence at his side, but still...
There he was at the Scotiabank theater watching Press & Industry Screenings. At all hours of the day, on multiple days...
May we all live (and die) with that kind of passion. And thank you Roger: Damn good chance I'd be a lawyer if it weren't for your sharing it
Ebert on Malick's Tree of Life.
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Finding myself wondering if the reaction to ROMA would be the same had it been directed by Alejandra Cuaron.

It would deserve it, but would it?
For the record, I am almost certain the answer is no, and that realization deeply disturbs me.
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This is the fundamental genius of Putin’s entire enterprise: Unwinding his now considerable influence over the American government requires Americans - and the political right in particular - to admit that they got beat, and taking the L is almost constitutionally unamerican.
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In my first general meeting with @lenawaithe, I closed by telling her that if she needed anything at all, all she had to do was call...
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