Tag: Roger Ebert

Here’s my Peter O’Toole story

Peter O’Toole died today at age 81. I was lucky to have a chance to hang out for a bit with O’Toole back in 2004 when he was honored by the SCAD-sponsored Savannah Film Festival. The film festival was remarkable…

On the passings of Roger Ebert and Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

Two unlikely titans of the film industry died in the last couple of days. Last night, after hearing that Roger Ebert’s cancer was leading him to cut back on reviews, I read his upbeat, newsy blog post from April 2nd…