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...made a regular habit of championing independent films and little-known directors. And so it was in November of 1967 when, after being a film critic for only seven months, he went out on a limb to lavish praise on a first-time filmmaker by the name of Martin Scorsese - penning the first-ever writeup for this unknown New Yorker whose debut feature I Call First premiered at the Chicago International Film Festival...
...Highlight Reel: 1. Ebert's reconsideration of I Call First (later released as Who's That Knocking At My Door:) "It is all there, in the first film, almost all in the first twenty minutes: the themes and obsessions, the images and character types that would inspire Martin Scorsese for the whole of his career. A shot of his mother, kneading pasta. A statue of the Virgin Mary. Young men from the neighborhood, in an argument that explodes into a fight. Rock and roll on the soundtrack. A headlong, hand-held shot preceding the two fighters as one tries...
...Ebert on The King of Comedy: Martin Scorsese's The King of Comedy is one of the most arid, painful, wounded movies I've ever seen. It's hard to believe Scorsese made it; instead of the big-city life, the violence and sexuality of his movies like Taxi Driver and Mean Streets, what we have here is an agonizing portrait of lonely, angry people with their emotions all tightly bottled up. This is a movie that seems ready to explode - but somehow it never does...
...students to offer their opinions on the dining hall food, including a section for general feedback. HUDS focused this survey on sustainability to “get a better handle on people’s understanding and interest of sustainable life,” said HUDS spokeswoman Crista Martin. Some students said they were upset by the focus on sustainability. “We all care about it,” Julio D. Montejo Jr. ’10 said “but it was overwhelming to spend so much time on sustainability when the quality of the food...
Kill Bin Laden: A Delta Force Commander's Account of the Hunt for the World's Most Wanted Man By Dalton Fury St. Martin's Press; 320 pages...