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...will screen a dozen titles including Guy Maddin's My Winnipeg, Ramin Bahrani's Chop Shop and Courtney Hunt's Frozen River, which took home the top prize at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. After a long bout with thyroid cancer and complications that left him unable to speak, Ebert made his first public appearance in nearly a year at the 2007 Ebertfest. "We spend too much time hiding illness," he wrote in a press release, issued just prior to the fest. "There is an assumption that I must always look the same. I hope to look better than...
...were very public in recent years about your health problems, and the debate you faced, in whether or not to attend the festival given that you were unable to speak. How has the festival changed for you, as you've moved from the stage to the audience...
...course I miss not being able to speak. But I never debated not attending the festival. Wild horses couldn't have dragged me away, but a broken leg the previous week did the trick. My wife Chaz is now the emcee, and many of my friends among film critics help with the Q&As. I'll always treasure the night I was onstage with Werner Herzog and he dealt with audience questions until...
...thing: baseball season. For non-natives, the Red Sox game ritual is a pre-graduation rite of passage. Don’t know how it works? Here’s a guide for Fenway Park first-timers who want to avoid looking like a pink hat (in baseball speak: a fair-weather poser Sox fan). First of all, anyone who goes to a game at Fenway should know some basic Sox history. Founded in 1901, the Boston Red Sox enjoyed several World Series Titles during their early years. After an 86-year dry period under The Curse of the Bambino?...
...final send-off. “She’s a good speaker,” said third-year Law School student Stephanie M. Early. “It’s a nice way to recognize her, and I’ll be glad to hear her speak.” —Staff writer Athena Y. Jiang can be reached at ajiang@fas.harvard.edu...