Roger Ebert's Film Festival

I was so stoked today to see that the line up for Ebertfest is out!

My boyfriend went to U of I in Champaign (College of Media), and he volunteered to work the festival last year, so we got to see tons of great movies. It was such a blast and I really hope we get to go back this year. The films we saw last year were: Song Sung Blue (beautiful and heartbreaking), Vincent: A Life in Color (I missed a huge portion of this film, but was able to sit through the panel which was fascinating), Trucker (I got to meet Michelle Monaghan, which was awesome-we talked a lot about Robert Downey Jr.), and Barfly. I almost peed my pants when Roger Ebert waved at me, but was shockingly cool when I met an actress I really love. If you live anywhere near Champaign you should really consider going.

This years schedule is:

Wednesday, April 27

-Metropolis

Thursday, April 28

-Umberto D

-My Dog Tulip

-Tiny Furniture (I've been dying to see this!)

Friday, April 29

-45365

-Me & Orson Welles (also been dying to see this, plus Richard Linklater will be there for the panel!)

-Only You

Saturday, April 30

-A Small Act

-Life, Above All

-Leaves of Grass (fantastic movie)

-I Am Love (I've heard great things about this & Tilda Swinton will be at the festival, which is pretty cool even though she totally scares the crap out of me)

-Louder Than A Bomb

To find out more about this awesome festival you can visit the Ebertfest website right here.