Film review: LIFE ITSELF, from Built For Speed

Life Itself documents the life and career of possibly the world’s best known film critic, Roger Ebert.  This candid documentary explores his early journalistic career, student activism, his film reviewing for the Chicago Sun Times, his ground-breaking film review TV show with Gene Siskell and his battle with cancer. The film is composed of readings from Ebert’s biography – also titled

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Film review: LIFE ITSELF, from ‘Built For Speed’

Life Itself documents the life and career of film of possibly the world’s best known film critic, Roger Ebert. The film explores his early journalistic career, student activism, his film reviewing for the Chicago Sun Times, his ground-breaking film review TV show with Gene Siskell and his battle with cancer. The film is composed of readings from Ebert’s biography –

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