Almost twenty years after American film critic Roger Ebert gave a powerful kick-start to Steve James’ nascent career by declaring his wonderful documentary ‘Hoop Dreams’ as “one of the best films about American life I have ever seen”, James had… Continue Reading
Award-winning director Steve James (Hoop Dreams, The Interrupters) has turned his hand to biography in his latest film ‘Life Itself’, a powerful and touching portrait of late American film critic Roger Ebert. To celebrate the film’s DVD release on 23rd… Continue Reading
It was Roger Ebert, along with his partner in film criticism Gene Siskel, whom American documentarian Steve James credits with helping to launch his career as a filmmaker. On their acclaimed and nationally popular film review show At The Movies… Continue Reading