Tag: Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
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This Was Roger Ebert’s Favorite Film — And It’s Not ‘Citizen Kane’
No matter how many 4/4-star reviews you may read from the great Roger Ebert, his favorite film remained a mystery for the longest time, only for him to confess in 2008 that it was in fact Federico Fellini’s La Dolce Vita. The reasons why, however, may be considered too personal for a film critic. Roger…
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Barbie review – a riotous, candy-coloured feminist fable
Barbie takes a ride from her dream house to reality as Little Women writer-director Greta Gerwig takes another cultural icon and lovingly subverts itWriter-director Greta Gerwig’s cinematic reinvention of Mattel’s most (in)famous toy comes on like a sugar-rush mashup of Pixar’s Toy Story 2, Carlo Collodi’s Pinocchio, the cult live-action feature Josie and the Pussycats…
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This Strange Satire Was Roger Ebert’s Only Produced Screenplay
Beloved film critic Roger Ebert’s only produced screenplay is 1970’s Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, a psychedelic social satire that parodies the critically condemned The Valley of the Dolls from three years prior. Working with exploitation filmmaker Russ Meyer, Ebert took viewers on a horny, drug-addled romp through a gloriously exaggerated Los Angeles at…
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Will Ferrell’s Roger Ebert Movie Is Officially Dead: ‘Russ & Roger’ Producer Explains the Reason Why
Will Ferrell has been attached to “Russ & Roger Go Beyond” since August 2014, but after years of development the project is no longer moving forward. Producer David Permut told Market Watch (via /Film) that a group decision was made between the cast and crew not to keep the project going given the film’s subject…