Cinebanter #120 - RUST AND BONE

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In this episode, Michael and Tassoula are disappointed by the critically acclaimed RUST AND BONE. In the Last Five®, Michael discusses a flick from Cinequest 2013, while Tassoula sees her favorite documentary of the year (so far). They also share a few Listener Top 10 of 2012 lists and remember legendary critic Roger Ebert. The breakdown is as follows:

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:32 Roger Ebert Remembered

• Break

• 7:25 Review RUST AND BONE

• Break

• 21:52 To Sum it Up

• Break

• 22:30 Rust and Bone Listener Feedback

• Break

• 25:42 The Last Five®

• Break

• 53:58 Listener Top 10 of 2012 (Benno and Jordan)

• 1:09:11 Credits and Outtakes

Michael's Last Five in this episode were: EDEN; 3:10 TO YUMA; UPSTREAM COLOR; HAIRSPRAY and THE MACHINIST. Tassoula's Last Five were: OZ, THE GREAT AND POWERFUL; THE CROODS; WEST OF MEMPHIS; PHIL SPECTOR and THE PRINCESS BRIDE.

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Special thanks to Brad Daane and Mark Cummins, and Vincent Do for providing the original music in this episode.

Tassoula has reviews, musings and movie-related product links at Tassoula's Movie Review Blog.

Reviews and/or notes of movies Michael sees can be found at his MichaelVox website.

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We hope you enjoy the show!

What Ebert Thinks

Once A.O. Scott and Michael Phillips saved At the Movies, and I started watching again, at the back of my mind I was always wondering how Roger Ebert took the news.

Today, in his blog, I found out.

What boggles my mind is how dumb the entertainment industry is when it comes to handling film critics (and anticipating what real film fans want).

At least with the new incarnation of the classic show, they got it half right.

Roger Ebert on Michael Jackson

Perhaps the best piece I've ever seen written about Michael Jackson was produced today by legendary film critic Roger Ebert.

He talks about Michael as an abused child, an adult who never wanted to grow up and an amazingly talented, sad man.

Read the piece in its entirety here.

And yes: Jackson did have a film connection that warranted Ebert's attention—he was one of the stars in the 1978 movie THE WIZ.