Cinecast #9 (Special Edition): Ebert's Overlooked Film Festival

On this Special Edition of the show, Cinecast takes a pilgrimage to Roger Ebert's 7th Annual Overlooked Film Festival. This year's festival took place April 20-24 in -- as it always does -- Ebert's hometown of Champaign, IL. On the show, we rave about all three films we saw on the festival's busiest day: John Sayles' 1994 Irish fairy tale "The Secret of Roan Inish," Shane Carruth's low-budget sci-fi film "Primer" (the Grand Jury Prize winner at last year's Sundance festival), and "Me and You and Everyone We Know," another Sundance entry from first-time filmmaker Miranda July that will get a theatrical release in June. Ebertfest gives movie audiences a rare opportunity to see overlooked gems projected on the big screen and to hear filmmakers discuss their work in conversations moderated by Ebert himself.

Also on the show, the introduction of a new segment, Cinecast Confessions, and the final two entries in this week's Top 5 -- Overlooked Movies.



Cinecast #9
:35-11:31 - Review: "The Secret of Roan Inish"
11:59-23:05 - Review: "Primer"
23:25-31:54 - Review: "Me and You and Everyone We Know"
32:25-43:51 - Cinecast Confessions, Top 5 Overlooked Movies (1-2)

Cinecast theme music courtesy of Age of the Rifle. Between segments music courtesy of Dag, Tags and Kevin.

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