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...Roxy in the Theater District. In the hours before their show opening for Stereolab, the band quietly sip at bottles of beer in the venue as they haul equipment onto the stage with the help of their roadies. A publicist comes by with an allowance for this time: ten dollars each for use at the bar. A call goes up for some take-out Thai food. There is no lavish backstage playground for these musicians. Members of Stereolab periodically emerge from backstage to check the scene...
...drag terribly. Yes, Ebert also calls attention to some underappreciated gems, but consider this: he likes about as many movies as he dislikes—he has to, otherwise his TV show would quickly grow tedious. And in an industry whose crap-to-quality ratio is perhaps ten-to-one, that means that Ebert will give thumbs up to four or five banalities for every gem, underappreciated...
That all being said, Ebert has a wonderful mind and writes with more maturity and unforced eloquence than most of the Film Comment feeders; his perspectives and passions have certainly informed mine a great deal over the last ten years. I’d also say that I can’t fault him for pushing his “Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down” catchphrases any more than I can fault politicians for pushing their campaign slogans; the fact that something is gimmicky and commercial need neither demean its medium nor degrade its own usefulness. With all the time...
Speaking at Winthrop House to an Institute of Politics seminar, Manckiewicz said that ten days ago, no Democrat would have opposed Senator Edward M. Kennedy '54 (D-Mass.), in the 1976 contest...
...Whole Ten Yards...