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Life Itself

Posted on July 3, 2014 at 6:00 pm

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Lowest Recommended Age: High School
MPAA Rating: Rated R for brief sexual images/nudity and language
Profanity: Some strong language
Nudity/ Sex: Some sexual references and brief images from films
Alcohol/ Drugs: References to drinking and alcohol abuse
Violence/ Scariness: Scenes of illness, sad death
Diversity Issues: Diverse characters
Date Released to Theaters: July 4, 2014

Roger Ebert, the most influential film critic of all time, gets the film he deserves directed by one of the many filmmakers he championed, Steve James (“Hoop Dreams,” “The Interrupters”).  It is co-produced by Martin Scorsese, whose emotional appearance in the film to talk about the impact of the support—and criticism—he received from Ebert is …

Academy Originals: Hollywood Filmmakers Talk About What Inspires Them

Posted on July 3, 2014 at 7:00 am

In this short from the terrific Academy Originals series, Seth Rogen says that it is friendship that is at the center of the stories he likes to write.    “Academy Originals” is AMPAS’s first original digital series.  The initiative is a documentary-style video series which examines everything from the creative process, to the moments that changed the course …