Benjamin Thompson » Cinema http://www.benjaminthompson.net An Orlando, Florida resident's views on science, travel, cinema, technology and more. Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:57:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Without His Voice, Ebert Returns to Normal Life in Writing http://www.benjaminthompson.net/without-his-voice-ebert-returns-to-normal-life-in-writing/ http://www.benjaminthompson.net/without-his-voice-ebert-returns-to-normal-life-in-writing/#comments Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:00:07 +0000 Benjamin http://localhost:8888/BenjaminThompson/?p=6 I’ve always felt a kinship with film critic Roger Ebert. I preferred his informed writing to his famous “thumbs up” TV persona. I lost enthusiasm for cinema when his tenure on “At The Movies” ended in 2006 and his film reviews became infrequent. I’ve only recently rediscovered my passion for cinema though the quality of recent films may have played a part.

I hope you have some time to read this story about Roger, his challenges with thyroid cancer, his ever blossoming passion for cinema and the discovery of a new voice after he lost the use of his vocal cords.

Read the Esquire article by Chris Jones.

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