We will screen the film Ragtime tomorrow 2/7 in anticipation of a visit by E. L. Doctorow, major American novelist, on Thursday, 2/27.
More about the film series: http://www.albany.edu/writers-inst/webpages4/programpages/cfs.html
Roger Ebert reviewed Ragtime in 1981:
"Ragtime is a loving, beautifully mounted, graceful film that creates its characters with great clarity. We understand where everyone stands, and most of the time we even know why."
More: http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/ragtime-1981
Picture: James Cagney in his final movie performance as New York Police Commissioner Rhinelander Waldo.
Thursday, February 6, 2014
Ebert on Ragtime
