1:30PM – ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND (2004): For its twentieth anniversary, Ebertfest screens Michel Gondry’s sci-fi romantic fantasia, a couple of separating couple (Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet) who select to erase their reminiscences of one another via experimental know-how.
4:30PM – LITTLE RICHARD: I AM EVERYTHING (2023): The soul sensation will get a suitably kaleidoscopic take a look at his life and hits, with an emphasis on Little Richard’s queerness and the way it knowledgeable his flamboyant look and life.
Particular Visitor: Producer-Director Lisa Cortes
9:30PM – THE BEST MAN (1999): Malcolm D. Lee‘s charming Black ensemble dramedy sees a gaggle of longtime buddies navigating maturity, relationships, and duties at a good friend’s marriage ceremony.
Particular Visitor: Author-Director Malcolm D. Lee
SATURDAY, APRIL 20
9:30AM – BLACKMAIL (1929): A seminal transition between the silent and sound eras, Alfred Hitchcock’s British thriller follows a Scotland Yard detective (John Longden) defending his girlfriend (Anny Ondra) after a criminal offense of ardour.
Particular Visitor: Musicians The Anvil Orchestra
1:00PM – OMOIYARI: A SONG FILM BY KISHI BASHI (2024): Violinist and songwriter Kaoru Ishibashi travels on a musical journey to grasp WWII-era Japanese Incarceration, assimilation, and what it means to be a minority in America right this moment.
Particular Visitor: Singer, Multi-Instrumentalist, and Songwriter Kishi Bashi
4:00PM – ALBANY ROAD (2024): Christine Swanson‘s newest is a touching, romantic street film a couple of New York advert exec (Renee Elise Goldsberry) and her ex’s mom (Lynn Whitfield) pressured to reconcile their chilly relationship on a protracted drive to DC.
Particular Visitors: Director Christine Swanson, Producer Michael Swanson, Actors Lynn Whitfield and Renée Elise Goldsberry
9:00PM – MAN ON THE MOON (1999): Milos Forman’s probing take a look at the life and laughs of Andy Kaufman, with an Oscar-nominated flip by Jim Carrey because the notorious comic.
Particular Visitors: Screenwriters and Producers Larry Karaszewski and Scott Alexander