A small empty cinema screen with red curtains stands on a green base beside a curling filmstrip at sunset.

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Roger Ebert

For 40 years, I didn’t miss a single deadline, but since July, I have missed every one. I also, to my intense disappointment, missed the Telluride and Toronto film festivals. Having just written my first review since June (The Queen), I think an update is in order.

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The writer notes a long record of meeting every deadline, now broken since July, and admits regret at missing two major film festivals. Having finally written a review again, they decide readers deserve an explanation of what has happened to their work.

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