In “Life Itself” the film critic Roger Ebert covers much career and personal ground, including the challenge of coping with cancer and disfiguring surgery.
Books Of The Times: ‘life Itself’ By Roger Ebert - Review
By JANET MASLIN, New York Times
Thu, 09/22/2011 - 8:53pm
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