Roger Ebert
2009, Apocalypse Now
Giles Slade | Posted 11.11.2009 | Entertainment
The Copenhagen conference is billed as humanity's last chance to reverse climate change, but many fear we have already reached a global tipping point. Our films reflect this.
An Inglourious Basterdization of History
Bryan Farrell | Posted 10.21.2009 | Entertainment
There is a surprising truth about WWII: nonviolence, of the kind Gandhi practiced, was used successfully against the Nazis.
My Name Is Roger, And I'm An Alcoholic
blogs.suntimes.com | Roger Ebert | Posted 09.25.2009 | Living
In August 1979, I took my last drink. It was about four o'clock on a Saturday afternoon, the hot sun streaming through the windows of my little carria...
Roger Ebert: "Death Panels." A Most-Excellent Term.
Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics
"Death panels" is such an excellent term. You know exactly what it means, and therefore you know you're against them. Debate over. This term more than...
In Praise of a Real Man
Rod Lurie | Posted 06.01.2009 | Entertainment
If Roger Ebert's throat cancer -- devastating and unforgiving -- has not been able to stop him, then nothing as petty as the collapse of one of the nation's stalwart journalistic enterprises is going to either.
Film Critic Roger Ebert Alive and Kicking at EbertFest
Michael Giltz | Posted 05.25.2009 | Entertainment
A thumbs up from Ebert is still the highest accolade (other than an Oscar) that a movie can get. EbertFest is like a week-long thumbs-up for filmmakers.
Roger Ebert's Boyhood Home Gets Historical Marker
AP | Posted 05.23.2009 | Chicago
URBANA, Ill. — Film critic Roger Ebert's boyhood home is getting the thumbs up. Officials in Urbana, Ill., decided to honor the Chicago Sun-Tim...
Roger Ebert Thanks Bill O'Reilly For Putting Chicago Sun-Times In His Hall Of Shame
Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert | Posted 05.09.2009 | Chicago
Dear Bill: Thanks for including the Chicago Sun-Times on your exclusive list of newspapers on your "Hall of Shame." To be in an O'Reilly Hall of Fame ...
Ebert Pays Tribute To Siskel: 'He Is In My Mind Almost Every Day'
Roger Ebert's Journal | Roger Ebert | Posted 03.22.2009 | Chicago
Gene Siskel and I were like tuning forks. Strike one, and the other would pick up the same frequency. When we were in a group together, we were always...
Barbra Streisand's Masterpiece Yentl Finally on DVD
Paul Katz | Posted 04.10.2009 | Entertainment
Yentlis the final film of Streisand's to be released on DVD, and the best was saved for last.
A Modest Proposal
Michael Jones | Posted 03.08.2009 | Chicago
It's time for justice. It's time for the eight o'clock on a Saturday night to be reclaimed by the many, not ruined by the few.
Mariotti: Roger Ebert Can Kiss My Ass
The Huffington Post | Posted 02.22.2009 | Chicago
In a wide-ranging interview with RealClearSports, AOL Sports columnist Jay Mariotti touched on his vitriolic exit from the Chicago Sun-Times in August...
Roger Ebert Sounds the Bell for the Death of Print Film Criticism (and Entertainment Journalism) - and the World Weeps with Him
Scott Mendelson | Posted 12.30.2008 | Entertainment
It is a shame that the tradition of the newspaper film critic, the very thing that aspired me to first love movies, has so quickly been destroyed in a little under two years.
Ebert's Little Rule Book (Plus One of My Own)
Scott Mendelson | Posted 12.08.2008 | Entertainment
Roger Ebert has posted twenty iron clad rules for being a film critic. Many of them are obvious (don't talk, text, or be obnoxious in a theater), but...
Roger Ebert Can't Stand Sarah Palin
Los Angeles Times | Patrick Goldstein | Posted 10.25.2008 | Media
It's no secret that everyone is weighing in on politics these days, from David Letterman to Barbara Walters and the esteemed ladies of "The View," who...
Roger Ebert Pans Palin
Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 10.12.2008 | Chicago
Venerable film critic Roger Ebert waded into politics Thursday to review Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin. The verdict? Thumbs Down. ...
Roger Ebert Attacked At Screening By New York Post Movie Critic
AP | Rush & Molloy | Posted 10.12.2008 | Media
CHICAGO — Film critic Roger Ebert on Thursday confirmed that a fellow critic yelled at him and whacked him on the knee with a program during a m...
Two White Guys "At the Movies"
Esther J. Cepeda | Posted 10.10.2008 | Chicago
It's 2008 and some black dude is running for president, but the movie review show based in Chicago - which has one of the largest black and Latino populations in America--couldn't find one single movie writer, reviewer, or blogger "of color" to fill one of the seats?
Roger Ebert Rips "Rat" Jay Mariotti In Open Letter
Posted 09.28.2008 | Chicago
In an open letter, Roger Ebert ripped former colleague Jay Mariotti for the "ugly way" he quit the Chicago Sun-Times this week. Dear Jay, What an ug...
Ben Lyons, Ebert's Replacement, Admits: "It Has Definitely Helped To Have My Dad Open Some Doors For Me"
New York Daily News | Rush & Molloy | Posted 08.09.2008 | Media
Jeffrey Lyons is denying snipes by fellow movie critics that he used influence to get his son Ben the plum job of replacing Roger Ebert in the show "A...
Roger and Gene
Erik Lundegaard | Posted 08.08.2008 | Entertainment
Siskel and Ebert loved movies. You could feel it through the TV screen. They argued all the time, intelligently and forceful -- but it's over now.
Ben Lyons & Ben Mankiewicz Take Over "At The Movies" From Ebert & Roeper
AP | LYNN ELBER | Posted 07.30.2008 | Media
LOS ANGELES — Over the years, TV's best-known movie review show has gone from hosts Siskel and Ebert to Ebert and Roeper to Roeper and guest cri...
Ebert And Roeper Leaving Popular Movie Review TV Show
AP | DON BABWIN | Posted 07.29.2008 | Media
CHICAGO — Roger Ebert is leaving the balcony _ but hinting that he's not finished with television. The famed film critic announced Monday that ...
Roger Ebert Forced To Skip His Film Festival
AP | Posted 05.01.2008 | Media
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Roger Ebert says he'll have to skip this year's Ebertfest film festival after breaking a hip. The 65-year-old movie critic wr...
Scott Mendelson | Posted 11.10.2009 | Comedy