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Roger Joseph Ebert (/ ˈ iː b ər t / EE-bərt; June 18, 1942 – April 4, 2013) was an American film critic, film historian, journalist, essayist, screenwriter and author.He was the film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death in 2013.
House of Sand and Fog is a 2003 drama film directed by Vadim Perelman, with a screenplay written by Perelman and Shawn Lawrence Otto. It is based on the novel of the same name by Andre Dubus III . The tragic story concerns the battle between a former drug addict and an immigrant Iranian family over the ownership of a house in Northern ...
Bahrani dedicated the film to the late film critic Roger Ebert. [4] The film competed for the Golden Lion at the 71st Venice International Film Festival. [5] [6] It won Grand Prix at 2015 Deauville American Film Festival. [7] It also screened in the Special Presentations section of the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival. [8]
When the esteemed film critic Roger Ebert first saw Road House, Rowdy Herrington’s now cult classic of 1989, he declared that it existed “right on the edge between the ‘good-bad movie’ and ...
In 2000, the film was ranked #44 on the American Film Institute's list of the 100 funniest comedies, [31] and Premiere voted it one of "The 50 Greatest Comedies Of All Time" in 2006. [32] On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , it has an approval score of 97% based on 37 reviews, with an average rating of 8.5/10.
The website's critics consensus reads, "Screenwriter Vince Gilligan's mordant sense of humor strikes a discordant note in Home Fries, a romantic caper full of empty calories." Roger Ebert gave the film a mixed review, writing, " Home Fries is not a great movie, and as much as I finally enjoyed it, I'm not sure it's worth seeing two times just ...
Roger Ebert praised the sequence in the film calling it "poetic and touching" and stating that it "deals with the life experience in a way that is almost never found in family animation". [ 12 ] [ 13 ] The Guardian described the sequence as "remarkable", "brilliant", and a "masterclass in narrative exposition" and thought the childlessness ...
Roger Ebert gave the film a positive review, awarding it three stars out of four, and praising the production design in particular: "To my surprise, I find myself recommending The Haunting based on its locations, its sets, its art direction, its sound design, and the overall splendor of its visuals. The story is a mess, but for long periods ...