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Roger Joseph Ebert (/ ˈ iː b ər t / EE-burt; 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.
The film makes use of footage and interviews with American film critic Roger Ebert during the final months of his life interspersed with interviews of his friends, colleagues, and family including: Chaz Ebert (his wife), Martin Scorsese, Werner Herzog, Errol Morris, A.O. Scott, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Ramin Bahrani, Gregory Nava, Richard Corliss, and Ava DuVernay, among others.
Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times rated the film four out of four stars. His review highlighted the film's Yiddish folktale prologue, suggesting that though the Coens maintain it has no relation to the rest of the film, "maybe because an ancestor invited a dybbuk (wandering soul) to cross his threshold, Larry is cursed."
Roger Ebert gave the film four out of four stars, highlighting Fiorentino's ability to project her character with dry humor and a freedom from Hollywood conventions typically surrounding a female antagonist. [16] Ebert later ranked the film fifth on his year-end list of 1994's best movies. [17] He wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times:
Writing of the film's Chicago premiere, Roger Ebert awarded the film with 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 stars out of four and described it as "a harrowing, exhausting, painful film, and a very good one - a film that will not appeal to most filmgoers, but will be valued by anyone with a serious interest in schizophrenia or, for that matter, in film." [13] Ebert ...
Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert inspired a generation of future film critics. Matt Singer returns the favor in 'Opposable Thumbs,' his bio of the odd couple.
Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert each gave it a positive review on At the Movies. [17] [18] [19] In his review for the Chicago Sun-Times, Ebert wrote: "A lot has been written about the visual style of “Blood Simple,” but I think the appeal of the movie is more elementary. It keys into three common nightmares: (1) You clean and clean, but there ...
Roger Ebert, film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times for nearly half a century, and a game-changing television presenter, died Thursday at the age of 70. Ebert had been in ill health for some time.