Gene Siskel

Roger Ebert's books are his legacy

2013-04-04 17:20:00

Rogert Ebert, the Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic who died today, leaves behind a rich legacy, thanks to a shelf-full of books that explore movies -- and his own life. His memoir, "Life Itself," dealt with his battle with alcoholism and the later,...

TV pitches: So I've got this idea for a show ...

2013-05-07 16:03:00

Two weeks from now, TV networks will announce their new slate of shows for next season. The majority of these series will be variations on a formula. Procedurals. High-concept sci-fi and fantasy dramas. Nighttime soaps. Comedies starring familiar faces....

10 things you might not know about film critics

2013-04-14 00:00:00

A screenwriter who went by the pseudonyms of R. Hyde and Reinhold Timme died recently in Chicago. Others knew the man as Roger Ebert, film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times. Ebert's death got us thinking about interesting facts involving movie critics....

Roger Ebert: Quintessential Chicagoan

2013-04-04 15:57:00

When Anthony Bourdain was in town last summer taping a Chicago-themed episode of his Travel Channel show “The Layover,” he asked various people, including me, to name the quintessential Chicagoan, and a consensus quickly emerged. The...

Roger Ebert: A look back at five reviews of fan-favorite films

2013-04-04 17:24:04

We'll still hear Ebert at the movies

2013-04-07 00:00:00

Roger Ebert's death is mourned by many, but I will remember it as bringing down the curtain on a special guy in a special time: He was multimedia before multimedia was cool. In today's angrily polarized political times, I particularly appreciate how...

Remembrance: Roger Ebert, film's hero to the end

2013-04-04 16:20:00

This post has been corrected. See below for details. It seems like only yesterday — in fact, it was only yesterday — that I read that Roger Ebert was taking what he called, with typical verbal skill, "a leave of presence" to fight the cancer...

Rosenthal: Roger Ebert wrote a business script worth following

2013-04-07 00:00:00

We all knew Roger Ebert. Even those who knew Roger only through his words and insights felt a bond. That was one of Ebert's many gifts, and with his death leaving such a profound void, it is easy to overlook all that we still have from him. Beyond the...

Thanks to Roger Ebert, 1942-2013

2013-04-05 20:19:31

The first time I encountered Roger Ebert, I detested him. The second time I encountered him, I liked him even less. In later years, I learned that Ebert's relationship with Gene Siskel progressed the same way: animosity, then grudging respect, then love...

Roger Ebert dies at 70; Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic

2013-04-04 17:46:00

Roger Ebert, the Pulitzer Prize-winning movie critic whose gladiatorial "thumbs-up, thumbs-down" assessments turned film reviewing into a television sport and whose passion for independent film helped introduce a new generation of filmmakers to...

A shared love of film

2013-04-05 12:55:00

In today's Arts and Entertainment section, the Tribune has published a wonderful picture of Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert in their prime — seated front row center and gazing in rapt attention at the great silver screen. They come across as more like...

The unforgettable Roger Ebert

2013-04-05 12:57:00

Life is certainly not for sissies. Anyone could have asked film critic Roger Ebert, who fought a long courageous battle against cancer. Back in the day, I watched the dynamic duo of Ebert and Gene Siskel, on the Public Broadcasting Show, “Sneak...

Why: Roger Ebert, the popular film critic and television co-host who along with his fellow reviewer and sometime sparring partner Gene Siskel could lift or sink the fortunes of a movie with their trademark thumbs up or thumbs down, died on Thursday in Chicago. He was 70.

2013-04-05 00:00:00

Roger Ebert (left) and Gene Siskel, circa 1976.

2013-04-04 13:54:00

Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel, 1976

2013-04-02 16:22:07