The event series, hosted by DCASE and the Chicago Film Office, includes a film screening series with post-screening ...

That’s how Matt Singer, author of the upcoming book “Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever,” describes the two most famous film critics in history. Like countless fans of his ...

It was the late '70s. I was 10 or 11 years old, and quickly coming to realize that I wasn't good at much of anything. If you've ever wondered who paved the way for today's "Participant" and "Thanks ...

Legendary Chicago Sun-Times film critic Roger Ebert passed away yesterday at the age of 70 after a long, difficult battle with both thyroid and salivary gland cancer. Most famous for his iconic review ...

He went out fighting, and writing. Roger Ebert, the Pulitzer Prize–winning film reviewer for the Chicago Sun-Times, and something of a TV star for his 31-year series of critics’ klatches with Gene ...

Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert slug it out with SNES tennis in this hour-long syndicated special. Includes Gene using a camcorder with a steadicam attachment, a Danny DeVito interview and plenty of ...

One of cinema's most famous and important critics was Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times. Most people associate him with his "thumbs up, thumbs down" rating system, which he shared with fellow ...

The FECK Awards spotlight the power of everyday heroes and bold visionaries who elevate humanity through action, proving that compassion and kindness aren’t just ideals, but powerful forces reshaping ...

It’s almost impossible to overstate Roger Ebert’s influence on the art of film criticism. In a profession widely regarded as elitist for years, Ebert reviewed movies from a purely emotional ...

Roger Ebert was a man who "reeked of integrity," said the actor John Cusack, one of the many Chicago celebrities to gather last night and remember the late critic in a memorial that was more ...