However, Roger Ebert was always a cut above. Alongside Pauline Kael, he’s one of arguably the two most famous critics in modern cinema history, or at least among those who stuck to their day jobs for ...

and perhaps a great Siskel and Ebert review. There was no internet, no constant media scrutiny, no regular analysis of box office grosses or nerdy breakdowns, or endless gossip about behind-the ...

With one stroke of a pen, a good critic can endorse a movie and make it a hit overnight; that was certainly the power Roger Ebert had at his disposal. Starting his impressive career in 1967, when he ...