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Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | yesterday
Just as two critics can see the same movie and have different reactions, Bill Wyman (the former arts editor for Salon, not the aging Rolling Stones bass player) and the Cricket had different takes on Roger Ebert's recent blog post about the sorry state of newspapers. Ebert takes the evidence of fewer newspaper jobs for movie critics, and the AP's new plan to trim all feature stories (including
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Everyday Ethics (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008
Hitsville.org That's what Bill Wyman says. " Roger Ebert's vista is the too-narrow one of daily newspapers. That's an artificial construct that has no resonance to anyone with a computer. And even in that limited sphere film criticism was not a savior. A lot of highly profitable newspapers never had anything but crummy critics covering any arts medium you can think of."
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Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008
"A newspaper film critic is like a canary in a coal mine. When one croaks, get the hell out." So begins one of the most trenchant critiques of the newspaper industry you're likely to see - written by the Chicago Sun-Times esteemed film critic Roger Ebert, examining the decline in our industry from the vantage point of movie criticism. Ebert looks at the job losses among movie critics - a trend
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FirstShowing.net (Free subscription) | 11/30/2008
Over the last year, the death of the film critic has become an increasing popular topic of discussion amongst, ironically, film critics. I've personally stayed out of it because I don't consider myself much of a critic, hardly a "reviewer" if anything, and decided to leave that discussion to the professionals. However, our own favorite critic, the legendary Roger Ebert, wrote another brilliant blog...
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/Film (Free subscription) | 11/28/2008
Pulitzer Prize winning movie critic Roger Ebert has written a passionate response to what some are calling the demise of the film critic, or what Ebert is calling “the death of an intelligent and curious, readership”. The whole thing was sparked when the Associate Press imposed a 500-word limited on movie reviews and interviews. I [...]
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THE CAIRNS BLOG (Free subscription) | 11/28/2008
Here's what Roger Ebert has to say about the culture of celebrity that is pervading entertainment journalism at the moment in America's newsrooms. He says the "lengthening toll of former film critics acts as a poster child for the self-destruction of American newspapers," and roasts the drivel you are increasing getting in its place about Brad, Angelina, Jen, Britney, Heidi and Spencer , and all these...
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if i were a bell, i'd ring. (Free subscription) | 11/27/2008
It's very rare that I disagree with Roger Ebert, but on Australia , I do. Of course, I have a thing for Baz Luhrmann pictures, so that might have something to do with it. If you can stand the length, I highly recommend checking it out after your turkey tomorrow.
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There are no bad ideas (Free subscription) | 11/26/2008
Death to film critics! Hail to CelebCult! - Roger Ebert's Journal : " In 'Toots,' a new documentary about the legendary Manhattan saloon keeper Toots Shor, there is a shot so startling I had to reverse the DVD to see it again. After dinner, Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe leave the restaurant, give their ticket to a valet, wait on the curb until their car arrives, tip the valet and then Joe opens the...
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Box Turtle Bulletin (Free subscription) | 11/26/2008
The reviews of Milk, the biopic of slain gay San Francisco supervisor Harvey Milk, are almost unanimous: “Emotionally devastating.” Four stars — Roger Ebert “Sean Penn shines in new Gus Van Sant biopic ‘Milk’.” — New York Daily News “‘Milk’ and Penn are a powerful cinematic combination.” — USA Today “Gus Van Sant males ‘Milk’ a real, moving story.” [...]
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Towleroad (Free subscription) | 11/26/2008
Ebert, like nearly every other reviewer in the nation (I said nearly), is raving about Milk and Sean Penn's performance, noting Milk's 70's campaign to bring gays out of the closet. Ebert notes that Milk's campaign for sexual openness has...
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Mike Tidmus : Blog (Free subscription) | 11/25/2008
Sean Penn as America’s first self-identified gay public official, in Milk (Photo: Milk, Focus Features, LLC) Film critic and screenwriter Roger Ebert, of the Chicago Sun-Times, has penned a positive and remarkably insightful review of the film Milk. Ebert, who for many years was better known as half of Siskel & Ebert at the Movies and later Ebert & [...]
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Angry Young Blog (Free subscription) | 11/22/2008
Not much occasion for this post other than a fantastic Ebert review . I love it when Roger Ebert gets all meta on us. I haven't seen Synecdoche, New York , but I will. I love Charlie Kaufman. It's kind of a foregone conclusion that I'll see the movie and like it.
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Vulture (Free subscription) | 11/21/2008
The esteemed Roger Ebert has been on a reviewing and blogging tear recently, having apparently regained the fire of his early years in the wake of his multiple harrowing surgeries (though he still has the occasional lapse in judgment ). This week he let loose with a grippingly introspective, almost stream-of-consciousness piece that managed to tie in his lifelong struggle with his weight, his cancer...
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Defamer (Free subscription) | 11/21/2008
Since Roger Ebert's return to writing after the 2006 thyroid surgery that left him without part of his jawbone, he's been a notably more adventurous scribe, unafraid to toss off deadpan satire, rice...
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Unconsidered Trifles (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
A bottle of 1970 warm, cheesy fondue for Mr. Ebert's table, please, bartender... Roger Ebert is crazy--his Baby Boomer nostalgia has gotten the better of his reviewing skills for quite some time now, but his review of the new Bond film, Quantum of Solace , is truly sad. Mind you, I still prefer Casino Royale , but I thought Quantum was not too far behind--and very aware of the contributions made by...
