Roger Ebert passes away.

[Gardenlady]

A great column from last month - much in it that resonates with me:

How I am a Roman Catholic

 

[wfgodot]

Postscript: Roger Ebert, 1940-2013 (The New Yorker)

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Reviewing Ingmar Bergman’s “Cries and Whispers,” he calls it “hypnotic, disturbing, frightening” and admits, “It envelops us in a red membrane of passion and fear, and in some way that I do not fully understand it employs taboos and ancient superstitions to make its effect.”
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much more at the link

 

[Footwarrior]

When film critic Roger Ebert lost his lower jaw to cancer, he lost the ability to eat and speak. But he did not lose his voice. In a moving talk from TED2011, Ebert and his wife, Chaz, with friends Dean Ornish and John Hunter, come together to tell his remarkable story.

http://www.ted.com/talks/roger_ebert_remaking_my_voice.html

If you only know Ebert from reading his movie reviews, you need to watch this.

 

[PaulR]

Ebert was by FAR my favorite film critic. I loved his reviews and more often than not agreed with them.

He will be missed.

 

[BuzzieCat]

RIP, Mr. Ebert. He'd been through a lot in the last decade or so. I used to enjoy his "At the Movies" shows, and he was an excellent writer. Though I didn't know him personally, I will miss his "presence."

 

[wishuwerehere]

Here’s a list of Ebert’s Most Hated “Alleged Comedies.” Whether you agree or disagree with him, his reviews are quite entertaining, sometimes more than the movie being reviewed, lol!

http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050811/COMMENTARY/50808002

 

[wfgodot]

I have his "I Hated, Hated, Hated This Movie," a hilarious collection of reviews of films he gave less than two stars. It's a hoot.

 

[Ransom]

Thumbs up Roger. You were an inspiration to those that have throat/jaw cancer.

I loved you and your talking Mac.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNXOVpN8Wgg"]Roger Ebert: Remaking my voice - YouTube[/ame]

 

[ShyViolet]

"That does a pretty good job of summing it up. “Kindness” covers all of my political beliefs. No need to spell them out. I believe that if, at the end, according to our abilities, we have done something to make others a little happier, and something to make ourselves a little happier, that is about the best we can do. To make others less happy is a crime. To make ourselves unhappy is where all crime starts. We must try to contribute joy to the world. That is true no matter what our problems, our health, our circumstances. We must try. I didn’t always know this and am happy I lived long enough to find it out." Roger Ebert

http://www.salon.com/2011/09/15/roger_ebert/

 

[gitana1]

Sad to hear it. I liked the man.

 

[Softail]

4 memorable moments in Roger Ebert's career
Ethan Miller / Getty Images file


Roger Ebert in 2009.

By TODAY staff

Over the course of Roger Ebert's decades-long career as a film critic, he delivered plenty of delightful reviews that both informed and entertained. Not only that, he showed both his funny and tender sides even when not reviewing movies. Here's a look at some of his best moments:

'Saturday Night Live' laughs
Terror on 'The Daily Show'
He 'hated, hated, hated, hated, hated' 'North'
Ebert remembers Siskel
(videos inside link)


http://todayentertainment.today.com...memorable-moments-in-roger-eberts-career?lite

 

[wfgodot]

Yesterday, after the news about Roger Ebert broke, Chicago radio host Milos Stehlik reached out to Werner Herzog. Herzog and Ebert had been friends for decades, Ebert having been a great admirer of Herzog’s 1972 film Aguirre, the Wrath of God. From there it was nearly always a love-in, Ebert often writing tributes to the director. But it did not obviate Ebert’s critical eye.
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To Stehlik, Herzog did sound a hopeless note. Of course, he said he had only heard the news of Ebert’s death a few minutes before. He was audibly upset; at the end of the interview he made a sound that could only have been a sob. He said that Ebert was among the “very last” serious writers about movies. He worried that the trend had shifted to celebrities, and celebrities only. There were a few others who wrote seriously, Herzog said, but “none of [Ebert]’s caliber.” “My question is, what do we do without him now?” Herzog said. “What do we do?”
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much more at The Nation: http://www.thenation.com/blog/173684/roger-ebert-1942-2013#

 

[wishuwerehere]

Roger Ebert Biopic 'Life Itself' Makes CNN Films Television Debut This Sunday

http://www.cnbc.com/id/102303504#.

CHICAGO, Dec. 31, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- "Life Itself," the documentary directed by Steve James based on renowned film critic Roger Ebert's rollicking memoir, makes its television debut on CNN Films this Sunday, January 4 at 9 p.m. ET.

My dvr is set to record. I'm looking forward to seeing this.