We at the Celluloid Club
are sad to hear of the passing today of legendary film critic Roger Ebert.
Roger was a trailblazer
in the field of cinematic criticism, bringing it to the masses with his PBS
show At the Movies (originally called Siskel and Ebert
and The Movies). Gene Siskel died in 1999.
Siskel and Ebert
championed quality foreign and independent films, and made “Two Thumbs Up” into
an iconic movie phrase, used hundreds of times by studios promoting their
releases.
Despite his cancer
battle, Ebert continued to review about 200 movies a year.
He was sharp, witty, and
passionate about cinema.
His death is a great
loss to the cinematic community.
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