Sometimes I think so. Sometimes, not so much. If the blog I wrote a few weeks ago had started that way, I would have been spared a lot of grief. It better expresses what I was unsuccessfully trying t...
You know that iPhone app the Romney campaign released Tuesday? The one that spelled "America" wrong? Forget the spelling. Mitt has a good sense of humor. Heres the snapshot hes using on his p...
The first time I saw him, he was striding toward me out of the burning Georgia sun, as helicopters landed behind him. His face was tanned a deep brown. He was wearing a combat helmet, an ammo belt, c...
The video on this page was an undercover project, I learn, at Ebertfest 2012. Most of my Far-Flung Correspondents and Demanders were there in person, and those who couldnt be contributed their voices...
Women are nicer than men. There are exceptions. Most people of both sexes are probably fairly nice, given the nature of their upbringing and opportunities. But in terms of their lifelong natures, wom...
I want to tell you about a woman named Betty Brandenburg. Youve not heard of her, but her passing must not go unremarked. Ive written many times about the Conference on World Affairs at the Universit...
In those years we lived close to the ground. My earliest memory is lying flat on my stomach on our front sidewalk, my nose inches from a procession of ants. When you are short and a child, the earth ...
In a back row of the Virginia Theater in Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, you will see a raised platform just the right size to hold a reclining chair. This is my throne at Ebertfest. Because of havoc wro...
I am faced once again with the task of voting in Sight & Sound magazines famous poll to determine the greatest films of all time. Apart from my annual years best lists, this is the only list I vote i...
Not long ago I read an article about a new skyscraper charmingly named The Shard that will be the tallest structure in Europe. I posted it on my Facebook page, adding something like: "Great! Just...
The emails have been arriving with depressing regularity. Often the subject line is only the name of a friend. With dread I know what the message will contain: That person has died. In recent weeks t...
Long-suffering readers will have read many times about my dislike of lists, especially lists of the best or worst movies in this or that category. For years they had value only in the minds of featur...
My negative review of "The Raid: Redemption" violated one of my oldest principles, and put me way out of step with other critics. In my review I gave it one star. The movie currently stands a...
Something nice happened to us while we were preparing the schedule for Ebertfest 2012, which plays April 25-29 at the Virginia Theater (above) in Champaign-Urbana, Ill. Wed invited Patton Oswalt to a...
Even as I write on Thursday night, a screening of "Bully" is taking place in Washington that may or may not result in the films MPAA rating being changed from R to PG-13. Jen Chaney suggests ...
Sarah Palin lacked the preparation or temperament to be one heartbeat away from the presidency, but what she possessed in abundance was the ability to inflame political passions and energize the John...
Hollywood has the same problem with the Oscars that the Republicans are having with their primaries. They cant seem to agree on a candidate with a broad appeal to the base. All nine Oscar finalists w...
CNN missed a golden opportunity by deciding not to sponsor the final Super Tuesday debate with the GOP Presidential candidates. It reportedly made that decision after being informed that both Mitt Ro...
I have seen the new 3D version of "Titanic" and, as with the original 1997 version, I found it a magnificent motion picture. The hour or more after the ship hits the iceberg remains spellbind...
It doesnt take a crystal ball to see that this years Academy Awards will amount to a shootout between "Hugo," with 11 nominations, and "The Artist," with 10. Fittingly, they are two m...
For me the best news produced by the Florida primary was Newt Gingrichs vow to take his fight all the way to the floor of this years Republican convention. It has been way too long since a national p...
Of course, no one is really robbed of an Academy Award nomination. Its a gift; not a right. The balloting procedure is conducted honestly and reflects a collective opinion, which was demonstrated thi...
For an hour before bedtime every night for a week, Ive watched an episode of "Downton Abbey." Last night the Earl of Grantham interrupted a garden party to announce the beginning of World War...
Do you expect "The Tree of Life" to be nominated as one of the best films of 2011? When I saw it last spring I certainly did. I assumed it was a done deal. If youd told me then that "The ...
Yesterday I read this in an article in the British Guardian newspaper: "Twelve of the last 13 people condemned to death in Harris County, Texas were black. After Texas itself, Harris County is th...
Those who opened their eyes when I did are closing them now. Word reached me on New Years Eve of two friends, one who has died, another who has returned home from hospital for palliative care. The fi...
Roger and I thank you for joining us as we talked about the movies each week this past year. We have enjoyed producing Ebert Presents At The Movies and hope to continue sometime in 2012. This week we...
Spoilers abound. I watched Robert Zemeckiss "Contact" again a couple of weeks ago, so I could add it to the Great Movies Collection. In 1997 I had some questions, but this time it was even mo...
Why not fold documentaries into my list of the "Best Films of 2011?" After all, a movie is a movie, right? Yes, and some years Ive thrown them all into the same mixture. But all of these year...
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