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Roger Joseph Ebert ( / ˈiːbərt / EE-burt; June 18, 1942 – April 4, 2013) was an American film critic, film historian, journalist, essayist, screenwriter, and author. He was a film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death in 2013. Ebert was known for his intimate, Midwestern writing style and critical views informed by ...
At the Movies. (1986–2010) Sneak Previews. Ebert Presents: At the Movies is a weekly, nationally syndicated movie review television program produced by film critic Roger Ebert and his wife, Chaz Ebert. The program aired on public television stations in the United States through American Public Television from January 21 to December 30, 2011.
RogerEbert.com is an American film review website that archives reviews written by film critic Roger Ebert for the Chicago Sun-Times and also shares other critics' reviews and essays. The website, underwritten by the Chicago Sun-Times, was launched in 2002. [1] Ebert handpicked writers from around the world to contribute to the website.
Film critic Roger Ebert praised the film's director in his review: "It is a powerful directing job. He starts with an extraordinary screenplay and then finds the right tones and moods for every scene, realizing it's not the plot we care about, it’s the people." At year end, film critic Gene Siskel voted the film as his favorite of 1992.
Untamed Heart received mixed reviews and has a 58% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 26 reviews. On Metacritic, the film has a 59 out of 100 from 26 critics. In a three-star review, film critic Roger Ebert wrote that the film was "kind of sweet and kind of goofy, and works because its heart is in the right place.”
The film's script won the National Society of Film Critics award for Best Screenplay. Film critic Roger Ebert gave it 4 out of 4 stars, calling it observant and very funny. The film is #80 on Bravo's 100 Funniest Movies, and was listed at #84 on American Film Institute's AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs in 2000. Home media
It grew to prominence with a review-conversation-banter format between opinionated film critics, notably for a time, Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel. By 1980, it was a weekly series airing on over 180 stations, and it was the highest rated weekly entertainment series in the history of public broadcasting. [1]
Film critic Roger Ebert called Contempt "one of the great films about making a movie." Sight & Sound critic Colin MacCabe referred to Contempt as "the greatest work of art produced in postwar Europe." On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the