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Twitter at Five: Nathalie Atkinson’s Five to Follow
In honour of Twitter’s upcoming fifth birthday, the Post is celebrating all (ok, most) things Twitter. (Behold, the first-ever tweet!) In Five to Follow, a week-long web series, our columnists and...
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Roger Ebert under fire for Ryan Dunn tweets
Jim Ruymen / ReutersRyan Dunn was killed in a car crash Monday night By Miranda Furtado Bam Margera is giving movie critic Roger Ebert the thumbs down. Just hours after the death of Jackass star Ryan...
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Fall Preview: Neal Stephenson, Jeffrey Eugenides, Michael Lewis and more
By Mike Doherty Here’s a roundup of some of the books to look forward to in the first half of the fall season, split into longer books and quicker reads: WEIGHTY TOMES Sept. 7 Life Itself by Roger...
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Q&A: Roger Ebert, critical master
Despite the fact that Roger Ebert has not spoken a word since 2006 — his lower jaw was removed during one in a string of surgeries he underwent while being treated for cancer — his voice is stronger...
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Book Review: Life Itself, by Roger Ebert
Life Itself By Roger Ebert Grand Central Publishing 448 pp; $29.99 Reviewed by Adam Nayman In the introduction to his new memoir, Roger Ebert says the words came “pouring forth in a flood of a relief.”...
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Time to cut down on the ‘tricky disco moves:’ Roger Ebert hospitalized for...
Famed Chicago movie critic Roger Ebert has been hospitalized with a hip fracture. His wife, Chaz Ebert, told The Associated Press on Thursday that her husband was doing much better and “doctors are...
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Roger Ebert’s cancer has returned
Film critic Roger Ebert announced on Tuesday that his cancer has returned. In an article for the Chicago Sun-Times, Ebert revealed the recent discovery that pain previously diagnosed as a fracture is...
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Legendary film critic Roger Ebert dead at 70
Illustration by Kagan McLeod Roger Ebert, the most famous and most popular film reviewer of his time who become the first journalist to win a Pulitzer Prize for movie criticism and, on his long-running...
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Roger Ebert: Celebrities react to movie critic’s death on Twitter, plus a few...
Arguably the most famous movie critic of his time, and a force that reached far beyond the cultural boundaries of the pages of the Chicago Sun-Times, even before the Internet changed everything, Roger...
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“No good movie is too long and no bad movie is short enough:” A brief...
Iconic Chicago Sun-Times movie critic Roger Ebert passed away on April 4, after a lengthy battle with cancer. And as with any critic worth their weight, Ebert was one who told it like it is –...
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‘Roger was the movies:’ Barack Obama, Steven Spielberg, TIFF among those...
The death of film critic Roger Ebert elicits wide reaction from directors, fellow critics and others: “I am devastated by the loss of my love, Roger — my husband, my friend, my confidante and...
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Chris Knight on Roger Ebert: Our chief film critic remembers the man who was...
I mean it as praise: He was all thumbs. Roger Ebert, the most famous critic of our age, has died at the age of 70. He was the first person to win a Pulitzer for writing about film. He was diagnosed...
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Shinan: Throw the book at ’em — Orange Is the New Black gives ‘chick lit’ a...
OK, so now what? Over the weekend, I reached the last episode of Orange Is the New Black — a rite-of-Netflix-passage for many this summer. Full stop. Last gasp. Culmination. A muster, last, alas,...
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Shinan: Why we’ll miss Roger Ebert at TIFF
A TIFF without Roger Ebert? Say it ain’t so. But it is: when the stars descend this week in Toronto, it will be the first filmfest in more than thirty years when the most emphatic of voices will be...
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Richard Roeper to replace Roger Ebert as Chicago Sun-Times movie critic
The Chicago Sun-Times says it will replace Roger Ebert with the late famed movie critic’s former colleague Richard Roeper. The newspaper announced Thursday it has officially named Roeper its movie...
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Life Itself, reviewed: Roger Ebert documentary gives the legendary film...
Life Itself Rating: Director: Steve JamesCast: Roger Ebert, Half of HollywoodRated: 14A; bad words about bad moviesGenre: DocumentaryDuration: 120 minutesRelease date: Jul 11, 2014Synopsis: A look...
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How much sway do film critics hold?
If you are reading these words in the movies section of a printed paper, you likely already have an opinion on the worth of film critics. After all, this is where you can turn to find out what’s worth...
View ArticleBarbara Kay: Two thumbs up for the life of Roger Ebert
Only in our time could a man in Roger Ebert’s condition have made it to the age of 70. I was very sorry to learn of the legendary film critic’s death, because for normal people, 70 now seems quite...
View ArticleRyan Gosling’s Lost River needs your help, whether it deserves it or not
The excitement over the announcement of the Cannes Film Festival lineup is an annual tradition — and so is the anointment of one of those titles approximately one month later as a ceremonial scapegoat....
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