50 year ago this week, two movie critics from Chicago changed TV history. The 50 reviews below span the show’s entire 25-year history, and I did my best to provide a wide range of reviews; some of ...

Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel are a famous pair of film critics who often passionately disagreed with each other's movie reviews. Both critics gained attention for their writing in their respective ...

Diego Pineda has been a devout storyteller his whole life. He has self-published a fantasy novel and a book of short stories, and is actively working on publishing his second novel. A lifelong fan of ...

This month marks 50 years since critics and A-list Chicago celebrities Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert debuted their movie review show. The pair moved names and shows a few times in the over two decades ...

Famed critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert featured several Wilmington-shot films on their annual "worst of" lists. "Super Mario Bros." (1993) was criticized by Siskel for being based on dreary video ...

The crude pilot that aired 50 years ago this month on WTTW-Channel 11, starring two ill-at-ease reviewers talking about the movies, gave little hint that it would launch a deep friendship, and for a ...

“On Cinema at the Cinema,” the clever and seemingly unending parody of a movie-review show (and much, much more) starring comedians Tim Heidecker and Gregg Turkington, is a vision of hell, a series ...

Of the great debates in film history, a few dominate. How much of Citizen Kane did Orson Welles really write? Is the auteur a film’s true author? And, the one that will never be resolved, can we ...

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