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- 2012.09.12: A statement and a "film"
- 2012.09.11: Toronto #5: Loopers and the looped
- 2012.09.10: Toronto #4: And the winner is...
- 2012.09.09: Toronto #3: "Cloud Atlas" and a new silent film
- 2012.09.08: Toronto #2: Victory at any price?
- 2012.09.05: Toronto #1: Good films are back in season
- 2012.09.01: The man with his name
- 2012.08.26: Great Movie: "Cleo from 5 to 7"
- 2012.08.24: Let's have a meeting
- 2012.08.18: Don't tear down that wall!
- 2012.08.08: Judy, Judy, Judy
- 2012.08.01: A few calm words about The List
- 2012.07.28: Oh, how I wish you could hear this!
- 2012.07.26: A shot in the dark
- 2012.07.20: The body count
- 2012.07.17: Roger loves Chaz
- 2012.07.15: The mega-epic pissing contest
- 2012.07.09: There is something and not nothing
- 2012.07.05: This cripple is a Smart Ass
- 2012.06.29: Doing the right thing
- 2012.06.22: Quvenzhané. A small force of nature.
- 2012.06.12: Promethian panspermia
- 2012.06.08: Movies don't stream themselves
- 2012.06.02: Are women better than men?
- 2012.05.26: Shall we gather at the river?
- 2012.05.22: A symphony of voices
- 2012.05.13: Women are better than men
- 2012.05.08: Everyone knew Betty
- 2012.05.05: A natural history
- 2012.05.01: The Perfect Audience
- 2012.04.26: The greatest films of all time
- 2012.04.20: I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled
- 2012.04.11: I remember you
- 2012.04.05: The best damned film list of them all
- 2012.03.26: Hollywood's highway to Hell
- 2012.03.20: Introducing the films of Ebertfest 2012
- 2012.03.15: Hey, kids! Anybody here not heard the F-word?
- 2012.03.05: The greatest actress in American political history
- 2012.02.28: Appealing to the base
- 2012.02.21: The debate that wasn't held
- 2012.02.15: The Ship of Fools
- 2012.02.08: Outguess Ebert on the Oscars
- 2012.02.02: Happy days are here again
- 2012.01.26: They wuz robbed
- 2012.01.19: Think of me as the butler, Carson
- 2012.01.12: The 2012 Oscar lalapalooza
- 2012.01.04: "Nobody has the right to take another life"
- 2011.12.31: O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done
- 2011.12.29: Some year-end thoughts from Chaz Ebert
- 2011.12.28: A journey to the center of the mind
- 2011.12.25: The best documentaries of 2011
- 2011.12.22: In the meadow, we can pan a snowman
- 2011.12.15: The Best Films of 2011
- 2011.12.14: Getting out of the way
- 2011.12.07: Where I stand on the Occupy movement
- 2011.11.30: So long for awhile
- 2011.11.25: Sittin' in the front row
- 2011.11.20: Heteronormative vampires
- 2011.11.15: On orgasms
- 2011.11.10: A personal message from Chaz Ebert
- 2011.11.06: The chimes at midnight
- 2011.11.02: The sudden death of film
- 2011.10.22: Knocked up at the movies
- 2011.10.16: Why are we cruel?
- 2011.10.09: Tea and empathy
- 2011.10.05: Stranger in a wondrous land
- 2011.09.29: What goes around, comes around
- 2011.09.23: How to win friends and influence people
- 2011.09.18: Winners of the 2011 Toronto Film Festival
- 2011.09.15: Films that are not for the dying so much
- 2011.09.12: Loves of the living dead
- 2011.09.11: 9/11 dwarfed the films about it
- 2011.09.10: The world according to Saint Tilda
- 2011.09.09: "The Artist" and the new Herzog
- 2011.09.08: "Melancholia" descends on Toronto
- 2011.09.07: A fall from grace
- 2011.09.05: "Ebert Presents:" An update
- 2011.08.31: No animals were Uncanny Valleyed in the making of this movie
- 2011.08.23: My new job. In his own words.
- 2011.08.15: I was born inside the movie of my life
- 2011.08.11: It moves! It speaks! It smells!
- 2011.08.07: The error of political prayer
- 2011.08.03: Memories are made of this
- 2011.07.26: Clinging to the rear view mirror
- 2011.07.23: A campaign film in search of a campaign
- 2011.07.20: The Republicans exit history
- 2011.07.12: The Dirty Digger
- 2011.07.06: Gatsby without greatness
- 2011.07.04: On the Origin of Transformers
- 2011.06.29: Now I lay me down to sleep
- 2011.06.21: Friends don't let friends drink and drive
- 2011.06.14: The incredible shrinking man
- 2011.06.02: It's going to be a bumpy night
- 2011.05.28: E. E. Cummings was not a racist
- 2011.05.24: The dying of the light
- 2011.05.17: A prayer beneath the Tree of Life
- 2011.05.14: My mighty hammering over "Thor"
- 2011.05.11: "Thor" is not a Meet Cute for the gods.
- 2011.05.04: The way to a man's heart is through his stomach
- 2011.04.24: The best train set a boy could want: 2011 edition
- 2011.04.16: Does anyone want to be "well-read?"
- 2011.04.08: The One-Percenters
- 2011.03.30: A quintessence of dust
- 2011.03.24: My career in retailing
- 2011.03.17: The spheres of the music
- 2011.03.09: Stream a little stream with me
- 2011.02.25: You can draw, and probably better than I can
- 2011.02.17: The best art films of 2010
- 2011.02.09: Goodbye to all that
- 2011.02.03: Winter is icumen in
- 2011.01.29: After 3D, here is the future of film
- 2011.01.23: Why 3D doesn't work and never will. Case closed.
- 2011.01.19: Leading with my chin
- 2011.01.12: The best documentaries of 2010
- 2011.01.07: Much ado about the N-thing
- 2011.01.03: Ebert Presents at the Movies
- 2011.01.02: The best animated films of 2010
- 2010.12.30: The 10 best foreign films of 2010
- 2010.12.23: Grandpa Joe and Secretariat: A Christmas story
- 2010.12.17: The best feature films of 2010
- 2010.12.16: This is a dog
- 2010.12.09: Trying to get a word in edgewise
- 2010.12.01: An affront to the eyes of God
- 2010.11.25: Where I draw the line
- 2010.11.19: Midnight at the oasis
- 2010.11.12: A meeting of solitudes
- 2010.11.05: All the lonely people
- 2010.10.31: To NSFW or not to NSFW? (now SFW)
- 2010.10.24: Hugh Hefner has been good for us
- 2010.10.21: Your new age, and mine
- 2010.10.17: The storyteller and the stallion
- 2010.10.14: What do you mean by a miracle?
- 2010.10.07: Secretariat was not a Christian
- 2010.10.06: CIFF 2010: Our capsule reviews
- 2010.09.30: Start at the top and work your way down
- 2010.09.22: Casey Affleck levels about "I'm Still Here"
- 2010.09.20: ♬ It was a very good year ♬
- 2010.09.17: I'm still not all here
- 2010.09.16: A seance with Errol Morris
- 2010.09.14: Humans passed this way long ago
- 2010.09.13: Werner & Errol & the images in their caves
- 2010.09.13: The hereafter, Casino Jack and vengeance
- 2010.09.12: Claude Chabrol, RIP. The death of a master
- 2010.09.10: A Lightbox & the Case of the Manacled Mormon
- 2010.09.08: I totally see lots of ghosts
- 2010.09.01: Put up or shut up
- 2010.08.27: ♫ In the chapel bells are ringing ♫
- 2010.08.19: Ten things I know about the mosque
- 2010.08.13: Traveler to the undiscovere'd country
- 2010.08.04: Mary we crown thee with blossoms today!
- 2010.08.01: Hell, no, I 80% wouldn't pay for Twitter!
- 2010.07.25: BP's tree fell on my lawn
- 2010.07.18: Whole lotta cantin' going on
- 2010.07.12: The image of a man you do not see
- 2010.07.06: Video games 13,823, Huck Finn 8,088
- 2010.07.01: Okay, kids, play on my lawn
- 2010.06.27: Talking 'bout my generation
- 2010.06.22: My vocation as a priest
- 2010.06.16: Here's another fine mess
- 2010.06.11: Tweet! Tweet! Tweet!
- 2010.06.06: How do they get to be that way?
- 2010.05.29: The quest for frisson
- 2010.05.24: Cannes postmortem. Is that the wrong word?
- 2010.05.23: Wall Street's dirty, rotten scoundrels
- 2010.05.21: Cannes #8: Of lies and ghosts and fathers
- 2010.05.19: Cannes #7: A campaign for Real Movies
- 2010.05.18: Cannes #6: Of emotion and its absence
- 2010.05.17: Cannes #5: Waiting for Godard
- 2010.05.16: Cannes #4: A good film, a bad film, and a friend
- 2010.05.15: Cannes #3: Greed may still be good
- 2010.05.14: Cannes #2: A magical curtain for Jacques Tati
- 2010.05.13: Oh, say, can you wear?
- 2010.05.12: Cannes #1: On a darkling plain
- 2010.05.06: Putting a better face on things
- 2010.04.30: The golden age of movie critics
- 2010.04.25: "Who Killed Bambi?" - A screenplay
- 2010.04.16: Video games can never be art
- 2010.04.11: McLaren & Meyer & Rotten & Vicious & me
- 2010.04.05: The ecstasy of the filmmaker Herzog
- 2010.04.01: The Texas School Book Repository
- 2010.03.25: See you at the movies
- 2010.03.18: My old man
- 2010.03.14: "Jesus was a Nazi. So's your preacher"
- 2010.03.09: Variety: This thumb's for you
- 2010.03.03: I wonder if this will work
- 2010.02.24: The gathering storm
- 2010.02.18: Roger Ebert's Last Words, con't.
- 2010.02.13: The London Perambulator
- 2010.02.05: I met a character from Dickens
- 2010.01.30: Of the feel of theaters and audiences, and eight films from Sundance
- 2010.01.25: Smash his camera, but not immediately
- 2010.01.24: A Superwoman for Kenya, but America is still waiting for Superman
- 2010.01.22: Sundance and five Sundance-style movies
- 2010.01.18: "Caché:" A riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma
- 2010.01.12: Making out is its own reward
- 2010.01.06: Nil by mouth
- 2009.12.30: The best films of the decade
- 2009.12.27: The best foreign films of 2009
- 2009.12.24: The ten best animated films of 2009
- 2009.12.22: The ten best documentaries of 2009
- 2009.12.19: The best films of 2009
- 2009.12.16: Cameron is recrowned King of the World
- 2009.12.13: The Twelve Gifts of Christmas
- 2009.12.09: Who do you read? Good Roger, or Bad Roger?
- 2009.12.02: New Agers and Creationists should not be President
- 2009.11.25: Time keeps on slip, slip, slippin' away
- 2009.11.18: How pleasant to meet Mr. Lear!
- 2009.11.12: I'd like you to meet your best friend
- 2009.11.05: The great American documentary
- 2009.10.25: The autumn leaves of red and gold
- 2009.10.22: Sign the Social Contract
- 2009.10.18: The man who didn't sleep
- 2009.10.14: The agony of the body artist
- 2009.10.10: CIFF 2009: The winners! And our reviews
- 2009.10.05: Books do furnish a life
- 2009.10.01: The anger of the festering fringe
- 2009.09.27: The blogs of my blog
- 2009.09.24: A bar on North Avenue
- 2009.09.20: Indie security alert level: Severe
- 2009.09.19: TIFF #11: A precious winner
- 2009.09.17: TIFF #10: Philosophy, pot, murder, poetry
- 2009.09.16: TIFF #9: And so then I saw...
- 2009.09.15: TIFF #8: The protest: A change of mind
- 2009.09.14: TIFF #7: It was a very good day
- 2009.09.13: TIFF #6: Oy vey, such a film you should see
- 2009.09.11: TIFF #5: The man who didn't land
- 2009.09.10: TIFF #4: Darwin walks out on Genesis
- 2009.09.09: TIFF #3: Some of the films I've seen
- 2009.09.09: TIFF #2: "Antichrist" redux
- 2009.09.07: TIFF #1: Darwin, Herzog, the Coens and the Antichrist
- 2009.09.04: The longest thread evolves
- 2009.08.30: The plague of movie trivia
- 2009.08.25: My Name is Roger, and I'm an alcoholic
- 2009.08.20: I'm safe on board. Pull up the life rope
- 2009.08.17: "Death Panels." A most excellent term.
- 2009.08.14: Not in defense of Armond White
- 2009.08.12: Finding my own voice
- 2009.08.11: Our fast new Yahoo! search
- 2009.08.06: The gathering Dark Age
- 2009.08.05: Caption contest: The winner's photo!
- 2009.07.31: The greatest movies ever made
- 2009.07.25: The quantum theory of reincarnation
- 2009.07.22: The light in the tunnel
- 2009.07.16: The New Yorker. No, The New Yorker.
- 2009.07.14: Bless me Father, for I have sinned
- 2009.07.10: Open the hurt locker and learn how rough men come hunting for souls
- 2009.07.05: I'm a proud Brainiac
- 2009.06.28: Raising free-range kids
- 2009.06.24: The Fall of the Revengers
- 2009.06.20: It's sweltering hot out
- 2009.06.14: The O'Reilly Procedure
- 2009.06.09: Shall we gather at the river?
- 2009.06.04: Vincent P. Falk and His Amazing Technicolor Dream Coats
- 2009.05.31: King, you're one of the best!
- 2009.05.27: That's not the IMAX I grew up with
- 2009.05.24: Cannes #10: And, at last, the winners are...
- 2009.05.23: Cannes #9: "I got in!" and other tales, and some great beauties of the festival
- 2009.05.22: Cannes #8: Oh, the days dwindle down, to a precious few...
- 2009.05.20: Cannes #7: Tarantino the glorious basterd
- 2009.05.19: Cannes #6: A devil's advocate for "Antichrist"
- 2009.05.17: Cannes #5: Even now already is it in the world
- 2009.05.16: Cannes #4: What were they thinking of?
- 2009.05.15: Cannes #3: Fings ain't wot they used t'be
- 2009.05.11: Cannes #1: Up, up and away, in my beautiful, my beautiful balloon
- 2009.05.09: Irving! Brang 'em on!
- 2009.05.02: Go gentle into that good night
- 2009.04.29: Hooray! Hooray! The first of May!
- 2009.04.26: Movies that are made for forever
- 2009.04.21: 410 East Washington Street
- 2009.04.17: How I believe in God
- 2009.04.11: Parrot asks, "What'd the frozen turkey want?"
- 2009.04.09: The leisure of the theory class
- 2009.04.03: The best damn job in the whole damn world
- 2009.03.28: The human race on a key ring
- 2009.03.26: The best train set a boy could ever want
- 2009.03.22: The new great American director
- 2009.03.18: A roll of whose dice?
- 2009.03.15: A slow boat to anywhere
- 2009.03.09: Don't move. I want to move. Don't move.
- 2009.03.04: We're all puppets, Laurie. I'm just a puppet who can see the strings
- 2009.02.28: Saint Agnes of Montparnasse
- 2009.02.25: Hunt not the Snark but the Snarker
- 2009.02.23: The Oscars are outsourced
- 2009.02.17: Remembering Gene
- 2009.02.14: Blackie come home
- 2009.02.11: Darwin survives as the fittest
- 2009.02.08: Ending up in a kind of soundlesslyspinning ethereal void as we all must
- 2009.02.05: Well, here's what I think
- 2009.02.02: I'm reading newspapers again
- 2009.02.02: Paul Galloway: A beloved legend"Sheep, Galloway, sheep!"
- 2009.01.28: In the sweet bye-and-bye
- 2009.01.25: Dude, where's my breakfast?
- 2009.01.21: Car, Table, Counter, or TakHomaSak®
- 2009.01.14: I feel good! I knew that I would!
- 2009.01.09: All by ourselves alone
- 2009.01.03: The birds of prey are circling
- 2008.12.28: Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold
- 2008.12.23: Having a wonderful time, wish you could hear
- 2008.12.18: I've got the sweetest set of wheels in town
- 2008.12.08: Perform a concert in words
- 2008.12.03: Win Ben Stein's mind
- 2008.11.26: Death to film critics! Hail to the CelebCult!
- 2008.11.19: Siskel & Ebert at the Jugular
- 2008.11.13: The third most important story of the year
- 2008.11.10: O, Synecdoche, my Synecdoche!
- 2008.11.06: Your flag decal won't get you into heaven any more
- 2008.11.04: This land was made for you and me
- 2008.11.04: Okay, already! I won't watch! Now are you happy?
- 2008.11.01: The pot and how to use it
- 2008.10.28: Roger's little rule book
- 2008.10.24: I think I'm musing my mind
- 2008.10.21: Definitely read me second
- 2008.10.16: Don't read me first!
- 2008.10.11: Thank you for smoking
- 2008.10.06: Why I'm so conservative
- 2008.09.29: You wild, beautiful thing. You crazy handful of nothin'
- 2008.09.23: This is the dawning of the Age of Credulity
- 2008.09.18: "Critic" is a four-letter word
- 2008.09.14: "You give out too many stars"
- 2008.09.10: The candidates' favorite movies
- 2008.09.04: "What's your favorite movie?"
- 2008.08.30: How to read a movie
- 2008.08.24: The achievement of China
- 2008.08.21: Confessions of a blogger
- 2008.08.16: D-minus for 3-D
- 2008.08.09: Zhang Yimou's gold medal
- 2008.08.03: The effect of effects
- 2008.07.24: The balcony is closed
- 2008.07.20: Herzog and the forms of madness
- 2008.07.11: The films of our lives
- 2008.07.03: When a movie hurts too much
- 2008.06.27: In search of redemption
- 2008.06.18: Triumph over "Triumph of the Will"
- 2008.06.12: OK, here's the f***ing review
- 2008.06.08: The movie named "f-word"
- 2008.06.02: Sex and the City Dog
- 2008.05.28: "Iron Man" and Robert Downey Jr.'s quirky performance
- 2008.05.24: How Studs helps me lead my life
- 2008.05.19: I admit it: I loved "Indy"
- 2008.05.16: The ultimate mystery
- 2008.05.14: A new genre? The Twister
- 2008.05.12: It's not what you do, it's the way that you do it
- 2008.05.07: Hillary and Bill: The movie
- 2008.05.06: A majority of you
- 2008.05.04: Fanzines beget blogs
- 2008.05.02: Newspaper Days, Part 2
- 2008.05.01: I Was a Teenage Newshound
- 2008.04.25: Ebertfest in Exile II
- 2008.04.24: Ebertfest in Exile
- 2008.04.22: Ebertfest 2008: My heart is in Urbana
- 2008.04.21: Arthur C. Clarke: Star hero
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