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Armond White and the art of trolling.
Sat, Aug 15 2009 2:10 PM

There are really two kinds of people who care about constantly controversial New York Press critic Armond White. There are those who care about keeping up with film criticism regardless of what the movie is; White's a veteran critic, a member of the New York Film Critics Circle, etc. He is Important, and you read him. And then there's the rabid geek who... Read More...

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Filed under: Critic watch, Roger Ebert, Transformers 2, District 9, Armond White, Glenn Beck, Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaur

Cannes 2009: "Kinatay."
Mon, May 18 2009 6:47 PM

There are two easy types of film provocation. You can prod an audience with boundary-pushing images -- say, Chloe Sevigny painting Vincent Gallo's tree -- or by testing their tolerance for style or narrative experimentation -- say, Vincent Gallo driving, driving, driving, driving. "Kinatay" (which translates to "Butchered") tries out both... Read More...

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Filed under: Festivals, Cannes 2009, Roger Ebert, Brilliante Mendoza, Kinatay, Serbis

All thumbs™.
Tue, Nov 11 2008 11:51 AM

RogerEbert.com has switched over from the usual four star rating system to a mix of stars and thumbs, which makes for an interesting repurposing of the two digit approval system over which the critic got into a tiff with Disney. The thumbs, which have been sort of replaced by "See It/Skip It/Rent It" on the new incarnation of "At the Movies,"... Read More...

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Filed under: Critic watch, Roger Ebert, At the Movies

Mankiewicz and Lyons at the movies.
Tue, Jul 22 2008 11:54 AM

Well, if there's ever been a sign of the general decline in estimation of film critics, it's that the new hosts of ABC's review show "At the Movies," from which Roger Ebert and Richard Roeper bailed in the past two days, are just that -- professional TV hosts. Ben Mankiewicz, late of the Air America talk radio show "The Young Turks"... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Critic watch, Roger Ebert, Jeffrey Lyons, Ben Lyons, Ben Mankiewicz, Richard Roeper, At the Movies

Ebert cuts the ties.
Mon, Jul 21 2008 2:24 PM

In a statement released today, Roger Ebert announced: "After 33 years on the air, 23 of them with Disney, the studio has decided to take the program named 'Siskel & Ebert' and then 'Ebert & Roeper' in a new direction. I will no longer be associated with it." It doesn't come as such a surprise -- Ebert's 2006 surgery made... Read More...

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Filed under: Critic watch, Siskel & Ebert, Ebert & Roeper, Roger Ebert, Gene Siskel