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Roger Ebert and Todd Rendleman: An Unexpected Friendship, A Remarkable Memoir

“We started up an email friendship,” says Todd Rendleman, who teaches film history and aesthetics at Seattle Pacific University. He’s talking about his new book "Rule of Thumb: Ebert at the Movies," and how the book’s subject — legendary film critic Roger Ebert — came to write the forward.

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Thank You, Roger Ebert. Now, Rest in Peace. [Updated April 6th.]

"A movie is not about what it is about. It is about how it is about it." - Roger Ebert, 1942-2013 Perhaps we should remember more than Martin Luther King on April 4 from here on out. King's birthday is already a national holiday. Perhaps this

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Roger Ebert on "Les Miserables"

Roger Ebert, who missed out on some of the year's big Oscar-season releases, finally caught up with Les Misérables. What did he think? Well, let's just say I feel a little less lonely this morning. He writes: are In case you missed it, here's

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Over the Moon: A Critic in Top Form

Sure, there are some critics out there who strive to seem superior to others. But most critics are just fans of movies... such big fans that they like to examine and talk about everything that's in a movie. Today, I came across a reminder of what a great critic can accomplish.

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A Three-Star Rant About Thumbs

I want to read perspectives and interpretations... not assessments of "I liked it" or "It sucked." When I was a child watching Siskel and Ebert, the thumbs-up/thumbs-down was a suspenseful gimmick; I couldn't wait to see the sparks fly when the critics' thumb-ation of the film put them odds. But it

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Oscars, Schmoscars.

Look what Roger Ebert's adding to his Ten Greatest Films list. Someday, I should consolidate all of my various reviews of this film into one, since my thoughts about it change every time I see it. And isn't that what great art does? Isn't

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"Only a Lover Can Be a Critic."

Only a lover can be a critic. Elijah Davidson is talking about the question that will direct our discussions at the upcoming Reel Spirituality event: Is film criticism dead? The question has been coming up a lot lately. That's why I wrote a "Letter to a Young

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The School Newspaper: The Best Place to Start?

Did you — or do you — write for your school newspaper? I did. My first feature, back in 1991 (if I recall correctly), was a two-page spread on the intersection of faith and art, in which I discussed the work of Sam Phillips, U2, and Peter Gabriel. I did movie reviews,