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Roger Ebert Dies After Battle With Cancer
- By Matt Singer
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- April 4, 2013 3:55 PM
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I don't have many details yet -- and frankly all I want to do right now instead of finding them is to go in a quiet corner somewhere and cry for a while -- but the Chicago Sun-Times is reporting, both on Twitter and their website, that their film critic for more than forty years, Roger Ebert, has died. He was 70 years old. According to Variety, the cause was "complications from cancer."
From the Wire: Critics and Twitter, Where An Instant Lasts Forever
- By Matt Singer
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- April 4, 2013 2:54 PM
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Twitter captures spontaneous 140 character commentary. But as an article on The Awl reminds us, those comments last forever.
I Guess I'm Gonna Be The One Guy Who's Not a Big Fan of 'Upstream Color'
- By Matt Singer
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- April 4, 2013 11:28 AM
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- 6 Comments
(Sorry.)
Jess Franco, Exploitation King, Remembered
- By Matt Singer
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- April 3, 2013 4:33 PM
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Some remembrances of "The King of the Deuce Eurosex Movie" from critics and fans.
Division Division: 'The Place Beyond The Pines'
- By Forrest Cardamenis
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- April 3, 2013 1:46 PM
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The ambitious film has been compared to the idea of the "Great American Novel," but not all critics agree.
New and Reviewed on DVD/Blu-Ray for April 2nd: 'John Dies At The End,' 'LUV,' and more
- By Forrest Cardamenis
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- April 3, 2013 11:30 AM
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Find out what critics are saying about this week's new DVDs and Blu-rays.
Brian Collins On What It's Like to Watch a Horror Movie a Day, Every Day, For Six Years
- By Matt Singer
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- April 3, 2013 10:39 AM
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That's right. A different horror movie every day. 365 days a year. For 6 years. 2500 movies in all. Our interview with the man behind Horror Movie a Day.
Roger Ebert Announces "Leave of Presence" Following Cancer Recurrence
- By Matt Singer
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- April 3, 2013 1:38 AM
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The Chicago Sun-Times critic also announced the launch of a new venture, Ebert Digital, and an upcoming Kickstarter for the return of "At the Movies."
Scott Tobias Leaves A.V. Club, Site Looking For a New Film Editor
- By Matt Singer
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- April 2, 2013 5:51 PM
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The critic and editor had been at the publication for 15 years.
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