Ebert's future co-host on Ebert and Roeper, Richard Roeper, would later go on to list North as one of the 40 worst movies he's ever seen, saying that, " Of all the films on this list, North may be the most difficult to watch from start to finish.

Richard Roeper, Roger Ebert's co-host on the television show Ebert & Roeper, called it " One of the most stylish and eccentric films about childhood dreams and heartbreaks that I've ever seen.

* Gates of Heaven ( 1978 ) has long been on Roger Ebert's list of the ten greatest films ever made.

The film is also featured on movie critic Leonard Maltin's list of the " 100 Must-See Films of the 20th Century ", as well as Roger Ebert's " Great Movies " list.

Ebert's most recent show, Ebert Presents: At the Movies, premiered on January 21, 2011, with Ebert contributing a review voiced by someone else in a brief segment called " Roger's Office ".

The Three Colors Trilogy ( Blue, White, and Red ), and Pulp Fiction originally ranked second and third on Ebert's 1994 list ; both were included on his " Best Films of the 1990s " list, but their order had reversed.

Michael Phillips later became Ebert's replacement for the remainder of Roeper's time on At the Movies, until mid-2008, when Roeper did not extend his contract with ABC.

In recent years, due to Roger Ebert's loss of his speaking voice, his wife Chaz has taken on many of the hosting duties.

It is also one of the earliest films to appear on Roger Ebert's list of Great Movies.

* Is featured on Roger Ebert's " Great Movies " list, though Ebert's original review of the film granted it only three out of four stars.

Michael Bay responded to Ebert's criticism of his film: " He commented on TV that bombs don't fall like that.

Roger Ebert's review for the Chicago Sun-Times was :" Any attempt to defend this movie on rational grounds is futile.

* Roger Ebert's Great Movies reflection on The Rules of the Game

Scheidemann's proclamation ended the German monarchy, and an entirely Socialist provisive government based on workers ' councils took power under Ebert's leadership.

Some historians have defended Ebert's actions as unfortunate but inevitable if the creation of a socialist state on the model that had been promoted by Rosa Luxemburg, Karl Liebknecht and the communist Spartacus Group was to be prevented.

This film appeared on Siskel and Ebert's best of 1986 lists.

" Gallo then claimed to have put a hex on Ebert's colon, cursing the critic with cancer.

Gallo subsequently stated that he had been misquoted, that the hex had actually been placed on Ebert's prostate, and that the whole thing had been meant as a joke which was misinterpreted by a reviewer, also admitting that he found Ebert's colonoscopy comment to be an amusing comeback.

Stern and the two lesbians stayed on the show during Siskel and Ebert's segment, who were also guests on the show that night, where he began to suck one of their toes, to raucous applause and behavior from the crowd.

Although hers was the only positive one on Rotten Tomatoes, Roger Ebert's was the highest rated on Metacritic.

This film appeared on both Siskel and Ebert's best of 1984.

Although Ebert disliked the film and gave it a thumbs-down on his television show, Ebert's partner Gene Siskel enjoyed the film as pleasant fare and gave it a thumbs-up.

Ebert's television colleague Gene Siskel said, " Eight Men Out is fascinating if you are a baseball nut ... the portrayal of the recruiting of the ball players and the tight fisted rule of Comiskey is fascinating ... thumbs up.

" Ebert's television reviewing partner Gene Siskel also loved the film, with Ebert placing it at the # 4 and Siskel at # 6 on their 1991 top ten lists.

" Later, during Siskel and Ebert's annual " If We Picked the Winners " program, Gene Siskel gave away the surprise twist of the film while giving his review, which infuriated Ebert.

Ebert has occasionally accused some films of having an unwholesome political agenda, and the word " fascist " accompanied more than one of Ebert's reviews of the law-and-order films of the 1970s such as Dirty Harry.

Each year since 1999, except in 2008, Ebert has published Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook, a collection of all of his movie reviews from the previous two and a half years ( for example, the 2011 edition, ISBN 978-0-7407-9769-9, covers January 2008 – July 2010 ), as well as essays and other writings.

Critics Siskel and Ebert each rated the film among the top three of the 1986 film year ; Ebert's 1986 review of the film called it " the best movie Allen has ever made.

Ultimately, Ebert's Chicago Sun-Times colleague Richard Roeper was hired and the show was renamed Ebert & Roeper at the Movies.

Assuring Ebert of the support of the Army, the General was given Ebert's promise to reinstate the military hierarchy and, with the help of the army, to take action against the Councils.

During his review of the film on Siskel & Ebert & the Movies, Gene Siskel changed his vote for the first and only time, giving the film a " thumbs down " after hearing Roger Ebert's criticisms.

" The film was placed on both Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert's 10 best films of 1993 lists, with Ebert praising " the way the filmmakers tell Caine's story without making him seem either the hero or victim ".

It was widely known for the " thumbs up / thumbs down " review summaries given during Siskel's and Ebert's tenures ( although these are a trademark held by Ebert and by Siskel's widow, not the producers ).

20th Century Fox rejected two screenplay drafts, and the final version, written by director Russ Meyer and novice screenwriter Roger Ebert in six weeks, was not only a spoof of the original film, but, in Ebert's words " a satire of Hollywood conventions, genres, situations, dialogue, characters and success formulas, heavily overlaid with such shocking violence that some critics didn't know whether the movie ' knew ' it was a comedy.

" Corliss later appeared in Ebert's book Awake in the Dark in discussions and debates with Ebert about film criticism where " all thumbs " was reprinted.

* Siskel & Ebert's classic shows ( 1975 – 1999 )

" The " central subject " being the true feelings of Pacino's character about the S & M subculture, which are never explored to Ebert's satisfaction.

* In the opening credits for Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert's Sneak Previews, Ebert's name appears on a tub of popcorn and Siskel's on a Good & Plenty box.

Richard Roeper of the Sun-Times became Ebert's regular partner in 2000 after Siskel died in 1999.

Roger Ebert's Chicago Sun-Times consensus read: " This is exactly the sort of plot Marx or Fields could have appeared in.

" Roger Ebert's four-star ( out of four ) review in the Chicago Sun-Times noted that Blow Out " is inhabited by a real cinematic intelligence.

* Roger Ebert's review at the Chicago Sun Times website