Roger Ebert

Roger Ebert

Favorite films

  • Aguirre, the Wrath of God
  • Apocalypse Now
  • Citizen Kane
  • La Dolce Vita

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  • Frenzy

    ★★★★★

  • The King of Marvin Gardens

    ★★★★

  • Cabaret

    ★★★★½

  • Roma

    ★★★★★

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  • Frenzy

    Frenzy

    ★★★★★

    rating: 4.0 / 4.0

    www.rogerebert.com/reviews/frenzy-1972

    Disclaimer: I do not claim to have ownership over or to have written the following review. This review was written by Roger Ebert, where the official online posting of which is linked above.

    Alfred Hitchcock's "Frenzy" is a return to old forms by the master of suspense, whose newer forms have pleased movie critics but not his public. This is the kind of thriller Hitchcock was making in the 1940s, filled with macabre details, incongruous…

  • The King of Marvin Gardens

    The King of Marvin Gardens

    ★★★★

    rating: 3.0 / 4.0

    www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-king-of-marvin-gardens-1972

    Disclaimer: I do not claim to have ownership over or to have written the following review. This review was written by Roger Ebert, where the official online posting of which is linked above.

    Bob Rafelson's "The King of Marvin Gardens" is a perversely satisfying movie, it works after going out of its way not to, and a very eccentric one. It backs into its real subject in much the same way that "Five Easy Pieces",…

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  • 2001: A Space Odyssey

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    ★★★★★

    This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

    rating: 4.0 / 4.0

    www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-2001-a-space-odyssey-1968

    Disclaimer: I do not claim to have ownership over or to have written the following review. This review was written by Roger Ebert, where the official online posting of which is linked above

    The genius is not in how much Stanley Kubrick does in "2001: A Space Odyssey," but in how little. This is the work of an artist so sublimely confident that he doesn't include a single shot simply to keep our attention. He…

  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    ★★★★★

    rating: 4.0 / 4.0

    www.rogerebert.com/reviews/eternal-sunshine-of-the-spotless-mind-2004-1

    Disclaimer: I do not claim to have ownership over or to have written the following review. This review was written by Roger Ebert, where the official online posting of which is linked above

    The space between who we are and who we think we are

    Visiting an old people's home, I walked down a corridor on the floor given over to advanced Alzheimer's parents. Some seemed anxious. Some were angry. Some simply sat there. Knowing…