Roger Ebert

Favorite films

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

All
  • Boxcar Bertha

    ★★★★

  • Joe Kidd

    ★★½

  • Fuzz

    ★★★★

  • Portnoy's Complaint

    ★★½

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Boxcar Bertha

1972

★★★★ Watched

rating: 3.0 / 4.0

www.rogerebert.com/reviews/boxcar-bertha-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.

“Boxcar Bertha” is a weirdly interesting movie and not really the sleazy exploitation film the ads promise. It finds its inspiration in the exploits of Boxcar Bertha Thompson, an outlaw folk hero who operated in Arkansas during the Depression. I am not…

Joe Kidd

1972

★★½ Watched

rating: 2.0 / 4.0

www.rogerebert.com/reviews/joe-kidd-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.

All I can tell you about Clint Eastwood in “Joe Kidd” is that he plays a ruthless gunman of few words. This isn’t exactly a surprise; Eastwood almost always plays a ruthless gunman, etc. The funny thing about “Joe Kidd,” though, is…

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2001: A Space Odyssey

1968

★★★★★ Liked Watched

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

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

2004

★★★★★ Liked Watched

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…