Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2013 25th Anniversary Edition

by Ebert, Roger

• ISBN13: 9781449423445
• ISBN10: 1449423442
• Edition: 25th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-12-04
• Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing

Summary

Roger Ebert's "criticism shows a nearly unequaled grasp of film history and technique, and formidable intellectual range. . . ." -- New York Times Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic Roger Ebert presents more than 600 full-length critical movie reviews, along with interviews, essays, tributes, journal entries, and Q and As from "Questions for the Movie Answer Man" inside Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2013. It includes every movie review Ebert has written from January 2010 to July 2012. Also included in the Yearbooks are: * In-depth interviews with newsmakers and celebrities * Tributes to those in the film industry who have passed away recently * Essays on the Oscars, reports from the Cannes Film Festival, and entries into Ebert's Little Movie Glossary

Author Biography

Roger Ebert is the Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic from the Chicago Sun-Times, and the only film critic with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, He was voted an honorary member of the Directors Guild of America, and was given the American Society of Cinematographers Lifetime Achievement Award. His annual film festival, Ebertfest, which is organized by the University of Illinois, is in its fifteenth year. His Web site, rogerebert.com, receives more than 105 million visits a year.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. ix
Key to Symbols	p. x
Reviews	p. 1
The Best Films of 2011	p. 692
The Best Documentaries of 2011	p. 697
Interviews	p. 703
Asghar Farhadi (A Separation)	p. 703
Tilda Swiriton (We Need to Talk About Kevin)	p. 704
Quvenzhane Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild)	p. 705
Ebert's Journal	p. 708
Sarah Palin Documentary	p. 708
The Enigma of Political Prayer	p. 709
A Shimmering Mirage	p. 709
Knocked Up At the Movies	p. 711
The Sudden Death of Film	p. 713
Heteronormative Vampires	p. 714
Dissecting Declining Box Office Revenue	p. 715
Think of Me as the Butler, Carson	p. 716
The Oscar Losers: They Wuz Robbed	p. 718
Indie Spirit Awards Joined The Artist Bandwagon	p. 720
Hey, Kids! Anybody Here Not Heard the F-Word?	p. 721
The Raid and Why I Hated It	p. 722
I Remember You	p. 724
The Perfect Audience	p. 726
Movies Don't Stream Themselves	p. 727
A Few Calm Words About The List	p. 729
In Memoriam	p. 731
Andrew Sarris	p. 731
Film Festival	p. 733
Toronto International Film Festival	p. 733
Ebert's Little Movie Glossary	p. 736
Index	p. 738
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