Roeper had similar reflections throughout his career as well, selecting lesser known films as his favorite of the year like Brothers in 2009 and In America in 2003.
Ebert once stated his regret of picking Scenes from a Marriage in 1974 over Polanski’s Chinatown, and spoke about similar regret when he ranked Small Change above Taxi Driver in 1976. But while many of their picks fall into the timeless relevance and importance of film history, several other picks seem to stand out as overlooks of the time. Roeper has also solidified his reputation at selecting timeless films as well, choosing to highlight The Departedin 2006, Inception in 2010, and Boyhood in 2014. Ebert had selected Apocalypse Now as his favorite film of 1979 and predicted the career of both Spike Jonze and Charlie Kaufman by highlighting Being John Malkovich in 1999 and Synecdoche, New York in 2008. A majority of their lists have withstood the test of time. While their weekly reviews often consisted of whatever films were being released, they would also create unique end-of-year and end-of-decade lists that could prioritize some of the greatest advancements, successes, and monumental moments in film throughout the years and decades. In 1975, he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism.īoth Ebert and Roeper had a unique way of defining cinema. He then started to work in cinema directly, co-writing the feature film Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, Up!, and Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens. He gained recognition for several early reviews of genre-establishing horror films which included one for Night of the Living Dead which managed to find its way into an issue of reader’s digest.
While earning his doctorate, he earned a job with the Chicago Sun-Times in 1966, a move that would sustain his entire career along with a lifetime’s worth of cinema reviews. After earning his master’s degree in English from the University of Cape Town, he was accepted as a PhD student at the University of Chicago. He started his career in journalism while still in high school while he worked for The News-Gazette in Champaign, Illinois and later as a reporter for the Daily Illini. Roger Ebert was born in Urbana, Illinois and throughout his career, he was known and admired for retaining his Mark Twain-esque midwestern voice that made him one of the more relatable critics in film history. Category filter: Show All (20)Most Common (0)Technology (1)Government & Military (5)Science & Medicine (6)Business (2)Organizations (8)Slang / Jargon (4) Acronym Definition TTU Texas Tech University (Lubbock, TX, USA) TTU Tennessee Technological University TTU Timor Tengah Utara (Indonesian: North Central Timor) TTU Talk To You TTU Teachers Trade Union. RELATED: 21 Of Roger Ebert's Most Hated Movies