Roger Ebert
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Roger Joseph Ebert was an American film critic, film historian, essayist, screenwriter, journalist, and author. He wrote for the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death in 2013. Ebert was known fo
Ebert in 1982
Ebert (right) with Russ Meyer in 1970
Co-host Gene Siskel at the 1989 Academy Awards
Ebert in 2006
Richard Roeper
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Richard E. Roeper is an American writer. He is a former columnist and film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times, where he wrote for 39 years dating back to 1986 until his departure in 2025. He co-hosted t
Roger Ebert
…phrase "Two Thumbs Up". After Siskel died from a brain tumor in 1999, Ebert continued hosting the show with various co-hosts and, starting in 2000, with Richard Roeper. In 1996, Ebert began publishing essays on great films of the past; the first hundred were published as The Great Movies. In 1999, he founded the…
Roeper in 2011
Roeper at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival