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A Roger Ebert Must Read
The Moviezzz Blog —
Roger Ebert's advice for critics. A must read. While he may not be on TV, his blogging and reviews have been just as important.
Ebert Lays Down the Law for Critic Conduct
Cinematical —
... " now behind him, Roger Ebert now turns his sights on a much more welcome target -- Ben Lyons. Not that Ebert ever calls him out by name, mind you, but this cata-blog of professional guidelines for fellow and fledgling critics resembles a list of do's and don'ts for those less than eager to resemble a certain someone whose contributions to the field are ...
Roger Ebert's Film Critic Commandments
Cinema Blend News —
... reviewers and reporters to adhere to. If we are ever able to stop fighting with each other long enough to get around to adopting a real code of conduct, then Id like to suggest adopting this one. Roger Ebert is getting better with age. Recently, he seems to have reached that stage where he is no longer interested in holding back. Hes old, and hes telling it like it is. For instance, anyone interested in the ethics of reviewing movies for a living, should make it a point to read this . Roger Eberts recently published rules for being a film critic. Im proud to say I ...
Roger Ebert’s Code For Critics: Don’t Be Ben Lyons
SpoutBlog —
... Behold, Roger’s Little Rule Book, Ebert’s lengthy, biting, and hilarious list of dos and don’ts for professional film critics. ...
Two Cents Worth
The Listening Ear —
... - Roger Ebert follows up that already infamous 8 minute review with a group of ethical ground rules. They do not, even after the kerfuffle, include "watch the whole movie" - they do, however, provide the Rog with opportunity for vengeance - taking shots at ...
iW ROUND UP | Friday, October 31st
indieWIRE Recent —
indieWIRE's snapshot of news and views from around the web on Halloween.
Roger's Rules of Order Twenty tips for critics from Ebert, or in his words, "As the senior newspaper guy still hanging onto a job, I think the task of outlining enduring ethical ground rules falls upon me." [SUN-TIMES]
Andrew Johnston: 1968 - 2008 Matt Zoller Seitz reflects movingly on the life and work of his friend and fellow critic. [HR]
France Sex Problem? French film "Cliente" starring Nathalie Baye as a 50-plus woman ...
Ebert on trailers
Movie Marketing Madness —
... As part of his excellent essay on the rules film critics should at least try to follow, legendary writer Roger Ebert includes the following notes about trailers and how much attention should be paid to them: ...
The Space Between
THE DARK OF THE MATINEE —
... You see I found myself thinking about what I want this space to be all about recently. For starters there was Roger Ebert's post recently about twenty ground rules every movie critic should follow (I suggest every fellow blogger to read them). Running through the list, I managed to score rather well and only find myself stumbling over trailers and autographs. ...
Rules of Film Criticism Etiquette
Matte Havoc :: The Independent Film Commentator —
... In order to avoid writing an overwhelmingly lengthy introduction about the author, I thought I should mention why I even bothered typing up a post about the article that he had written. It is called Roger's Little Rule Book, and it was posted on the blog site for the Chicago Sun-Times newspaper. The article contains 21 helpful rules that I consider to be Roger's personal suggestion for professionally ethical guidelines for anyone who is already an established film critic, or desires to begin a new career in the field. ...
Ebert's Golden Rules
movies filter —
... Roger Ebert's rules for a film critic. So, so many and so, so true. If you've ever suffered a "Day of the Locust" like movie junket (and I've only done four junkets my entire career -- one of which would have made Nathaniel West shudder -- but I was never flown out, never courted with freebies, and never ate "cute little hamburgers") -- this rule I view as golden. Let someone else take the photo -- always. But never at a junket or during an interview or any time you are going to review a movie. Unless the star asks -- which ...
At the Movies: Stopping the Two Bens
Thompson On Hollywood —
... . And one of the show's co-founders, Chicago Sun-Times critic Roger Ebert, who had to leave the telecast because he lost his voice, has posted a list of dos and don'ts for would-be critics. It's not a stretch to ...
Ebert Thrashes Lyons
From the Front Row —
Not by name of course, but check out Ebert's list of rules for film critics , which comes after the uproar over his reviewing a film that he only saw eight minutes of (a controversy I have somehow managed to not hear about until now. ...
Not A Review: Fling
Club Parnassus —
... I cannot review FLING. Well, I don’t think I can, going by the guidelines for critics that Roger Ebert laid down a while back. Granted, I did not technically have anything to do with the film. However, Ben Waters, the co-editor, is my brother, while director and co-writer/producer John Stewart Muller is a longtime friend of his and also someone I know fairly well. I had a free pass to the film’s Midwest premiere, met the crew and some of the cast, etc. So you see the problem. (It can be argued that I am not really a professional critic, but I try to assume the semblance of one ...
Ebert inspires me: no infantile celeb news over film appreciation!
Scene-Stealers —
... I have been thinking about printing some kind of critic’s creed for this site, something that attacks “critics” who spend half of their review summarizing plot and/or making snide remarks about the actors in the film they are reviewing, rather than getting involved on any sort of deeper level with the movie itself. Ebert wrote his own personal Little Rule Book just last month. (Examples: Provide a sense of the experience, Advise the readers well, Keep track of your praise.) ...
Lyons Pile-On (cont'd)
Hollywood Elsewhere —
... detractors find him a celeb-loving shill for film marketers "), is well and wisely written -- but what took the Times so long to run it? Much of Lee's article cherry-picks from what various online voices have been saying for a long while. Voices like efilmcritic's Erik Childress (Lyons' "integrity is out the window... everyone thinks he's a joke"), Defamer 's Stu VanAirsdale , myself , Variety 's Anne Thompson , Chicago Sun Times critic Roger Ebert and blogger Scott Johnson and his stopbenlyons.com . Lyons' fame, reach and ...
Don’t Care, Twittering During A Film Is Wrong!
Atomicpopcorn —
... isn’t about that. It’s about Billington’s lack of respect for film. Which is really what kills me about the whole thing to begin with. Alex feels he’s done nothing wrong ‘because it was Crank 2 .’ NEWSFLASH: It doesn’t matter if it’s Twilight 14 , a film critic whipping out his cell phone for any purpose other than to shut it off is wrong. Roger Ebert (a critic who might know a little something about how to act during a film) called out an equally qualified douche reviewer with this piece that Billington should take a look at. The unfortunate thing about all of this is ...
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