Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2013: Every Single New Ebert Review

by Roger Ebert

Overview

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, tributes, and journal entries 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 Yearbook:

• 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 Toronto Film Festival, and entries into Ebert's Little Movie Glossary

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781449423117
Publisher:	Andrews McMeel Publishing
Publication date:	12/14/2023
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	802
Sales rank:	226,933
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

 Roger Ebert is the Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic from the Chicago Sun-Times. His reviews are syndicated to more than 200 newspapers in the United States and Canada. The American Film Institute and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago have awarded him honorary degrees, and the Online Film Critics Society named his Web site, rogerebert.com, the best online movie-review site.

Table of Contents

Introduction vii

Acknowledgments ix

Key to Symbols x

Reviews 1

The Best Films of 2011 692

The Best Documentaries of 2011 697

Interviews 703

Asghar Farhadi (A Separation) 703

Tilda Swiriton (We Need to Talk About Kevin) 704

Quvenzhane Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild) 705

Ebert's Journal 708

Sarah Palin Documentary 708

The Enigma of Political Prayer 709

A Shimmering Mirage 709

Knocked Up At the Movies 711

The Sudden Death of Film 713

Heteronormative Vampires 714

Dissecting Declining Box Office Revenue 715

Think of Me as the Butler, Carson 716

The Oscar Losers: They Wuz Robbed 718

Indie Spirit Awards Joined The Artist Bandwagon 720

Hey, Kids! Anybody Here Not Heard the F-Word? 721

The Raid and Why I Hated It 722

I Remember You 724

The Perfect Audience 726

Movies Don't Stream Themselves 727

A Few Calm Words About The List 729

In Memoriam 731

Andrew Sarris 731

Film Festival 733

Toronto International Film Festival 733

Ebert's Little Movie Glossary 736

Index 738