In November 1975, Chicago Tribune critic Gene Siskel and Chicago Sun-Times critic Roger Ebert went into a WTTW studio to tape ...

Columnist and film critic Richard Roeper joins Bob Sirott to talk about complaints about smoking on the CTA and how they ...

Movie critics Gene Siskel, left, and Roger Ebert are seen in this 1986 file photo. Ebert died Thursday at age 70 after a long battle with cancer. (Associated Press file photo) ...

In 1975, two critics and bitter rivals — Gene Siskel at the Chicago Tribune and Roger Ebert at the Chicago Sun-Times — were coaxed into collaborating on a public television talking heads series about ...

Those who love cinema and film criticism should be more than familiar enough with Roger Ebertand Gene Siskel. Two of the best and most notorious film critics in history, the pair were the stars of ...

In “Opposable Thumbs,” Matt Singer recalls the risky business of putting newspaper movie critics on TV — and the “combustible chemistry” that made it a hit. By Richard Zoglin Richard Zoglin is a ...

I have a distinct childhood television-watching memory of watching two schlubby Chicago film critics talk about a movie about a fictional British rock band in freefall from their arena-filling heyday.