Of all the arts, movies are the most powerful aid to empathy, and good ones make us into better people.

Roger Ebert The Great Movies
Also known as: Roger Joseph Ebert
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About Roger Ebert

Roger Joseph Ebert (18 June 1942 – 4 April 2013) was an American film critic, film historian, journalist, essayist, screenwriter, and author. He was a film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death in 2013. He was the first film critic to win a Pulitzer Prize for Criticism.

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