MY TOP 5: MOVIES ABOUT CRITICS (In Memory of Roger Ebert)

On April 4th, the world lost pretty much the last of the classic writers of the original generation of film criticism. Roger Ebert wasn't just one of the most popular film critics of all time, he was one of the best. His reviews, even of movies that he hated, showed a love of film that many of us can only hope to eventually put into words.

While it would be hard to find his five favorite films, I wanted to do a list to the memory of Roger. I thought about doing the Top 5 Russ Meyer Films (the two were very good friends and worked together a few times), but I haven't seen nearly enough of his films and they're not super easy to find.

Unfortunately.

I settled on movies about critics. Sometimes they're vilified, sometimes they're the good guys.

It's silly, but I think Roger would approve.

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