Documentary, Discussion on Film Critic Roger Ebert at Museum of the Moving Image

He was the first film critic to win a Pulitzer Prize. His movie reviews were syndicated to more than 200 newspapers around the world, and he published more than 20 books before dying in 2013 after a very public battle with thyroid cancer. Of course, he’s probably best known for starring in the long-running TV show At the Movies with Gene Siskel (above).  On Tuesday, June 24th, the Museum of the Moving Image will provide a preview screening of Life Itself, a documentary by Steven James (Hoop Dreams) on Roger Ebert that is based on Ebert’s bestselling memoir of the same name. Ebert’s widow, Chaz Ebert (below), will be present, and she will participate in a post-screening discussion with Variety film critic Scott Foundas and filmmaker Ramin Bahrani, whom Ebert once called “the filmmaker of the decade.” 

Details: Life Itself, Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35th Avenue, Astoria/LIC, June 24th, 7 pm, $20.

Photos: Museum of the Moving Image