Nobody has been more important in telling Americans why we should love film than Roger Ebert. --Michael Shamberg, "Editor and Publisher"Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic Roger Ebert presents more than 650 full-length critical movie reviews, along with interviews, essays, tributes, film festival reports, and Q and As from "Questions for the Movie Answer Man.""Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2009" collects more than two years' worth of his engaging film critiques. From "Bee Movie" to "Darfur Now" to "No Country for Old Men," and from "Juno" to "Persepolis" to "La Vie en Rose," "Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2009" includes every review Ebert has written from January 2006 to June 2008.Also included in the "Yearbook," which boasts 65 percent new content, Interviews with newsmakers, such as "Juno" director Jason Reitman and Jerry Seinfeld, a touching tribute to Deborah Kerr, and an emotional letter of appreciation to Werner Herzog.* Essays on film issues, and tributes to actors and directors who died during the year.* Daily film festival reports from Cannes, Toronto, Sundance, and Telluride.* All-new questions and answers from his "Questions for the Movie Answer Man" columns.
Nobody has been more important in telling Americans why we should love film than Roger Ebert. --Michael Shamberg, "Editor and Publisher"Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic Roger Ebert presents more than 650 full-length critical movie reviews, along with interviews, essays, tributes, film festival reports, and Q and As from "Questions for the Movie Answer Man.""Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2009" collects more than two years' worth of his engaging film critiques. From "Bee Movie" to "Darfur Now" to "No Country for Old Men," and from "Juno" to "Persepolis" to "La Vie en Rose," "Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2009" includes every review Ebert has written from January 2006 to June 2008.Also included in the "Yearbook," which boasts 65 percent new content, Interviews with newsmakers, such as "Juno" director Jason Reitman and Jerry Seinfeld, a touching tribute to Deborah Kerr, and an emotional letter of appreciation to Werner Herzog.* Essays on film issues, and tributes to actors and directors who died during the year.* Daily film festival reports from Cannes, Toronto, Sundance, and Telluride.* All-new questions and answers from his "Questions for the Movie Answer Man" columns.