Roger Ebert

Roger Ebert, America's most influential movie critic, passes away

Ebert, who was a film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times since 1967, died at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, his office said. Only a day earlier, he announced on his blog that he was undergoing radiation treatment after a recurrence of cancer.

Spielberg praises Bangalore student for animated tribute

A Bangalore animation student who created a short montage of several classic Spielberg films as a tribute to the director has got a handwritten note from the man himself, praising the effort.