Gene Siskel was one of the first people to learn that there was no killing Jason Voorhees or the Friday the 13th franchise. In 1980, the famous film critic was so revolted by the original Friday ...

Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel are often considered to be among the top tier of film critics, particularly their TV series At The Movies (originally known as Siskel & Ebert & the Movies). The duo ...

The short by documentarian Nathan Eddy premieres Dec. 1 at the Gene Siskel Film Center, part of its Modernism as Character series.

which may be what makes this the perfect time for the Gene Siskel Film Center to mount a Frederick Wiseman retrospective. Wiseman, who went from teaching law to making films, is widely considered ...

TEHRAN-The 36th Festival of Films from Iran began in Chicago, the U.S., on Friday, showing some of the highlights of Iranian ...

With onscreen partner and fellow critic Gene Siskel, Ebert spent much of the 1980s and beyond helping to shape and influence movie discourse. But some filmmakers didn’t take his critiques in stride.

Somehow, a few film critics hated Raiders of the Lost Ark in 1981. WhatCulture is part of Future plc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. Visit our corporate site (opens in ...