Essays from the influential and beloved film critic:"No one has done as much as Ebert to connect the creators of movies with their consumers."—Richard Corliss,TimeOver more than four decades, Roger Ebert built a reputation writing reviews for theChicago Sun-Timesand, later, arguing onscreen with rivalChicago Tribunecritic Gene Siskel, and later Richard Roeper, about the movies they loved and loathed. But Ebert's wisdom went well beyond a mere thumbs up or thumbs down.The Great Movies IVis the fourth and final collection of Roger Ebert's essays, comprising sixty-two reviews of films ranging from the silent era to the recent past. From films likeThe Cabinet of CaligariandViridianathat have been considered canonical for decades, to movies only recently recognized as masterpieces, toSuperman,The Big Lebowski, andPink Floyd: The Wall, the pieces gathered here...