Entertainment & Arts
New Role for Gene Siskel: Will the audience give Gene Siskel, half of the movie-reviewing duo of Siskel & Ebert, a thumbs up for his first interview of a celebrity guest on the pair’s syndicated show?
Oct. 10, 1990
June 20, 2019
Movies
I began receiving the calls Saturday night around 10 p.m.
Feb. 27, 1999
We would go to private screenings, my friend Gene Siskel and I; not often, but every now and then.
Feb. 24, 1999
Michael Miller is not the only one “Looking Up to the Balcony” (Riffs, Calendar Weekend, March 18) for movie selection guidance from the late Gene Siskel.
March 27, 1999
Responding to movies like a couple of guys at the water cooler, Siskel and Ebert gained power in Hollywood marketing circles.
Siskel Gives Thumbs Down to Fox: Film critic Gene Siskel said Wednesday that 20th Century Fox has no sense of humor because it will withhold future film clips.
March 22, 1990
All Thumbs: The reviews are in and movie critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert give each other thumbs down.
Dec. 31, 1990
For me, film criticism has been on life support for many years.
March 1, 1999
Television
Siskel to CBS: In the latest changes at “CBS This Morning,” executive producer Erik Sorenson said Tuesday that an announcement of the hiring of syndicated television and Chicago Tribune film critic Gene Siskel “can be expected any minute now.”
Feb. 22, 1990