All Seasons

Season 1

  • S01E01 Episode 1

    • January 21, 2011
    • PBS

    Ignatiy Vishnevetsky and Christy Lemire review new films opening this week. In this episode, Christy and Ignatiy review 'No Strings Attached', 'The Company Men', 'The Way Back', 'The Dilemma' and 'The Green Hornet' . Ignatiy and Christy split on all five films. Ignatiy gave all five films a thumbs up, and Christy Lemire gave all five films a thumbs down. Kim Morgan discusses the 1949 classic, 'The Third Man'. In the 'Roger's Office' segment, director Werner Herzog provides the voice of Roger Ebert as he reviews the film, 'My Dog Tulip'.

  • S01E02 Episode 2

    • January 28, 2011
    • PBS

    Christy and Ignatiy review "The Mechanic," "Another Year," "Barney's Version," "Biutiful," and "The Illusionist"; Roger reviews "The Rite"; Kartina Richardson comments on "Black Swan."

  • S01E03 Episode 3

    • February 4, 2011
    • PBS

    Christy and Ignatiy review "The Other Woman," "Cold Weather," "Louder Than a Bomb," and "The Housemaid"; Roger reviews "Sanctum" and the newly reissued "The Leopard"; and Jeff Greenfield discusses unrealistic speeches in political movies.

  • S01E04 Episode 4

    • February 11, 2011
    • PBS

    The critics select the movies that made them critics. Christy selects "The Breakfast Club," "Nights of Cabiria," "Magnolia," "No Country for Old Men," and "The Wizard of Oz." Ignatiy selects "True Heart Susie," "Foolish Wives," "Play Time," "Shoah," and "Histoire(s) du cinéma." Clips from Roger's choice, "Citizen Kane," are accompanied by excerpts from his commentary for the DVD of the film.

  • S01E05 Episode 5

    • February 18, 2011
    • PBS

    I Am Number Four, The Eagle, Unknown, Justin Bieber-Never Say Never, Inspector Bellamy (Roger Ebert).

  • S01E06 Episode 6

    • February 25, 2011
    • PBS

    Christy and Ignatiy review "Hall Pass," "Brotherhood," "Vanishing on 7th Street," and "Poetry"; Roger reviews "Even the Rain"; Jeff Greenfield and David Poland offer Oscar-related commentary.

  • S01E07 Episode 7

    • March 4, 2011
    • PBS

    Christy and Ignatiy review six films including "The Adjustment Bureau", "Boomee", "Beastly", "Take Me Home Tonight" and "Rango"; Roger reviews "I Will Follow"; Jeff Greenfield comments on language in film.

  • S01E08 Episode 8

    • March 11, 2011
    • PBS

    Christy and Ignatiy review "Jane Eyre," "Mars Needs Moms," "Of Gods and Men," "Certified Copy", and "Red Riding Hood"; Roger reviews "Battle: Los Angeles"; Matt Singer discusses films shot on iPhones and other consumer electronic equipment.

  • S01E09 Episode 9

    • March 18, 2011
    • PBS

    Christy and Ignatiy review "Paul," "Win Win," "Cracks," and "The Lincoln Lawyer"; Roger reviews "Limitless" and does a Great Movies segment on the 1943 "Jane Eyre"; Alison Bailes discusses documentaries about environmental issues.

  • S01E10 Episode 10

    • March 25, 2011
    • PBS

    Roger reviews "Source Code"; reviews are repeated from earlier episodes which were preempted in some cities for pledge drives. Favorites Roundup: "Rango", "Battle Los Angeles".

  • S01E11 Episode 11

    • April 1, 2011
    • PBS

    Christy and Ignatiy review "Insidious," "In a Better World," "Hop," and "Super"; Roger's review of "Source Code" is repeated from last week's episode; Jeff Greenfield discusses baseball movies.

  • S01E12 Episode 12

    • April 8, 2011
    • PBS

    Christy and Ignatiy review "Arthur," "Hanna," and the "Mildred Pierce" miniseries; Roger reviews "Your Highness"; Nell Minow discusses films where the villain is a corporation.

  • S01E13 Episode 13

    • April 15, 2011
    • PBS

    Christy and Ignatiy review "Trust," "The Conspirator", "Henry's Crime," and "White Irish Drinkers"; Roger reviews "Scream 4" and "Rio"; Kartina Richardson pays tribute to the "Thin Man" movies.

  • S01E14 Episode 14

    • April 22, 2011
    • PBS

    Ignatiy and Christy review "African Cats," "Miral," "The Greatest Movie Ever Sold," "Incendies," and "The Bang Bang Club"; Roger reviews "Water for Elephants"; and David Poland pays tribute to Sidney Lumet.

  • S01E15 Episode 15

    • April 29, 2011
    • PBS

    Christy and Ignatiy review "Prom," "Sympathy for Delicious," "Cave of Forgotten Dreams," and "13 Assassins," and respond to questions from viewers; Roger reviews "Fast Five."

  • S01E16 Episode 16

    • May 6, 2011
    • PBS

    Christy and Ignatiy review "Thor," "Something Borrowed," "Hobo with a Shotgun," and "The Beaver"; Roger reviews "Jumping the Broom."

  • S01E17 Episode 17

    • May 13, 2011
    • PBS

    Christy and Ignatiy review "Bridesmaids," "Everything Must Go," "Passion Play," "The First Grader," and "Skateland"; Roger reviews "There Be Dragons"; Omar Moore discusses Alfred Hitchcock's "The Wrong Man."

  • S01E18 Episode 18

    • May 20, 2011
    • PBS

    Christy and Ignatiy review "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides," "Earthwork," "Midnight in Paris," "Too Big to Fail," and "How to Die in Oregon"; Roger reviews "A Small Act"; Chaz Ebert reports from the Cannes Film Festival.

  • S01E19 Episode 19

    • May 27, 2011
    • PBS

    Christy and Ignatiy review "The Tree of Life," "Kung Fu Panda 2," and "Forks Over Knives"; Roger reviews "The Hangover Part II" and "Make Believe"; Chaz Ebert reports from Cannes; Kartina Richardson discusses Terrence Malick's "Badlands."

  • S01E20 Episode 20

    • June 3, 2011
    • PBS

    Christy and Ignatiy review "Beautiful Boy," "Beginners," "Film Socialisme," "Submarine," and "Tuesday, After Christmas"; Roger reviews "X-Men: First Class"; Matt Singer discusses "Videodrome."

  • S01E21 Episode 21

    • June 10, 2011
    • PBS

    Christy and Ignatiy review "Super 8" and "The Trip"; Roger reviews "Midnight in Paris"; Kevin Lee reports on South Korean films from the Jeonju International Film Festival; reviews of other films are repeated from earlier episodes.

  • S01E22 Episode 22

    • June 17, 2011
    • PBS

    Christy and Ignatiy review "Green Lantern," "The Art of Getting By," "Buck," "Mr. Popper's Penguins," and "Page One"; Roger discusses "The Bride of Frankenstein"; Kartina Richardson discusses "Who's That Knocking at My Door?".

  • S01E23 Episode 23

    • June 24, 2011
    • PBS

    Christy and Ignatiy review "Conan O'Brien Can't Stop," "A Better Life," "Road to Nowhere," and "Rejoice and Shout"; Roger reviews "Cars 2" and does a Great Movies segment on "Say Amen, Somebody."

  • S01E24 Episode 24

    • July 1, 2011
    • PBS

    Christy and Ignatiy review "Transformers: Dark of the Moon," "Bad Teacher," "Larry Crowne," "Beats Rhymes & Life," "Cars 2," and "Terri"; Roger pays tribute to Peter Falk's work in "Wings of Desire" and "A Woman Under the Influence."

  • S01E25 Episode 25

    • July 8, 2011
    • PBS

    The critics discuss the trend of films being released in 3D, including "Avatar", "Thor", Cars 2", "Green Lantern", "Pirates of the Caribbean: on Stranger Tides".

  • S01E26 Episode 26

    • July 15, 2011
    • PBS

    Christy and Ignatiy review "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2," "Horrible Bosses," "Zookeeper," "Lucky," "The Ward," and "Project Nim"; Roger reviews "Tabloid"; David Poland discusses Stanley Kubrick.

Season 2

  • S02E01 Episode 1

    • July 22, 2011
    • PBS

    Christy and Ignatiy review "Captain America: The First Avenger" and "Another Earth"; the critics name their top 5 films of the year so far (or top 6, for Roger).

  • S02E02 Episode 2

    • July 29, 2011
    • PBS

    Roger reviews "Cowboys & Aliens"; Christy and Ignatiy review "Crazy, Stupid, Love"; the critics name their worst films of the year so far.

  • S02E03 Episode 3

    • August 5, 2011
    • PBS

    Christy and Ignatiy introduce a vintage episode of "Sneak Previews" from 1980, in which Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert showed the process of how they went about doing their reviews.

  • S02E04 Episode 4

    • August 12, 2011
    • PBS

    Christy and Ignatiy introduce a 1980 episode of "Sneak Previews" titled "Mel Brooks or Woody Allen?" in which Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert debate which filmmaker is funnier, with Gene choosing Allen and Roger choosing Brooks.

  • S02E05 Episode 5

    • August 19, 2011
    • PBS

    Christy and Ignatiy introduce a 1980 episode of "Sneak Previews" in which Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert discuss "Great Performances That Oscar Ignored."

  • S02E06 Episode 6

    • August 26, 2011
    • PBS

    Christy and Ignatiy introduce a 1979 episode of "Sneak Previews" in which Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel discuss the movies of 1978.

  • S02E07 Episode 7

    • September 2, 2011
    • PBS

    Christy and Ignatiy introduce a 1979 episode of "Sneak Previews" in which Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel discuss surprise hit films which became influential by starting trends.

  • S02E08 Episode 8

    • September 9, 2011
    • PBS

    Christy and Ignatiy introduce a 1982 episode of "Sneak Previews" in which Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert discuss changing attitudes toward homosexuality in the movies.

  • S02E09 Episode 9

    • September 16, 2011
    • PBS

    Christy and Ignatiy introduce a 1980 episode of "Sneak Previews" in which Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert discuss the trend of horror movies focusing on violence against women.

  • S02E10 Episode 10

    • September 23, 2011
    • PBS

    Christy and Ignatiy introduce a 1980 episode of "Sneak Previews" in which Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel describe changes in the way men and women are portrayed in Hollywood movies.

  • S02E11 Behind the scenes

    • September 30, 2011
    • PBS

    Christy, Ignatiy, director Don DuPree, and executive producer Chaz Ebert discuss how "Ebert Presents: At the Movies" came to be.

  • S02E12 Episode 12

    • October 7, 2011
    • PBS

    Christy and Ignatiy review "The Ides of March," "50/50," "Real Steel," "Moneyball," and "Drive"; Roger reviews "The Interrupters."

  • S02E13 Episode 13

    • October 14, 2011
    • PBS

    Christy and Ignatiy review "Footloose," "Take Shelter," "The Women on the 6th Floor," "Father of Invention," and "The Human Centipede 2." Christy reviews "The Skin I Live In" alone. Roger reviews "The Big Year."

  • S02E14 Episode 14

    • October 21, 2011
    • PBS

    Christy and Ignatiy review "Margin Call," "Martha Marcy May Marlene," "Texas Killing Fields," and "Johnny English Reborn." Ignatiy reviews "The Three Musketeers." Roger reviews "The Thing" and "Le Havre." Chaz Ebert reviews "Thunder Soul."

  • S02E15 Episode 15

    • October 28, 2011
    • PBS

    Christy and Ignatiy review "Puss in Boots," "The Rum Diary," "Like Crazy," "Anonymous," and "The Catechism Cataclysm." Roger does a Great Movies segment on "Nosferatu." Kevin Lee reports on the current movie scene in China.

  • S02E16 Episode 16

    • November 4, 2011
    • PBS

    Christy and Ignatiy review "J. Edgar," "Janie Jones," "Tower Heist," "Boy Wonder," "In Time," "The Son of No One," and "Killing Bono." Roger reviews "Oranges and Sunshine."

  • S02E17 Episode 17

    • November 11, 2011
    • PBS

    Christy and Ignatiy review "Melancholia," "J. Edgar," and "Elite Squad: The Enemy Within"; Roger reviews "Into the Abyss" and does a Great Movies segment on "This Is Spinal Tap."

  • S02E18 Episode 18

    • November 18, 2011
    • PBS

    Christy and Ignatiy review "The Descendants," "The Greening of Whitney Brown," "Immortals," "Happy Feet Two," and "Jack and Jill"; Roger discusses the 30th anniversary restoration of "Raiders of the Lost Ark."

  • S02E19 Episode 19

    • November 25, 2011
    • PBS

    Christy and Ignatiy review "Hugo," "The Artist," "The Muppets," "A Dangerous Method," and "My Week with Marilyn". Roger reviews "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1."

  • S02E20 Episode 20

    • December 2, 2011
    • PBS

    Christy and Ignatiy review "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy," "Shame," "Being Elmo: a Puppeteer's Journey," "Hugo" and "The Artist." Roger reviews "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, pt.1" and "The Descendents."

  • S02E21 Episode 21

    • December 9, 2011
    • PBS

    A special episode deals with the portrayal of African Americans in the movies, featuring contributors Kartina Richardson and Jay Smith and a clip from a 1981 episode of "Sneak Previews" with Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel.

  • S02E22 Episode 22

    • December 16, 2011
    • PBS

    Christy and Ignatiy review "Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows," "Carnage," "New Year's Eve," "Young Adult," "Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked," and "The Sitter"; Roger reviews "Kinyarwanda."

  • S02E23 Episode 23

    • December 23, 2011
    • PBS

    Christy and Ignatiy review "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol," "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close," "We Bought a Zoo," "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo," "War Horse," and "The Adventures of Tintin"; Roger reviews "Passione."

  • S02E24 Episode 24

    • December 30, 2011
    • PBS

    Join Christy, Ignatiy, and Roger as they count down the year's best films, and each make their pick for the worst of the year. Plus, Roger and Chaz present a special message on the status of the show.