Age 87. Beloved husband of Judy Siskel for over 59 years, William (“Bill”) Siskel passed away peacefully on November 25, 2025, surrounded by his family after a life well lived. Adored father of Jon ...

It's the 50th anniversary of Siskel & Ebert, two legendary film critics from Chicago who starred in a groundbreaking TV show where they just talked about the movies. Hosea Sanders shared some ...

A year-long wish of mine was granted this past weekend, and in the most thrilling of ways. Throughout the month of November, the fiftieth anniversary of “Siskel & Ebert” has been celebrated at the ...

The live performance is part of a month-long celebration of the pair’s influence on the movies. By Rick Porter Television Business Editor Exactly 50 years after their first joint TV appearance on ...

People who turned to the television listings in the Nov. 26, 1975, edition of the Tribune bore witness to history being made. Among the evening programs, competing with the second half-hour of “Tony ...

Our film critic gives two thumbs up, WAY up, to the film review team that influenced generations of film critics (including him) Part of a film critic’s job — and the aspect I take most seriously — is ...

This weekend Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel are back in the balcony watching recreated film clips from their past and arguing about their meaning in “Siskel and Ebert at 50.” Zack who’s playing Ebert and ...

This month marks 50 years since critics and A-list Chicago celebrities Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert debuted their movie review show. The pair moved names and shows a few times in the over two decades ...

In this clip from the 1997 Channel 2 News special, "Back 2 School," Gene Siskel returns his alma mater, DeWitt Clinton Elementary School in West Rogers Park, and takes the students there to a movie ...