Roger Ebert (via Esquire)

I know it’s being referenced all over the place right now, but this interview is required reading. I didn’t realize the extent of his medical situation, given that I’ve only ever read his writing and never paid much attention to Siskel & Ebert or Ebert & Roeper, and I’m astonishingly depressed to learn how close he is to the end. I’ve always referenced his opinions when putting serious thought into a film, even in the minority of cases when I’ve disagreed strongly (his dismissal of A Clockwork Orange and insistence on Nicolas Cage’s genius leap to mind), and his career doesn’t need my stamp of approval to legitimize it…but I’d like to throw my two cents in the pile: he’ll be missed terribly, and his body of criticism will outlive us all.