TMC
08-19-2025, 03:50 PM
https://www.thewrap.com/chicago-tribune-film-critic-buyout-michael-phillips/
Chicago Tribune film critic Michael Phillips, a successor to the late film critic Gene Siskel, announced he has decided to take a buyout (https://x.com/phillipstribune/status/1957798644985262249) after his newspaper eliminated his job. The news comes six months after the Chicago Sun-Times, the longtime newspaper home of the late film critic Roger Ebert, decided to eliminate its film critic following the departure of former Ebert & Roeper co-host Richard Roeper. "If they tried to make Siskel and Ebert today it would be two empty chairs," (https://x.com/SamuelAAdams/status/1957811810695881215) tweeted Slate culture writer Sam Adams. "The city that gave the world Siskel & Ebert no longer has a full-time print film critic," (https://x.com/Brian_Tallerico/status/1957812107447058593) added Brian Tallerico, editor in chief of RogerEbert.com. Phillips appeared on TCM and guest-hosted At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper, filling in for Ebert as he went through extensive medical treatments for cancer.
Chicago Tribune film critic Michael Phillips, a successor to the late film critic Gene Siskel, announced he has decided to take a buyout (https://x.com/phillipstribune/status/1957798644985262249) after his newspaper eliminated his job. The news comes six months after the Chicago Sun-Times, the longtime newspaper home of the late film critic Roger Ebert, decided to eliminate its film critic following the departure of former Ebert & Roeper co-host Richard Roeper. "If they tried to make Siskel and Ebert today it would be two empty chairs," (https://x.com/SamuelAAdams/status/1957811810695881215) tweeted Slate culture writer Sam Adams. "The city that gave the world Siskel & Ebert no longer has a full-time print film critic," (https://x.com/Brian_Tallerico/status/1957812107447058593) added Brian Tallerico, editor in chief of RogerEbert.com. Phillips appeared on TCM and guest-hosted At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper, filling in for Ebert as he went through extensive medical treatments for cancer.