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Just lazy. Really, really lazy.
Matt Zoller Seitz
Matt Zoller Seitz is the Editor-in-Chief of RogerEbert.com. He is also the TV critic for New York Magazine & Vulture.com, and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in criticism.
A Brooklyn-based writer and filmmaker, Seitz has written, narrated, edited or produced over a hundred hours’ worth of video essays about cinema history and style for The Museum of the Moving Image and The L Magazine, among other outlets. His five part 2009 video essay Wes Anderson: The Substance of Style was later spun off into the hardcover book The Wes Anderson Collection. Seitz is the founder and original editor of The House Next Door, now a part of Slant Magazine, and the publisher of Press Play, a blog of film and TV criticism and video essays. He is the director of the 2005 romantic comedy "Home" and the forthcoming science fiction epic "Rabbit of the Sith." He is currently writing memoir titled "All the Things that Remind Me of Her."
Recent Reviews
Noble
Ride
Avengers: Age of Ultron
The Age of Adaline
Noble
(2015)
Ride
(2015)
Avengers: Age of Ultron
(2015)
The Age of Adaline
(2015)
The Water Diviner
(2015)
Misery Loves Comedy
(2015)
Rebels of the Neon God
(2015)
Ex Machina
(2015)
Get Hard
(2015)
White God
(2015)
Jauja
(2015)
Danny Collins
(2015)
Merchants of Doubt
(2015)
Maps to the Stars
(2015)
Approaching the Elephant
(2014)
Gett, the Trial of Viviane Amsalem
(2015)
Da Sweet Blood of Jesus
(2015)
Matt Shepard Is a Friend of Mine
(2015)
Jupiter Ascending
(2015)
Black or White
(2015)
Black Sea
(2015)
Human Capital
(2015)
Blackhat
(2015)
The World Made Straight
(2015)
Richard Corliss, 1944-2015: Everywhere at Once
An appreciation of Time Magazine writer Richard Corliss.
Godfrey Cheshire's "Death of Film/Decay of Cinema" Essay
A reposting of Godfrey Cheshire's landmark essay in anticipation of the Critic's Forum at Ebertfest.
Ya wanna see something really scary?
Customer service as it should be.
A Celebration of His Work: 13 of Roger Ebert’s Most Essential Reviews
A guide to the 13 reviews chosen to celebrate Roger's work on the two-year anniversary of his passing.
8 things about Albert Maysles
Eight things the writer wants you to know about Albert Maysles, the pioneering documentary filmmaker who died last week at age 88.
From the archives: "Cameras Keep Rolling at Maysles Films"
A 2002 Star-Ledger profile of Albert Maysles, by MZS.
Notes on watching "Aliens" for the first time again, with a bunch of kids
Captain's log: eight fifth graders, one adult, one James Cameron movie.
Stick Figure Cinema, by Damian Arlyn
Famous scenes from great movies, re-enacted with stick figures.
If We Picked the Winners 2015: Best Picture
The RogerEbert.com staff pick for the Best Picture of 2015.
The Wes Anderson Collection, Chapter 8: "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
Video essay about Wes Anderson's "The Grand Budapest Hotel," adapted from the new book by Matt Zoller Seitz.
