Date | Grid | Clue | Author | Editor |
Sun Sep 3, 2023 | 81A | Roger who wrote "Life Itself: A Memoir" | Dylan Schiff | Shortz |
Tue Jul 25, 2023 | 9D | First film critic to win a Pulitzer Prize for criticism | Gary Larson and Doug Peterson | Shortz |
Mon Mar 6, 2023 | 15A | Roger who wrote "I Hated, Hated, Hated This Movie" | Lynn Lempel | Shortz |
Sun May 1, 2022 | 129A | Roger ___, first film critic to win a Pulitzer for criticism | Brandon Koppy | Shortz |
Thu Mar 24, 2022 | 37A | Half of an old movie duo | Jess Shulman | Shortz |
Fri Nov 19, 2021 | 51D | Critic who said "Art is the closest we can come to understanding how a stranger really feels" | John Hawksley | Shortz |
Sun Nov 1, 2020 | 10A | "Awake in the Dark" author (3) | Julian Lim | Shortz |
Fri May 15, 2020 | 30A | "The Great Movies" author (2) | Christopher Adams | Shortz |
Sun Apr 26, 2020 | 4D | Who said "No good movie is too long. No bad movie is short enough" | Royce Ferguson | Shortz |
Mon Nov 4, 2019 | 24D | Roger of "At the Movies" | Trent H. Evans | Shortz |
Sun Oct 20, 2019 | 92D | He was "thumb" critic! | Natan Last | Shortz |
Sat Dec 8, 2018 | 49D | He said "I learned to be a movie critic by reading Mad magazine" | Trenton Charlson and David Steinberg | Shortz |
Fri Oct 12, 2018 | 22A | "Awake in the Dark" author (3) | Erik Agard and Bruce Haight | Shortz |
Tue Sep 4, 2018 | 50D | Film critic Roger (5) | Bruce Haight | Shortz |
Wed Jun 20, 2018 | 54A | Critic with raised or lowered thumbs | Jeffrey Wechsler | Shortz |
Sun Apr 8, 2018 | 78D | "Life Itself" memoirist Roger | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Thu Nov 23, 2017 | 15A | Onetime reviewer of 5-Acrosses | Howard Barkin | Shortz |
Fri Nov 10, 2017 | 49A | Subject of the 2014 documentary "Life Itself" | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Sun Oct 22, 2017 | 71D | Critic Roger (6) | Tracy Gray | Shortz |
Mon May 1, 2017 | 28D | Fellow film critic of Siskel | Ed Sessa | Shortz |
Wed Jun 15, 2016 | 53D | He once asked "How far down can a thumb go?" | Jason Flinn | Shortz |
Thu Nov 19, 2015 | 60A | Critic who wrote "Behind the Phantom's Mask" | Andrew Zhou | Shortz |
Thu Oct 29, 2015 | 8D | Friedrich ___, first president of the German Republic (2) | Sam Trabucco | Shortz |
Wed Jun 24, 2015 | 61A | "I Hated, Hated, Hated This Movie" author (4) | Ian Livengood and J.A.S.A. Crossword Class | Shortz |
Tue Apr 28, 2015 | 23D | "Your Movie Sucks" author (2) | José Chardiet | Shortz |
Fri Feb 7, 2014 | 3D | "Your Movie Sucks" author (2) | Ned White | Shortz |
Mon Jan 6, 2014 | 49D | Late critic Roger | Zhouqin Burnikel | Shortz |
Tue Sep 24, 2013 | 46D | Late thumb-turning critic | Kevin Christian | Shortz |
Sun Aug 4, 2013 | 58A | He said "Every great film should seem new every time you see it" | Steven Ginzburg | Shortz |
Sun Apr 21, 2013 | 46D | "Awake in the Dark" writer | Jonah Kagan | Shortz |
Fri Apr 12, 2013 | 19A | Late critic featured on the Hollywood Walk of Fame | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Sun Nov 20, 2011 | 44D | "Awake in the Dark" author (3) | Trip Payne | Shortz |
Sun Aug 14, 2011 | 25A | "Your Movie Sucks" writer | Paula Gamache | Shortz |
Sun Feb 20, 2011 | 104D | "The Great Movies" author (2) | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
Wed May 19, 2010 | 25A | 1975 Pulitzer-winning critic (3) | Robert A. Doll | Shortz |
Sun Aug 23, 2009 | 20A | Who said "No good movie is too long, and no bad movie is short enough" | Phil Ruzbarsky | Shortz |
Mon Jun 22, 2009 | 53D | Roger with a thumbs-up or thumbs-down | Fred Piscop | Shortz |
Sat Feb 28, 2009 | 1A | Hindenburg's predecessor as German president (2) | Frank Longo | Shortz |
Wed Jan 14, 2009 | 49D | Critic Roger (6) | Oliver Hill | Shortz |
Tue Sep 2, 2008 | 8D | Chicago-based film reviewer | Stanley Newman | Shortz |
Mon Jun 23, 2008 | 19D | Film critic Roger (5) | Andrea Carla Michaels and Patrick Blindauer | Shortz |
Mon May 26, 2008 | 60A | 22-Across's longtime partner | Mark Sherwood | Shortz |
Sun Sep 16, 2007 | 23A | Annual "Movie Yearbook" author since the 1990s | Mike Nothnagel | Shortz |
Mon Jan 15, 2007 | 40A | Film critic Roger (5) | David Pringle | Shortz |
Tue Dec 12, 2006 | 67A | Critic Roger (6) | Stephen Manion and Victor Fleming | Shortz |
Tue Sep 5, 2006 | 27D | Critic Roger (6) | Timothy Powell | Shortz |
Thu Aug 10, 2006 | 15A | Host of the Overlooked Film Festival | Todd McClary | Shortz |
Wed Aug 9, 2006 | 60A | Thumbs-up reviewer | Maxwell H. D. Johnson Jr. | Shortz |
Sat Dec 3, 2005 | 30D | 1975 Pulitzer-winning critic (3) | Dana Motley | Shortz |
Thu Nov 24, 2005 | 35A | Friedrich ___, first president of the German Republic (2) | Michael Shteyman | Shortz |
Sun Aug 14, 2005 | 2D | Critic with a Hollywood Walk of Fame star | Patrick Merrell | Shortz |
Thu Jun 23, 2005 | 54D | Roeper's TV partner | Courtenay Crocker III | Shortz |
Sun Oct 31, 2004 | 102D | Chicago-based critic | Patrick Merrell | Shortz |
Sat Jun 19, 2004 | 41A | Owner of a famous thumb | Brendan Emmett Quigley | Shortz |
Wed Dec 24, 2003 | 37A | Thumbs-up/thumbs-down guy | Steve Jones | Shortz |
Sun Apr 6, 2003 | 27D | Writer who's always seeing things? | Joe DiPietro | Shortz |
Sat Mar 8, 2003 | 34A | Famous Chicago critic | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Sat Aug 31, 2002 | 47D | "Little Movie Glossary" author | Trip Payne | Shortz |
Sat Apr 20, 2002 | 9A | Hindenburg's predecessor as German president (2) | Dana Motley | Shortz |
Wed Jan 30, 2002 | 8D | Critic Roger (6) | Randall J. Hartman | Shortz |
Fri Oct 26, 2001 | 4D | "I Hated, Hated, Hated This Movie" author (4) | Peter Gordon | Shortz |
Mon Oct 22, 2001 | 54D | Movie critic Roger | Denise Neuendorf | Shortz |
Wed Feb 21, 2001 | 43D | Thumb-raising critic | Karen Hodge | Shortz |
Sun Nov 26, 2000 | 52D | Reviewer Roger | Patrick Berry | Shortz |
Thu Oct 19, 2000 | 44D | "I Hated, Hated, Hated This Movie" author (4) | Patrick Jordan | Shortz |
Mon Oct 16, 2000 | 52D | Film critic Roger (5) | Mitch Komro | Shortz |
Thu May 11, 2000 | 22D | "I Hated, Hated, Hated This Movie" author (4) | Peter Abide | Shortz |
Sat Jun 12, 1999 | 27A | 1975 Pulitzer winner for criticism | Matt Gaffney | Shortz |
Sat Apr 17, 1999 | 48D | Hindenburg's predecessor | Jim Page | Shortz |
Tue Dec 15, 1998 | 2D | Thumbs up/thumbs down critic | Patrick Jordan | Shortz |
Mon Jan 5, 1998 | 42A | Siskel's partner | Mark Moldowsky | Shortz |
Sat Jul 19, 1997 | 26A | First president of the German republic, 1919 (2) | Robert H. Wolfe | Shortz |
Thu Jun 19, 1997 | 49D | First president of the German republic, 1919 (2) | Patrick Jordan | Shortz |
Fri Mar 28, 1997 | 25A | Critic Roger (6) | Jim Page | Shortz |
Sun Feb 23, 1997 | 28A | "Video Companion" author | Nancy Nicholson Joline | Shortz |
Fri Feb 21, 1997 | 55D | Man who's all thumbs? | C. E. Gersch | Shortz |
Sat Jan 18, 1997 | 21D | 1975 Pulitzer-winning critic (3) | D. Niles | Shortz |
Mon Dec 11, 1995 | 49D | Film reviewer Roger | Elizabeth C. Gorski | Shortz |
Fri Dec 16, 1994 | 22A | Roger of the balcony | A.J. Santora | Shortz |
Sun Sep 25, 1994 | 98D | Film critic Roger (5) | Nancy Nicholson Joline | Shortz |