Editing Roger Ebert (section)

== Memorials ==
[[File:Roger Ebert Statue, Virginia Theater (Champaign).JPG|thumb|alt=An image of a bronze statue of Roger Ebert outside of a movie theater.|A [[statue of Roger Ebert]] giving his "[[thumbs up]]" outside the [[Virginia Theatre (Champaign)|Virginia Theatre]] in Champaign, Illinois]]
A nearly-three-hour public tribute, entitled ''Roger Ebert: A Celebration of Life'', was held on April 11, 2013, at the [[Chicago Theatre]]. It featured in-person remembrances, video testimonials, video and film clips, and gospel choirs, and was, according to the ''Chicago Tribune''{{'s}} Mark Caro, "a laughter- and sorrow-filled send-off from the entertainment and media worlds."<ref>{{cite news |last=Caro |first=Mark |date=April 12, 2013 |title=Roger Ebert honored by Hollywood stars for his 'tenacity', 'zest for life' |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]] |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-xpm-2013-04-12-chi-roger-ebert-tribute-20130411-story.html |access-date=February 9, 2021 |archive-date=March 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308102652/https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-xpm-2013-04-12-chi-roger-ebert-tribute-20130411-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In September 2013, organizers in [[Champaign, Illinois]], announced plans to raise $125,000 to build a life-size bronze [[statue of Roger Ebert]] in the town, which was unveiled in front of the [[Virginia Theatre (Champaign)|Virginia Theatre]] at Ebertfest on April 24, 2014.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rothman |first=Lily |date=April 25, 2014 |title=Roger Ebert Statue Unveiled Outside Illinois Theater |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |url=https://time.com/76577/roger-ebert-statue-illinois/ |access-date=February 9, 2021 |archive-date=February 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224131427/https://time.com/76577/roger-ebert-statue-illinois/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The composition was selected by his widow, Chaz Ebert, and depicts Ebert sitting in the middle of three theater seats giving a "thumbs up."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/22482627-421/story.html |title=Ebert statue planned in Champaign |work=Chicago Sun-Times |date=September 12, 2013 |access-date=September 11, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141029235043/http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/22482627-421/story.html |archive-date=October 29, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Roger Ebert Statue Unveiled Outside Illinois Theater |url=https://time.com/76577/roger-ebert-statue-illinois/ |access-date=June 1, 2015 |magazine=Time |first=Lily |last=Rothman |date=April 25, 2014 |archive-date=June 13, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150613004917/http://time.com/76577/roger-ebert-statue-illinois/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The 2013 [[Toronto International Film Festival]] opened with a video tribute of Ebert at [[Roy Thomson Hall]] during the world premiere of the WikiLeaks-based film ''[[The Fifth Estate (film)|The Fifth Estate]]''. Ebert had been an avid supporter of the festival since its inception in the 1970s.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-toronto-roger-ebert-tribute-20130905-story.html |title=TIFF 2013: Roger Ebert tribute: 'He's probably ... somewhere in here' |date=September 6, 2013 |access-date=January 2, 2017 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |last=Whipp |first=Glenn |archive-date=January 3, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170103172051/http://articles.latimes.com/2013/sep/06/entertainment/la-et-mn-toronto-roger-ebert-tribute-20130905 |url-status=live }}</ref> Chaz was in attendance to accept a plaque on Roger's behalf.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rogerebert.com/chazs-blog/toronto-international-film-festival-launches-with-a-tribute-to-roger |title=Toronto International Film Festival Launches with a Tribute to Roger |date=September 4, 2013 |access-date=April 30, 2015 |author= |publisher=[[RogerEbert.com]] |archive-date=April 3, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403165915/http://www.rogerebert.com/chazs-blog/toronto-international-film-festival-launches-with-a-tribute-to-roger |url-status=live }}</ref> At the same festival, [[Errol Morris]] dedicated his film ''[[The Unknown Known]]'' to Ebert, saying "He was a really fabulous part of my life, a good friend, a champion, an inspiring writer. I loved Roger."<ref>{{Cite news |date=September 10, 2013 |title=Errol Morris dedicates his new film to Roger Ebert at TIFF |work=[[The Globe and Mail]] |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/awards-and-festivals/tiff/errol-morris-dedicates-his-new-film-to-roger-ebert-at-tiff/article14238910/ |access-date=March 24, 2023 |archive-date=March 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324212019/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/awards-and-festivals/tiff/errol-morris-dedicates-his-new-film-to-roger-ebert-at-tiff/article14238910/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In August 2013, the Plaza Classic Film Festival in [[El Paso, Texas]], paid homage to Ebert by screening seven films that played a role in his life: ''[[Citizen Kane]]'', ''[[The Third Man]], [[Tokyo Story]], [[La Dolce Vita]]'', ''[[Beyond the Valley of the Dolls]]'', ''[[Fitzcarraldo]]'' and ''[[Goodfellas]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ebert |first=Chaz |date=August 5, 2013 |title=Ebert Everlasting: Classic Film Festival in El Paso Honors Roger Ebert |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/chazs-blog/ebert-everlasting-classic-film-festival-inel-paso-honors-roger-ebert |access-date=February 28, 2023 |archive-date=February 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230228000918/https://www.rogerebert.com/chazs-blog/ebert-everlasting-classic-film-festival-inel-paso-honors-roger-ebert |url-status=live }}</ref>

At the [[86th Academy Awards]] ceremony, Ebert was included in the ''in memoriam'' montage, a rare honor for a film critic.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://oscar.go.com/photos/2014-oscars-in-memoriam/media/ebert_roger_film_critic |title=Oscar Remembers – Photo Gallery, Roger Ebert, Film Critic |publisher=The Oscars |date=February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304190936/http://oscar.go.com/photos/2014-oscars-in-memoriam/media/ebert_roger_film_critic |archive-date=March 4, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUgIodydDXg |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310125649/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUgIodydDXg |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 10, 2014 |title=Oscars 2014 – In Memoriam Montage (Full) |website=YouTube |access-date=April 30, 2015 |date=March 2, 2014}}</ref>

In 2014, the documentary ''[[Life Itself (2014 film)|Life Itself]]'' was released. Director [[Steve James (producer)|Steve James]], whose films had been widely advocated by Ebert, started making the documentary while Ebert was still alive. [[Martin Scorsese]] served as an executive producer. The film studies Ebert's life and career, while also filming Ebert during his final months, and includes interviews with his family and friends. It was universally praised by critics. It has a 98% approval rating on [[Rotten Tomatoes]].<ref>{{rottentomatoes|life_itself|Life Itself}}</ref>

[[Werner Herzog]] told ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' that Ebert was "a soldier of the cinema": "I always loved Roger for being the good soldier, not only the good soldier of cinema, but he was a wounded soldier who for years in his affliction held out and plowed on and soldiered on and held the outpost that was given up by almost everyone: The monumental shift now is that intelligent, deep discourse about cinema has been something that has been vanishing over the last maybe two decades...I've always tried to be a good soldier of cinema myself, so of course since he's gone, I will plow on, as I have plowed on all my life, but I will do what I have to do as if Roger was looking over my shoulder. And I am not gonna disappoint him."<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Rome |first=Emily |date=April 4, 2013 |title=Werner Herzog on Roger Ebert, 'the good soldier of cinema' |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |url=https://ew.com/article/2013/04/04/roger-ebert-werner-herzog/ |access-date=August 14, 2022 |archive-date=August 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220814001643/https://ew.com/article/2013/04/04/roger-ebert-werner-herzog/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Ebert was inducted as a laureate of [[The Lincoln Academy of Illinois]]. In 2001, the governor of Illinois awarded him the state's highest honor, the Order of Lincoln, in the area of performing arts.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://thelincolnacademyofillinois.org/4632-2/#toggle-id-15 |title=Laureates by Year - The Lincoln Academy of Illinois |website=The Lincoln Academy of Illinois |access-date=March 7, 2016 |archive-date=September 23, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923204516/http://thelincolnacademyofillinois.org/4632-2/#toggle-id-15 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2016, Ebert was inducted into the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://chicagoliteraryhof.org/inductees/profile/roger-ebert |title=Roger Ebert |year=2016 |website=Chicago Literary Hall of Fame |access-date=October 8, 2017 |archive-date=October 8, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171008231203/https://chicagoliteraryhof.org/inductees/profile/roger-ebert |url-status=live }}</ref>

The website ''[[RogerEbert.com]]'' contains an archive of every review Ebert wrote, as well as many essays and opinion pieces. The site, operated by Ebert Digital (a partnership between Chaz and friend Josh Golden), continues to publish new material written by a group of critics who were selected by Ebert before his death.<ref name="Mashable-20130409">{{cite web |last1=Hernandez |first1=Brian Anthony |title=Roger Ebert's Website for Film Reviews Gets Makeover |url=https://mashable.com/2013/04/09/rogerebert-website-redesign |website=[[Mashable]] |access-date=March 15, 2019 |date=April 9, 2013 |archive-date=July 23, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180723122659/https://mashable.com/2013/04/09/rogerebert-website-redesign/ |url-status=live }}</ref>