Jason Reitman Recalls His Encounters with Roger Ebert

In addition to being an immensely gifted filmmaker and inspired organizer of LACMA Live Reads, Jason Reitman is also a solid entertainment journalist. Check out the concise, clear and very compelling sentence with which he leads off his brief, touching Entertainment Weekly tribute to Roger Ebert:

I spoke with Roger Ebert perhaps a dozen times, but only heard his voice once.

Reitman’s piece, headlined “The Man Who Loved Movies,” is currently only available in the print and tablet editions of EW.

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