Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic Roger Ebert died this month after battling cancer, but RogerEbert.com will live on. The website, which is home to his and other critics' movie reviews, unveiled a new look and feel Tuesday.
Ebert teased the redesign in a blog post the day before he died, saying the site would relaunch under Ebert Digital, a partnership between his wife, Chaz, and friend Josh Golden.
The makeover debuted with an "In Memoriam" as the main element (see above), paying homage to the 70-year-old, whose career as a critic for the Chicago Sun-Times began in 1967. A thumbs-up icon appears at the top left corner.
Ebert coined the phrase "two thumbs up" with critic Gene Siskel (who died in 1999) and trademarked it after popularizing it on At the Movies with Siskel & Ebert in the 1980s.
Ebert handpicked the remaining writers from around the world for RogerEbert.com. Their work now lives on a cleaner site with better search functionality and filters.
