Critic Richard Eder is a four-letter word, while Critic Richard Roeper is a six-letter word. Richard Eder is an American journalist and literary critic who has written for The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, and The Boston Globe. He has won the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism in 1987. Richard Roeper is an American film critic, journalist, and television personality. He is best known for his work as a film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times and as a co-host of the television program At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper.