If you were to read the article, you would see that your initial question is covered: "So, what does the tasteful, expert connoisseur Roger Ebert have to say a

If you were to read the article, you would see that your initial question is covered: "So, what does the tasteful, expert connoisseur Roger Ebert have to say about the relationship between the cinema and art? Just this: “Hardly any movies are art.” Here’s what the late Pauline Kael wrote about the relationship between movies and art. Listen carefully. “There is so much talk now about the art of the film that we may be in danger of forgetting that most of the movies we enjoy are not works of art ... Movies are so rarely great art, that if we cannot appreciate great trash, we have very little reason to be interested in them.” So, here we have two of the world’s most highly-regarded film critics, sadly assuring us that most movies are not great art."