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A stand-up comedian who's assaultive and decent and has managed a career that has spanned over five decades deserves a documentary.
'Ravenna' is, in many ways, the ultimate example of how a woman's perception of herself can lead to this horrible road being taken.
You can't ignore the Asian and Hispanic populations in L.A. We can let audiences know independent film is not just about white men.
Two things are not debatable: eroticism, and comedy. If you don't think it's sexy, or funny, there's no way I can change your mind.
Is there something in druggy subjects that encourages directors to make imitation film noir? Film noir itself becomes an addiction.
I think television often has dismissed younger people. They figure, well, they're not really watching news, that's not our audience.
Moment by moment, with a twitch, a shudder, a look, it’s Mr. Hardy who movingly draws you in, turning a stranger’s face into a life.
For perhaps most Americans, TV is an apppliance, not to be used selectively but to be turned on - there's always something to watch.
Television represents what happens to a medium when the artists have no power and the businessmen are in full, unquestioned control.
The knowledge that my discriminations are skewed and not always universally desirable doesn't stop me in the least from making them.
The problem with being sure that God is on your side is that you can't change your mind, because God sure isn't going to change His.
In his very first film, Mr. Gonzalez Inarritu makes the kind of journey some directors don't - or can't - travel in an entire career.
You can't just tell actors, especially young ones, to 'act happy' and expect them to do it. They must in some essential way be happy.
When I see those ads with the quote 'You'll have to see this picture twice,' I know it's the kind of picture I don't want to see once.
Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids) is a gimmick comedian who has devoted her short career to being obese and obnoxious with equal success.
I do not fear death. I know it is coming, and I do not fear it, because I believe there is nothing on the other side of death to fear.
I am, beneath everything else, a fan. I was fixed in this mode as a young boy and am awed by people who take the risks of performance.
I urgently advise hospitals: Do not make the DVD available to your patients; there may be an outbreak of bedpans thrown at TV screens.
I would rather turn my head and cough than see any part of 'Patch Adams' again. The title of this movie should have been 'Punch Adams!'
The subtle performances of the leads, the remarkable Irrfan Khan and the engaging Nimrat Kaur, make 'The Lunchbox' a pleasure to watch.
When a girl says she likes you as a friend, what she means is: "Rather than have sex with you, I would prefer to lose you as a friend."
Fight Club is a thrill ride masquerading as philosophy - the kind of ride where some people puke and others can't wait to get on again.
The corniest movie ever made about the white man's need to lose his identity and assuage racial, political, sexual and historical guilt.
Inarritu's films focus on the repercussions of a single act that draws people together and simultaneously throws their lives into chaos.
I dress well. I travel; I seem to be relatively glamorous for a film guy - which, to me, is like being the fastest midget in the circus.
I made the mistake of watching "A.I." on cable the week they showed it about 792 times, and I ended up watching it every time it was on.
In terms of the way the industry operates, the studio system was such its own thing. It's so different now that it's a globalized world.
For a while in the twenties and thirties, art was talked about as a substitute for religion; now B movies are a substitute for religion.
Judging by the the movie's enduring popularity, the message that stupidity is redemption is clearly what a lot of Americans want to hear.
Redford builds a riveting, resonant political thriller that values the complexity of its characters and the intelligence of its audience.
Catholic theology believes that God gave man free will, and you can't give somebody free will and then send in a play from the sidelines.
Blockbusters run the mainstream industry. We may never again have a decade like the 1970s, when directors were able to find such freedom.
While "9 Songs" is sexually explicit in the basic sense, its directness is what's most fascinating, and ultimately most moving, about it.
You can talk film theory till you're blue in the face, but in the end, the thing that may haunt you most about a movie is a pair of eyes.
Mike Mignola's 'Hellboy' comics have a drizzly, musty gothic ambience - the same fetid air that H. P. Lovecraft circulated in his fiction.
'Never Die Alone' is primarily a riveting genre film that neatly exhibits the director's growing assurance - Donald Goines would be proud.
The road back from degradation begins with self-awareness - and sometimes, as in 'Phone Booth,' change can begin with a single phone call.
I'm not surprised that Spielberg was able to capture the heroism of Schindler; so many of his movies are about the better part of mankind.
If I never saw another fistfight or car chase or Doberman attack, I wouldn't have any feeling of loss. And that goes for Rottweilers, too.
The essay must be artistically rendered: You must keep the reader engaged, whether with wit, conflict, mischief, and/or yes, with honesty.
Steven Spielberg makes Minority Report with the newest digital technology; other directors seem to be trying to make their movies from it.
If there's one thing I've learned in this life, it's that you never say no to an old gypsy woman with a blind eye and leprous fingernails.
The director Steve McQueen has found a way to constantly include the element of surprise in his work, both as an artist and as a filmmaker.
Political perspective and the Cannes festival are linked almost as inextricably as fast-food consumption and detrimental effects on health.
I think the people who are making Christmas-themed movies today feel that people are more cynical about Christmas. There's more of an edge.
There are very few heroines in literature who have defined their lives morally rather than romantically and likewise but a handful in film.
I have no fear of death. We all die. I consider my remaining days to be like money in the bank. When it is all gone, I will be repossessed.
Show me a sexual practice that involves ice cubes and hot sauce, and I will show you a sexual practice that would be improved without them.
I was trying to see if I could produce an episode - completely write it and research it and record it and edit it - all by myself in a week.
Force Majeure is a jolt. You won't know what hit you. Director Ostlund shifts gears from humor to psychological thriller with cunning skill.