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Class is often invisible in America in the movies, and usually not the subject of the film. — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
The film argues to the young that the old were young once, too, and contain within them all that the young know,… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
The movie Ed Wood, about the worst director of all time, was made to prepare us for Stargate. — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
Cinema, for me, has always been something like music composed with photographic images. — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
Sometimes miraculous films come into being, made by people you've never heard of, starring unknown faces, blindsiding you with creative genius. — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
Blockbusters run the mainstream industry. We may never again have a decade like the 1970s, when directors were able to find such… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
'Grand Illusion' and 'Rules of the Game' are routinely included on lists of the greatest films, and deserve to be. — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
Many thrillers follow such reliable formulas that you can look at what's happening and guess how much longer a film has to… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
The screenplay is so well-written in a scruffy, fanzine way that you want to rub noses in it - the noses of… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
“Unlike modern films where superstars dominate every scene, the Hollywood films of the golden era have depth in writing and casting, so… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
Film has become a marketed commodity, and the opportunities and audiences for art cinema have grown smaller. There is a general downturn… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
A film like Hoop Dreams is what the movies are for. It takes us, shakes us, and makes us think in new… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
Jacques Tati is the great philosophical tinkerer of comedy, taking meticulous care to arrange his films so that they unfold in a… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
Grave of the Fireflies” is an emotional experience so powerful that it forces a rethinking of animation... It belongs on any list… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
“The world of French crime films is a particular place, informed by the French love for Hollywood film noir, a genre they… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
Horror fans are a particular breed. They analyze films with such detail and expertise that I am reminded of the Canadian literary… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
When we go to the movies, we identify with the characters we see. That's why we go to the movies; we have… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson star. I neglected to mention that, maybe because I was trying to place them in this review's… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
Here is a children's film made for the world we should live in, rather than the one we occupy. A film with… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
“He was an editor for seven years before directing his first film, and his career stands as an argument for the theory… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
In the vast majority of movies, everything is done for the audience. We are cued to laugh or cry, be frightened or… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
I had a hard time watching "Wolf Creek." It is a film with one clear purpose: To establish the commercial credentials of… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
Film theory has nothing to do with film. Students presumably hope to find out something about film, and all they will find… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
A lot of people just go to movies that feed into their preexisting and not so noble needs and desires: They just… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
One of the gifts one movie lover can give another is the title of a wonderful film they have not yet discovered — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
It's the worst kind of bad film: the kind that gets you all worked up and then lets you down, instead of… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
In thinking about 'depressing movies,' many people don't realize that all bad movies are depressing, and no good movies are. — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
A remarkable documentary that's also one of the most beautiful nature films I've seen. — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
It's rare to find a film that goes for broke and says, 'To hell with the consequences.' — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
James Cameron's films have always been distinguished by ground-breaking technical excellence. — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
Ridley Scott's 'Prometheus' is a magnificent science-fiction film, all the more intriguing because it raises questions about the origin of human life… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
It goes to show you how we in the press so often miss the big stories that are right under our noses. There is… — Roger Ebert Copy Share
It is an interesting law of romance that a truly strong woman will choose a strong man who disagrees with her over a weak… — Roger Ebert Copy Share
I am, beneath everything else, a fan. I was fixed in this mode as a young boy and am awed by people who take… — Roger Ebert Copy Share
“We’d had a revelation. This was the direction American movies should take: into idiosyncratic characters, into dialogue with an ear for the vulgar and… — Roger Ebert Copy Share
“Most courtroom movies feel it necessary to end with a clear-cut verdict. But 12 Angry Men never states whether the defendant is innocent or… — Roger Ebert Copy Share
What every human being should do is eat a vegetarian diet based on whole foods. Period. That's it. Animal protein is bad for you.… — Roger Ebert Copy Share
I value the kind of prayer when you stand at the edge of the sea, or beneath a tree, or smell a flower, or… — Roger Ebert Copy Share
“One of my delights in these books, on the other hand, has been to include movies not often cited as “great”—some because they are… — Roger Ebert Copy Share
A movie isn't good or bad based on its politics. It's usually good or bad for other reasons, though you might agree or disagree… — Roger Ebert Copy Share
It is human nature to look away from illness. We don't enjoy a reminder of our own fragile mortality. — Roger Ebert Copy Share
Gene [Siskel] often mentioned something François Truffaut once told him: the most beautiful sight in a movie theater is to walk down to the… — Roger Ebert Copy Share
James Cameron's films have always been distinguished by ground-breaking technical excellence. — Roger Ebert Copy Share
I think we have to get beyond the idea that we have to categorize people. We can now have action movies with two stars… — Roger Ebert Copy Share
