“It is a truism that Hollywood trailers advertise not the movie that has been made, but the movie that the studio wishes… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
Movies that encourage empathy are more effective than those that objectify problems. — 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
Samurai films, like westerns, need not be familiar genre stories. They can expand to contain stories of ethical challenges and human tragedy. — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
No movie featuring either Harry Dean Stanton or M. Emmet Walsh in a supporting role can be altogether bad. — 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
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
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
There is a movie called Fargo playing right now. It is a masterpiece. Go see it. If you, under any circumstances, see… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
Why has Scandinavia been producing such good thrillers? Maybe because their filmmakers can't afford millions for CGI and must rely on cheaper… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
Gene [Siskel] often mentioned something François Truffaut once told him: the most beautiful sight in a movie theater is to walk down… — 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
It's strange: We leave the movie having enjoyed its conclusion so much that we almost forgot our earlier reservations. But they were… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
We feel the same emotions for our ideas as we do for the real world, which is why we can cry while… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
“Buñuel’s films constitute one of the most distinctive bodies of work in the first century of films. He was cynical, but not… — 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
“Listening to Bailey, it occurred to me that the best commentary tracks are often by experts who did not work on the… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
I was indeed a snob, if you agree with this definition: 'A person who believes that their tastes in a particular area… — 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
The time in between my clapping is ma. If you just have non-stop action with no breathing space at all, it's just… — 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
I don't require movies to be about good people, and I don't reject screen violence. — 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
I'll tell you, I think that the Internet has provided an enormous boost to film criticism by giving people an opportunity to… — 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 buried code of many American films has become: If I kill you, I have won and you have lost. The instinctive… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
“Saturday Night Fever was Gene Siskel’s favorite movie, and he watched it at least seventeen times. We all have movies like that,… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
If a movie isn't a hit right out of the gate, they drop it. Which means that the whole mainstream Hollywood product… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
But considering that I walked in expecting no complexity at all, let alone the visual wonderments, 'Snow White and the Huntsman' is… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
One sign of a great actor is when he can be alone by himself on the screen, doing almost nothing, and producing… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
You slide down in your seat and make yourself comfortable. On the screen in front of you, the movie image appears—enormous and… — 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
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
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
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