In 'The Adjustment Bureau,' Damon shows movie-star concentration as David Norris, a politician whose world ambitions hit a pothole when his angry… — Elvis Mitchell Angry Copy Share Image
You can't ignore the Asian and Hispanic populations in L.A. We can let audiences know independent film is not just about white… — Elvis Mitchell Asian Copy Share Image
It's an oddity that will be avoided by millions of people, this new 'Pinocchio.' Osama bin Laden could attend a showing in… — Elvis Mitchell Copy Share Image
The director Steve McQueen has found a way to constantly include the element of surprise in his work, both as an artist… — Elvis Mitchell Actor Copy Share Image
The funniest thing in the world to me is the idea of a white guy in his thirties going, 'Wait - I'm… — Elvis Mitchell Copy Share Image
'The Third Man,' directed by Carol Reed and written by Graham Greene, is, quite simply, one of the finest movies ever made. — Elvis Mitchell Copy Share Image
Inarritu's own nomination for Best Director for 'Babel' was the first such honor for a Mexican director. — Elvis Mitchell Copy Share Image
Political perspective and the Cannes festival are linked almost as inextricably as fast-food consumption and detrimental effects on health. — Elvis Mitchell Festival Copy Share Image
If Mr. Chan ever makes another movie like 'The Tuxedo,' it's American audiences that will see him in court. With 'Shanghai Knights,'… — Elvis Mitchell Copy Share Image
African films should be thought of as offering as many different points of view as the film of any other different continent.… — Elvis Mitchell Cinema Copy Share Image
There's a great deal of echoing going on in 'Old School.' Mr. Piven, who played the upstart outsider in the 1994 campus… — Elvis Mitchell Comedy Copy Share Image
If a movie requires the lead actor to spend a good chunk of his onscreen time talking to himself, and Popeye is… — Elvis Mitchell Actor Copy Share Image
The battle scenes in 'Gladiator' don't have the exultant lift of Hong Kong period-action pictures like the 'Once Upon a Time in… — Elvis Mitchell Battle Copy Share Image
My parents are from Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and I feel like it's an old Southern thing where people say that, as a kid,… — Elvis Mitchell Astronaut Copy Share Image
I'm honored to be asked by Stephanie Allain - whom I've long admired - to add to the scope of my programming… — Elvis Mitchell Film Copy Share Image
Justin Lin, the writer and director of the teenage-wasteland drama 'Better Luck Tomorrow,' a shrewdly tense piece of storytelling, recognizes that sometimes… — Elvis Mitchell Copy Share Image
It may be a bit early to make such judgments, but 'Battlefield Earth' may well turn out to be the worst movie… — Elvis Mitchell Battlefield Copy Share Image
Who would ever have thought that Robert Ludlum would have become the father of modern action cinema? — Elvis Mitchell Action Copy Share Image
Can you sue yourself for plagiarism? If so, then 'Old School' has presented Ivan Reitman with a case. — Elvis Mitchell Copy Share Image
A stand-up comedian who's assaultive and decent and has managed a career that has spanned over five decades deserves a documentary. — Elvis Mitchell Career Copy Share Image
The Wachowskis' use of space rivals that of musical directors like Gene Kelly and Mark Sandrich. — Elvis Mitchell Copy Share Image
In the early '60s, it was still a fairly subversive thing, though, to say that you should take a painting, cut it,… — Elvis Mitchell Artist Copy Share Image
Stewart's interest in serious acting gives her something in common with Theron - and, like Theron, some of her most provocative work… — Elvis Mitchell Acting Copy Share Image
'Eight-Legged Freaks' runs out of gas scarily fast - its one-joke premise lends itself more to a short than a feature. — Elvis Mitchell Copy Share Image
One thing that I've noticed about big families is that they usually break down into two camps: the talkers and the watchers. — Elvis Mitchell Copy Share Image
I dress well. I travel; I seem to be relatively glamorous for a film guy - which, to me, is like being… — Elvis Mitchell Circus Copy Share Image
Real-life conduct aside, LaBeouf, a Los Angeles native, has been working steadily as an actor since he was 12 years old. — Elvis Mitchell Actor Copy Share Image
'Certifiably Jonathan' contrives crises for its subject - a bid to get his paintings into MOMA, among others. — Elvis Mitchell Artist Copy Share Image
The Ebert thing just didn't work out. We just couldn't, like, come to an agreement. And 'Movieline', they obviously didn't want me,… — Elvis Mitchell Agreement Copy Share Image
'Ravenna' is, in many ways, the ultimate example of how a woman's perception of herself can lead to this horrible road being… — Elvis Mitchell Being Copy Share Image
I've been cheered by the reaction to what I've done with Film Independent at LACMA and the organizational support I've received in… — Elvis Mitchell Copy Share Image
'Va Savoir' is a lovable comedy about love that looks upon life as drama and uses the world of the theater as… — Elvis Mitchell Actor Copy Share Image
There are storytelling traditions that come from Africa that are unique from anywhere else. — Elvis Mitchell Africa Copy Share Image
In his very first film, Mr. Gonzalez Inarritu makes the kind of journey some directors don't - or can't - travel in… — Elvis Mitchell Career Copy Share Image
I think there are some people who have this thing where, from the very beginning, some part of them rejects convention. — Elvis Mitchell Beginning Copy Share Image
'Never Die Alone' is primarily a riveting genre film that neatly exhibits the director's growing assurance - Donald Goines would be proud. — Elvis Mitchell Alone Copy Share Image
Mike Mignola's 'Hellboy' comics have a drizzly, musty gothic ambience - the same fetid air that H. P. Lovecraft circulated in his… — Elvis Mitchell Copy Share Image
Berry was a transitional and, to my mind, revolutionary black figure who had to find a place for the rage that the… — Elvis Mitchell Copy Share Image
I've enjoyed living in New York for the last 10 years, where there's a real film culture, with the Film Forum and… — Elvis Mitchell Culture Copy Share Image
The road back from degradation begins with self-awareness - and sometimes, as in 'Phone Booth,' change can begin with a single phone… — Elvis Mitchell Copy Share Image
