African films should be thought of as offering as many different points of view as the film of any other different continent.… — Elvis Mitchell Copy Share Image
'8 Mile' could do without an unnecessary class swipe. In a final throwdown, Rabbit clowns a competitor by revealing that the guy… — Elvis Mitchell Copy Share Image
We want to see ourselves - but differently. We want to see these dream versions of ourselves. We want to be surprised;… — Elvis Mitchell Copy Share Image
Each country has its own way of communicating a narrative and, through that, expressing family experiences in emotional stories. — Elvis Mitchell Copy Share Image
I thought that, as a black audience member, I would like to see something that reflected an experience that's not normally exhibited… — Elvis Mitchell Copy Share Image
No actor has made a career of exerting determination to the extent that Matt Damon has. In the 'Bourne' movies, he burned himself down… — Elvis Mitchell Copy Share Image
There are storytelling traditions that come from Africa that are unique from anywhere else. — Elvis Mitchell Copy Share Image
The world may not be ready yet for the film equivalent of books on tape, but this peculiar phenomenon has arrived in the form… — Elvis Mitchell Copy Share Image
What we're most aware of in 'Eight-Legged Freaks' is how similar it is to other movies, a recombinant mutated species itself, the product of… — Elvis Mitchell Copy Share Image
Watching daring, high-tech criminals in action, I have the same thought that probably occurs to other moviegoers: if these guys just held on to… — Elvis Mitchell Copy Share Image
The influence of John Hughes is fully felt in the melodrama 'Donnie Darko.' This first film written and directed by Richard Kelly is a… — Elvis Mitchell Copy Share Image
Some people bring their work home with them. You might suppose that Sid Mashburn is one of those guys - the man was born… — Elvis Mitchell Copy Share Image
In 'Requiem for a Dream,' the director Darren Aronofsky's adaptation of Hubert Selby Jr.'s lower-depths novel, Jared Leto has lost so much weight, he… — Elvis Mitchell Copy Share Image
Miramax seems to be showing the same faith in Roberto Benigni's 'Pinocchio' that the Republican Party showed in Trent Lott; the live-action version of… — Elvis Mitchell 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, because they… — Elvis Mitchell 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 pursuing it. — Elvis Mitchell Copy Share Image
