When Uncle Bob (or Ted or Ray) promised to send a shooting star over the house to mark a young listener's birthday, the young listener, who had hung out the window for an hour without seeing the star, questioned not… — Vincent Canby Copy Share Image
In this land of unlimited opportunity, a place where, to paraphrase Woody Allen, any man or woman can realize greatness as a patient or as a doctor, we have only one commercial American filmmaker who consistently speaks with his own… — Vincent Canby Copy Share Image
There's no doubt about it. Arcadia is Tom Stoppard's richest, most ravishing comedy to date, a play of wit, intellect, language, brio and, new… — Vincent Canby Copy Share Image
Radio wasn't outside our lives. It coincided with and helped to shape our childhood and adolescence. As we slogged toward maturity, it also grew… — Vincent Canby Copy Share Image
Good fiction reveals feeling, refines events, locates importance and, though its methods are as mysterious as they are varied, intensifies the experience of living… — Vincent Canby Copy Share Image
When Uncle Bob (or Ted or Ray) promised to send a shooting star over the house to mark a young listener's birthday, the young… — Vincent Canby Copy Share Image
It is guaranteed to put all teeth on edge, including George Washington's, wherever they might be. — Vincent Canby Copy Share Image
Nothing in Death Hunt makes a great deal of sense, though the scenery is rugged and the snowscapes beautiful. — Vincent Canby Copy Share Image
The solemnity of the annual Nobel ceremonies in Stockholm with the cheerful bad taste of the grand opening of a shopping center in Los… — Vincent Canby Copy Share Image
“Lives—even the most carefully managed— are voids filled with echoes” — Vincent Canby Copy Share Image
We are drawn to our television sets each April the way we are drawn to the scene of an accident. — Vincent Canby Copy Share Image
We are drawn to Twitter the way we are drawn to the scene of an accident. — Vincent Canby Copy Share Image
Like Godard, Tati is also remarkably appreciative of the odd beauty that can be revealed in the shapes, patterns and colors created by the… — Vincent Canby Copy Share Image
Through the magic of motion pictures, someone who's never left Peoria knows the softness of a Paris spring, the color of a Nile sunset,… — Vincent Canby Copy Share Image
