Charm Quote by Amitava Kumar

I always felt that with an Antoine Doinel film, Truffaut was taking a vacation, that Francois could relax when making a Doinel film. All…

— Jean-Pierre Leaud

Before seeing Truffaut 's Small Change, I was afraid it was going to be one of those simple, natural films about childhood which I…

— Pauline Kael

Here's what I'm going to say about that: my personal thought about the brilliance of 'Peeno Noir' as proven by the fans' appreciation is…

— Tituss Burgess

I liked Truffaut a lot, I've felt a lot of admiration for his way to address the audience, and his storytelling… La nuit américaine…

— Ingmar Bergman

“A thousand stories had painted cities in his mind, the great cities of kings and queens, of thrones and powers and legends, and Caemlyn…

— Robert Jordan

Suppose we took a thousand negatives... combining the elegances, the squalor, the curiosities, the monuments, the sad faces, the triumphant faces, the power, the…

— Berenice Abbott

There have to be moments when you glimpse something decent, something life-affirming even in the most twisted character. That's where the real art lies.…

— Martin McDonagh

“The master of ceremonies asked people to say what they thought the function of the novel might be in modern society, and one critic…

— Kurt Vonnegut

AN ABSOLUTELY VITAL FILM. Exacting, enraging and revelatory. A clear, temperate and devastating account of high level arrogance and incompetence.

— A. O. Scott

The incredible cinematography makes 'A Walk to Beautiful' almost like a poem; there is a tenderness on display that seems to emanate from the…

— Abraham Verghese

That's what I always loved about [Federico] Fellini's films: You see the weird joy of the weird filmmaking family and the abstract craziness that…

— Tim Burton

When I was growing up in the '80s and working in the theater, David Mamet exploded with a whole new reworking of what dialogue…

— Anthony McCarten