Manohla Dargis

The movie industry is failing women. And until the industry starts making serious changes, nothing is going to change.

— Manohla Dargis

In scene after scene, meaning sneaks in and sometimes roars.

— Manohla Dargis

Ben Stiller isn't funny - honest. Ben Stiller is very funny, and smart, and cute, too, in a neurotic, New York kind…

— Manohla Dargis

There isn’t anything good to say about Kick-Ass 2, the even more witless, mirthless follow-up to Kick-Ass.

— Manohla Dargis

Moment by moment, with a twitch, a shudder, a look, it's Mr. Hardy who movingly draws you in, turning a stranger's face…

— Manohla Dargis

In 1963 ... The Vatican condemned Dr. No as a 'dangerous mixture of violence, vulgarity, sadism and sex.' Ka-ching!

— Manohla Dargis

Dancer, bride, runaway wife, radical filmmaker and pioneer - Shirley Clarke is one of the great undertold stories of American independent cinema.

— Manohla Dargis

The New World is rated PG-13 (Parents strongly cautioned). There is some intense, bloodless violence and the beautiful underage lead actress (15-year-old…

— Manohla Dargis

Created for MTV in 1990, the sharply observed, pop-conscious Ben Stiller Show - featuring its star's lacerating impersonations of Bono, Tom Cruise,…

— Manohla Dargis

The great irony is that women are accused of making romantic comedies, as if it's a bad thing, but [(500) Days of…

— Manohla Dargis

An acquired taste, this dense Jabberwocky-ish word salad is a political allegory about a populace that's been pharmaceutically duped into believing its…

— Manohla Dargis

American commercial cinema has long been dominated by men, but I don’t think there has ever been another time when women have…

— Manohla Dargis

NOTHING SHOULD BE TAKEN FOR GRANTED IN 'EVERYONE ELSE,' WHICH IS AT ONCE LAID-BACK AND RIGOROUSAbout the world we create when we…

— Manohla Dargis

In truth, “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close” isn't about Sept. 11. It's about the impulse to drain that day of its specificity…

— Manohla Dargis

André Bazin wrote that art emerged from our desire to counter the passage of time and the inevitable decay it brings. But…

— Manohla Dargis

Paprika is evidence that Japanese animators are reaching for the moon, while most of their American counterparts remain stuck in the kiddie…

— Manohla Dargis

Mr. Lapid, making an electrifying feature directing debut, traces the line between the group and the individual in a story that can…

— Manohla Dargis

It looked like Ben Stiller was one of the showbiz meteorites who was moving so fast he would soon have no worlds…

— Manohla Dargis

By focusing on such a narrow slice of Nepali life, Ms. Spray and Mr. Velez have ceded any totalizing claim on the…

— Manohla Dargis

The great irony is that women are accused of making romantic comedies, as if it’s a bad thing, but Marc Webb makes…

— Manohla Dargis

That Ms. Farahani found Mr. Mohassess and persuaded him to share his story is a terrific coup, even if a great deal…

— Manohla Dargis

The weave of the personal and the political finally proves as irresistible as it is moving, partly because it has been drawn…

— Manohla Dargis