The Disney animators' rules on adult females: mothers are perfect but imperiled; stepmothers are wicked and occasionally homicidal; godmothers are sweet things… — Richard Corliss Animators Copy Share Image
I had grown up thinking of movies as something to eat popcorn with. Bergman and the other European directors were the first… — Richard Corliss Art Copy Share Image
You may debate whether the Disney heroines fit the feminist standard, but they don't live in a democracy. Remember, they're princesses. — Richard Corliss Debate Copy Share Image
For 82 minutes, 'The Little Mermaid' reclaims the movie house as a dream palace and the big screen as a window into… — Richard Corliss Action film Copy Share Image
Nixon's shifty eyes and perpetual 5 o'clock shadow made him a natural fit for caricatured villainy. — Richard Corliss Eyes Copy Share Image
Nixon, with his mellifluous baritone, was a great politician for radio but creepy on TV. — Richard Corliss Creepy Copy Share Image
There are movies whose feel-good sentiments and slick craft annoy me so deeply that I know they will become box-office successes or… — Richard Corliss Become Copy Share Image
In 'Se7en' and 'Fight Club,' Fincher proved his suave mastery of film violence; in Zodiac, his way of clarifying the many clues… — Richard Corliss Betrayal Copy Share Image
In the greed-is-good tradition of the 'Harry Potter' and 'Twilight' movie franchises, the overseers of 'The Hunger Games' have split the last… — Richard Corliss Book Copy Share Image
The 1930s birthed two great agrarian novels: 'Gone with the Wind' from the viewpoint of the ruling class, 'The Grapes of Wrath'… — Richard Corliss Books Copy Share Image
