Cinema Quote by Suresh Gopi

I'm not a genre film filmmaker. I'd rather look for a topic that I think we need to bring up and discuss because there's…

— Ruben Ostlund

If you look at most mainstream filmmaking, to be honest, some of these films aren't even asking questions anymore at all.

— Karyn Kusama

I think there is a general interest in films that deal with contemporary issues. Constructions of Iran, Islam, the Middle East as well as…

— Mohammad Marandi

I never speak about my films. By talking about an issue, we tend to trivialise it.

— Rekha

It's always more interesting to make a movie about what is relevant in your society. What's the political global backdrop? What are our threats?…

— Gerard Butler

The lack of racial diversity and gender diversity and the lack of female directors - those are not fashionable issues. And they're not issues…

— Cate Blanchett

I never seek controversy or foresee it for my pictures. I take a personal stand, and perhaps because my films are on contemporary subjects,…

— Otto Preminger

I think film should raise questions, not give answers. I think film should challenge people to reflect, debate and get by themselves to the…

— Diego Luna

I like films that deal with some of those questions that you can never answer: 'Why are we here? What's it about? What happens…

— Dominic Monaghan

It often disturbs me, when I see a film set in a historical time, that the people are too modern.

— Max von Sydow

I want to make a series of films of contemporary America that feel urgent and deal with sometimes-topical matters, but hopefully in a universal…

— Peter Hedges

I strongly believe film should create conversations around themes we are grappling with as a society.

— Stacy Martin