Book Quote by Will Self

I've discovered that most critics themselves are cinematically illiterate. They don't really know much about movies. They don't know the history. They don't know…

— George Lucas

An often-repeated assertion in the body of film criticism I have written is the assertion that movies do not just mirror the culture of…

— bell hooks

In this age of consumerism film criticism all over the world - in America first but also in Europe - has become something that…

— Wim Wenders

I've never had a problem with criticism. Whether films or television, I've lived with it and emerged stronger.

— Ekta Kapoor

When you're making a film, there are so many people involved that you get opinions and notes from people and you don't even know…

— Nick Cave

Culture is only true when implicitly critical, and the mind which forgets this revenges itself in the critics it breeds. Criticism is an indispensable…

— Theodor Adorno

I still think like a critic, and I still analyze films like a critic. However, it's not possible to write criticism if you're making…

— Paul Schrader

In my career, my movies tend to polarize critics.

— John Landis

Critics are giving marks for originality, acting, photography and scripting, while mass audiences are more drawn to familiarity of genre, stars they would like…

— Mark Lawson

There are a few critics overseas, and occasionally a critic will write an astute analysis of the movie. There is value in reading critics…

— George Lucas

I'm very careful of not being critical of other people's movies, which work in different styles. I think some of my movies can be…

— Frederick Wiseman

The culture of independent film criticism has totally gone down the drain and this seems to come with the territory of the consumer age…

— Wim Wenders