“The uniform of Polish Uhlan makes even the youngest, inexperienced boy looks like he's made from steel.” Quote by Maynard Owen Williams
“Never grieve for me if it is my good fortune to die with my boots on. That's what I most hope for.” IfsDiesFortuneGrievingBootsGood Fortune Author:Maynard Owen Williams
“We've moved away from being a culture of people who think about movies to one made up of people who believe that spouting a list of preferences is the same as registering an opinion.” PeopleThinkingBelieveMadeCultureOpinionMovedListsPreference Author:Stephanie Zacharek
“You can talk film theory till you're blue in the face, but in the end, the thing that may haunt you most about a movie is a pair of eyes.” MayEndsEyeFilmFacesTheoryBluePairs Author:Stephanie Zacharek
“Who would have thought that [director] Cameron Crowe had a movie as bad as Vanilla Sky in him? It's a punishing picture, a betrayal of everything that Crowe has proved he knows how to do right.” KnowsKnow HowSkyDirectorsBetrayalCameronVanilla Author:Stephanie Zacharek
“I can't remember ever feeling so glad that a movie was finally over. [Director George] Lucas may have held my imagination hostage for two hours, but reclaiming it afterward wasn't hard at all.” MayI CanTwoHardFeelingsRememberHoursImaginationDirectorsGladMy ImaginationHostage Author:Stephanie Zacharek
“Monster is a compassionate picture without any obvious agenda. And it's effective precisely because it's not a polemic.” ObviousMonstersAgendasCompassionatePolemics Author:Stephanie Zacharek
“Oldboy makes us feel a part of something bigger than ourselves. It's a grand, gritty, indelible experience, the sort of picture that mimics great literature in the way it envelops you in a well-told story while also evoking subtle but strong gradations of emotion.” WayFeelsWellsStoriesLiteratureStrongEmotionBiggerSubtleIndelibleGreat Literature Author:Stephanie Zacharek
“This film "Phantom" takes everything that's wrong with Broadway and puts it on the big screen in a gaudy splat.” BigsFilmScreensBroadwayPhantomsBig ScreenGaudy Author:Stephanie Zacharek
“While "9 Songs" is sexually explicit in the basic sense, its directness is what's most fascinating, and ultimately most moving, about it.” MovingSongFascinatingSexuallyExplicit Author:Stephanie Zacharek
“"Batman Begins" leaks existential phoniness from the first frame.” FirstsExistentialLeaks Author:Stephanie Zacharek