“Never grieve for me if it is my good fortune to die with my boots on. That's what I most hope for.” Quote by 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
“Children of Men is a solemn, haunting picture, but it's also a thrilling one, partly because of the sheer bravado with which it's made. It left me feeling more fortified than drained. [Director Alfonso] Cuarón, the most openhearted of directors, prefers to give rather than take away.” MenGivingChildrenMadeFeelingsLeftDirectorsMade ItSheerThrillingHauntingSolemnDrainedBravadoChildren Of Men Author:Stephanie Zacharek