Films
- Before the Devil Knows You're Dead ("a grand opera of immorality ... staged exquisitely by Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Marisa Tomei and Albert Finney, whose performances fuse to form a diamond that sparkles with the dazzlement of dysfunction")
- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le scaphandre et le papillon) ("challenges us to look into a mirror, appreciate the fragility of our own lives and marvel at the power of the mind")
- Into the Wild ("celebrates the dreamer in all of us - and the danger of dreaming alone")
- Juno ("Ellen Page delivers the breakthrough performance of the year - one that embodies the comedy inherent in being a misfit and the strength that comes when facing life's biggest challenges")
- Knocked Up ("stretches the boundaries of romantic comedies by introducing one of American film's most unlikely pairings, and then brilliantly crafts a story where ... the couple embrace each other - and the audience - in a world of humor and heart")
- Michael Clayton ("pulse-quickening entertainment for both the heart and mind")
- No Country for Old Men ("the Coen Brothers' masterful juxtaposition of savagery and innocence is a powerful tale of morality in a bleak world where a life can end with the flip of a coin") (Academy Award for Best Picture Winner)
- Ratatouille ("creates environments that are so fully realized, so rich with detail, that both young and old alike will feel as though their passports have been stamped and their palates sated") (Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Winner)
- The Savages ("places our destiny firmly in the hands of talented artists, and, ultimately, proves the power of film in bringing us all together to celebrate life")
- There Will Be Blood ("Paul Thomas Anderson's epic poem of savagery, optimism and obsession is a true meditation on America")
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“Right now I think censorship is necessary; the things they’re doing and saying in films right now just shouldn’t be allowed. There’s no dignity anymore and I think that’s very important.”
—Mae West (1892–1980)
“Television does not dominate or insist, as movies do. It is not sensational, but taken for granted. Insistence would destroy it, for its message is so dire that it relies on being the background drone that counters silence. For most of us, it is something turned on and off as we would the light. It is a service, not a luxury or a thing of choice.”
—David Thomson, U.S. film historian. America in the Dark: The Impact of Hollywood Films on American Culture, ch. 8, William Morrow (1977)
“Does art reflect life? In movies, yes. Because more than any other art form, films have been a mirror held up to society’s porous face.”
—Marjorie Rosen (b. 1942)