Roger Ebert

In Praise of Pauline Kael (15 person items)

" “Kael had a more positive influence on the climate for film in America than any other single person over the last three decades. She had no theory, no rules, no guidelines, no objective standards. You couldn’t apply her ‘approach’ to a film. With her it was all personal.” “The most powerful, loved, and hated film critic of her time.”"

In Praise of Yasujiro Ozu (10 person items)

" "To love movies without loving Ozu is an impossibility." "Ozu developed a visual style that was unlike anybody else's. Although in some of the silent films at Facets you can see that he obviously studied Hollywood directors, he had certain visual trademarks that were all his own." "

In Praise of Gary Oldman (12 person items)

" "Oldman is one of the great actors, able to play high, low, crass, noble." "

The Favourite Films of Critics and Filmmakers (32 movies items)

"Sight & Sound Poll, 2002: 1. Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972, Werner Herzog) 2. Apocalypse Now (1979, Francis Ford Coppola) 3. Citizen Kane (1941, Orson Welles) 4. The Decalogue (1988, Krzysztof Kieslowski) 5. La Dolce Vita (1959, Federico Fellini) 6. The General (1927, Buster Keaton) 7. Raging Bull (1980, Martin Scorsese) 8. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968, Stanley Kubrick) 9. Tokyo Story (1953, Yasujiro Ozu) 10. Vertigo (1958, Alfred Hitchcock) Sight & Sound Poll, 2012: 1. 2001: A Space Odyssey"

The Moral Imperative of Art (21 art items)

"“Art is the closest we can come to understanding how a stranger really feels.”"