Lars and the Real Girl: "Whether you find it moving or cloying will probably depend on how much down-to-earth, small-town decency you can handle in two hours."

Control: "I was wary of Control's recipe of suicide and rock. But it only took a few moments of Anton Corbijn's stark cinematography to disarm me."

Elizabeth: The Golden Age: "The question is not whether it's okay to rewrite history in a big-budget entertainment. It's just how stupid you think your audience is."

Mala Noche: Criterion Edition: "Suffused with an intoxicating, ironic mixture of longing and apathy, Mala Noche plays like a revelation after all these years."

Q&A: Catherine Breillat: "I always tell my actors that the more they censor themselves, the more it would look like a porn film."