The emotional elevation of the film is due in no small measure to the extraordinarily engaging performances of Anne Bancroft as the wife-mother-mistress, Dustin Hoffman as the lumbering Lancelot, and Katherine Ross as his fair Elaine.

I never argue with people about movies.

I've always said to people that auteurism is nice, but it's hypothetical, and gradually you learn how much or how little influence different directors had.

Lemon Tree is well worth seeing as a first-class artistic achievement bridging two civilizations.

Hitchcock is the most-daring avant-garde film-maker in America today.

The Window is not without a certain visual spell that makes it a first-rate artistic achievement.

There's a part of me that looks beyond everything now.