A film like Hoop Dreams is what the movies are for. It takes us, shakes us, and makes us think in new ways about the world around us. It gives us the impression of having touched life itself.

Teaching prejudice to a child is itself a form of bullying. You've got to be taught to hate.

I'll tell you, I think that the Internet has provided an enormous boost to film criticism by giving people an opportunity to self publish or to find sites that are friendly.

A truly strong woman will choose a stong man who disagrees with her over a weak one who goes along.

We can't help identifying with the protagonist. It's coded in our movie-going DNA.

Exhilarating. Radical Grace moved me to tears with its portrayal of good people putting their beliefs into action in ways that transcend all ideological boundaries.

If you can act as if something is true, in a sense that makes it true.