DESPERATE TIMES

"A film like this makes me wonder if we are coming to the end of the facile, snarky indie films. We live in desperate times. We are ready to respond to films that ask that question. 'How do you live in this world?' "
-Roger Ebert, on Ramin Bahrani's Goodbye Solo

EDGE

Martin Ritt at his finest.

DONT CALL IT A COMEBACK

Tiger,
I am more prone to be inquisitive
to promote discussion.
I want to find out what your thinking was.
I wanna find out what your feelings are...
and...
did you learn anything?

PLAYBOY

"I had a lot of girlfriends, but it's not the same as cheating. I don't cheat. I am very open about what I do . . . I think that when you are in a relationship, you should be honest. The real immorality of infidelity is the lying."

-Hugh Hefner

UN PROPHETE

"The film aims at creating icons, images, for people who don't have images in movies...Like the Arabs in France"
-Jacques Audiard

THEATRE OF CRUELTY

"Henry Kissinger" by Leon Golub

ALWAYS UNTIL VICTORY

"Viva Zapata"
starring Marlon Brando as Emiliano Zapata   
directed by Elia Kazan

AY, CANDELA!

"I had suffered a lot through music. I felt... I don't know how to say it... disappointed by my life in music. But he went on until I agreed to record a number with him. I told him I could not go anywhere without getting ready. He said, "No, no, they are doing the recording now!" So, I left the shoes I was shining, and went with him to Egrem Studios."

-Ibrahim Ferrer, on joining the Buena Vista Social Club as a 70 year-old shoe shiner.

COMPASSION

"You do not command him. You know that soft is stronger than hard, water is stronger than rock, love stronger than force."
-Siddhartha by H. Hesse

MOSHIACH NOW!

Im nin'alu daltei n'divim daltei marom lo nin'alu
"Even if the gates of the rich will be closed, the gates of heaven will never be closed."
-Rabbi Shalom Shabazi
   featured in "Paid In Full" by Eric B. and Rakim

MUSCLE

Jean Claude Van Damme, pictured with Russian PM Vladimir Putin.

THE MINSTREL SHOW

"A lot of stuff that's out there today - it's coonery and buffoonery. I know it's making a lot of money, breaking records, but we could do better. That's my opinion."

-Spike Lee, on Tyler Perry

SCHMATTA BUSINESS

"It's in my blood. A legacy of merchants and hustlers and business owners. But there was something, I think, in the Jewish comunity that went on post World-War II where to be a merchant was declasse. My dad went to Harvard, his two brothers went to Yale. Being a "professional" was really improtant. But for me, I love that my grandfathers had their own businesses, their own employees. My dream was to build an organization.  "

-Dov Charney

PIRATE SEASON

"Yo ho."

I WAS BORN TO KILL

"He wants to get fat. He doesn't want his braider braiding every nook and cranny of his hair. He doesn't want to have ripples in his stomach. He doesn't want the pressure of being 'Untitled' the video."

NEIGHBORHOOD

An aging shopkeeper, a retired Black cop, and a self-taught martial artist take a stand against the gangs that have terrorized their community for years. Seven Samurai meets Gran Torino.