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Federico Fellini on Giulietta Masina's special qualities as an actress:

"Giulietta has the lightness of a phantom, a dream, an idea. She possesses the movements, the mimic skills and the cadences of a clown. She has the looks of amazement and of dismay, unexpected moments of joy…

What's the greatest weapon-on-a-string in cinema?

I'll go first:

It’s one of the most visually beautiful films in existence and gives me that *missed the last step on a staircase* feeling in my stomach, it’s Hitchcocks absolute best in my opinion. i stand by it in my top 4

Dune: Part Two (2024) dir. Denis Villeneuve

She is an extraordinary women! A bit mysterious and very sweet.
#FrançoisTruffaut

Baisers volés (François Truffaut, 1968).

Bruce Willis on the set of Pulp Fiction interviewed by Quentin Tarantino

“I’m not locked in here with you. You’re locked in here with me”
Watchmen (2009)

Satyajit Ray on Jean-Luc Godard:

"‘I DON’T LIKE Godard’ is a statement one frequently hears at  Film festivals.  Now, I don’t like Godard too. But then, ‘like’ is a word I  seldom use to describe my feeling about truly modern artists.  Do we really like Pablo Picasso, or…

A beautiful trailer for Richard Linklater’s 'Before trilogy', courtesy of the Austin Film Society (@austinfilm), which will host a screening of all three films on February 7-8 to celebrate the 30th anniversary of 'Before Sunrise'.

In The Mood For Love (2000) dir. Wong Kar Wai

On this day in 1927, Fritz Lang’s 'Metropolis' premiered in Berlin. A landmark in silent cinema and sci-fi, with mesmerizing visuals and a story about a divided futuristic society that’s still a reference for film and art.