I Like Films

"I think all a filmmaker dare ask a critic is that he take the work seriously, wrestle with it earnestly, write about it—and his responses to it—soberly. It is not important if a critic ‘likes’ or ‘doesn’t like’ a movie. What is important is that he engages with it fully, brings to his responses the conviction, the passion, that the director brings to the film’s making. Opinion is evanescent, but the work abides."