I think the people who are making Christmas-themed movies today feel that people are more cynical about Christmas. There's more of an edge.
From Leonard Maltin
Television is what made It's a Wonderful Life the classic it is today.
Beauty and the Beast became the first animated feature ever nominated for best picture.
If I were less than honest as a critic, I think people would spot that right away, and it would destroy my credibility.
I teach at USC. I have a big class of 360 kids, only about a fifth of whom are film majors. I don't just show the Hollywood blockbusters. I show independent films, foreign films, documentaries.
Dumbo... makes me cry. Every single time and in the exact same spot. I just have a special affection for Dumbo.
Hollywood executives believe that money is both the be-all and end-all to the moviemaking process.
Los Angeles has the greatest concentration of surviving movie palaces in the United States, yet most residents have never been inside one of them.
I had the great good fortune to interview Peggy Lee. Her memories of working with Walt Disney and his team were warm and upbeat.
When Tim Allen made The Santa Clause, I thought that was a delightful film. It took a modern sensibility but layered onto it a kind of sentiment.
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