Richard Corliss Quotes

In Toronto, the film festival is like a carnival… entire families come to it.

Cannes is the largest festival of world cinema.

Though all festivals are important, this Cannes Festival starts off the season.

Until you've been to Cannes, it's hard to describe to someone the magnitude of that festival.

As far as festivals, nothing tops Cannes.

The only times you'll see me in terms of the movie business is when I have to go to the premieres of my own movies. I don't go to see ones that aren't mine because I don't even like going to mine.

I specialize in cool inside movie news. Specifically, the news from movies that excite us fans.

I had lived in Fukuoka during the mid 1990s, and I was a volunteer with the Fukuoka Asian Film Festival.

I don't go to premieres, unless I'm contractually bound to.

Hollywood exists only for the B-movies. The best things are coming from Europe.

Hollywood movies are seen throughout the world.

I didn't know anything about movies or movie stars or the Academy or anything. I was just a blank sheet of paper. I was totally ignorant of all that stuff. I never went to the movies, didn't know anything about the movies.

I see most of my movies at festivals.

So, where's the Cannes Film Festival being held this year?

I always go to the Cannes Film Festival and it's just such a glamorous time.

I always wanted to go to Sundance.

It isn't glamorous until after the film is finished, and you are at the premiere and getting your picture on the cover of magazines.

Cannes is a lot of work, since it's a market festival and a serious festival, and they really work you, understandably.

The first time I went to Cannes, Gus Van Sant was there in competition with 'Last Days.'

Cannes is one of the biggest film festivals across the globe, and getting your film selected for a screening is quite a big achievement.

There's only so many great movies that come about every year.

I've been to several international film festivals, including those in Locarno, Switzerland; Dubai; Russia; Berlin; Cannes; Bangkok; and Hong Kong.

The Cannes Film Festival is the biggest, most prestigious film festival in the world. This is where filmmakers are discovered, where futures are made, and the most important films premiered.

The Academy Awards are passed out on Sunday. It's voted by members of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. Or as I call them, 50 shades of white.

The first time that I came to Cannes, I think it was in 1953, I was 18 and unknown.