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Quote: "The film might be heavily indebted to the literate, patently British comedy-of-manners, but there are also large doses of bawdy screwball comedy incorporated to keep the laughs coming."

Quote: "Boy Crush is essentially a mixed bag, and a modest one at that, though that's not to say there's not a few minor treasures worth seeking out."

Quote: "Hedda Gabler is one of the great confounding female characters in Western literature. Is she a villain? Is she a tragic figure?"

Quote: "When it comes down to it, the filmmakers have somehow managed to make an extremely uncontroversial film out of one of the most controversial topics imaginable."

Quote: "Private Property is a film well worth seeking out. After a while, it really manages to get under your skin."

Quote: "Obviously the subject matter and experimental style won't appeal to all tastes, but serious film fans should be required to spend a little time acquainting themselves with this rather enigmatic cinematic figure and his body of work that until now has been extremely elusive."

Quote: "I can't think of another DVD that gave me as much pleasure to simply sit down and spend my time with."

Quote: "The great innovation of this film, which has since become the standard for this form, is that it actually dares to show the musicians close up, not consigning the camera to a faraway, anonymous audience view or (much, much worse) cutting away to idyllic nature scenes."

Quote: "I know of few recent films that have proved as polarizing as Funny Ha Ha but somehow I've managed to find myself in a place suspended between what seems to be the typical 'love it' or 'loathe it' reactions."

Quote: "If anything, there's an admittedly bizarre gravity that the film's closed off, artificial atmosphere creates, though finally the dream-within-a-dream-within-a-dream structure becomes tiresome. I guess when it comes down to it I found a lot of words and color and images but very little poetry."