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There comes a point in your moviegoing life where you look at the

There comes a point in your moviegoing life where you look at the screen and then you look at the world and you ask, What is going on? You want the movies to show you the chaos and mess and risk and failure that are normal for a lot of us. Generally, the movies hide all of that. – Wesley Morris

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Standing beneath the white light of an Apple store is like standing on a Stanley Kubrick movie set. His 2001: A Space Odyssey predicted Jobs and a future where technology was our friend. Kubrick, of course, didnt like what he saw. And occasionally, I have my doubts. – Wesley Morris

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In movies, there are some things the French do that Americans are increasingly incapable of doing. One is honoring the complexities of youth. Its a quiet, difficult undertaking, requiring subtlety in a filmmaker and perception and patience from us. – Wesley Morris

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Sidney Poitier became a star in part by helping black and white Americans negotiate their new relationship in the post-Civil Rights era. – Wesley Morris

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