"When this movie came out, I went to see it again and again. It was probably the last movie that I saw in the theater more than once during its initial release. I knew nothing about it going in, and coming out mostly what I knew was how happy it made me feel."

"“​Any war opposing progression is unjust​.” I was on a Godard marathon only quite recently and I saw this and it blew my head right off! The film is very quotable, full of satire and generous knowledge. It features brief, if not iconic cameos of activists Omar Blondin Diop and Francis Jeanson."

"The strangest film. I’ve been fascinated by this film since the first time I saw it. Since my subconscious is populated with these images and these visuals impressions, it’s hard for me not to put it in the ten best films. Its black and white makes me think of a modern Maupassant."

"I saw Flowers for the first time during grad school in the early 1990s, and Rossellini’s deceptively simple depiction of grace and faith has never left me. I always wanted to see it again, so I was beyond thrilled when I found out that Criterion was releasing it. Hands down my favorite Rossellini."

"I’m always hesitant to claim that any movie “changed my life,” but this one actually did. At the time I first saw it, I’d never considered the possibility of telling a story without narrative. It changed the way I thought about all art, and it made me want to be a weirder person."

"So I have to think of one more? Okay, I’ll say that on the plane coming here I saw The Reader and I thought that was an amazing film, a very affecting film dealing with an almost overfamiliar subject but in an almost novel and emotional way. That’s my current favorite movie."