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.

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Beauty and the Beast became the first animated feature ever nominated for best picture.

Beauty and the Beast became the first animated feature ever nominated for best picture.

Television is what made It's a Wonderful Life the classic it is today.

Television is what made It's a Wonderful Life the classic it is today.

I think the people who are making Christmas-themed movies today feel that people are more...

I think the people who are making Christmas-themed movies today feel that people are more...

I'm a lifelong Disney nut.

I'm a lifelong Disney nut.

Movie theaters still exist in spite of all of the alternatives that are available, video...

Movie theaters still exist in spite of all of the alternatives that are available, video...

NBC anchor Brian Williams is a standup comic in disguise.

NBC anchor Brian Williams is a standup comic in disguise.

Los Angeles has the greatest concentration of surviving movie palaces in the United States, yet...

Los Angeles has the greatest concentration of surviving movie palaces in the United States, yet...

If I were less than honest as a critic, I think people would spot that...

If I were less than honest as a critic, I think people would spot that...

Quality survives.

Quality survives.

Polar Express is not an attempt to do animation. It is a technology-based film.

Polar Express is not an attempt to do animation. It is a technology-based film.

I had the great good fortune to interview Peggy Lee. Her memories of working with...

I had the great good fortune to interview Peggy Lee. Her memories of working with...

Everyone is looking for the sure thing. They are looking to hedge their bet. They...

Everyone is looking for the sure thing. They are looking to hedge their bet. They...

A Christmas Carol is such a fool-proof story you can't louse it up.

A Christmas Carol is such a fool-proof story you can't louse it up.

Dumbo... makes me cry. Every single time and in the exact same spot. I just...

Dumbo... makes me cry. Every single time and in the exact same spot. I just...

Hollywood executives believe that money is both the be-all and end-all to the moviemaking process.

Hollywood executives believe that money is both the be-all and end-all to the moviemaking process.

While it was occasionally done here or there, nobody else had a figurehead like Walt...

While it was occasionally done here or there, nobody else had a figurehead like Walt...

Shakespeare wrote great plays that we're still watching all these years later. Charlie Chaplin made...

Shakespeare wrote great plays that we're still watching all these years later. Charlie Chaplin made...

Timing in life is everything.

Timing in life is everything.

Audiences deserve better.

Audiences deserve better.

I think people in Hollywood are afraid of sentiment because they think audiences will reject...

I think people in Hollywood are afraid of sentiment because they think audiences will reject...