Jason Moore on Nancy Meyers
"She so completely creates a world that all of us -- women and men -- aspire to live in."
Academy Awards
Michael Mayer on Pete Docter
The film that captured my heart this year more than any other was "Up."
Jack O'Brien on Wes Anderson
In my limited opportunity to see film these days, I was prompted by several really smart friends who urged me to catch a viewing of "Fantastic Mr. Fox."
Mike Nichols on Oren Moverman
Oren Moverman's "The Messenger" expresses a metaphor for the pain of war in the very description of its subject.
Thomas Kail on Jason Reitman
Throughout "Up in the Air," the shiny American airport provides the ideal reflective surface for director Jason Reitman to examine his (and George Clooney's) latest indelible character.
Warren Carlyle on Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood is a master at taking a story and making it personal.
Kristin Hanggi on Nora Ephron
One of the reasons I'm not afraid to make my very elaborate coffee order at Starbucks is because of Nora Ephron's "When Harry Met Sally."
Christopher Ashley on Neill Blomkamp
"District 9" is a sci-fi documentary, set in a fictional South Africa, where poverty-stricken aliens are held in segregated camps. I was a childhood sci-fi geek.
Diane Paulus on Ethan and Joel Coen
The Coen brothers' "A Serious Man" is a brilliant illustration of the midcentury collision of Jewish ethnicity and the American dream.
Bill T. Jones on Lee Daniels
I was moved to see the arrival of such a film. The story has a specificity to a certain group of people, and there's an interesting exploration of nonconventional editing, storytelling, etc.
