I think the U.S. was so insular in the 1990s, and I don't know if it was 9/11, but there was something that opened it up.

It's rare that a group of us programmers will walk into a movie and walk out unified in our response.

Come Early Morning. I really admire someone who's willing to take on the kind of role she's willing to take on.

Not at all. Not one piece of me would have said that at any level.

There's nothing in that competition that will ever be mistaken by anybody as having emerged from a Hollywood company.

This year's festival is as 'independent' as it's ever been. There can be no confusion between the films we're showing and anything the studios would have even considered making.