Podcast: Our Film Critics Count Down Their Favorite Movies of 2013

“New Yorkers don't easily accept ball­players. They almost always come from somewhere else, itinerants and mercenar­ies, and most of them are rejected. Those who are accepted seem to have been part of New York forever. Hernandez is one of them.”

"On Sunday, April 5, the Fox Broadcasting Company will launch its attack on the Big Three's primetime programs. Is America ready for FBC? Is FBC ready for America?"

"On a freezing Friday night I visit Kings County Hospital. Depression hits as soon as I walk through the front doors"

"The intense public interest sur­rounding this case now extends be­yond the early prurient reactions, beyond the photogenic face of Rob­ert Chambers, beyond the upscale setting. The death of Jennifer Levin touched a nerve, particularly after the defense began trying to excuse it"

“Tom, who now lives in the Bronx, was raised on a plantation in the Delta. Emmett Till was one of his best friends. Indeed, he was with Till until about 7 p.m. on the horrible, legendary 1955 night when Till was murdered allegedly for whistling at a white woman.”

"While it's tempting to celebrate exuberantly the demise of yuppie culture and all the other horrendous phenomena of the Reagan/Thatcher/Koch era, capi­talism is not notable for its equitable division of pain"