I think of Pauline Kael a lot at this time of year. In her last years she couldn't get into the city for screenings so her first question on the phone was always, "What have you seen?" Movies had gotten terrible, but she never stopped hoping. I remember one December calling her 3 days in a row to excitedly tell her about some new Oscar-baiting holiday release I'd just seen. Once, as I started to get wound up, she laughed and said, "You've got movie fever!" That felt like the highest praise possible. I miss her. (Chuck Wilson)