Directors are meant to break walls and tackle social norms, especially in a country like Japan where certain areas are no-go to the public. Death, nudity, Japan's conduct in the war is...

Now, as we enter the last 31 days of 2019, as well as the last of the 2010s, Criterion has in store four new works, harking back to 1933 and through to...

It's always great when the day comes for Criterion's monthly announcement of new releases and re-releases. The films I've never heard of, the films the surprised me in what they got the...

In Miami Beach, two blocks from where I live, a small theatre with a long history and art deco design recently shut down on 71st Street. It was owned by O Cinema but its...

Baby Face (1932) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uI4eij-K0Q Thanks to the interest of actress Barbara Stanwyck and her Pre-Code movies, some consider Baby Face a reason the Code was installed because of its flagrant sexuality with her character. After her...

Director: Robert Eggers Writers: Max Eggers, Robert Eggers Stars: Willem Dafoe, Robert Pattinson, Valeriia Karaman Synopsis: The hypnotic and hallucinatory tale of two lighthouse keepers on a remote and mysterious New England island in...

Commedia all'italiana, or as translated as "Comedy in the Italian way," was the new genre Italian cinema developed following the Neorealism period in the years right after the war. From the late...

Director: Pedro Almodóvar Writers: Pedro Almodóvar Stars: Antonio Banderas, Penélope Cruz, Asier Etxeandia, Leonardo Sbaraglia Synopsis: A film director reflects on the choices he's made in life as past and present come crashing down around...