Director: Billy Crystal Writers: Billy Crystal, Alan Zweibel Stars: Billy Crystal, Tiffany Haddish, Penn Badgley, Laura Benanti Synopsis: When veteran comedy writer Charlie Burnz meets New York singer Emma Payge, they form an unlikely yet...

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The great thing about film in general, and especially movies on the Criterion Channel in specific, is the element of surprise. It is quite easy, after watching literally hundreds of movies, to...

If I’m being completely honest, the film we are covering in this column is exactly the type of work I was looking forward to covering. Let’s face it, there are entire bodies...

Sometimes, when going through a service like the Criterion Channel, there are lessons to be learned (when it comes to your movie watching). And this is a great joy, as many of...