Wednesday, June 18, 2025

Dave Giannini

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Criterion Crunch Time: ‘Unrelated’

So, we are back on Criterion Crunch Time to introduce some of you to a truly talented director whom you may not be aware of. Frankly, before last year, I wasn’t aware...

List: Dave Giannini’s Top 10 Films of 2020

Ok, so we finally made it through 2020. I won’t make any hackneyed jokes about it being a terrible year because, let’s face it, you’ve heard them all. Let’s focus on movies...

Criterion Crunch Time – ‘Yentl’

If any genre of film is an acquired taste, it is the musical. Musicals have a lot of specific expectations that can rub the general audience the wrong way. If you are...

Criterion Crunch Time: ‘Mother’

So, this month on Criterion Crunch Time, we have talked a lot about the trappings of genre and how great directors weave in and out of them. Well, we are not quite...

Criterion Crunch Time: ‘Caché’

As per usual in this column, this week the Criterion Channel has afforded yet another opportunity to catch up with a director who is highly thought of but we may have missed...

Criterion Crunch Time: ‘Sleepwalk’

So, sometimes, when you pick a movie on the Criterion Channel basically at random, there is some risk involved. But risk isn’t bad. I’m not referencing the risk of a movie you...

Criterion Crunch Time: ‘The Awful Truth’

Ok, we are back for another month of Criterion Crunch Time, so it is time to guide you through four movies that are sadly leaving the Criterion Channel at the end of...

Movie Review: ‘Happiest Season’ Is a Familiar Gift In A New Package

Director: Clea DuVall Writer: Clea DuVall, Mary Holland Stars: Kristen Stewart, Mackenzie Davis, Alison Brie, Aubrey Plaza, Dan Levy, Mary Holland, Victor Garber, Mary Steenburgen Synopsis: A young woman with a plan to propose to...

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