Of the many glories of watching movies on The Criterion Channel, one of the most satisfying is finding filmmakers' early works. The landscape of film being what it is, most promising artists...
Films can be a lesson on thematic flexibility. Many films may have the same theme, but completely different ways of arriving at said theme and expressing it. Parenthood, in general, and motherhood,...
The Criterion Channel has a mostly earned reputation for having a large collection focused mostly on “art house cinema.’ But as time passes, this definition likely changes. Let’s take Oscar-nominated films as...
Genre is an interesting beast and we can come to it for different reasons. Blaxploitation can, of course, be problematic in its representation of Black culture, but is also particularly interesting, especially...
The genre of the sexual thriller has gotten a lot of play in online spaces, and almost never in a positive light. There is a push, specifically from younger audiences, to do...
When you spend your time watching a lot of movies (like I’m sure you do), you learn to appreciate the unexpected, regardless of film quality. As I scour the films leaving the...
The Criterion Channel is particularly focused on, maybe even more so than other boutique labels and streaming services, the oeuvre of specific directors. Whatever your thoughts on high minded film topics like...
