Criterion Crunch Time: ‘Edge of the City’
It can be a difficult thing walking into a film (or sitting down to it as the case... Read More »
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Movie Review: ‘Enfant Terrible’ Is Not Your Standard Biopic
For every great biopic, there are at least 10 terrible ones. One of the reasons that biopics are... Read More »
Movie Review: ‘Wrath of Man’ Plays Against Type for Ritchie and Statham
The term auteur theory is overused in cinema circles and, like most academic ideas, wildly misunderstood. But at... Read More »
Movie Review: ‘Here Today’ Is A Manipulative Mess
It has been said many times (originally by Roger Ebert) that movies are essentially empathy machines. They make... Read More »
Criterion Crunch Time: ‘A New Leaf’
There is no genre more difficult or more subjective than comedy. I mean, think about just your own... Read More »
Criterion Crunch Time: ‘The Postman Always Rings Twice’ (1946)
Another one of the many great things about watching movies on The Criterion Channel is the window into... Read More »
Criterion Crunch Time – ‘Always Shine’
Comparison is one hell of a drug. A drug with some truly vicious side effects. And this only... Read More »
Criterion Crunch Time: Bluebeard (2007)
Here is one of the many glories of watching movies completely blind, especially those that are streaming on... Read More »
Criterion Crunch Time: ‘Monsoon Wedding’
The great thing about film in general, and especially movies on the Criterion Channel in specific, is the... Read More »
Criterion Crunch Time: ‘Zama’
If I’m being completely honest, the film we are covering in this column is exactly the type of... Read More »
Criterion Crunch Time: ‘Klute’
Sometimes, when going through a service like the Criterion Channel, there are lessons to be learned (when it... Read More »
Criterion Crunch Time: ‘Unrelated’
So, we are back on Criterion Crunch Time to introduce some of you to a truly talented director... Read More »
List: David 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... Read More »
Criterion Crunch Time – ‘Yentl’
If any genre of film is an acquired taste, it is the musical. Musicals have a lot of... Read More »
Criterion Crunch Time: ‘Mother’
So, this month on Criterion Crunch Time, we have talked a lot about the trappings of genre and... Read More »
Criterion Crunch Time: ‘Caché’
As per usual in this column, this week the Criterion Channel has afforded yet another opportunity to catch... Read More »
Criterion Crunch Time: ‘Sleepwalk’
So, sometimes, when you pick a movie on the Criterion Channel basically at random, there is some risk... Read More »
Criterion Crunch Time: ‘The Awful Truth’
Ok, we are back for another month of Criterion Crunch Time, so it is time to guide you... Read More »
Movie Review: ‘Happiest Season’ Is a Familiar Gift In A New Package
The romantic comedy, over the years, has been much maligned. There are many reasons for this, ranging from... Read More »
Criterion Crunch Time: ‘Tomboy’
Well, we are set to close another month here at Criterion Crunch Time and with this week’s movies,... Read More »
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