Monday, April 21, 2025

Dave Giannini

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Criterion Crunch Time: ‘Pink Flamingos’

There are films for all seasons. As a film fan, I think we do ourselves no favor by staying comfortable and only watching films in our wheelhouse. A service like the Criterion...

Criterion Crunch Time: ‘The Ox-Bow Incident’

Much (probably too much) has been made of the runtimes of movies. And god knows, if you want lengthy movies, The Criterion Channel is a great place to find them, in any...

Criterion Crunch Time: ‘Queen of Diamonds’

One of the many things to love about film is that it is never one thing. For just about every viewer, there is something to be found regardless of your context or...

Criterion Crunch Time: ‘Pierrot Le Fou’

When it comes to movies streaming on The Criterion Channel, there are some that I’m vaguely interested in. But then there are others that are so known, so a part of the...

Movie Review: ‘Rock, Paper, and Scissors’ Lacks Originality and Momentum

Director: Martin Blousson, Macarena García Lenzi Writers: Martin Blousson, Macarena García Lenzi Stars: Agustina Cerviño, Valeria Giorcelli, Pablo Sigal Synopsis: Two siblings who live in the house of their recently deceased father are visited by their...

Criterion Crunch Time: ‘Hard Eight’

Sometimes, things just line up. The point of this column (for me) is to finally watch those movies from Criterion that I’ve been meaning to get to for years. The subject of...

Criterion Crunch Time: ‘Ripley’s Game’

One of the many joys of limiting your choices to movies leaving a streaming service, like the Criterion Channel, is that the quality of a movie, as in thumbs up or thumbs...

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 may be) without context. One consistent complaint you may hear about any movie is...

Dave Giannini

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