March only has four films for release this month; one is a classic from the film noir era, along with three new entries. Two of them, coincidently, came out the same year;...
We have eight movies for you in the shortest month of the year, including an arthouse trilogy getting re-released for 4K. Going in for the first time is another Shakespeare adaptation, but...
Welcome to the New Year! Off the bat, four new entries for the Criterion Collection plus a trilogy of reissues for the start of one of cinema’s most ingenious, yet controversial directors....
With one film getting a re-release and the rest as new editions, ‘tis the season to be buying new gifts for your loved ones with these amazing releases. Another Netflix film and...
Here in the last three months is another slate of films by Criterion. These releases all have a dark theme for the month, matching the horror tales that create Halloween on the...
Le Corbeau (1943)
Henri-Georges Clouzot’s early noir piece was filmed under Nazi rule in France and was condemned right, left, and center for various reasons. After the country’s liberation, when Clouzot was banned...
Hotel Du Nord (1938)
Marcel Carne builds around a fallen hotel a place for social outcasts, namely two couples from the working class in different times of their lives. One is a young...
Well, we have come to it. This will be the final article in the long series: Criterion Crunch Time. And because of that, now I must attempt the impossible. I must find...