Criterion Collection: June 2022

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The Tales Of Hoffman (1951) The follow-up to The Red Shoes was going to be a tall order,... Read More »

Criterion Crunch Time: ‘Eve’s Bayou’

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Being a fan of movies is just truly strange. We bark all day about the best movies of... Read More »

Criterion Crunch Time: ‘Rambling Rose’

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Times sure have changed. This is something I think of often, mainly because I spend way too much... Read More »

Criterion Crunch Time: ‘All That Heaven Allows’

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Ok, let’s talk about a dirty word in cinema (and generally, art circles).  Melodrama. Be honest, what do... Read More »

Criterion Releases: April 2022

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Miracle In Milan (1951) After receiving major acclaim with Bicycle Thieves, director Vittorio De Sica followed up on... Read More »

Criterion Crunch Time: ‘Matador’

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Well, we all have our favorites. The Criterion Channel (and this column is no different). In terms of... Read More »

The Baadasssss Song Of Melvin Van Peebles

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This August would have been Melvin Van Peebles’ 90th birthday, but prior to his passing last September, he... Read More »

Criterion Crunch Time: ‘Gas Food Lodging’

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Sometimes, Hollywood’s history of, and practice of, continued misogyny really makes me wonder how different things could be... Read More »

Criterion Crunch Time: ‘A Touch of Sin’

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There is no more challenging genre of film for me as a viewer than the anthology film. As... Read More »

Criterion Crunch Time: Go Fish

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When we watch a new movie and see something we rarely see, it feels revolutionary. This could be... Read More »

Criterion Releases: February 2022

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In the shortest of all months, Criterion will have one new release every week. Three new films and... Read More »

Criterion Crunch Time – ‘Conceiving Ada’

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When you pick movies nearly at random that are leaving the Criterion Channel, your life as a writer... Read More »

Criterion Crunch Time: ‘Lore’

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Of the many glories of watching movies on The Criterion Channel, one of the most satisfying is finding... Read More »

List: Top 10 Films I Saw On Criterion in 2021

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It’s finally time to run down my favorite films of 2021, but not for studio films (that’s for... Read More »

Criterion Crunch Time: ‘The Innocents’

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Films can be a lesson on thematic flexibility. Many films may have the same theme, but completely different... Read More »

Criterion Collection: January 2022

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It is a brand new year and a new generation of movies are going to be inducted into... Read More »

Criterion Crunch Time: ‘The Bad and the Beautiful’

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The Criterion Channel has a mostly earned reputation for having a large collection focused mostly on “art house... Read More »

Criterion Crunch Time: ‘Across 110th Street’

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Genre is an interesting beast and we can come to it for different reasons. Blaxploitation can, of course,... Read More »

Criterion Releases: December 2021 + My Christmas Wish List

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The end of the year is here and I’m sure some of you have used the recent Barnes... Read More »

Criterion Crunch Time: ‘In The Cut’

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The genre of the sexual thriller has gotten a lot of play in online spaces, and almost never... Read More »