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...
We begin the second half of the year with some more diverse selections going into the Criterion list. All are first-time entries with three of the five being American films. However, the...
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...
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...
Into the new days of summer, hopefully with everyone vaccinated (and do please get the vaccine), and a new slate of movies are coming from the Criterion Collection. A Samuel Fuller film...
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...
There is no genre more difficult or more subjective than comedy. I mean, think about just your own tastes when you were younger and now. Do you find the same things funny?...
In the early days of sound, studios were still experimenting with what worked and which actors had the voice that translated well. At the same time, Hollywood was luring in top talent...
