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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...

New Criterion Releases: June 2021

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...

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...

Criterion Crunch Time: ‘A New Leaf’

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?...

Dietrich And Sternberg: A Partnership Made Of Shadows

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...

New Criterion Releases: May 2021

In the month of May, as we dash through spring into summer, five more movies are now being introduced into the Criterion Hall of Fame. Okay, I'm being very snooty with that,...

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 Old Hollywood. Movies are, of course, great in any era. If you didn’t agree,...

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