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...
Into the summer, more and more screenings have come across the television with the continuing introduction of older pieces of cinema on the Criterion Channel. There are always themes every month with...
Summertime (1955)
One of two re-releases from Criterion, the last film before David Lean went into his epic film phase was a colorful romantic comedy starring the great Katherine Hepburn as an American...
Popular culture is a funny thing. When something joins the cultural consciousness, one can never tell what impact it will have on the art in of itself. If a movie quotation, or...
The Criterion Channel has a certain reputation. With a few exceptions, most movies in their original collection can be described as classics (if you’re being a kind cinephile) or pretentious (if you...
Through the first five months, I’ve been on a tri-weekly dose of films from the Criterion Channel as it has reached three full years of business. Still finding new films to watch...
Critiques of all types of narrative media are full of overused sayings and cliches. “There are seven kinds of stories.” “Style over substance.” “It was all a dream.” “All's well that ends...
