Some Like It Hot Criterion Collection 4K UHD Review: Nobody’s Perfect but This Release Comes Close
By Gordon S. Miller |
The Criterion Collection presents Billy Wilder's cross-dressing comedy Some Like It Hot in a two-disc set, one 4K UHD and ...
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Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Three Paths to the Same Destination
By Gordon S. Miller |
It's notable when a producer and/or studio takes a film away from the director before they have completed it. One ...
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High Art Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Must Have for Queer-film Aficionados and Indie-film Buffs
By Davy |
Pride month is over, but it's really not. Resilience and resistance are key to our survival as LGBTQIA+ people, especially ...
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Mean Streets Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Scorsese, Keitel, De Niro, Perfection
By Greg Hammond |
At the heart of Martin Scorsese’s second independent, and breakout, film, Mean Streets, are two young men who have been ...
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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: “Mein Führer, I can walk!”
By Greg Hammond |
Stanley Kubrick directed and produced Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, a political ...
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Trouble in Paradise Criterion Collection 4K UHD Review: No Trouble at All
By Greg Hammond |
Produced and directed by Ernst Lubitsch, Trouble in Paradise (1932) was adapted by Grover Jones from the play The Honest ...
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A Man and a Woman Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Chic Romantic Masterpiece
By Davy |
There is so much allure in French cinema. The stories may sometimes be simple, but filmmakers like Varda, Godard, Truffaut, ...
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The Man Who Wasn’t There Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: The Unintended Consequences of Dry Cleaning
By Gordon S. Miller |
The Coen Brothers' The Who Man Who Wasn't There is a mesmerizing, modern neo-noir that shows how fragile one's station ...
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The Dead Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: An Intimately Haunting Portrait of Memory and Humanity
By Davy |
Legendary, maverick filmmaker John Huston was always one of cinema's greatest storytellers. He never stuck to one genre; he had ...
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Captain Blood Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Errol Flynn’s Swashbuckling Lead Debut
By Joe Garcia III |
Captain Blood (1935), directed by Michael Curtiz, is a fast-paced pirate film based on the novel by Rafael Sabatini and ...
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Barry Lyndon Criterion Collection 4K UHD Review: An Absolute Masterpiece
By Mat Brewster |
Though I am very much a fan of Stanley Kubrick's films, I have put off watching Barry Lyndon for years. ...
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I Know Where I’m Going! Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: I Sure Know Where I’ve Been
By Mat Brewster |
Though not quite as epic or spectacular as some of their better-known films, I Know Where I'm Going! from Michael ...
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Burden of Dreams Criterion Collection 4K UHD Review: Madness and Art in the Jungle
By Mat Brewster |
Werner Herzog is one of cinema's greatest directors. His films are strange and wonderful. They are imbued with a sense ...
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The Grifters Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Pitch-Black Film Noir
By Greg Hammond |
In Stephen Frears' The Grifters, Roy (John Cusack) is a 25-year-old conman, a grifter who makes his living running petty ...
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Deep Crimson Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: The Beauty of Crude Realism
By Joe Garcia III |
Deep Crimson (1998) aka Profundo Carmesi stars Daniel Gimenez Cocho and Regina Orozco in Mexican director Arturo Ripstein’s reworking of ...
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Drugstore Cowboy Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: It’s Hard Being a Dope Fiend
By Gordon S. Miller |
Based on James Fogle's then-unpublished autobiographical novel of the same name, Gus Van Sant's Drugstore Cowboy presents an insightful, authentic ...
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The Big Heat Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
By Gordon S. Miller |
Based on William P. McGivern's serial in The Saturday Evening Post, later published as a novel, Fritz Lang's The Big ...
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Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Extremely Interesting and Enlightening
By Davy |
Being a dedicated lover of cinema, it's always amazing to come across films that don't fit the normalcy of filmmaking. ...
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Midnight Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Cinderella in Paris
By Steve Geise |
1939 is generally regarded as the greatest classic movie year of all time, largely due to The Wizard of Oz ...
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How to Get Ahead in Advertising Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Two Heads Are Not Better than One
By Greg Hammond |
How to Get Ahead in Advertising is an unusual (though not unheard of) amalgamation of absurdist humor and body horror ...
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The Three Musketeers / The Four Musketeers: Two Films by Richard Lester Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Fun for All, and All for Fun
By Gordon S. Miller |
The Three Musketeers (1973) is star-studded, comic swashbuckler based on Alexandre Dumas’s 19th century classic novel of the same name. ...
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Killer of Sheep Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Lyrical Portrait of Urban Decay
By Davy |
There are some films that possess the power to wash over you; to make you think, feel, and see the ...
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Room 666 / Room 999 Blu-ray Review: Capturing the State of Cinema
By Davy |
When it comes to cinema, there is always the unfortunate realization that it will come to an end (just like ...
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Basquiat Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Beguiling Tribute
By Davy |
Like many brilliant youths who died way before their time, legendary New York artist Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) never had the ...
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Winchester ’73 Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Guns Don’t Kill People, People Kill People
By Gordon S. Miller |
Director Anthony Mann and James Stewart had a prolific partnership, releasing eight films in five years. The first was Winchester ...
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A Woman of Paris Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Search for Fulfillment During the Jazz Age
By Davy |
Charlie Chaplin, the genius actor, composer, and filmmaker, remains one of the most legendary and influential figures in the history ...
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Godzilla vs. Biollante Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Rose by Any Other Name
By Gordon S. Miller |
Godzilla vs. Biollante is the 17th film in the Godzilla franchise, the second of the Heisei period, and is the ...
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King Lear (1987) Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Baffling, Exacting, and Endlessly Fascinating
By Davy |
The late, legendary French New Wave filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard (1930-2022) was one of the cinema's greatest rule-breakers. He never followed ...
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Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: See Who Killed Laura Palmer
By Gordon S. Miller |
On April 8, 1990, Twin Peaks debuted and the medium was never the same. The surreal, supernatural, soap opera from ...
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The Mother and the Whore Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Brilliant, Vulgar, and Intimate Landmark
By Davy |
Some film lovers do have the tendency to skip French cinema. They think it's usually about infidelity, referencing this and ...
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Pandora’s Box Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Captivating Morality Tale
By Gordon S. Miller |
Based on Frank Wedekind's plays Erdgeist (Earth Spirit, 1895) and Die Büchse der Pandora (Pandora's Box, 1904), writer/director G.W. Pabst's ...
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Paris, Texas Criterion Collection 4K UHD Review: Sundown
By Joe Keaton |
There is a quiet, lingering beauty to Wim Wenders’ Paris, Texas (winner of the 1984 Palme D’Or). And once it ...
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The Elephant Man Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Don’t Judge a Book by Its Cover
By Gordon S. Miller |
Set in the late 19th century, David Lynch's The Elephant Man tells the tragic tale of John Merrick (John Hurt) ...
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Funny Girl Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: She’s the Greatest Star
By Steve Geise |
Barbra Streisand lights up the screen in her movie debut, commanding every second of her role as showgirl-turned-superstar, Fanny Brice. ...
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Gregg Araki’s Teen Apocalypse Trilogy Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Smells Like Teen Spirit
By Steve Geise |
Three decades after writer/director Gregg Araki shook up the indie film world with his trilogy of teen films starring James ...
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Fail Safe Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: It’s the End of the World as They Know It (and No One Feels Fine)
By Gordon S. Miller |
In January 1964, filmgoers could see a Cold War story about the frantic negotiations between the United States and the ...
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Risky Business Criterion Collection Review: Introducing Tom Cruise and Guido the Killer Pimp
By Greg Hammond |
Written and directed by Paul Brickman, 1983’s Risky Business turned Tom Cruise into a superstar. And it isn’t just dancing ...
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Black God, White Devil Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Could Not Be More Relevant
By Davy |
Once in a while, a film comes along and redefines my perception of the limitless possibilities of filmmaking. Influential Brazilian ...
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Victims of Sin Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Zoot Suit Riot
By Steve Geise |
If you’re new to Mexico’s rumbera musical genre, imagine classic Hollywood musical tropes filtered through a crime-ridden back alley, removing ...
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Querelle Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Man in Every Port
By Joe Keaton |
In director Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s Querelle (1982; adapted from a book by Jean Genet), a Belgian sailor, Querelle (Brad Davis), ...
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A Story of Floating Weeds / Floating Weeds Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Two Films by Yasujiro Ozu
By Steve Geise |
Previously released on Criterion DVD in 2004, this Ozu double feature finally gets a Blu-ray upgrade with newly improved technical ...
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Defending Your Life Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Love in the Time of Purgatory
By Gordon S. Miller |
Defending your life is a task all face in the afterlife in Albert Brooks' film of the same name which ...
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The War of the Worlds Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Special-Effects Spectacle
By Gordon S. Miller |
Based on the 1898 novel by H. G. Wells, Byron Haskin's The War of the Worlds transports the story of ...
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Dogfight Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: More Than It Seems
By Joe Garcia III |
Lili Taylor and River Phoenix shine bright in Dogfight (1991) directed by Nancy Savoca and penned by Bob Comfort. Set ...
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All That Money Can Buy (aka The Devil and Daniel Webster) Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review
By Davy |
The ancient tale of man selling his soul to the Devil in exchange for wealth and prosperity has been adapted ...
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The Lady Eve Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Preston Sturges Presents a Two-Sided Love Triangle
By Gordon S. Miller |
Based on Monckton Hoffe's “Two Bad Hats,” The Lady Eve is Preston Sturges's third outing as writer/director, and with it, ...
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The Heroic Trio/Executioners Criterion Collection 4K UHD Review: Insane Hong Kong Lady Action
By Kent Conrad |
In the pre-Internet era, information about different cultures’ cinema was obscure. It was rumor. It was some still in a ...
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Jackie Chan: Emergence of a Superstar Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: An Enjoyable Six-Pack of Chan’s Early Films
By Gordon S. Miller |
Jackie Chan movies entered into the Criterion Collection in 2019 with the one-two punch of Police Story/Police Story 2. The ...
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Days of Heaven Criterion Collection 4K UHD Review: Blue Harvest
By Joe Keaton |
The Criterion Collection has released Days of Heaven (1978; dir. Terrence Malick) in 4K as part of a 4K UHD/Blu-ray ...
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Scorsese Shorts Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Must-own for Fans of the Director
By Gordon S. Miller |
Scorsese Shorts presents a quintet of director Martin Scorsese's early short films, two documentaries from the '70s and three short ...
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