Posts Tagged ‘Criterion Collection’
Basquiat Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Beguiling Tribute
One thing that makes a movie is its cast, and Basquiat has one of the best I’ve ever seen in a film.
Read MoreCriterion Announces July 2025 Releases
Get ready to tap into your summer vacation fund.
Read MoreWinchester ’73 Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Guns Don’t Kill People, People Kill People
A classic Hollywood western with a memorable screenplay that feels like a short-story collection because most of the characters are so compelling they feel the lead in their scenes.
Read MoreA Woman of Paris Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Search for Fulfillment During the Jazz Age
Not top-tier Chaplin, but I like it enough to recommend it to fans of his work.
Read MoreGodzilla vs. Biollante Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Rose by Any Other Name
A strong entry in the long-running franchise so it makes sense that Criterion has added it to the collection.
Read MoreCriterion Announces June 2025 Releases
Coming in June: The Wiz, a dazzling soul spin on a landmark tale, directed by Sidney Lumet; Thelonious Monk Straight, No Chaser, an intimate record of a jazz visionary from Charlotte Zwerin; Midnight, a topsy-turvy screwball comedy directed by Mitchell Leisen; William Friedkin’s Sorcerer, a pulse-pounding, hallucinatory thriller; and François Girard’s Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould, an unconventional portrait of an iconoclastic pianist. Plus: Paul Schrader’s Mishima: A Life in Four…
Read MoreCriterion Announces May 2025 Releases
Prepare to dig into your summer-vacation fund.
Read MoreCriterion Announces April 2025 Releases
April showers bring these titles from Criterion.
Read MoreParis, Texas Criterion Collection 4K UHD Review: Sundown
This is one of those films that sit in your soul, its truths lingering long after the credits roll.
Read MoreFunny Girl Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: She’s the Greatest Star
Barbra Streisand lights up the screen in her movie debut, commanding every second of her role as showgirl-turned-superstar, Fanny Brice.
Read MoreGregg Araki’s Teen Apocalypse Trilogy Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Smells Like Teen Spirit
Araki’s brand new director-approved digital restorations offer the most complete and technically polished versions of the films ever available.
Read MoreThe Criterion Closet Is Going Mobile
Now film fans all over America will be able to have their own Criterion Closet experiences.
Read MoreThe Criterion Collection Announces CC40 – Celebrating Forty Years
An electrifying mix of classic and contemporary films.
Read MoreSquirm (Special Edition) Blu-ray Review: The Best Southern Gothic, Killer-Worm Flick Ever Made
A cheesy but often overlooked ’70s creature feature.
Read MoreRisky Business Criterion Collection Review: Introducing Tom Cruise and Guido the Killer Pimp
Paul Brickman’s Risky Business, starring Tom Cruise and Rebecca De Mornay, is a coming-of-age story that helped create a mega-celebrity.
Read MoreCriterion Announces October 2024 Releases
No tricks, all treats from Criterion.
Read MoreLe samouraï Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Well-Executed French Neo-noir
Arguably one of the best noirs put to film.
Read MoreVictims of Sin Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Zoot Suit Riot
Under writer/director Emilio Fernández’s firm hand, it’s presented in a wholly logical and measured progression filled with inspired choices.
Read MoreQuerelle Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Man in Every Port
If you’re a Fassbinder completist, Querelle might be worth a look.
Read MoreA Story of Floating Weeds / Floating Weeds Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Two Films by Yasujiro Ozu
Previously released on Criterion DVD in 2004, this Ozu double feature finally gets a Blu-ray upgrade with newly improved technical specs.
Read MoreDogfight Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: More Than It Seems
Dogfight remains a timeless study in human nature and societal roles.
Read MoreCriterion Announces August 2024 Releases
Criterion adds five new titles and upgrades The Last Emperor to 4K UHD.
Read MoreThe Lady Eve Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Preston Sturges Presents a Two-Sided Love Triangle
A classic romantic comedy that sets a high bar thanks to the talent of Sturges and the chemistry of the lead actors.
Read MoreCriterion Announces June 2024 Releases
Films that are sure to drive away the June gloom.
Read MoreThe Heroic Trio/Executioners Criterion Collection 4K UHD Review: Insane Hong Kong Lady Action
Two films featuring a trio of Hong Kong’s actress elite that are long on spectacle and weirdness, short on sense-making.
Read MoreCriterion Announces May 2024 Releases
May brings three new titles to the collection and two titles get upgrades.
Read MoreCriterion Announces April 2024 Releases
April brings three new entries and two Ultra HD upgrades.
Read MoreBlast of Silence Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Silent Night, Hole-y Night
Blast of Silence isn’t a holly jolly Christmas tale, but it’s an ideal excuse to put on something a bit different in the holiday Blu-ray rotation.
Read MoreDays of Heaven Criterion Collection 4K UHD Review: Blue Harvest
The new Criterion 4K release has deepened my appreciation for it.
Read MoreAkira Kurosawa’s Dreams Criterion Collection 4K UHD Review: A Master Reflects
This deliberately paced anthology has the master reflecting on the nature of man and his world, with constant beautiful imagery.
Read MoreThe Rules of the Game Criterion Collection 4K UHD Review: The Shooting Party
In cinema, as in life, so much comes down to the details.
Read MoreTime Bandits Criterion Collection 4K UHD Review: A Child’s Nightmare Fantasy
Terry Gilliam’s classic story of a childhood interrupted by adventure shines in this new 4K transfer.
Read MoreCriterion Announces September 2023 Releases
A couple of musical titles close out the quintet of movies coming in September.
Read MoreBranded to Kill Criterion Collection 4K UHD Review: Yakuza Movie as Experimental Art
The movie that supposedly got Seijun Suzuki fired deserves its reputation as a wildly experimental, bizarre, and entertaining gangster movie.
Read MoreWings of Desire Criterion Collection 4K UHD Review: Stay
The movie haunts me.
Read MoreThe Seventh Seal Criterion Collection 4K UHD Review: Chess with Death
Heavy-handed, but very well made.
Read MoreDazed and Confused Criterion Collection 4K UHD Review: School’s Out
If you’re a fan of Linklater’s classic, you owe it to yourself to pick up the Criterion set.
Read MoreThree Colors Trilogy Criterion Collection 4K UHD Review: Enigmatic Masterpieces About People Connecting
Polish director Krzysztof Kieslowski’s famous trilogy, and final films, bring their visually arresting and enigmatic stories to 4K.
Read MoreCriterion Announces April 2023 Releases
With April showers come these new releases from Criterion.
Read MoreCriterion Announces March 2023 Releases
Three new titles and a 4K UHD upgrade.
Read MoreCriterion Announces February 2023 Releases
According to the film groundhog, at least six more weeks of Criterion discs.
Read MoreMake Way for Tomorrow Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Children Just Don’t Understand
“The saddest movie ever made.” – Orson Welles
Read MoreLost Highway Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Neo-noir with a Twist
You may end up lost but you’ll enjoy the journey.
Read MoreCriterion Announces January 2023 Releases
Criterion rings in the new year with the following titles.
Read MoreLe Corbeau Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Poison Pen French Noir
A once suppressed mystery about a writer of poison pen letters made in France during the German occupation.
Read MoreCriterion Announces December 2022 Releases
Criterion closes out 2022 with a quartet of releases.
Read MoreIf…. Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: If Only It Had a Plot
While McDowell shows clear signs of the counterculture fire that would erupt in A Clockwork Orange, his efforts are in service of a clearly lesser film.
Read MoreWALL•E (2008) Joins The Criterion Collection in November
A high-water mark of digital animation, Stanton’s prescient vision of a rapidly oncoming dystopian future is an urgent fable for our troubled millennium.
Read MoreHiroshima mon amour Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Rich and Rewarding Film
The performances of the two leads are masterful.
Read MoreHotel du Nord Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Somber French Realist Classic
A prime example of Marcel Carne’s attention to fully showcasing the depths of humanity.
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