“Fair warning: You may want to precede your first viewing of Japanese artist-filmmaker crossover wunderkind Takashi Murakami’s Jellyfish Eyes by reading the essay Glen Helfand has penned for Criterion’s Blu-ray release. If you like to walk on the wild side, go right ahead, check out the movie before Helfand, but you’re just increasing the odds that … Continue reading
Unsettling tales of terror and stories of love both requited and not make up the bulk of The Criterion Collection’s October release slate. (Via Paste Magazine.)
The best Wes Anderson movie ever made, Bruce Beresford’s most accomplished and well-recognized works, top-drawer De Palma, and more in September’s Criterion round-up. (Via Paste Magazine.)
Woefully unsung Truffaut, classic and influential film noir from the great Jules Dassin, and Karel Reisz’s wonderful film adaptation of an unfilmable novel take the spotlight in August’s Criterion round-up. (Via Paste Magazine.)
Beefy film noir, violent, lurid crime flicks, Carroll Ballard, and early Stephen Frears make up the bulk of this month’s Criterion offerings. (Via Paste Magazine.)
Terry Gilliam, the Czech New Wave, the longstanding collaborations of Wallace Shawn and Andre Gregory, and more in Paste Magazine’s monthly round-up of Criterion Collection releases. (Via Paste Magazine.)
Well, this has been a long time coming, hasn’t it? I admit that I gave the Criterion Files a bit of a break for a time there, but the good news is that I’m bringing them back again over at Go, See, Talk!, starting with Days of Heaven…and nothing else. That’s right, I’m altering the format … Continue reading
Have you been missing the Criterion Files? Well, then you haven’t been heading over to Go, See, Talk! to check them out! Maybe, just maybe, I’m responsible for directing you over there in the event that you miss the Tweets pointing to the updates (or if you miss the update itself)– but let’s forget about … Continue reading
It’s taken me some time, but I finally have the second half of the most recent Criterion Files installment for you to peruse. I realize we’re well outside the week and a half timeline I hinted at in the first part, but by now you should all know me well enough to not take my … Continue reading
I’m going to do something a little bit different with this week’s Criterion File– I’m splitting it up into two segments. Why? Simple: the two films I selected for this installment both gave me an enormous amount to talk about, and not just on individual levels, or within the context of themselves, either. On the … Continue reading
We’re back with another installment of The Criterion Files– this time with a double feature of the French persuasion. Three entries and six films in, this is still the first File to touch on the many numerous and great French filmmakers championed by the Criterion collection (and, as an aside, French films do seem to … Continue reading
Alright, gang: I’m crying “uncle”. I set out to deliver one installment of the Criterion Files every single week, but I’m tapping out and reestablishing the series as bi-weekly. Apart from the fact that watching two Criterion films every week is something of a tall order on top of my other movie watching and writing … Continue reading
After skipping a week*, it’s time for another dip into the Criterion Files, where I’ll be hand-picking a pair of titles from the much-vaunted Criterion Collection and giving them the (abridged) ACVF treatment. Last time, I looked at two films which share a common thread together in the form of genre. While I’ll endeavor to … Continue reading
Welcome to the first entry in what I intend to fashion into a weekly series. As the name suggests, the focus here is Criterion Collection films, the classics and masterpieces and unequivocal essentials that hold sway in cinematic canon. My goal? Grab two random entries from off of my shelf, or stream them through Netflix … Continue reading
A Constant Visual Feast 