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FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE 4K Review: The Personal Is Political
Crushing almost sixty years of twentieth-century turmoil into less run time than the equally decade-skippy first season of HBO's House of the Dragon, Chen Kaige's Farewell My Concubine joins the Criterion Collection this week in a new 4K transfer. The...
PEEPING TOM 4K Review: You Like To Watch, Don't You?
Restored to the Criterion Collection, Michael Powell's answer may disturb you.
ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED Blu-ray Review: Refusing the Blood Money
Laura Poitras' biography of Nan Goldin has so much more to say about the moral obligations of art and artists in an unhealthy world.
DRYLONGSO Blu-ray Review: Serial Killer Stalks Young Black People
Directed by Cauleen Smith, Toby Smith and April Barnett star in the 1999 drama, now available from the Criterion Collection.
BREATHLESS 4K Review: Anarchy on Screen
Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg star in Jean-Luc Godard's debut feature, now in 4K from the Criterion Collection.
BRANDED TO KILL 4K Review: Exciting and Funny
Suzuki Seijun's 1967 masterpiece, starring Shishido Joe, got him fired from Nikkatsu. Now available from The Criterion Collection.
AFTER HOURS, BREATHLESS, ONE FALSE MOVE: Criterion in July 2023
July 2023 will sizzle no matter where you live, judging by what the Criterion Collection plans to release that month. Martin Scorsese's After Hours, Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless, and Carl Franklin's One False Move are all significant films that are getting...
4K Review: Wong Kar Wai's IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE Looks Sumptuous
The World of Wong Kar Wai steps into UHD and, surprise surprise, it looks fantastic.
Review: CURE, Hypnotically Haunting
Masterfully directed by Kurosawa Kiyoshi, the intense murder mystery stars Yakusho Kôji and Hagiwara Masato, now on Blu-ray from The Criterion Collection.
Blu-ray Review: THE LAST WALTZ, An Endless Jamboree
In reviewing the jaw-dropping induction of Martin Scorsese's The Last Waltz into the Criterion Collection, one must begin with its remarkable cover art. It’s a photograph that I have never seen before -- this coming from someone who has seen...
Blu-ray Review: BOAT PEOPLE Shows What War Leaves In Its Wake
Ann Hui's devastating 1982 portrait of postwar Vietnam and its refugees is despairingly relevant, even timely, in 2022.
Blu-ray Review: LOVE & BASKETBALL Still A Gem, 20 Years Later
Sanaa Lathan and Omar Epps star in director Gina Prince-Blythewood's debut feature, which joins the Criterion Collection.
Blu-ray Review: STREETWISE and TINY, Criterion's Latest Double Feature, Spans A Lifetime
content warning: addiction, child sexual abuse, suicide Devastated by the Boeing Bust in the early 1970s, Seattle remained on shaky economic ground for years -- with a nation-leading unemployment rate and a rock-bottom minimum wage. In the shadow of this...
Blu-ray Review: FLOWERS OF SHANGHAI, An Opium-Fogged Reverie
More Hou Hsiao-Hsien in the Criterion Collection, please.
Blu-ray Review: Djibril Diop Mambéty's Formative TOUKI BOUKI from Criterion
Sengelase filmmaking comes through with a one-two punch in back-to-back Blu-rays.
Blu-ray Review: MANDABI, Follow the Money (Order) in Criterion's Release
Following 'Black Girl', a new restoration of Ousmane Sembène's sophomore feature arrives this week.
Coming Soon on Criterion: CÉLINE AND JULIE GO BOATING, DEFENDING YOUR LIFE, and More Good Things
'Secrets & Lies,' 'Touka bouki' and 'World of Wong Kar Wai' are also heading our way in March 2021.
Blu-ray Review: TOKYO OLYMPIAD Stands Tall As an Artistic Commentary on Sports
Ichikawa Kon's magnificent film, now available on a splendid, comprehensive Blu-ray from The Criterion Collection, transcends its 'sports documentary' premise.
Blu-ray Review: George Cukor's HOLIDAY Is As Alive as Ever
The screwball genre may remember George Cukor most fondly for his Katherine Hepburne / Cary Grant vehicle, 1940’s The Philadelphia Story, which helped to rescue Kat from her cruel ‘box office poison’ tagging. But for my patronage, Cukor’s lesser-known, Holiday,...
