'Shock Corridor' and 'The Naked Kiss'

Sam Fuller had the inside scoop on American culture

"...'Shock Corridor' and 'The Naked Kiss'Criterion Collection, $29.95 (each)..."

Jan. 14, 2011 Screens Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Might 'The Tree of Life' Sprout at Fantastic Fest?

Malick's latest sprouts rumors, including Austin premiere

"...contained in a community discussion about the Sept. 28th Criterion release of The Thin Red Line. 24fpssean, who has..."

Sept. 5, 2010 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Vivre Sa Vie

The generous, forgiving humanity of Godard's third film still beats through

"...Vivre Sa VieCriterion, $39.95..."

May 14, 2010 Screens Review by Wells Dunbar

Magnificent Obsession

This is the film that heralded Sirk's astonishing end-career run of gloriously over-the-top women's pictures

"...Magnificent ObsessionCriterion Collection, $39.95..."

Feb. 6, 2009 Screens Review by Kimberley Jones

Europa

Before 1995 came along and caught him in a deeply formalized act of pretension, Lars von Trier was already something of an ass

"...EuropaCriterion Collection, $39.95..."

Dec. 12, 2008 Screens Review by Mike Kanin

The Lovers & The Fire Within

Louis Malle, lobbing smart bombs

"...Criterion Collection, $29.95 (each)..."

June 13, 2008 Screens Review by John Davidson

Alain Delon: 5-Film Collection

Former French marine and Sinatra-esque tough guy Alain Delon burned froid et chaud with the best of them

"...Blast of Silence (Criterion, $29.95): "Remembering, out of the black silence, you were..."

May 2, 2008 Screens Review by Raoul Hernandez

Postwar Kurosawa

Five underappreciated films from the Japanese master

"...Postwar Kurosawa: Eclipse Series 7Criterion Collection, $69.95..."

Feb. 8, 2008 Screens Review by Raoul Hernandez

Drunken Angel

In his 1948 debut for the immortal Japanese film director Akira Kurosawa, Toshirô Mifune unleashes a naked rage that anticipates James Dean by a half-dozen years

"...Drunken AngelCriterion Collection, $39.95..."

Dec. 7, 2007 Screens Review by Raoul Hernandez

Bardot, Buñuel, Handy Manny, and Home Run Derby

"...included here. Another in LG's line of poor man's Criterion boxes: nice to have around but sort of second-tier...."

Aug. 17, 2007 Screens Review by Shawn Badgley

DVD Match

Antonioni vs. Bergman from beyond the grave

"...L'EclisseCriterion, $39.95 Red DesertImage, $24.91 Scenes From a MarriageCriterion, $49.95..."

Aug. 3, 2007 Screens Review by Spencer Parsons

Yojimbo & Sanjuro: Two Samurai Films by Akira Kurosawa

A double re-release from one of cinema's greatest director-actor duos

"...Criterion, $69.95 "I've arranged a killing or two in my..."

Feb. 2, 2007 Screens Review

Border Radio

Though it was mostly noted for its cult performers and scenester ambience, the film's Criterion edition positions it firmly amid the commercial groundswell of independent cinema

"...Criterion, $39.95 If you're thinking about making a movie, Kurt..."

Jan. 26, 2007 Screens Review by Marrit Ingman

The Fallen Idol

The first of three collaborations between Carol Reed and Graham Greene

"...Criterion, $29.95..."

Nov. 17, 2006 Screens Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Kicking and Screaming

So how does it hold up, the arch back-and-forth of these kids treading water in dead-end video-store gigs and oddly affecting affairs with underage girls?

"...Criterion, $29.95 With Noah Baumbach's recent Oscar nomination for The..."

Sept. 8, 2006 Screens Review by Kimberley Jones

Three Films by Louis Malle

As much codas to childhood as preludes to manhood, each of these films have a different cross to bear

"...Criterion, $79.95..."

June 9, 2006 Screens Review by Taylor Holland

The Complete Mr. Arkadin (aka Confidential Report)

'That film was taken away from me completely, and was totally destroyed in the cutting,' Orson Welles lamented. 'That was the real disaster of my life.'

"...Criterion, $49.95..."

May 5, 2006 Screens Review by Steve Uhler

Kind Hearts and Coronets

If comedy is a dish best served black, Kind Hearts and Coronets is beluga caviar marinated in its own ink.

"...Criterion, $29.95 If comedy is a dish best served black,..."

Feb. 24, 2006 Screens Review by Raoul Hernandez

An Angel at My Table

This most impolite of directors attacks the most polite of genres in a way that makes it feel like her own creation, and pays tribute to her source by bringing it so ferociously to life

"...Criterion, $39.95 During the making of An Angel at My..."

Oct. 28, 2005 Screens Review by Spencer Parsons

Naked

The 1993 film by writer and director Mike Leigh, newly released by Criterion, is a small masterpiece of blighted English negativity: like little body with a corrosive heart

"...Criterion, $39.95 Naked, the 1993 film by writer and director..."

Sept. 30, 2005 Screens Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Unfaithfully Yours

Had Hollywood not balked for nearly a decade in letting its first screenwriting superstar direct one of his stories, 'Unfaithfully Yours' might today be recorded as Sturges' directorial debut from 1932 / 33. Instead, it remains the modern Moliere's final treasure.

"...Criterion Collection, $29.95Unfaithfully Yours..."

July 15, 2005 Screens Review by Raoul Hernandez

Film News

Action: The state Senate and House incentive bills are in committee; a 'Scanner' delay; plus, Marc English, Joe Conway, and Sandra Bullock

"...followed up his cool do-it-yourself, punkish design for the Criterion Collection release of Linklater's Slacker with the Criterion version..."

April 1, 2005 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Staying Alive

You don't even want to know

"...savored (but for the "digital" part, anyhow). The words "Criterion Collection" meant something then – there was no such..."

Jan. 21, 2005 Screens Review by Marrit Ingman

The Battle of AlgiersAlso Out Now The Battle of Algiers

In the wake of this country's most recent exercise in colonialism, Criterion has released, on three DVDs, Gillo Pontecorvo's 1966 masterpiece, a film so rich in aesthetic and political relevance as to be almost uncanny

"...The Battle of AlgiersCriterion, $49.95..."

Nov. 5, 2004 Screens Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Kurosawa's 'Stray Dog' and 'Ikiru'

"...Criterion, $39.95..."

July 2, 2004 Screens Review by Raoul Hernandez

3 Women

It came to Robert Altman in a dream, and that much is clear

"...3 WomenCriterion Collection, $39.95..."

June 11, 2004 Screens Review by Courtney Fitzgerald

Le Corbeau

"...The Criterion Collection, $29.95..."

April 30, 2004 Screens Review by Raoul Hernandez

Pickup on South Street

"...Pickup on South StreetThe Criterion Collection, $29..."

April 23, 2004 Screens Review by Raoul Hernandez

Discus Maximus

New and nifty dvds

"...The Criterion Collection ($39.95)Sullivan's Travels..."

Dec. 7, 2001 Screens Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Scanlines

"...Voyager/Criterion (laserdisc)..."

July 28, 1995 Arts Feature

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