Broadcast News

A meat-on-the-bones romantic comedy set at a tipping point in network news' history

"...Broadcast NewsCriterion Collection, $29.95..."

Jan. 28, 2011 Screens Review by Kimberley Jones

Target Markets

Apocalypse Now: Full Disclosure

"...Also Recommended in War Films: The Thin Red Line (Criterion Collection, $39.95, Blu-ray), The Pacific (HBO Home Video, $79.98)..."

Nov. 26, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Target Markets

The Quintessential Guy Maddin!

"...Also Recommended in Arthouse: Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times (The Criterion Collection, $39.95, Blu-ray); The Complete Metropolis (Kino International, $29.95)..."

Nov. 26, 2010 Screens Feature by Wells Dunbar

The Outlaw

Alex Cox, still shooting film, and the finger, after all these years

"...aesthetically and vindicated politically, receiving at last the elaborate Criterion treatment, but at the time, it was seen as..."

Oct. 22, 2010 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

And Then There Were Three

White, Glass and Shafto debate, while Perry goes AWOL

"...White's refusal to hand over old tax records (a criterion set solely by Perry), but the Libertarian called that..."

Oct. 20, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

What Are You Looking At?

Our latest pop-culture fixations

"...is one of a host of extras on the Criterion Collection's sparkling new two-disc release; also included are the..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Screens Feature

Gone and Quartered

Stiffed on Capital Metro money, the city scrambles to fund another $51 million in transportation projects

"...potential $100 million bond referendum this November, a key criterion should be each project's ability to qualify for matching..."

April 16, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

The blurbing of SXSW

"...pleaser, It's Not Gonna Be Pretty, were inspired by Criterion DVD titles: "The Distant Knell" (The Seventh Seal), "A..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

Can't Get There From Here

While suburban rail spends and stumbles, Cap Metro's transit-dependent riders wait at the end of the line

"...because it does not track incidents according to that criterion. MetroAccess..."

Jan. 22, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

The Brigitte Bardot Classic Collection

Brigitte & Birkin, oh my ...

"...that doesn't include ... And God Created Woman (the Criterion DVD remains the standard for Bardot's breakthrough), Plucking the..."

Jan. 22, 2010 Screens Review by Raoul Hernandez

Off the Record

A flashback from Red River's seedy past, the Sour Notes hit a sweet spot, and Patty Griffin gets Grounded in Music

"...the songs are themed after specific movies in the Criterion Collection. I get totally wrapped up in the feeling..."

Jan. 22, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Ballast

A little-seen but highly praised debut film from new director Lance Hammer

"...Howards End (Blu-ray) (Criterion, $39.95): This E.M. Forster adaptation represents everything that's good..."

Nov. 13, 2009 Screens Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Climate, Meet Mobility

Copenhagen is all about green transport – and Austin should be, too

"...failure to even evaluate such expertise as a selection criterion represents a huge missed opportunity...."

Nov. 6, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

I Can Watch What Where?

Finding films for cheap on the Internet

"...proceed directly to the Auteurs (www.theauteurs.com), which boasts the Criterion Collection as a partner; with the click of a..."

Oct. 16, 2009 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Festival International de Jazz de Montreal

"...the two collaborators of 2007's The Third Man on Criterion Collection jazz equivalent ECM not so much in conversation..."

July 10, 2009 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

DVD Review: François Truffaut's The Last Metro

Truffaut review

"...Césars, is a riot of big time sensuality, and Criterion's impeccable dual-DVD release, fully restored from a high definition..."

April 7, 2009 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Shot on Location

For All Mankind filmmaker Al Reinert goes walking on the moon one more time

"...year with a new high-definition print developed by the Criterion Collection for release on Blu-ray. (On seeing the new..."

March 13, 2009 Screens Feature by Robert Faires

Looking for a School Chief

AISD zigzags its way to a new superintendent

"...The other criterion, he explained, is finding someone who would have "chemistry..."

Feb. 27, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Spy Who Came In From the Cold

"I've got the last good lay in an aging whore!" said Martin Ritts of his famously troubled star, Richard Burton

"...The Spy Who Came In From the ColdThe Criterion Collection, $39.95..."

Nov. 21, 2008 Screens Review by John Davidson

The Last Laugh: Deluxe Restored Edition

Best known for his vampires, devils, and death-dealers, F.W. Murnau traffics here in the evils of capitalism and human cruelty

"...Le Plaisir, and The Earrings of Madame de ... (Criterion Collection): Master DVD minters unveil this triptych of early..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Screens Review by Wells Dunbar

Catherine Deneuve: 5-Film Collection
Sophia Loren: 4-Film Collection

Lions Gate lionizes two icons – one French, one Italian – in two new collections

"...Classe Tous Risques (Criterion, $29.95): Nail-biting noir rivets Claude Sautet's 1960 directorial debut..."

June 20, 2008 Screens Review by Raoul Hernandez

Developing Stories

CAMPO's new executive director plans to get busy planning

"...which transit and multimodal experience was a key hiring criterion – the CAMPO board selected Cantalupo, who started April..."

May 16, 2008 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Summer Palace

This Chinese film dramatizing the Tiananmen Square massacre earned the director a five-year ban from making movies

"...The Last Emperor (Criterion, $59.95): A look inside a very different China, from..."

April 4, 2008 Screens Review by Josh Rosenblatt

The Ice Storm

Revisiting Ang Lee's The Ice Storm and its survey of the moral dissolution of American life through the Nixon era

"...The Ice StormCriterion Collection, $39.95..."

March 28, 2008 Screens Review by John Davidson

Gusher of Lies: The Dangerous Delusions of 'Energy Independence'

Robert Bryce's dissection of the energy market isn't likely to win him friends.

"...– get a pat on the head. His sole criterion for judging the merits of any energy source seems..."

March 7, 2008 Books Review by Richard Whittaker

Sometimes the Music's in the Scratches

In defense of the bootleg

"...any previous release, Two-Lane Blacktop reveals limitations in the Criterion approach that sets the bar for home-theatre-centric cinephilia. Picture..."

Feb. 15, 2008 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

Better a Bush Than Obama, Who Is Too Much Like Martin Luther King

"...emotionally laden rah-rah speech? Electing a president on that criterion is criminal. I'm surprised that some voters think these..."

Feb. 9, 2008 Postmarks

There Will Be Film

"...Melville's semiautobiographical classic about the French Resistance gets the Criterion treatment it deserves...."

Jan. 4, 2008 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

There Will Be Film

"...(or a '70 GTO): Monte Hellman's Two-Lane Blacktop, from Criterion...."

Jan. 4, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Bewitched

Nightmare Factory's doors remain padlocked after argument about safety codes, Fire Department jurisdictions, and water systems

"...based on the complete safety package, not just one criterion. "It's up to the business owner to come up..."

Oct. 26, 2007 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

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