There’s a new Criterion-centric podcast called Criterion Close Up, hosted by Aaron West and Mark Hurne. I was fortunate enough to join these two over the weekend for their third episode, appropriately titled Geekfest 2015. We talk about forthcoming releases, both those confirmed and those rumored, and in general have fun sharing our enthusiasm. It’s fun stuff! Read the full post and get a link to the podcast.
David and Trevor are back with The Eclipse Viewer 33: Three Wicked Melodramas from Gainsborough Pictures. Read the full post and get the link to the podcast.
Earlier this year, The Criterion Collection release François Truffaut’s The Soft Skin, and today they follow up with another wonderful release from Truffaut: his delightful, warm, and reflective 1973 film Day for Night. Trevor reviews the film and discusses the new edition. Read the full post.
David and Trevor are back with The Eclipse Viewer 32: Pearls of the Czech New Wave Part II. Read the full post and get the link to the podcast.
In the late 1940s, Hollywood director Jules Dassin made a string of fine films noir. However, he was blacklisted and, as quickly as he could, travelled to London to continue his film career before it was put to death. There he directed 1950’s Night and the City. Today, The Criterion Collection has upgraded their old DVD release of the film, and you can pick it up in a lovely new edition. Trevor reviews the film and the new Criterion Blu-ray. Read the full post.
Once again, I had the great pleasure of joining Scott Nye and David Blakeslee over at The CriterionCast, this time to discuss Krzysztof Kieslowski’s 1991 film, The Double Life of Veronique. Read the full post and find a link to the podcast.
David and Trevor are back with The Eclipse Viewer 31: Pearls of the Czech New Wave Part I. Read the full post and get the link to the podcast.
This week The Criterion Collection returns to 1960s Swedish cinema by releasing Jan Troell’s debut feature, Here Is Your Life, a beautifully shot and constructed three-hour bildungsroman. Trevor reviews the film and the Blu-ray release. Read the full post.
Once again, I had the great pleasure of joining in a conversation at The CriterionCast, this time to discuss Luchino Visconti’s 1954 film, Senso. Read the post and find a link to the podcast.
Today The Criterion Collection is releasing a new Blu-ray edition of Alain Resnais’s enigmatic, beautiful film about tragedy and memory, Hiroshima mon amour. Trevor reviews the film and Blu-ray edition. Read the full post.