The Black Stallion: Criterion Collection
July 27, 2015
Based on Walter Farley’s 1941 novel of the same name, The Black Stallion (1979) is beautifully shot art house film for children, which is unthinkable in this day and age of noisy CGI animated movies and dumbed-down live-action fare. This is due in large...
It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World: Criterion Collection
February 19, 2014
Thanks to the massive success of Around the World in 80 Days (1956), Hollywood started cranking out epic, big-budgeted movies populated by a slew of movie star cameos. It was an attempt to get people away from their television screens and back into the...
Breakfast at Tiffany’s: Centennial Collection
January 9, 2009
Based on the novella by Truman Capote, Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961) is one of those classic, quintessential New York City films, like Sweet Smell of Success (1957), The World of Henry Orient (1964), and Manhattan (1979). These films are all snapshots...
Night at the Museum
May 15, 2007
With the escalating budgets of tent-pole Hollywood studio films, the big budget comedy is an endangered species. Several recent ones with big movie stars attached have been scuttled because of their large budgets and the fear that they will be unable...
Breakfast at Tiffany’s: Anniversary Edition
March 14, 2006
Based on the novella by Truman Capote, Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961) is one of those classic, quintessential New York City movies, like Sweet Smell of Success (1957), The World of Henry Orient (1964) and Manhattan (1979). It is a snapshot of the city...
Breakfast at Tiffany’s
October 5, 2003
“Ah yes, Breakfast At Tiffany’s,” I hear you say. “Audrey Hepburn. A classic.” Well, you’d be half right, because while Hepburn is her usual luminous self (helped by Blake Edwards’ longing soft-focus close-ups),...