La Dolce Vita: Criterion Collection

At the time of its release, Federico Fellini’s La dolce vita (1960) was considered a prescient masterpiece that anticipated our celebrity-obsessed tabloid culture. Looking back now, its subject matter seems rather tame, but after the likes of O.J. Simpson,... 

Amarcord: Criterion Collection

For those of us who have watched washed out, faded prints of Federico Fellini’s Amarcord (1973) on public television, this new transfer, by the folks at the Criterion Collection, is a revelation. The colours have never looked more vibrant and Nino Rota’s... 

Amarcord

For those of us who have watched washed out, faded prints of Federico Fellini’s Amarcord (1973) on public television, this new transfer, by the folks at the Criterion Collection, is a revelation. The colours have never looked more vibrant and Nino Rota’s... 

I Vitelloni

I Vitelloni (1953) is the story of five friends growing up in a small, seaside town in Italy. Director Federico Fellini introduces them via a voiceover narration and a fluid tracking shot that Martin Scorsese would later employ for similar effect in both... 

La Strada

Before legendary Italian filmmaker Federico Fellini established himself as international filmmaking force with La Dolce Vita (1960) and 8 1/2 (1963), he cut his teeth on intimate slices of life like, La Strada (1954). The Criterion Collection has taken...