Crumb: Criterion Collection

Underground comic book artist Robert Crumb rose to prominence in the 1960s thanks to the creation of popular characters like Mr. Natural and Fritz the Cat, his most famous character (much to his chagrin). Filmmaker Terry Zwigoff knew Crumb personally... 

Louie Bluie: Criterion Collection

Filmmaker Terry Zwigoff got his start making documentaries and Louie Bluie (1985) was his first film. In the mid-1970s, he worked at the Department of Social Services in San Francisco and during his off-hours played in the Cheap Suit Serenaders, a band... 

Art School Confidential

Daniel Clowes made the successful transition from the comic book page to the big screen with an adaptation of his graphic novel Ghost World in 2000. It was an excellent example of all the right elements coming together at the right time. Clowes is back... 

Bad Santa: Director’s Cut

Already released on DVD with a theatrical version and a raunchier, unrated version, Bad Santa (2003) is enjoying yet another DVD release, this time the Director’s Cut. This is an anti-Christmas movie that gleefully thumbs its cynical nose at the fake... 

Bad Santa: The Unrated Version

Bad Santa (2003), like The Ref (1994) before it, is an anti-Christmas movie. They both gleefully thumb their cynical noses at the fake cheer and manufactured mirth of the holiday season. However, where The Ref betrayed its own misanthropic tendencies...