Gate of Hell: Criterion Collection
April 30, 2013
Gate of Hell (1953) belongs to the golden age of Japanese cinema that saw several of its filmmakers achieve international acclaim, including Teinosuke Kinugasa whose film won the Grand Prix prize at the 1954 Cannes Film Festival and the Best Foreign Language...
The Blob: Criterion Collection
April 23, 2013
The Blob (1958) is one of the classic monster movies made during the 1950s. Common origins for a lot of creatures from these kinds of movies were either as a result of atomic energy or from outer space. Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr.’s movie opts for the latter...
Repo Man: Criterion Collection
April 16, 2013
“Not many people got a code to live by anymore,” says Bud (Stanton), the veteran repo man to his protege, Otto (Estevez) near the beginning of Alex Cox’s Repo Man (1984). This film is all about personal codes and philosophies. It seems...
A Man Escaped: Criterion Collection
April 4, 2013
Inspired by the experiences of Andre Devigny, a French lieutenant in World War II who managed to escape from Fort Montluc prison in German-occupied Lyon in 1943, Robert Bresson’s A Man Escaped (1956) is regarded as one of the best prison-break films...
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp: Criterion Collection
April 2, 2013
Considered by many to be one of the best British films ever made, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) is undeniably Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s masterpiece – a sprawling epic that spans four decades, from the Boer War through World...
Badlands: Criterion Collection
March 21, 2013
Badlands (1973) was an auspicious debut from Terrence Malick. Based loosely on the real-life killing spree of Charles Starkweather and his girlfriend Caril Ann Fugate in 1958, Malick made his film independently and for little money. The end result is...
Ministry of Fear: Criterion Collection
March 19, 2013
Fritz Lang was a German filmmaker in exile thanks to World War II. He saw making an adaptation of Graham Greene’s novel The Ministry of Fear as a way to contribute to the war effort and demonstrate his democratic credentials. However, the studio made...
On the Waterfront: Criterion Collection
March 6, 2013
On the Waterfront (1954) introduced Method acting into the mainstream and Marlon Brando’s moody, muscular performance ushered in a new wave of actors that included the likes of James Dean and Montgomery Clift – thespians that immersed themselves completely...
Wreck-It Ralph: Ultimate Collector’s Edition
March 5, 2013
Video games are a thriving and incredibly lucrative industry, grossing as much if not more than the film industry so it makes sense that someone would make an animated film about the games themselves. And what better studio to do it than Disney who attempted...
The Kid with a Bike: Criterion Collection
March 1, 2013
The Kid with a Bike (2011) continues Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne’s fascination with scrappy, troubled protagonists that exist on the fringes of society. They are interested in telling stories about working class people in a realistic style and this...
