And Everything Is Going Fine: Criterion Collection
June 27, 2012
American actor and playwright Spalding Gray died in 2004 and was widely considered to be one of the greatest monologists ever to tackle the medium. He is primarily known for his four films that depict monologues about various topics but chief among them,...
Gray’s Anatomy: Criterion Collection
June 26, 2012
Gray’s Anatomy (1997) chronicles storyteller Spalding Gray’s search for the perfect cure for an eye problem. In keeping with his habit of performing one-man shows, this one is the similar only given cinematic flourishes by director Steven Soderbergh....
Shallow Grave: Criterion Collection
June 25, 2012
Shallow Grave (1994) announced the arrival of a formidable trio of Scottish filmmakers: screenwriter John Hodge, producer Andrew Macdonald and director Danny Boyle. Their calling card was a nasty little thriller starring then relatively unknown actors...
Lionsgate Unveils NEW Trailer from DREDD!
June 22, 2012
Get your first look at Mega City One in the NEW trailer from Lionsgate’s DREDD, courtesy of Machinima! Featuring Karl Urban, Olivia Thirlby & Lena Headey, this futuristic thriller from director Pete Travis (Vantage Point) opens in theaters on...
Harold and Maude: Criterion Collection
June 19, 2012
When Harold and Maude was released in 1971 it was not a hit. It came between the end of the 1960s and the dawning of the 1970s, marking a transition between these two decades with Harold representing the cynicism of the latter decade and Maude representing...
Hit So Hard: The Life and Near Death Story of Patty Schemel
June 18, 2012
The rise and fall and redemptive arcs of rock musicians are the stuff that MTV Behind the Music specials are made of. You know the drill: a musician works their way up to dizzying heights of fame and fortune; they blow their money on any number of vices;...
DREDD – Coming Soon
June 12, 2012
Based on the famed John Wagner comics series, this futuristic thriller starring Karl Urban, Olivia Thirlby & Lena Headey about a powerful law enforcement officer (Urban) caught in a high-stakes drug war with his rookie trainee (Thirlby) opens in theaters...
Yellow Submarine
June 5, 2012
Based on the song of the same name, Yellow Submarine (1968) was not a film that the Beatles were keen on making. They were unhappy with how Help! (1965) had turned out as well as their self-produced television special Magical Mystery Tour (1967). However,...
Summer with Monika: Criterion Collection
June 1, 2012
With the one-two punch of Summer Interlude (1951) and Summer with Monika (1953), Ingmar Bergman’s cinema was radically shifting from male-centric worlds to female ones. With this film, he presented two people that temporarily escape into another world...
