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Au Revoir, Les Enfants Du CriterionCast or How Travis Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Tourbus [CriterionCast News]

Travis George — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 02:48:10 +0000

Dearest CriterionCast listeners,

If you haven’t heard through pensive whisperings, in Ustream, or in our latest episodes, Episode 29 and 29.5 will [...]

June 2010 Criterion Collection New Releases Announced! [Criterion New Releases]

Travis George — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:50:49 +0000

Ryan Gallagher is more than just my Criterion Cast co-host and friend in real life (yes, [...]

MALICK’S MOTLEY MUSKETEERS OR MIFUNE’S MAGENTA MANE? [TRAVIS PREDICTS!]

Travis George — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:23:15 +0000

Those of us who are romantically-involved with that special someone (and really, even those of us [...]

Lots Of Criterion / Eclipse / Essential Art House Films To Go Out Of Print This March [Criterion OOP]

Travis George — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:51:14 +0000

February 2nd, 2010 was a day of announcements. Being on the West Coast, I awoke to a string of news articles. After [...]

Travis Reviews Henry Joost & Ariel Schulman’s Catfish [Sundance 2010 Reviews]

Travis George — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 07:01:49 +0000

The immediacy of information in the age of the Internet, at the most basic consideration, has been double-edged. Knowledge at our [...]

Travis Reviews Adam Green’s Frozen [Sundance 2010 Reviews]

Travis George — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 02:31:31 +0000

The horror/thriller/suspense/whatever genre tends to suffer from an inherent douchebaggery in its leads. When bad things happen to people with few redeeming [...]

Travis Reviews Taika Waititi’s BOY [Sundance 2010 Review]

Travis George — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 22:23:54 +0000

“What if the hero you’ve been waiting for is a dick?”

That is one of a few choice taglines of Taika [...]

Travis Reviews Jacques Audiard’s A Prophet [Sundance 2010 Reviews]

Travis George — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 03:36:35 +0000

Jacques Audiard’s Un Prophete (A Prophet) is unlike any other I’ve seen. It is a veritable molotov cocktail — a prison drama [...]

Ken Wardrop’s His & Hers [Sundance 2010 Review]

Travis George — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 19:28:06 +0000

From the first line of dialogue in Ken Wardrop’s documentary, I had a smile on my face. His & Hers tells, in [...]

April 2010 Criterion Collection New Releases Announced! [Criterion New Releases]

Travis George — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 05:47:12 +0000

There’s no greater satisfaction than receiving exactly what is expected. When Netflix sends me an email with the subject line [...]

Happy New Years From The Criterion Collection, Now Here’s A Cryptic Drawing [Criterion New Releases / Rumors?]

Travis George — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 06:52:11 +0000

Criterion makes us think. Rather than providing us with campy comedies and mindless, explosion-laden action flicks (well, save one or two), they [...]

STEVEN SEAGAL IN THE CRITERION COLLECTION??? [TRAVIS PREDICTS!]

Travis George — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 06:00:56 +0000

…Okay, not really — But now that I have your attention:

Ryan was oh-so thoughtful enough to give me a [...]

Travis’ Top Ten Criterion Collection Films Of All Time! [CriterionCast Top Ten Lists]

Travis George — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:11:22 +0000

Want to know how long I’ve been receiving Criterion’s monthly newsletter, all-the-while daydreaming of being someone of enough cinematic circumstance [...]

March 2010 Criterion Collection New Releases Announced! [Criterion New Releases]

Travis George — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:28:49 +0000

Well, this is embarrassing. It seems that when I typed up my prediction for March 23rd releases, I [...]

AKIRA KUROSAWA’S RASHOMON – THROUGH NEW EYES [Film Review]

Travis George — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 05:37:27 +0000

Undoubtedly the finest local news coverage comes in times of adverse weather. Back in North Carolina, hurricane season was marked by [...]

LARS VON TRIERS ANTICHRIST TO BE RELEASED ON CRITERION [TRAVIS PREDICTS!]

Travis George — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 08:05:18 +0000

As wonderful as the photoshop of my face on Aragorn’s body is, my hairline would sadly look just like that if [...]

February 2010 Criterion Collection Release Schedule Announced [Criterion New Releases]

Travis George — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 02:03:49 +0000

Friday the 13th. Historically a day of rotten luck, yes? Not this time! Rather than being chased through a lakeside camp by a masked [...]

BARNES & NOBLE 50% CRITERION COLLECTION SALE [Criterion Deals]

Travis George — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:19:32 +0000

Sweet Lord, someone call my mother! Actually, don’t bother — I already sent her an email [...]

What Is Sidney Lumet Doing At Criterion? [Travis Predicts!]

Travis George — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:31:07 +0000

Welcome to our newest column here at CriterionCast, where I make predictions of the future movements and releases of the Criterion Collection.

This column will [...]

January 2010 Criterion Collection Releases Announced! Che! Rossellini WW2! Paris!

Travis George — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 01:15:18 +0000

Do you live for the 15th of the month? I certainly do.

In fact, I typically roll out of bed and into [...]