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5 New Clips From Aki Kaurismäki’s Le Havre

Ryan Gallagher — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 19:42:06 +0000

This past year saw the premiere of Aki Kaurismäki’s latest work, Le Havre, at the Cannes Film Festival. Earlier this summer it [...]

New Trailer For Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy Hits

Joshua Brunsting — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 04:42:04 +0000

While the upcoming Tomas Alfredson film Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy may have only the loosest of Criterion Collection connections (it stars Gary [...]

Trailer For Christopher Doyle And Takashi Shimizu’s Rabbit Horror 3D Arrives

Joshua Brunsting — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 15:20:56 +0000

As far as titles go, it’s hard to beat Rabbit Horror 3D. As far as talent goes, the same can be said [...]

Trailer For Wong Kar-Wai’s The Grandmasters Hits

Joshua Brunsting — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 04:54:02 +0000

Everyone in the film world may be focusing on trailers for films like The Dark Knight Rises and The Avengers, [...]

Trailer For Steven Soderbergh’s Contagion Hits

Joshua Brunsting — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 06:42:20 +0000

While most of the film world is eagerly awaiting the debut trailer for Chris Nolan’s upcoming film, The Dark Knight [...]

New Trailer For Steve James’ The Interrupters

Joshua Brunsting — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 16:44:49 +0000

After doing the early 2011 film festival rounds, director Steve James’ latest film, THE INTERRUPTERS is set to bow later this month. [...]

Documentary On Jodorowsky’s Dune In The Works

James McCormick — Tue, 17 May 2011 04:40:32 +0000

As a film nerd, you grow up hearing about certain films that almost got made but something (or everything) went [...]

Kick Start This Film: Michele Josue’s Matt Shepard Is A Friend of Mine

James McCormick — Thu, 12 May 2011 05:08:27 +0000

Over the past several months, we’ve attempted to showcase several older films that deserve the attention of the Criterion Collection with our [...]

Criterion Has Three Reasons For Ken Loach’s Kes

Ryan Gallagher — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 06:49:34 +0000

I cannot wait to see Ken Loach’s Kes. As anyone who listens to the podcast on a regular basis over [...]

Four More Fan-Made “For Criterion Consideration” / “Three Reasons” Videos

Ryan Gallagher — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 05:24:15 +0000

A couple weeks back I shared the Three Reasons / For Criterion Consideration mash-up videos that Robert of Primolandia [...]

Watch This Fan-Made Three Reasons Video Celebrating For All Mankind

Ryan Gallagher — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 22:59:06 +0000

While we all eagerly await the arrival of Criterion’s Three Reasons video for Ken Loach’s Kes, I thought it would be [...]

Fan-Made Three Reasons Video Highlights Orson Welles’ F For Fake

Ryan Gallagher — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 05:13:20 +0000

While we’re all awaiting the possibility that Orson Welles’ lost film, The Other Side Of The Wind, may finally [...]

“Three Reasons” Meets “For Criterion Consideration” In New Fan Series

Ryan Gallagher — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 01:38:19 +0000

When we brought up the notion that our readers and listeners might find it entertaining to create their own [...]

Criterion Has Three Reasons For Brian De Palma’s Blow Out [Slightly NSFW]

Ryan Gallagher — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 06:20:10 +0000

In January, Criterion started releasing their Three Reasons line of videos, featuring upcoming titles. We’ve seen videos for

Jonathan Demme Prepares For Criterion’s Upcoming Release Of Something Wild

Ryan Gallagher — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 05:45:53 +0000

Last August, when the film line-up for All Tomorrow’s Parties was announced, we learned that Criterion would be presenting [...]

First Fan-Made Three Reasons Video Highlights Terry Gilliam’s Brazil

Ryan Gallagher — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 20:00:54 +0000

Last month, Criterion unveiled their latest project: the “Three Reasons” video series. In this, they highlight three reasons why [...]

New Trailer For Ken Loach’s Route Irish Hits

Joshua Brunsting — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 19:55:00 +0000

With his classic film, Kes, set to join the Criterion Collection in April, Ken Loach is back with a new film, [...]

The Criterion Collection Has Three Reasons For Three Upcoming Releases

Ryan Gallagher — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 19:06:33 +0000

Over the past month, the Criterion Collection has been slowly releasing a series of minute long videos, highlighting “three reasons” why [...]

Watch The Trailer For Steve James’ Latest Film, The Interrupters

Ryan Gallagher — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 19:03:31 +0000

One of the last podcast episodes that we recorded with Travis, before he went on tour, was a discussion [...]

Trailer For Werner Herzog’s 3D Documentary, The Cave Of Forgotten Dreams

Joshua Brunsting — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 15:41:09 +0000

While 2010 may have been the year of the documentary, one director is hell bent on making 2011 an equally intriguing [...]

Alejandro Jodorowsky’s Santa Sangre Coming To DVD In America Thanks To Severin Films

James McCormick — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 14:00:52 +0000

Thanks to the fine folk over at Severin Films, they are bringing us a forgotten gem from 1989 from a master [...]

SyFy Premiering Antiques Roadshow For Film Geeks: Hollywood Treasure

Ryan Gallagher — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 04:15:09 +0000

Tomorrow night, SyFy is unveiling the latest in their run of reality / infotainment programming, in the form of Hollywood Treasure. [...]

Trailer For Gus Van Sant’s Restless Hits The Internet

Joshua Brunsting — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 17:00:26 +0000

Despite being best known for his more arthouse focused fair, Gus Van Sant has been able to be one of the [...]

New Trailer For Assayas’ Epic Carlos The Jackal Biopic From IFC

Joshua Brunsting — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 15:00:16 +0000

Talk about following up a film like Summer Hours.

Thanks to IFC, we have a new trailer for Olivier Assayas’ [...]

Fantastic Fest 2010 Preview: Johan Lundborg and Johan Storm’s Corridor (Isolerad)

Ryan Gallagher — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:30:01 +0000

Despite whatever goals I set out for myself with this blog, I always manage to disappoint myself. When I set out [...]

Fantastic Fest 2010 Preview: Pablo Trapero’s Carancho

Ryan Gallagher — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 06:00:06 +0000

I’m attempting to preview the various films screening at Fantastic Fest by going through the list of titles that have been [...]

Fantastic Fest 2010 Preview: Rodrigo Cortes’ Buried

Ryan Gallagher — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 01:00:10 +0000

At the Sundance Film Festival this past January, Rudie and Travis were treated to the world premiere of Rodrigo Cortes’ new [...]

Fantastic Fest 2010 Preview: Ben Ketai’s 30 Days of Night – Dark Days

Ryan Gallagher — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:00:57 +0000

Last week saw the second wave of titles announced for Fantastic Fest, along with some bigger, more recognizable titles for the [...]

Fantastic Fest 2010 Preview: Jang Cheol-So’s Bedevilled

Ryan Gallagher — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 01:00:42 +0000

September will see an onslaught of film festivals screening across the world, but Austin’s own Fantastic Fest, will certainly be the [...]

International Trailer For Mike Leigh’s Latest Film, Another Year, Hits The Internet

Joshua Brunsting — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:00:50 +0000

Coming out of this year’s Cannes Film Festival, very few films walked away with the massive level of hype that Mike [...]

IFC Releases New Trailer For Christopher Nolan’s Following, Re-Released On IFC On-Demand, When Will We Get The Criterion Announcement?

Joshua Brunsting — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:56:21 +0000

Inception is currently making its mark on American film goers, and while the buzz has been beyond what anyone could really [...]

Black Narcissus Vs. Inception – The Trailer

Joshua Brunsting — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:32:44 +0000

Very rarely do I really watch mash up trailers, but that’s only because I haven’t quite found one that really worked.

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Trailer For Abbas Kiarostami’s Certified Copy Hits The Internet

Joshua Brunsting — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:03:20 +0000

Coming out of the Cannes film festival, there were very few films that had me waiting with more anticipation than the [...]

New International Illusionist Trailer From Sylvain Chomet Teases With Animated Tati Joy

Joshua Brunsting — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 05:00:24 +0000

There are two things in this world that make it truly worth living.

New Sylvain Chomet films, and the past work of [...]

Joshua Reflects On The 50th Anniversary, And Theatrical Re-Release of Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless

Joshua Brunsting — Sun, 30 May 2010 04:42:43 +0000

Think of the world 50 years from now. What films do you think will still be talked about? What films do you [...]

Trailer For Romain Gavras’ Notre Jour Viendra Hits The Net

Joshua Brunsting — Wed, 26 May 2010 05:52:33 +0000

After directing the brilliant long form music video for M.I.A.’s superb new track, Born Free, Romain Gavras proved that he was far [...]

AnimEigo Releasing Shogun Assassin On Blu-ray This July

Joshua Brunsting — Tue, 25 May 2010 03:35:25 +0000

Is there anything cooler than samurai films?

One of the most beloved cult samurai films is set to get a much longed [...]

Trailer For Olivier Assayas’ Carlos [Cannes Film Festival]

Joshua Brunsting — Fri, 21 May 2010 04:26:09 +0000

After its premiere earlier this week at the Cannes Film Festival, we now have our first glimpse as to what to expect [...]

Abbas Kiarostami’s Certified Copy Teaser Unveiled As Cannes Approaches

James McCormick — Thu, 06 May 2010 05:28:33 +0000

Cannes is about a week away now and one of the more anticipated films that are in Competition just released its trailer [...]

Illegal Machete Trailer Released

Rudie Obias — Thu, 06 May 2010 02:32:48 +0000

I was searching for a good reason to write this story up and I found a Criterion connection to it. Robert De [...]

Amazon Unveils Pre-Order Pages For Thin Red Line, Darjeeling Limited, Antichrist, Seven Samurai, and Videodrome Criterion Blu-rays

Rudie Obias — Thu, 06 May 2010 01:54:35 +0000

Earlier this week, we told you about how The New York Times unveiled a couple release dates before Criterion had the opportunity to [...]

New York Times Reveals Hausu / Criterion Release Date

Ryan Gallagher — Mon, 03 May 2010 19:44:03 +0000

Yesterday, we told you about how the New York times revealed an August Criterion release that has yet to be [...]

New York Times Reveals August Criterion Collection New Releases

Ryan Gallagher — Mon, 03 May 2010 04:24:09 +0000

We all know how secretive Criterion is when it comes to their new releases, with Apple like control of what they [...]

Lionsgate Teases With Claustrophobic BURIED Trailer

Rudie Obias — Sat, 01 May 2010 20:34:14 +0000

Buried was a small film that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival this year. It was one of the big surprises from [...]

Tribeca Film Festival 2010 Preview: Brillante Mendoza’s Lola

Ryan Gallagher — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 02:53:11 +0000

Welcome back to our series of Tribeca Film Festival previews, where we highlight a film that will [...]

Tribeca Film Festival 2010 Preview: Mat Whitecross’ sex & drugs & rock & roll

Ryan Gallagher — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 05:49:38 +0000

For tonight’s Tribeca preview, we’re looking at another musician biopic, this time focusing on Ian Dury from the Blockheads. In sex [...]

First Look At Fish Tank In The Criterion Collection [Rumor?]

Ryan Gallagher — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 04:26:52 +0000

This past February, Criterion sent out their monthly newsletter, talking about where they’ve been and where they’re going. This particular newsletter [...]

Tribeca Film Festival 2010 Preview: Joann Sfar’s Gainsbourg, Je t’Aime… Moi Non Plus (Gainsbourg, vie héroïque)

Ryan Gallagher — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 07:30:53 +0000

For our Tribeca preview today, we’re taking a peek at the French biopic, Gainsbourg, Je t’Aime… Moi Non Plus (or Gainsbourg, [...]

Enter The Void French Trailer

Rudie Obias — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 04:20:48 +0000

One of the most talked about movies at last year’s Cannes Film Festival will be making its way to a theater near [...]

Tribeca Film Festival 2010 Preview: Alex Mar’s American Mystic

Ryan Gallagher — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 05:30:27 +0000

For tonight’s Tribeca Film Festival Preview, we’re showing you a trailer for a film that Rudie has actually already seen, and [...]

Tribeca Film Festival 2010 Preview: Tarik Saleh’s Metropia

Ryan Gallagher — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 04:38:04 +0000

Welcome back to our series of preview of films screening at the upcoming Tribeca Film Festival, April 21st through May 2nd in [...]

Remastered With New Footage: New Cut Of Metropolis To Hit Theaters Later This Year, DVD / Blu-ray To Follow

Ryan Gallagher — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 20:35:33 +0000

Last November we told you about the new cut of Metropolis that would be screening at the Berlin Film [...]

Tribeca Film Festival 2010 Preview: Kim Chapiron’s Dog Pound

Ryan Gallagher — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 03:58:51 +0000

Tonight, for our Tribeca film preview, we’re presenting the trailer for Kim Chapiron’s Dog Pound. The film presents a look inside [...]

Tribeca Film Festival 2010 Preview: C. Scott Willis’ The Woodmans

Ryan Gallagher — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 05:37:41 +0000

For tonight’s installment, we’ve chosen to feature the trailer for what looks to be a charming documentary, highlighting a family of [...]

Criterion Trailer Of The Week: Nicolas Roeg’s Walkabout [Criterion Collection # 10]

Ryan Gallagher — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 02:51:12 +0000

On our next episode, we’ll be featuring Nicolas Roeg’s 1971 film Walkabout [...]

Lars Von Triers Antichrist To Receive The Criterion Treatment [Travis Predicts - Confirmed!]

Ryan Gallagher — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 01:28:11 +0000

Well folks, it would seem that the fine folks at Criterion wanted to send Travis off on his adventures with a [...]

Tribeca Film Festival 2010 Preview: Omar Rodriguez Lopez’s Sentimental Engine Slayer

Ryan Gallagher — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 04:35:06 +0000

On tonight’s Tribeca Preview, we take a look at a film that I cannot wait to see more of. One of [...]

First Look At Nobuhiko Obayashi’s Hausu

Rudie Obias — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 19:52:33 +0000

Today, Criterion released this strange image from their twitter feed. This image, from what I gather, is from the much [...]

Tribeca Film Festival 2010 Preview: Lee Isaac Chung’s Lucky Life

Ryan Gallagher — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 04:24:43 +0000

Welcome back to our Tribeca 2010 Film Festival preview series. Over the next couple weeks, we’ll be featuring a providing trailers [...]

Tribeca Film Festival 2010 Preview: Alexandra Codina’s Monica and David

Ryan Gallagher — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 04:28:52 +0000

On April 21st, 2010, the 9th Annual Tribeca Film Festival will kick off it’s twelve days of festivities. Incredibly, our own [...]

Redford Sent Us Trailer

Rudie Obias — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 06:59:40 +0000

While Travis and I were in Park City, Utah for the Sundance Film Festival, we stayed in a [...]

Animal Kingdom Trailer

Ryan Gallagher — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 22:07:20 +0000

David Michôd’s Australian crime film, Animal Kingdom, made its U.S. premiere at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. I was lucky enough to be [...]

Ryan Is Scared By What He Saw At The SXSW 2010 Predators First Look [SXSW 2010 Film Festival]

Ryan Gallagher — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:59:31 +0000

This review will only be discussing that which was shown to us at the SXSW 2010 Film Festival. At the “First Look” we [...]

First Look At Lionsgate’s StudioCanal Collection: Ran and Contempt Blu-ray’s [Criterion OOP]

Ryan Gallagher — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:38:14 +0000

Well, I think we’ve all had a good cry, hopefully on the shoulder of someone who can truly understand what these [...]

John Huston’s Under The Volcano – Criterion #410 – Trailer

Rudie Obias — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:46:25 +0000

The trailer for John Huston’s Under The Volcano (CC #410). The next film we discuss on the next episode of The CriterionCast. [...]

Nicolas Roeg’s The Man Who Fell To Earth – Criterion #304 – Trailer

Ryan Gallagher — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 05:09:33 +0000

Next week, CriterionCast will be discussing Nicolas Roeg’s 1976 film: The Man Who Fell To Earth. For [...]

Robert Bresson’s Pickpocket – Criterion #314 – Trailer

Rudie Obias — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 01:22:58 +0000

The trailer for Robert Bresson’s Pickpocket (CC #314). The featured film in this week’s episode of The CriterionCast.

David Gordon Green’s George Washington – Trailer – Criterion #152

Ryan Gallagher — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 08:19:17 +0000

Check out the trailer for David Gordon Green’s 2000 film, George Washington. We’ll be reviewing the film for CriterionCast [...]

Andrei Tarkovsky’s Solaris – Criterion #164 – Trailer

Ryan Gallagher — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 07:04:44 +0000

Next week we’ll be reviewing Andrei Tarkovsky’s 1972 film, Solaris. Below you’ll find a Russian trailer for the film. [...]

Mike Leigh’s Naked – Criterion #307 – Trailer

Ryan Gallagher — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 07:56:02 +0000

Watch the trailer to Mike Leigh’s 1993 film, NAKED. Please put this movie in your netflix queue. We will [...]

Carl Th. Dreyer’s The Passion of Joan of Arc – Criterion #62 – Trailer

Ryan Gallagher — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 06:29:24 +0000

This is a fan made trailer to Carl Th. Dryer’s 1928 silent film, The Passion of Joan of Arc. We will [...]

Terry Gilliam’s Time Bandits – Criterion #37 – Trailer

Ryan Gallagher — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:46:44 +0000

If you have never experienced the pure comic genius that is the Time Bandits theatrical trailer, you owe it to yourself to watch this clip. [...]