In this episode of Inside the Box, Trevor and David look into David Lean Directs Noël Coward, featuring In Which We Serve, This Happy Breed, Blithe Spirit, and Brief Encounter.
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Inside the Box – Episode 5 – The Koker Trilogy
In this episode of Inside the Box, Trevor and David look into The Koker Trilogy, featuring Where Is the Friend's House, And Life Goes On, and Through the Olive Trees.
Inside the Box – Episode 4 – The Marseille Trilogy
In this episode of Inside the Box, Trevor and David look into The Marseille Trilogy, featuring Marius, Fanny, and César.
Inside the Box – Episode 3 – Three Fantastic Journeys by Karel Zeman
Trevor and David explore the films in Criterion's Three Fantastic Journeys by Karel Zeman.
Inside the Box – Episode 2 – The Apu Trilogy
Trevor and David discuss three early films by Satyajit Ray.
Inside the Box – Episode 1 – 3 Silent Classics by Josef von Sternberg
Trevor and David launch their new series, discussing a trio of impressive films that established Josef von Sternberg as one of Hollywood's greatest directors of the 1920s.
Inside the Box – Episode 0 – Trailer!
Trevor Berrett and David Blakeslee are pleased to present Inside the Box, a podcast series that will explore the riches in the various box sets released by The Criterion Collection.
Trevor Reviews Abbas Kiarostami’s 24 Frames [Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review]
While the premise underlying Kiarostami's 24 Frames may look strange on paper -- in this, his final film, he animates 24 still images and presents them one-by-one -- the result is a surprisingly rich work that explores...
Episode 194 — Ingmar Bergman’s Persona
For this episode of The CriterionCast, Scott, David, and Trevor join to discuss Ingmar Bergman's Persona.
Trevor Reviews Ron Shelton’s Bull Durham [Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review]
Earlier this year The Criterion Collection released Ron Shelton's Bull Durham, giving us a great opportunity to revisit a maligned classic. The film, though, doesn't deserve derision. It's a delicate, and often funny...
Trevor Reviews Olivier Assayas’s Cold Water [Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review]
After decades of obscurity, Olivier Assayas's Cold Water is finally available in a lovely edition from The Criterion Collection. This is as it should be. The film is a masterpiece.
Trevor Reviews Ingmar Bergman’s The Virgin Spring [Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review]
The Criterion Collection's new Blu-ray of Ingmar Bergman's The Virgin Spring is a shimmering presentation that makes the film -- a dark exploration of faith, murder, and revenge -- new again.
Trevor Reviews John Schlesinger’s Midnight Cowboy [Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review]
John Schlesinger's Midnight Cowboy is always going to be remembered as the first and only X-rated film to win the Best Picture Academy Award. But beyond this bit of trivia, and despite some of its flaws, Midnight Cowboy...
Trevor Reviews Sergei Parajanov’s The Color of Pomegranates [Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review]
Sergei Parajanov's 1969 film The Color of Pomegranates is a one-of-a-kind masterpiece of poetic cinema. The new Criterion Collection edition has a beautiful presentation of the film alongside several supplements that...
Trevor Reviews Martin Scorsese’s The Age of Innocence [Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review]
Edith Wharton's The Age of Innocence is a tremendous story, and Martin Scorsese's adaptation presents an immaculately constructed world by lovingly utilizing early-filmmaking techniques. Hopefully the new Criterion...
Trevor Reviews Tony Richardson’s Tom Jones [Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review]
Criterion's two-disc release of Tony Richardson's Tom Jones is a superb presentation of a film that deserves attention, in no small part because it succeeds in entertaining with an intoxicating combination of...