For this episode of The CriterionCast, Scott, David, and Trevor join to discuss Ingmar Bergman's Persona.
Trevor Berrett
Trevor Berrett
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...
Trevor Reviews John Ford’s Young Mr. Lincoln [Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review]
Using an excellent 4K restoration and adding a scholarly audio commentary from Joseph McBride, The Criterion Collection has upgraded their home video release of John Ford's 1939 film Young Mr. Lincoln.
Trevor Reviews Jean-Pierre Melville’s Le Samouraï [Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review]
After many years, our hopes for a Blu-ray upgrade of Jean-Pierre Melville's Le Samouraï have paid off with Criterion's new release of the classic crime thriller, starring the image of quiet cool, Alain Delon.
Episode 187 – Jack Clayton’s The Innocents
For this episode of The CriterionCast, Trevor is joined by David and Scott to talk about Jack Clayton's The Innocents, adapted from Henry James's classic ghost story The Turn of the Screw.
Trevor Reviews Michael Haneke’s The Piano Teacher [Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review]
The Criterion Collection continues to highlight controversial, difficult-to-watch films that are nevertheless important and worth exploring with its release of Michael Haneke's multi-award-winning, deeply disturbing...
Trevor Reviews Michael Curtiz’s The Breaking Point [Criterion Collection Blu-Ray Review]
Michael Curtiz's The Breaking Point, an adaptation from one of Hemingway's lesser known novels, is a solid noir, thrilling and beautifully constructed. Criterion's new release will hopefully give the film the light it...
Trevor Reviews Robert Bresson’s L’argent [Criterion Blu-ray Review]
The Criterion Collection presents Robert Bresson's final, nihilistic film, the masterpiece L'argent.
Episode 185 – Andrei Tarkovsky’s Stalker
In this episode, Trevor Berrett and Scott Nye venture into the mysteries of the Zone, discussing Andrei Tarkovsky's 1979 film Stalker.