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 Berrett
Trevor Berrett
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.
Trevor Reviews Sam Peckinpah’s Straw Dogs [Criterion Blu-Ray Review]
Bringing Straw Dogs back to in-print status, the new Criterion edition is a solid presentation of a complicated film.
Episode 183 – Michelangelo Antonioni’s Blow-Up
In this episode, Scott Nye, David Blakeslee, and Trevor Berrett discuss Michelangelo Antonioni's 1966 film Blow-Up.
Trevor Reviews Francis Ford Coppola’s Rumble Fish [Criterion Collection Blu-Ray Review]
Francis Ford Coppola dreamed of making an art film for teenagers. The result is Rumble Fish, the black and white follow-up to and attempt to create distance from The Outsiders.
Episode 181 – Peter Weir’s Picnic at Hanging Rock
In this episode, Trevor Berrett and David Blakeslee discuss Peter Weir's 1975 film Picnic at Hanging Rock.
Trevor Reviews Pedro Almodóvar’s Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown [Criterion Collection Blu-Ray Review]
Pedro Almodóvar took a tragedy by Cocteau and infused the an escalating pace and rhythm to give us a delightful post-Franco Madrid screwball comedy.