Why the classic gangster picture deserves to join the ranks of The Criterion Collection.
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Joshua Brunsting
Armchair Vacation: Five Films To Watch At Home This Weekend (January 11-13)
Five films from the like of Terry Gilliam and even Harold Lloyd.
For Criterion Consideration: Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
The film may have the body of a standard comedy, but under its skin lives a scathing meditation on the lie of the American Dream.
For Criterion Consideration: Martin Scorsese’s Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
One of Scorsese's most underrated films deserves to be graced with as great a Blu-ray as possible, and who better to do that than Criterion?
For Criterion Consideration: Ernst Lubitsch’s The Shop Around The Corner
The Christmas classic is also one of the greatest romantic comedies ever made.
A Journey Through the Eclipse Series: Allan King’s Dying At Grace
A harrowing but profoundly compassionate documentary of life and death in a hospital cancer ward.
David Blakeslee
A Journey Through the Eclipse Series: Allan King’s Come On Children
King and his film crew go up the country with a hand-picked clique of groovy kids in the winter of 1972.
Armchair Vacation: Five Films To Watch At Home This Weekend (December 7-9)
Films include recently released documentaries and cartoons from the Fleischer Brothers.
Armchair Vacation Holiday Gift Guide Part One: Five Books Or Graphic Novels To Buy This Holiday Season
Here are five books or graphic novels to stock inside of the stocking of any cinephile you may know.
For Criterion Consideration: Xavier Dolan’s Heartbeats
Why this great feature from one of today's foremost young voices deserves that mighty Criterion treatment.
A Journey Through the Eclipse Series: Leslie Arliss’ The Wicked Lady
Margaret Lockwood's delectably devilish performance made her the biggest box office draw in postwar England.
A Journey Through the Eclipse Series: Arthur Crabtree’s Madonna of the Seven Moons
1940s British movie star Phyllis Calvert seizes her chance to break out of her "golden girl" stereotype in this pulpy psycho-sexual melodrama from 1945.
A Journey Through the Eclipse Series: Leslie Arliss’ The Man in Grey
James Mason's breakout performance kicked off a wave of lurid sensational melodramas in WWII Britain.
Armchair Vacation: Five Films To Watch Right Now From Directors In Criterion’s February Announcement
Here are five films to watch, right now, from directors highlighted in Criterion's February announcement.
For Criterion Consideration: Otto Preminger’s Where The Sidewalk Ends
Otto Preminger's underrated noir is just one in a cavalcade of brilliant features directed by the unsung filmmaker.