After a rocky opening act, All About Nina goes from heavy-handed look at a standup trying to make it in the business and becomes a nuanced portrait of a woman dealt a bad hand in life, trying to find a place in the...
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Joshua Brunsting
Joshua Reviews Jonathan And Elan Bogarin’s 306 Hollywood [Theatrical Review]
This strange, profoundly moving look at a life lived and the objects left behind is a thrilling experiment in non-fiction filmmaking.
Joshua Reviews Daniel Petrie’s A Raisin In The Sun [Blu-ray Review]
This legendary screen adaptation of the groundbreaking Lorraine Hansberry play finally arrives on Criterion Collection DVD and Blu-ray, and is a solid, context-heavy dive into one of the most culturally significant...
Criterion Now – Episode 68 – A Conversation with Emma Tillman
Aaron is joined by Emma Elizabeth Tillman who is a writer, filmmaker, photographer, and has an MFA from UCLA.
Aaron West
Joshua Reviews Roger Michell’s Tea With The Dames [Theatrical Review]
This new documentary sees four of the great actresses of stage and screen in conversation, and is as witty as it is flatly made.
Ryan Gallagher
Scott Reviews Wash Westmoreland’s Colette [Theatrical Review]
Writer/director Wash Westmoreland has fiercely claimed his place among the smartest and most thoughtful of commercial filmmakers.
Scott Nye
Criterion Reflections – Episode 31 – Jaromil Jireš’s Valerie and Her Week of Wonders
David, Arik, Jordan and Trevor do their best to assimilate into the dreamscape of a 13 year old girl's journey through erotic surrealist realms.
David Blakeslee
Joshua Reviews Adina Pintilie’s Touch Me Not [Theatrical Review]
The winner of this year's Golden Bear, Touch Me Not is a thrilling blurring of the line between fiction and non-fiction filmmaking, a docu-drama hybrid that's as claustrophobic as it is emotionally devastating.
Joshua Reviews Paul Weitz’s Bel Canto [Theatrical Review]
Despite being led by two truly great actors, Bel Canto is, sadly, a flat misfire.
Criterion Now – Episode 67 – Oscilloscope, Kino, Flicker Alley, Arbelos
David Blakeslee and Grant Bromley join Aaron and touch on some other labels that don't get discussed too often
New Home Video Releases for the Week of September 11th, 2018
Collecting the best home video releases for the week.
Criterion Reflections – Episode 30 – Jack Woods’s Equinox
David's teams up with Martin Kessler and Josh Hornbeck to tackle a horde of demons, ogres, trolls and suburban teens unleashed in this low-budget indie creature feature.
Documentary Filmmaking In 2018: From Hagiography To Bisbee ’17
Through three documentaries opening this weekend, we look at the current state of documentary filmmaking.
Criterion Now – Episode 66 – Dietrich & Sternberg, Wong Kar Wai, Castle Rock
Matt and Travis from The Complete Podcast return to the show and talk extensively about Castle Rock, speculate about WKW, and the Dietrich & Sternbox box.