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Aaron West
Criterion Reflections – Samaritan Zatoichi (1968) – #679
David reviews the last Zatoichi film of the 1960s and the last one of the series to be released by the Daiei Film studio.
David Blakeslee
Lineup Announced For Film Society Of Lincoln Center’s 22nd Rendez-Vous With French Cinema Series
The series runs March 1-12, includes new films from Bertrand Bonello, Bruno Dumont, more.
Joshua Brunsting
Joshua Reviews Tim Sutton’s Dark Night [Theatrical Review]
This singular documentary takes a fictional route to tell the story of the Aurora, Colorado massacre, and will no doubt polarize audiences in doing so.
Scott Reviews Alexandre Moors’ The Yellow Birds [Sundance 2017]
A jumbled mess of post-Vietnam cliches with some very strong performances.
Scott Nye
Scott Reviews Margaret Betts Novitiate [Sundance 2017]
Betts makes a striking narrative feature debut.
Scott Reviews Nacho Vigalondo’s Colossal [Sundance 2017]
Mistakes become monstrous in Vigalondo's alcohol drama.
The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 52 – Nikkatsu Noir [Part 1]
David and Trevor join forces with Pablo Knote for a quick hit on Japanese gangster films of the 50s and 60s.
The Criterion Completion Hour 7
Let's take a deeper look at some of those Criterion DVDs on your shelves that you've been ignoring since you went blu.
Keith Enright
Scott Reviews David Lowery’s A Ghost Story [Sundance 2017]
Possibly a masterpiece; definitely a rich, lovely, moving film.
Criterion Now – Episode 3 – April 2017 Announcements, Something Wild, Fox and His Friends
Aaron welcomes Keith Enright, The Completionist, to discuss the latest and greatest in the Criterion world.
Arik Reviews Ousmane Sembène’s Black Girl [Criterion Collection Blu-ray review]
Black Girl is the first major film in African history, a work of political force and social grace, and a welcome addition to the collection.
Arik Devens
Scott Reviews François Ozon’s Frantz [Sundance 2017]
Ozon finds commonalities with Lubitsch in his remake.
Criterion Reflections – Monterey Pop (1968) – #168
David comes back down from the love-in, with a few flowers still stuck in his hair.