Criterion Confessions

This review was originally written for DVDTalk.com in 2010 .     If there is such a thing as a match made in heaven, the animated movie The ...

This review as originally written for DVDTalk.com in 2008. Happy-Go-Lucky is one of th more lauded filmes from British director Mike Leigh...

Buster Keaton was an independent producer and director making his own starring vehicles in the silent era when, in 1928, he decided to sign ...

If you’re looking for a movie to watch this New Year’s Eve, there is no better place to look than Charlie Chaplin’s 1925 masterpiece The...

This review originally written for DVDTalk.com . Peter Sellers reteams with his Pink Panther [ review ] co-conspirator Blake Edward...

Following last week’s review of Charles Chaplin’sLimelight , I considered how Jacques Tati’s final film, the 1974 television feature Pa...

“ I thought you hated the theatre? ” “ I do. I also hate the sight of blood, but it’s in my veins. ” As I write this, it’s Charli...

The journey to bring Jour de f ê te , Jacques Tati’s 1949 full-length directorial debut, to screen was not one I had been familiar with....

Pierre Étaix's second feature,  Yoyo , finds the director and star confidently assuming the role of auteur. This 1965 vehicle is not...

Writer/director/star Charles Chaplin moves on from his Little Tramp persona and embraces something entirely new in the darkly comic Mon...

Pier Paolo Pasolini was a notorious author and activist before he became a filmmaker. As a self-described homosexual Marxist Catholic, h...