Criterion Confessions

There is a mutual appreciation society between New York indie icon Jim Jarmusch and quirky Finnish filmmaker Aki Kaurismäki, and that sp...

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

This review originally appeared in The Portland Mercury . Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki’s Le Havre is named for the French coasta...

A round-up of the non-Criterion movies I saw in January, 2012. IN THEATRES... *  Chronicle ,  a "found footage" superhero ...

The 1990s were a weird time for independent film. For as lacking in character as much of popular culture was during the early part of the de...

Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki is a filmmaker's filmmaker. Long before I had ever seen any of his films--which, admittedly, had been no...