Criterion Confessions

  I used to have a Thanksgiving ritual involving The Last Waltz . I am not unique in this. If you google “Thanksgiving movie,” ...

This review originally written for DVDTalk.com in 2007. Christopher Petit's 1979 independent feature, Radio On , is a brittle portrait ...

In these days of heightened media awareness and manufactured access, it would be easy to lose Original Cast Album: “Company” in the mix. Or...

I watch a lot of concert films and music documentaries and found over the years, it doesn’t matter the band or genre, if the story is compel...

This review was originally written for DVDTalk.com in 2014. Martin Ritt's 1961 jazz-infused drama Paris Blues is one of those fil...

I couldn’t have picked a more fitting movie to watch at the close of 2019, nor could I have timed it better. It was an accident that U2 ...

In Zaire, ca. 1974, two fighters arrived from America to participate in Rumble in the Jungle. Former champion Muhammad Ali was looking to...

Somewhere on the road between the early ’80s debut of MTV and the post sex, lies, and videotape Sundance revolution of early ’90s cinema...

This review was originally written for DVDTalk.com in 2007. Chas is a brutal enforcer who is really good at his job. Played with a blu...