Criterion Confessions

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

Periodically I will gather together my takes on shorter films I’ve watched, looking at the variety of subjects and styles available; a sh...

One of my favorite TV shows right now is the political news weekly The Circus on Showtime. Given the current climate, the inner workings...

The Criterion Channel, in addition to hosting a plethora of feature films, also has a varied collection of short films--live action, animate...

D.A. Pennebaker is responsible for two of my favorite music documentaries, Bob Dylan’s Don’t Look Back [ review ] and Depeche Mode 101 ....

One of cinema’s most observant documentarians meets the ramshackle world of rock ’n’ roll in the 1974 film A Poem is a Naked Person . Pa...

NOTE: A version of this review originally appeared in 2007 when Docurama released their boxed set; the screengrabs also reflect that standar...

" I carry a broken heart in every knuckle. " Norman Mailer has always been a larger-than-life literary figure, one whose g...