Criterion Confessions

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...

I can’t imagine a more withering critique from a Whit Stillman character than Fred, the caustic American patriot in Stillman’s 1994 film...

I spent yesterday watching a couple of Woody Allen movies. Though they were from different parts of his career and set in different time ...

The true achievement of Noah Baumbach's Frances Ha is how effortlessly it captures the inconsistencies of youth without being overly...

A collection of links to non-Criterion movies I reviewed over August... IN THEATERS... *  Ain't Them Bodies Saints , and wait, ...

My reviews of non-Criterion movies in July. IN THEATRES... *  The Amazing Spider-Man , the improbable relaunch that could. *  Bea...

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

This review of Grand Illusion , the first numerical Criterion DVD, was written in conjunction with the new 75th-Anniversary print of the...

There was no post here on the blog last week, so I have fallen a bit behind again. As you'll see in the monthly round-up, it's not f...

I love hearing musicians tell stories about performing. It doesn't matter what kind of musician, they don't even have to play a genr...