Criterion Confessions
A survey of the Criterion Collection on DVD by Jamie S. Rich.
Sunday, May 26, 2019
JABBERWOCKY - #903
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Lewis Carroll’s poem “Jabberwocky” is considered the greatest nonsense poem of all time, inventing its own language and creating a pictur...
Thursday, May 23, 2019
THE DAY HE ARRIVES - CRITERION CHANNEL
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This review was originally written in 2012 for DVDTalk.com . It is reprinted here on the occasion of the Criterion Channel launching a tripl...
Sunday, May 19, 2019
THE HEIRESS - #974
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Just about every child fears turning into their parents, but like owners and their dogs ending up looking alike, some developments are in...
Saturday, May 18, 2019
DIAMONDS OF THE NIGHT - #969
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Jan Němec’s 1964 debut Diamonds of the Night is all things at once. Simple and complicated. Sparse and detailed. Accessible and challeng...
Sunday, April 14, 2019
COLUMBIA NOIR: MY NAME IS JULIA ROSS/SO DARK THE NIGHT/EXPERIMENT IN TERROR - CRITERION CHANNEL
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Film noir has long been a passion of mine, and regular readers of my reviews will know I can be rather pedantic over what qualifies a pa...
Monday, April 8, 2019
SIGHTSEERS - CRITERION CHANNEL
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The Criterion Channel re-opens today, now independent of any other service (Filmstruck R.I.P.), and offering movies that extend beyond the ...
Sunday, March 24, 2019
DETOUR - #966
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“ People knock themselves out trying to buck Fate .” To call a film noir cynical is to be a bit redundant. To call it cynical even for ...
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