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Every Monday, we’ll highlight a piece of writing from our vaults. This review of Le Magnifique originally ran as a Criterion Prediction. While Francois Merlin’s escapist fantasy is presented as if this were entirely a comic spy movie – the...
What do you get when you combine a reclusive billionaire, infamous art forger, duplicitous novelist and a maverick filmmaker whose own career is the stuff of legend? You get an 88-minute slice of filmic magic known as F for Fake....
Title: Goodfellas Year: 1990 Director: Martin Scorsese Cast: Ray Liotta, Lorraine Bracco, Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Paul Sorvino, Illeana Douglas, Samuel L. Jackson Synopsis: As far back as Henry Hill can remember, he’s always wanted to be a gangster…...
Every Monday, we’ll highlight a piece of writing from our vaults. This review of Sabotage originally ran as a Criterion Prediction. Early Hitchcock films are a great deal of fun to watch, not only did he cut his teeth in...
Check out our reviews of what’s new to home video 11/1/22: Mamoru Hosoda is in love with the outcasts, the loners, and the beautifully imperfect introverts who yearn for nothing but love and acceptance. His characters reconcile this massive rift...
Every Monday, we’ll highlight a piece of writing from our vaults. This review of Halloween originally ran as a Criterion Prediction. In many ways, Halloween is something of an odd duck in Carpenter’s filmography. While it’s easily his most renowned and well...
Every Monday, we’ll highlight a piece of writing from our vaults. This review of La Chinoise originally ran as a Criterion prediction. Taking place almost entirely within an apartment, La Chinoise establishes itself with Godardian dressings from the start, with red, white...
Every Monday, we’ll highlight a piece of writing from our vaults. This review of Dersu Uzala originally ran as a Criterion prediction. Dersu Uzala was a huge comeback for Akira Kurosawa, who suffered a series of setbacks and hardships before collaborating...
Every Monday, we’ll highlight a piece of writing from our vaults. This review of Images originally ran as a Criterion prediction. The plethora that is Robert Altman’s filmography bears many fruit and Images is among of his best, under-appreciated films. First off,...
Check out our reviews of what’s new to home video 8/30/22: Mamoru Hosoda is in love with the outcasts, the loners, and the beautifully imperfect introverts who yearn for nothing but love and acceptance. His characters reconcile this massive rift...