8 years ago
Longform (10 posts found)
Starved for Technicolor
Josh Spiegel writes this essay in celebration of the 70th anniversary of Powell and Pressburger's "A Matter of Life and Death."
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The War Between Cinema and Censorship
Justine Smith writes about Luis García Berlanga's social satire "The Executioner," now available from The Criterion Collection.
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The 10 Best Horror Movies Based on True Stories
Justine Smith ranks the best horror films based on shocking true stories, like the mass Zodiac killings.
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Indulgence is Good
Veronika Ferdman writes an appreciation of the 1985 film "Tampopo," now playing in theaters in a restored version.
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Alien of the Cinema
Colin Stacy writes an appreciation of John Travolta's mid-1990s resurgence, as depicted in three films released in 1996.
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Bearing Witness to a Crisis
Daniel Walber writes about the new Italian documentary "Fire at Sea," focusing on the immigration crisis between Africa and Europe.
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Dealing with an Unsettled World
Michael Snydel sits down with Kelly Reichardt, director of the new film "Certain Women," to discuss her process and influences.
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Moving Up The A-List
Josh Spiegel writes about the ascendant rise to stardom Kevin Hart is experiencing on the eve of his new stand-up special "Kevin Hart: What Now?"
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Goodbye to Language
Jake Cole looks at this year's duo of Philip Roth adaptations, and what they get right and wrong about his powerful prose.
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Celebrating the Great Revisionist Western
Jeremy Carr explores Robert Altman's classically complex Western "McCabe & Mrs. Miller" as it gets the Criterion Blu-ray treatment.
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