‘Limelight’ and the Exile of Charlie Chaplin
In honor of The Criterion Collection's special edition Blu-ray of 'Limelight,' we look back at the 1952 film and how… Read More
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In honor of The Criterion Collection's special edition Blu-ray of 'Limelight,' we look back at the 1952 film and how… Read More
The opening sequence of Nicolas Roeg’s Don’t Look Now is a masterclass in film editing. Effortlessly maneuvering between siblings playing… Read More
After directing more than twenty feature films in Britain, Alfred Hitchcock’s big introduction to Hollywood came in the form of… Read More
The Criterion Collection is an ever-expanding accumulation of canonical works of cinema. Yet Criterion’s selections don’t only represent deliberate attempts… Read More
It’s difficult to imagine what it must have been like to see Seconds in 1966. The third entry in John Frankenheimer’s… Read More
There are many reasons to compare and contrast current films with historical ones. One is to attempt to explain why… Read More
I had a roommate in college who, every day like clockwork, ate dry toast for lunch while watching The Food… Read More
At the risk of generalization, The Criterion Collection is probably best known for packaging two types of films: celebrated canonical… Read More
Haskell Wexler’s Medium Cool is a film whose immediacy and docu-realism was all too fitting for an America that could,… Read More