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The visual technique alone is worth the price of this Criterion blu-ray, and should be studied by filmmakers and cinephiles. Read more
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Blu-ray Review: MANDABI, Follow the Money (Order) in Criterion’s Release
Following BLACK GIRL, a new restoration of Ousmane Sembène’s sophomore feature arrives this week. Read more
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Blu-ray Review: An Entirely Archival Criterion Release of David Cronenberg’s CRASH Can’t Help But Feel Very 2020
Advice to Torontonians: don’t watch Crash in a pandemic in December. Read more
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Fury Road Update #13
In which the books have arrived, and all is merry. Read more
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Fury Road Update #12
In which we reach the end of the road. Read more
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Blu-ray Review: Jim Jarmusch Brings GHOST DOG To The Criterion Collection
The Way of the Samurai is an absolute surplus of special features, apparently. Read more
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Fury Road update #11
In which pre-orders are outlined and plans/non-plans for the launch party are at long last discussed… Read more
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Blu-ray Review: CLAUDINE, Diahann Carroll and James Earl Jones Anchor a Social Classic
Director John Berry’s 1974 film might improve Criterion’s scorecard on canonizing films about Black lives. Read more
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Destroy All Monsters: Ben Solo Was The Key To The Star Wars Sequel Trilogy, And JJ Abrams Never Noticed
For no reason whatsoever, I wrote 3,000 words about Ben Solo yesterday. Well, here they are.
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Death and transformation at the Toronto International Film Festival
At some point during the 45th Toronto International Film Festival (our first hybrid digital/live event, and the latest in a stream of such styles of festival that will likely be the industry-dominant model for the foreseeable future), we passed the…