The meeting of the World Cinema Project and the Criterion Collection is a fortuitous one. Criterion's stated mission to distribute “important classic and contemporary films” seems modest and straight
Musicals often make the transition from stage to screen, but operas? Not so much. Opera is highbrow, while movies play to the masses. In the case of “Carmen Jones,” though, the transition had an e
*“Grey Gardens” was released by Criterion in 2001 with Spine Number 123. In 2006 they released the follow-up version assembled from outtakes, “The Beales of Grey Gardens” on a separate disc (Spine Num
Anybody who seeks power almost certainly can't be trusted with it. The ambitious unnamed protagonist (Gian Maria Volonté) of “Investigation of a Citizen Under Suspicion” (1970) would openly admit that
This is my third tour through “Nashville” (1975) and it will probably be my last. When Criterion first announced Robert Altman's “Nashville” as an upcoming release, my Facebook feed exploded with hos
It is difficult to imagine a more fan-friendly artifact than the documentary “One Direction: This Is Us.” Following the planet-conquering band on their recent tour of world domination, “This Is Us” mi
I love a good thriller. And “Prisoners” is probably the best thriller I’ve seen since “Zodiac,” which I happen to think was the best film made from 2000 to 2009. Not flashy, but instead gritty, gr
Some TV series get tired and stale after just a few seasons, with writers recycling plots, adding babies, or shaking up the cast to try to breathe new life into them. But **“The Simpsons”**keeps rolli
So many titles are released as special “anniversary editions” that offer no new bonus features or content that it’s almost a relief to see that the “Big: 25th Anniversary” Blu-ray offers two ways
Johnny Depp and Gore Verbinski conspired to reinvent the pirate movie, so why would it surprise anyone that they’d give a complete makeover to the legend of “The Lone Ranger”? Zane Grey fans poin
I would put “Raiders of the Lost Ark” up against any action/adventure film made since its 1981 release and feel confident that it would be able to hold its own. C’mon, this thing is a classic. Som
American author Tom Clancy died in October 2013, and Paramount is releasing four films based on four of his best-selling novels together on Blu-ray for the first time in **“The Jack Ryan Collection.”*