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EATING RAOUL: CRITERION COLLECTION

By | November 2012

In an obsessively consumptive culture like America’s, the only way for a common couple to strive is through killing, then consuming…

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EATING RAOUL: CRITERION COLLECTION

We all know of at least one: the guy who is never too shy to sacrifice himself for a laugh. For late-20th-century indie cinema, that was Paul Bartel. A...

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RASHOMON: CRITERION COLLECTION (BLU-RAY)

As Criterion continues bestowing more lavish treatment on Kurosawa's films, it was a given that a more elaborate version of "Rashomon" would show up sooner...

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THE GAME: CRITERION COLLECTION (BLU-RAY)

My first viewing of "The Game" was on that antiquated medium known as VHS tape, in the late 90s when the movie first arrived on home video. I admit I found...

THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS: CRITERION COLLECTION (BLU-RAY)

Every time I watch "The Royal Tenenbaums," I'm reminded of an aspiring filmmaker friend from college who I've fallen out of touch with during the past two...

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THE 39 STEPS: CRITERION COLLECTION (BLU-RAY)

If you want an introduction to the films Alfred Hitchcock made before moving from England to the United States, "The 39 Steps" is a good start, not only...

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THE GOLD RUSH: CRITERION COLLECTION (BLU-RAY)

I'm glad Criterion does its part to keep classic movies in the public eye. I hope that, despite advances in technology that let filmmakers realize just...

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BEING JOHN MALKOVICH: CRITERION COLLECTION (BLU-RAY)

Some movies are clearly a product of their time. You get a sense while watching them that they are a reflection of their era, and they couldn't have been...

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WORLD ON A WIRE: CRITERION COLLECTION (DVD)

Like William Gibson's groundbreaking 1984 novel "Neuromancer," Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 1973 film "World on a Wire" should be examined within the context...

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GODZILLA (1954): CRITERION COLLECTION (DVD)

"Godzilla" may seem like an odd choice for a Criterion release, but Ishiro Honda's original 1954 film is a far cry from the silly suited lizard that...

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TOKYO DRIFTER / BRANDED TO KILL: CRITERION COLLECTION (DVD)

It's easy to think of Japanese cinema as mostly Kurosawa's films, monster movies, and the stuff Sandy Frank butchered, but of course it's a community full...

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