Godfrey Reggio’s ‘Qatsi’ Trilogy and the Diminishing Returns of Pure Cinema
The Qatsi series is made up of several compelling contradictions. On the one hand, the first film, Koyaanisqatsi (1983), was… Read More
January 30, 2013
Criterion
Television in The Criterion Collection
The Criterion Collection devotes itself to important classic and contemporary films. But cinema hardly exists in a vacuum. Moving image… Read More
December 20, 2012
Why ‘Heaven’s Gate’ Deserves the Second Chance That Criterion Didn’t Give It
From 2012, Landon Palmer reviews the Criterion release of Michael Cimino's notorious masterpiece. Read More
November 28, 2012
Junkfood Cinema: A Passionate Case For ‘Miami Connection’s Criterion Release
Welcome back to Junkfood Cinema; they don’t make buns like this down at the bakery…well they do, we just bought… Read More
September 29, 2012
Flash Sale: The Entire Criterion Collection Is Half-Off Until Tomorrow
Got some extra cash laying around? Thinking about starting holiday gift-buying early? Missing a crucial title? The Criterion Collection has… Read More
September 24, 2012
Econimic Inequality Through the Eyes of Depression-Era Hollywood Movies
The common, received wisdom about Hollywood during The Great Depression tends to go like this: Hollywood played an important role… Read More
July 26, 2012
‘The Wages of Fear’ Continues to Redefine the Suspense Thriller
Welcome to Foreign Objects, a series of articles originally published in the early 2010s that spotlighted foreign films. In this… Read More
June 8, 2012
Kevin Smith’s ‘Spoilers’ Democratizes Movie Criticism
In 2010, after the release of the largely panned Cop Out, Kevin Smith tweeted a short but passionate polemic against… Read More
June 6, 2012
Kevin Smith Turning Movie Website Comment Sections Into a Show
Back in the late 1990s, you only had two options for discussing movies. You could hang out with friends in… Read More
May 21, 2012