Vudu has started offering streaming movies from the Criterion Collection, the video label of choice for foreign, classic, arthouse and experimental fare. Criterion's online video service started up about a year ago, serving up titles such as "Throne of Blood," "La Strada," "Grey Gardens," "Au Revoir Les Enfants," "Monterey Pop" and "M." Vudu … [Read more...]
‘Monterey Pop’ on Criterion Blu-ray
Monterey the rock festival still stands in the shadows of the unruly and iconic Woodstock, but "Monterey Pop" the film has no rival as a time capsule of late-'60s rock. D.A. Pennebaker's documentary was smarter, hipper and more musical than other rock films of the era. Yes, that includes the endlessly celebrated "Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace & … [Read more...]
‘Kagemusha’: Kurosawa’s shadow world
Akira Kurosawa's suicide attempt was almost a decade behind him. He hadn't made a film in almost five years, and Japan's major studios had rejected his latest project, an epic tale of warlords clashing in the 16th century. "I thought another script of mine would vanish into the void," the aging director recalled years later. This time, … [Read more...]
Chris Marker on DVD: Things to come
Chris Marker doesn't fit into any of the buckets or boxes we use to contain and categorize filmmakers. The operative description seems to be "cine-essayist" -- but even that open-ended bag feels too conventional. Most of the now-elderly French artist's films are documentaries, of sorts, but they're relentlessly personal, subjective and … [Read more...]
Uneasy riders: ‘The Furies’ on Criterion
Anthony Mann looks like the man of the year on DVD. The late director's "El Cid" and "The Fall of the Roman Empire" received the regal treatment from The Weinstein Co. as it debuted its new Miriam DVD collection. Despite some quibbling, these are considered two of the year's best home video titles. Now comes "The Furies," Mann's emotionally … [Read more...]
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