Featuring Jane Fonda at her early-70s best, this atmospheric mystery from Alan J. Pakula shines in its new Criterion Collection reissue. Successful producer-turned-director Alan J. Pakula hit a hot streak in the 1970s, beginning with his “Paranoia Trilogy” -- three...
The new Criterion Collection reissue of Hedwig And The Angry Inch brings us the ultimate version of a classic film about love, gender, and rock n' roll. There are two sides to every story. Maybe not so coincidentally, there are two sides to every person. Somewhere...
The Criterion Collection edition of silent-era comic Harold Lloyd's classic film, The Kid Brother, proves that Lloyd could absolutely stand alongside his more well-remembered peers, Chaplin and Keaton. Few silent-era comedy personas could top the legendary career that...
The excesses and studio battles around May's third film ultimately derailed her directing career, but the film's heart is its penetrating look at the actions of desperate men. While already an established comedian, writer, and actress by the mid-1970s, Elaine May was...
The opening shot of Euzhan Palcy’s 1989 film, A Dry White Season, in a bright sunburst gleam and green grass, depicts two young South African boys, one white and another black, playing soccer and laughing in warm, idyllic harmony. This particular scene, as upfront as...