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My Year of Fassbinder: Heaven & Fear

March 21, 2008 – 10:07 am

Fassbinder’s ALI: FEAR EATS THE SOUL and ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS, the Douglas Sirk film that inspired it, sit right next to each other in alphabetical order on the Criterion shelf. I *had* to buy them both.

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Classics, Editorial, Foreign Films | Comments (1)

Pierrot le Fou on DVD Today

February 26, 2008 – 4:02 pm

The gorgeous Criterion version of Jean Luc-Godard’s Pierrot le Fou hits stores today. Because I’m date dyslexic, I accidentally posted my review of the film and the set a week early, but you can read it here. To get in the mood, watch the film’s original trailer above.

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Classics, DVDs, Foreign Films | Comments (0)

Pierrot le Fou: The Criterion Edition

February 19, 2008 – 9:00 am

Jean-Luc Godard’s autobiographical masterpiece about the death of romance gets the Criterion treatment today.

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Classics, DVDs, Film Reviews | Comments (3)

The Landlord: Criterion Edition

December 27, 2007 – 2:03 pm

We learn the short took 45 days to shoot, had a $12 million budget, featured dialogue from Stephen Gaghan, used the set from The Abyss and (to prove the conservatives wrong) the baby was often portrayed by an animatronic or a dog in makeup.

By Christopher Campbell | Posted in Humor, Video | Comments (0)