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Charulata: Criterion Collection 20 Aug 2013 | 08:46 pm
Often regarded as Satyajit Ray’s greatest film, Charulata (1964) is an adaptation of his mentor Rabindranath Tagore’s 1901 novella Nastawirth (The Broken Nest), a story inspired by the author’s relati...
Seconds: Criterion Collection 15 Aug 2013 | 12:07 am
Seconds (1966) was the conclusion of John Frankenheimer’s informal paranoia trilogy – three films he made during the 1960s that reflected the darker side of America, which can be traced back to the lo...
The Devil’s Backbone: Criterion Collection 6 Aug 2013 | 12:13 am
Cronos (1993) was Guillermo del Toro’s auspicious feature film debut and it established him as an up-and-coming horror film auteur. Hollywood came calling and he made Mimic (1997), a compromised visio...
Babette’s Feast: Criterion Collection 24 Jul 2013 | 11:45 pm
Based on the short story of the same name by famous Dutch writer Karen Blixen (under the pen name Isak Dimesen), Babette’s Feast (1987) is one of the highmarks of Scandinavian cinema during the 1980s....
Lord of the Flies: Criterion Collection 23 Jul 2013 | 01:10 am
Soon after William Golding’s book Lord of the Flies was published in 1954, Ealing Studios bought the film option, but it soon became apparent that they would never make it and sold the rights to produ...
Safety Last!: Criterion Collection 9 Jul 2013 | 11:55 pm
Along with Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd was one of the most popular movie stars of the silent film era with Safety Last! (1923) being one of his signature movies and the shot of him...
Things to Come: Criterion Collection 3 Jul 2013 | 10:12 pm
H.G. Wells was a prolific author responsible for science fiction classics like The Time Machine, The Island of Dr. Moreau, and The War of the Worlds. He eventually became interested in writing about w...
Lilo & Stitch: 3-Disc Special Edition 26 Jun 2013 | 12:22 am
Lilo & Stitch (2002) was conceived as a new wave of smaller, less expensive movies originating from an idea Chris Sanders had for a children’s book. He was a storyboard artist for Disney and his drawi...
Tin Man: 2-Disc Collector’s Edition 25 Jun 2013 | 11:50 pm
Tin Man (2007) made its debut on the SciFi Channel in 2007 as a mini-series spread out over three nights. It cleverly re-imagined L. Frank Baum’s classic children’s novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz wi...
The Emperor’s New Groove: 3-Disc Special Edition 22 Jun 2013 | 01:19 am
The Emperor’s New Groove (2000) started off as a troubled production with Disney hiring two different directors to make their own movies. When one was finally fired, the surviving filmmakers gave the ...
