Tag: Criterion
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THE RANOWN WESTERNS: FIVE FILMS DIRECTED BY BUDD BOETTICHER 4K Review: Riding on Criterion – Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] It’s the latter end of the 1950s, the greatest movie decade. Director Budd Boetticher and leading man/established Western legend Randolph Scott have teamed up for a run of uncompromising, unforgettable films. All in all, they would make seven films from now. In their raw starkness, limited scale, and singleness of individual purpose, these movies each…
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Best Criterion Collection Deals: Pricing, Availability, Buy Online – Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. It was only a few days ago that the Criterion Collection had a surprise flash sale. The home video company’s entire catalog was slashed down to 50% off list prices. While that sale…
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Best Of Prime Day’s Criterion Collection Sale – Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Reminder: just because you purchased a digital copy of your favorite film, that doesn’t always mean you get to keep it for forever. Last year, thousands of Sony Playstation users woke up to…
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Criterion Takes on Orson Welles’ Masterpiece – Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] Long awaited by cinephiles and Orson Welles fans, it took longer than it should for The Trial to be restored. At last, Welles’ favourite of his own films has been given the Criterion treatment. It’s often neglected in discussions on Welles’ work (likely because for years it was hard to see), and deserves this…
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AFTER HOURS 4K Review: Clocking in with Criterion – Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] So you had a bad day? An even worse night? Paul Hackett can definitely relate. He’s just a single straight white New York City guy who lives alone when he’s not working his day job as a word processor in a bland building of word processors seated at word processors. But when a promising evening diner…
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4K WALKABOUT Heads to Criterion, Plus MOONAGE DAYDREAM and LA BAMBA – Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] Physical media buffs, it’s that time of the month: The Criterion Collection has announced their releases planned for September 2023. Nicholas Roeg’s Walkabout in 4K is the standout title for me, though it may be that Brett Morgan’s trippy tribute to David Bowie, Moonage Daydream, also on 4K, will ring your bell. Orson Welles’ The Trial should look outstanding…
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Criterion Hits the Mark with Peter Bogdanovich’s First Great Film – Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] The active shooter is perched high above the unsuspecting passersby, picking them off one by one. Beside him lie extra rifles, ammo, and pistols, more than one homicidal maniac could ever use in a single session. But then, it’s only the 1960s; this sort of surprise mass shooting was brand new to the world. The chaos…
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Soaring Into the Criterion Collection – Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] A gregarious polyglot as a filmmaker, Ridley Scott has tried a bit of everything. By the time Thelma & Louise hits screens in 1991, he has already made two of the most important science fiction films of all time, and has tried his hand at historical drama, fantasy, and neo-noir. (In the thirty years…
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DIM SUM: A LITTLE BIT OF HEART, Kurosawa’s 4K DREAMS: Criterion in August 2023 – Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] Let’s start with a little dim sum before night falls and dreams begin. In August 2023, The Criterion Collection will release Wayne Wang’s Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart on Blu-ray and Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams in 4K, which makes me look forward to a month that I’ve often associated only with blood, sweat,…
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AFTER HOURS, BREATHLESS, ONE FALSE MOVE: Criterion in July 2023 – Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] July 2023 will sizzle no matter where you live, judging by what the Criterion Collection plans to release that month. Martin Scorsese’s After Hours, Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless, and Carl Franklin’s One False Move are all significant films that are getting upgrades to 4K UHD editions, as are the five films that comprise The Ranown…
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Triangle of Sadness Criterion Collection: Order Online – Armessa Movie News
[ad_1] If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. After a successful awards season, “Triangle of Sadness” is one of several films being added to The Criterion Collection this month. Directed by the irreverent Swedish satirist Ruben Östlund, the film follows two…