DEEP WATER
Pathetic. Director Adrian Lyne need not have come out of retirement for this cinematic abomination. Cole Smithey.
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BLAST OF SILENCE — JEREMY WORKMAN
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LA GRANDE BOUFFE (THE BIG FEAST) Special thanks to CRITERION for providing a DVD copy of Allen Barron’s essential BLAST…
KILLING THEM SOFTLY — MARTIN KELLER
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New York City cinephile Martin Keller returns for a follow-up to our Andrew Dominic’s companion-piece film duo “THE ASSASSINATION OF…
NEW BEVERLY PODCAST —Tarantino Tells Films to See Before July 26th
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Cinema is dead. Good thing then that we have Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood” to serve as…
MUM & DAD — CASEY REGAN
SHOCKTOBER! closes out this year with Steven Sheil’s horror masterpiece “MUM & DAD.” Cinematographer Casey Regan (“Step,” “Ballet Now”) guest…
NOVEMBER PROGRAMMING ON THE CRITERION CHANNEL ON FILMSTRUCK!
NOVEMBER PROGRAMMING ON THE CRITERION CHANNEL ON FILMSTRUCK! Includes Danny Boyle’s Trainspotting, new restoration of David Byrne’s True Stories, and Adventures in Moviegoing with Paul…
DEAD OF NIGHT — BILL SCURRY
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For this year’s SHOCKTOBER! debut episode, podcaster and video essayist Bill Scurry brings BOB CLARK’S 1972 DEAD OF NIGHT. Cole…
AUGUST PROGRAMMING ON THE CRITERION CHANNEL ON FILMSTRUCK!
AUGUST PROGRAMMING ON THE CRITERION CHANNEL ON FILMSTRUCK!
APRIL PROGRAMMING ON THE CRITERION CHANNEL ON FILMSTRUCK!
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APRIL PROGRAMMING ON THE CRITERION CHANNEL ON FILMSTRUCK! Includes Nicholas Ray’s In A Lonely Place, Adventures in Moviegoing with Adam Gopnik, and…
MARCH PROGRAMMING ON THE CRITERION CHANNEL ON FILMSTRUCK!
MARCH PROGRAMMING ON THE CRITERION CHANNEL ON FILMSTRUCK! Includes five films by Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Adventures in Moviegoing with Rebecca Miller, and Ronald Bronstein’s Frownland!
FEBRUARY PROGRAMMING ON THE CRITERION CHANNEL ON FILMSTRUCK!
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FEBRUARY PROGRAMMING ON THE CRITERION CHANNEL ON FILMSTRUCK! Cole Smithey.
THE END OF THE F***ING WORLD
Based on Charles Forsman’s brilliant minicomics, “The End of the F***ing World” is an expertly crafted black comedy series similar…
COMEDIANS IN CARS GETTING COFFEE
In its open-faced simplicity “Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee” holds a charm and candidness about the comedic process unavailable in…
DECEMBER PROGRAMMING ON THE CRITERION CHANNEL ON FILMSTRUCK!
DECEMBER PROGRAMMING ON THE CRITERION CHANNEL ON FILMSTRUCK!
LARS VON TRIER’S ANTICHRIST
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Cole chose LONG TRAIL BREWING’S GREEN BLAZE IPA to go along with our discussion of Lars Von Trier’s ANTICHRIST. Get out…
JULY PROGRAMMING ON THE CRITERION CHANNEL ON FILMSTRUCK!
JULY PROGRAMMING ON THE CRITERION CHANNEL ON FILMSTRUCK!
UNDERMINING THE NAZIS ON FILMSTRUCK STREAMING WITH COLE SMITHEY
Elem Klimov’s communist parents constructed his first name as an acronym taken from Engels, Lenin, and Marx. During his 70…
FILMSTRUCK STREAMING WITH COLE SMITHEY DEBUTS ON FORBES NOV. 10, 2016
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FilmStruck is a brand new streaming service collaboration between Turner Classic Movies, The Criterion Collection, and Kino Lorber. FilmStruck represents…
BILL MURRAY: THE MASTER OF TONE TALKS ABOUT “BROKEN FLOWERS”
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In Jim Jarmusch’s enjoyable upcoming film “Broken Flowers” Bill Murray plays Don Johnston, an aging bachelor who goes on a…
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