The One Film Every Millennial Must See from ‘The Criterion Collection’
A tale of intergenerational hypocrisy. A story that millennials can point to and use to scoff at their forebearers.
Category: Criterion Commentaries
Movies To See Before You Die: “Hausu”
HAUSU is a J-horror, a scrapbook of tropes, and a movie whose trailer alone caused Roger Ebert to say “WTF.”
Criterion Commentaries: Videodrome
What is more real – television or life outside of television? According to David Cronenberg’s masterpiece Videodrome, the answer may surprise you.
Movies to See Before You Die: “Goldfinger”
Goldfinger is the highest-ranked James Bond film on Flickchart, It set box office records, Its imagery and music have become entrenched in pop culture, and is truly a Movie to See Before You Die.
Criterion Commentaries: “Harlan County U.S.A.”
Criterion brings you a window into the lives of resilient, hard-working miners fighting not to get out of work, but to get safe conditions and better, fairer pay for their work.
Criterion Commentaries: “Babette’s Feast”
If Pope Francis were on Flickchart, his #1 movie would be this one about a woman who makes five-star food and brings chaos to a quiet community.
Criterion Commentaries: “Rushmore”
I knew two things on the night of March 12, 1999 when I went in to see Rushmore. It starred Bill Murray, and my friend was eager to see it. For quite some time...
Criterion Commentaries: “In Which We Serve”
In Which We Serve, we’re told by uncredited narrator Leslie Howard, is “a story about a ship.” Eleven minutes into our story, that ship, H.M.S. Torrin, is bombed by a Nazi airplane and goes...
Criterion Commentaries: “On the Waterfront”
In On the Waterfront, The Criterion Collection’s recent release, the guilt is mounting for longshoreman Terry Malloy (Marlon Brando) over his unwitting involvement in a murder. Time is also quickly running out as he...
Criterion Commentaries: “Being John Malkovich”
I remember when I had just turned 14, and on Bravo was this TV Spot for a movie called Being John Malkovich. I had never heard of it, and I had no idea what...
