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Potato, potato, potato.
Tue, Oct 6 2009 5:18 PM
As a commenter elegantly added after Scott Tobias's review of "Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles" at the AV Club, "Thanks a lot, jerk. I would have appreciated a spoiler alert before describing the potato scene." Really, few other films are as spoiler-proof as Chantal Akerman's 1975 housewife saga, the complete plot... Read More...
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Where the classic films roam.
Tue, Aug 25 2009 2:20 PM
Repertory cinema, the charmingly arcane practice of people gathering in a movie theater to watch a 35mm print of an older movie, seems, like so many things, to be on its way out, eradicated by DVD. The most recent sign is the upcoming closure of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art's rep film program, a decision decried by many, include, most eloquently,... Read More...
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Criterion's great leap forward.
Tue, Nov 25 2008 3:37 PM
The Criterion Collection has made the jump into streaming video with their new Online Cinematheque, and they've provided an adorably low-tech video to explain their new high-techiness here. Basically, 19 of the films in their library are now up for week-long streaming rentals for $5, the cost of which you can apply toward buying the DVD in their store, should... Read More...
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"Salò" returns to earth.
Tue, Aug 26 2008 10:23 AM
The original 1998 Criterion release of "Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom," Pier Paolo Pasolini's notorious, oft-banned final film (he was murdered shortly after its completion), was withdrawn because of licensing issues, making the DVDs that did make it onto the market fetishized objects unto themselves, commanding hundreds of dollars on eBay and... Read More...
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