Jimi Hendrix’s Spiritual High
As the world went to Hell in 1970, Jimi Hendrix took his listeners to Heaven.
Short Ends and Leader
Where the Hell Is Joe Strummer’s Car?
One of Joe Strummer's most frustrating moments is dissected for music lovers, one more time, in I Need a Dodge.
12 Criterion Capsules: Good Cinematic Medicine
As Criterion continues to unleash its Blu-rays of eclectic film classics at a mad pace, we continue trying to keep up with so many riches.
Akira Kurosawa’s ‘Yojimbo’ Is All Quite Amusing
Akira Kurosawa’s Yojimbo is funny: Sanjura’s twitchy, itchy tics; Inokichi’s monobrowed buffoonery; Kannuki the Giant’s huge mallet. Even the dog carrying the human hand betrays that the film’s tone will be blackly comedic.
Altered States of Cinema, or Movies to Hallucinate By
The short films collected in Masterworks of American Avant-Garde Experimental Film 1920-1970 offer something to confuse, astound, bore, and dazzle any viewer.
‘He Ran All the Way’ Is a Very Noir Noir with John Garfield and Shelley Winters
Garfield's noirs just got darker as he went along.
Terror, Dolls, Madhouses: Three for the Price of Price
Three Vincent Price projects from American International.
Accidentally Preserved Kickstarts Silents
Finally, a place where new technology meets old cinema for today's silent film fans.
Color Snapshots: Agnès Varda in California
Six hard-to-find films are now available in brightly colored restorations.
‘Entourage: The Movie’ – Yeah, It’s Bro Humor, Yeah, It’s Crass, Yeah, It’s Funny
This heavily-panned film adaptation of the hit television series is better than you'd think and more fun when viewed, like the series, at home.
In ‘Sicario’, the War Is Next Door
The collapsing world order is chillingly illuminated in Denis Villeneuve’s stark cartel thriller.
Gdynia Film Festival 2015: Festival Review + ’10 Years of Emotions’
The 40th Gdynia Film Festival, rich in inspiring and original cinema yet marred by an unexpected tragedy, felt like experiencing "ten years of emotions" in six days.