classic film

Powell & Pressburger’s Radical and Ravishing ‘The Red Shoes’ Performs the Dark Side of Devotion

Powell & Pressburger’s Radical and Ravishing ‘The Red Shoes’ Performs the Dark Side of Devotion

Powell & Pressburger’s film version of Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Red Shoes” asks, is Art worth dying for?

Yasujiro Ozu Explores the Cost of Eliminating Conflict

Yasujiro Ozu Explores the Cost of Eliminating Conflict

Criterion's Blu-ray re-release of Tokyo Story situates it in the context of Yasujiro Ozu's life and career, his most accessible work, yet one which still holds back secrets.
Orson Welles and 1940s Film Noir

Orson Welles and 1940s Film Noir

Modern cinema really begins with Orson Welles Citizen Kane, which had a profound influence on 1940s film noir style.

The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick