Category: Criterion
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Criterion: Sisters (**1/2) doing it for themselves
What it lacks is a compelling 2nd or even 3rd act to tie the buildup together with a satisfying conclusion.
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Criterion: Don’t Look Now (***1/2) holds our attention
This film is recommended for anyone who wants to feel like they’re on the verge of something – good or bad
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Criterion: Images (***) is Altman’s house of mirrors
It’s hard to forgive a director of Altman’s skill the fact that he never comes close to having us fooled.
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Criterion: Death Line / Raw Meat (**) because Brando couldn’t make it
This film will be more for those curious about the process of how we got from blood going down the drain in black and white in Pscyho to where film in the early ’80’s is so gross.
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Criterion: Dracula A.D. 1972 (*1/2) Time Capsule Dud
It is a sad existence, when one has immortality, but chooses to stay home at night. He experienced nothing of the 100 years difference from the last time he was above ground.
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3 Turns of the Screw: The Nightcomers, The Turning and Netflix’ The Haunting of Bly Manor
Of the three James’ inspired works, The Haunting of Bly Manor is the one that is truly inspired, even if it’s not as scary as we’d hope.
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Criterion: Daughters of Darkness (*) doesn’t see the light of day
One can understand why Criterion would show these films during the month of October. They do at least have historical value as a representation of how the X-Rating pushed mainstream films to a new level of what it conceived as eroticism. Still the time period represents a low period of cinematic achievement, even if its…
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Criterion: Let’s Scare Jessica To Death (***): Down with the hippies
If this were less of a dead period cinematically, this story might have been made into a classic. As it stands, its above average for its time, bug only slightly.
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Criterion: The Vampire Lovers (*) You must take it all off, dear…
If there is good Hammer horror, I haven’t seen it yet.
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Criterion: Trog (*) Not so wild thing
This movie knows it’s trash. It’s still trash. Except for Crawford, on both counts.
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