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Fellini Satyricon, 1969, Federico Fellini
Criterion Blues Posted by Aaron West on Apr 6, 2015
Apr 6 Posted by aaronwest Over the last couple months, there have been an inordinate number of art films with graphic sex scenes. Most recently was Godard’s Every Man for Himself, and not long before that was Don’t Look Now with the infamous “love” scene. The crème de la crème were Salò read more
Fellini Satyricon, 1969, Federico Fellini
Criterion Blues Posted by Aaron West on Apr 6, 2015
Apr 6 Posted by aaronwest Over the last couple months, there have been an inordinate number of art films with graphic sex scenes. Most recently was Godard’s Every Man for Himself, and not long before that was Don’t Look Now with the infamous “love” scene. The crème de la crème were Salò read more
Fellini Satyricon, 1969, Federico Fellini
Criterion Blues Posted by Aaron West on Apr 6, 2015
Apr 6 Posted by aaronwest Over the last couple months, there have been an inordinate number of art films with graphic sex scenes. Most recently was Godard’s Every Man for Himself, and not long before that was Don’t Look Now with the infamous “love” scene. The crème de la crème were Salò read more
Every Man for Himself, Jean-Luc Godard, 1980
Criterion Blues Posted by Aaron West on Apr 4, 2015
Apr 4 Posted by aaronwest Back in my early days of cinephilia, I remember taking a survey film class. I had watched a couple of Godard titles by that point and was less than impressed. When we reached the French New Wave section and were asked to discuss Godard, I said, halfway embarrassed that “I read more
Every Man for Himself, Jean-Luc Godard, 1980
Criterion Blues Posted by Aaron West on Apr 4, 2015
Apr 4 Posted by aaronwest Back in my early days of cinephilia, I remember taking a survey film class. I had watched a couple of Godard titles by that point and was less than impressed. When we reached the French New Wave section and were asked to discuss Godard, I said, halfway embarrassed that “I read more
Every Man for Himself, Jean-Luc Godard, 1980
Criterion Blues Posted by Aaron West on Apr 4, 2015
Apr 4 Posted by aaronwest Back in my early days of cinephilia, I remember taking a survey film class. I had watched a couple of Godard titles by that point and was less than impressed. When we reached the French New Wave section and were asked to discuss Godard, I said, halfway embarrassed that “I read more
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom, Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1974
Criterion Blues Posted by Aaron West on Apr 1, 2015
Apr 1 Posted by aaronwest My first viewing of Salò is one of those memorable experiences that I’ll never forget. It was shocking, disgusting, disturbing, and at times even humorous. I did not go in expecting an artistic statement on politics or society. I expected something so shocking that read more
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom, Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1974
Criterion Blues Posted by Aaron West on Apr 1, 2015
Apr 1 Posted by aaronwest My first viewing of Salò is one of those memorable experiences that I’ll never forget. It was shocking, disgusting, disturbing, and at times even humorous. I did not go in expecting an artistic statement on politics or society. I expected something so shocking that read more
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom, Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1974
Criterion Blues Posted by Aaron West on Apr 1, 2015
Apr 1 Posted by aaronwest My first viewing of Salò is one of those memorable experiences that I’ll never forget. It was shocking, disgusting, disturbing, and at times even humorous. I did not go in expecting an artistic statement on politics or society. I expected something so shocking that read more
Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman. Disc 5
Criterion Blues Posted by Aaron West on Mar 24, 2015
Mar 24 Posted by aaronwest The monumental, phone-book sized boxset of Zatoichi is a treasure, but it’s not something to binge-watch like we do with today’s television series. Instead it is something to treasure at a slower pace. I binge-watched the first three discs, and ultimately got less read more
Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman. Disc 5
Criterion Blues Posted by Aaron West on Mar 24, 2015
Mar 24 Posted by aaronwest The monumental, phone-book sized boxset of Zatoichi is a treasure, but it’s not something to binge-watch like we do with today’s television series. Instead it is something to treasure at a slower pace. I binge-watched the first three discs, and ultimately got less read more
Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman. Disc 5
Criterion Blues Posted by Aaron West on Mar 24, 2015
Mar 24 Posted by aaronwest The monumental, phone-book sized boxset of Zatoichi is a treasure, but it’s not something to binge-watch like we do with today’s television series. Instead it is something to treasure at a slower pace. I binge-watched the first three discs, and ultimately got less read more
Bigger than Life, Nicholas Ray, 1956
Criterion Blues Posted by Aaron West on Mar 23, 2015
Mar 23 Posted by aaronwest Nicholas Ray had an uncanny ability at capturing the social isolation and detachment of certain groups during the 1950s, that contrasted with the pristine, manufactured image of the obedient nuclear family as seen on TV. He played around in a variety of genres, such as th read more
Bigger than Life, Nicholas Ray, 1956
Criterion Blues Posted by Aaron West on Mar 23, 2015
Mar 23 Posted by aaronwest Nicholas Ray had an uncanny ability at capturing the social isolation and detachment of certain groups during the 1950s, that contrasted with the pristine, manufactured image of the obedient nuclear family as seen on TV. He played around in a variety of genres, such as th read more
Bigger than Life, Nicholas Ray, 1956
Criterion Blues Posted by Aaron West on Mar 23, 2015
Mar 23 Posted by aaronwest Nicholas Ray had an uncanny ability at capturing the social isolation and detachment of certain groups during the 1950s, that contrasted with the pristine, manufactured image of the obedient nuclear family as seen on TV. He played around in a variety of genres, such as th read more
Top 20 of 1976
Criterion Blues Posted by Aaron West on Mar 20, 2015
Mar 20 Posted by aaronwest The 1970s were a great decade for German cinema. This list includes works from masters like Wenders, Fassbinder, and Schlöndorff. Another notable, Herzog, was omitted this year, but pretty much all four of these have been and will be regular fixtures on these lists. My nu read more
Top 20 of 1976
Criterion Blues Posted by Aaron West on Mar 20, 2015
Mar 20 Posted by aaronwest The 1970s were a great decade for German cinema. This list includes works from masters like Wenders, Fassbinder, and Schlöndorff. Another notable, Herzog, was omitted this year, but pretty much all four of these have been and will be regular fixtures on these lists. My nu read more
Top 20 of 1976
Criterion Blues Posted by Aaron West on Mar 20, 2015
Mar 20 Posted by aaronwest The 1970s were a great decade for German cinema. This list includes works from masters like Wenders, Fassbinder, and Schlöndorff. Another notable, Herzog, was omitted this year, but pretty much all four of these have been and will be regular fixtures on these lists. My nu read more
Three from Jean Vigo
Criterion Blues Posted by Aaron West on Mar 19, 2015
Mar 19 Posted by aaronwest À PROPOS DE NICE, 1930 Jean Vigo’s debut film falls very much into his idea of “social cinema.” He was a leftist (specifically an anarchist with communistic leanings), which I’ll talk about in more detail later. He was driven to film as a means of expressing his read more
Three from Jean Vigo
Criterion Blues Posted by Aaron West on Mar 19, 2015
Mar 19 Posted by aaronwest À PROPOS DE NICE, 1930 Jean Vigo’s debut film falls very much into his idea of “social cinema.” He was a leftist (specifically an anarchist with communistic leanings), which I’ll talk about in more detail later. He was driven to film as a means of expressing his read more