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Criterion: L’Avventura, Michelangelo Antonioni, 1960
Criterion Blues Posted by Aaron West on Jan 28, 2015
Jan 28 Posted by aaronwest My first viewing of L’Avventura was eons ago. It was my first Antonioni, and possibly my first Italian classic film. It is often cited as one of the greatest films ever made, a major turning point in Italian art-cinema, and by extension, world cinema. I remember that my read more
Top 20 of 2006
Criterion Blues Posted by Aaron West on Jan 23, 2015
Jan 23 Posted by aaronwest For those who are new to this blog and these lists, a close group of cinephile friends have an exclusive club where we pool our favorite films and put together consensus lists. This usually requires me to see a few additional films for the upcoming year, fewer from the 19 read more
Top 20 of 2006
Criterion Blues Posted by Aaron West on Jan 23, 2015
Jan 23 Posted by aaronwest For those who are new to this blog and these lists, a close group of cinephile friends have an exclusive club where we pool our favorite films and put together consensus lists. This usually requires me to see a few additional films for the upcoming year, fewer from the 19 read more
Top 20 of 2006
Criterion Blues Posted by Aaron West on Jan 23, 2015
Jan 23 Posted by aaronwest For those who are new to this blog and these lists, a close group of cinephile friends have an exclusive club where we pool our favorite films and put together consensus lists. This usually requires me to see a few additional films for the upcoming year, fewer from the 19 read more
Les Blank, Always for Pleasure. Part Two.
Criterion Blues Posted by Aaron West on Jan 20, 2015
Jan 20 Posted by aaronwest This next trio of Les Blank documentaries fit together well. They are all about Cajun culture, with the first two about the rural and backwoods Creole population, with the boxset’s namesake documentary, Always for Pleasure, a narrative of the types of celebration that can read more
Les Blank, Always for Pleasure. Part Two.
Criterion Blues Posted by Aaron West on Jan 20, 2015
Jan 20 Posted by aaronwest This next trio of Les Blank documentaries fit together well. They are all about Cajun culture, with the first two about the rural and backwoods Creole population, with the boxset’s namesake documentary, Always for Pleasure, a narrative of the types of celebration that can read more
Les Blank, Always for Pleasure. Part Two.
Criterion Blues Posted by Aaron West on Jan 20, 2015
Jan 20 Posted by aaronwest This next trio of Les Blank documentaries fit together well. They are all about Cajun culture, with the first two about the rural and backwoods Creole population, with the boxset’s namesake documentary, Always for Pleasure, a narrative of the types of celebration that can read more
Criterion: Jimi Plays Monterey, D.A. Pennebaker, 1986
Criterion Blues Posted by Aaron West on Jan 18, 2015
Jan 18 Posted by aaronwest Jimi Hendrix was like a being from another planet. He showed up, transformed culture and music as we know it, and then he quickly said goodbye, leaving us to marvel at him nearly half a century later. His performance at Monterey was still relatively early in his three alb read more
Criterion: Jimi Plays Monterey, D.A. Pennebaker, 1986
Criterion Blues Posted by Aaron West on Jan 18, 2015
Jan 18 Posted by aaronwest Jimi Hendrix was like a being from another planet. He showed up, transformed culture and music as we know it, and then he quickly said goodbye, leaving us to marvel at him nearly half a century later. His performance at Monterey was still relatively early in his three alb read more
Criterion: Jimi Plays Monterey, D.A. Pennebaker, 1986
Criterion Blues Posted by Aaron West on Jan 18, 2015
Jan 18 Posted by aaronwest Jimi Hendrix was like a being from another planet. He showed up, transformed culture and music as we know it, and then he quickly said goodbye, leaving us to marvel at him nearly half a century later. His performance at Monterey was still relatively early in his three alb read more
Criterion: The Night Porter, Liliana Cavani, 1974
Criterion Blues Posted by Aaron West on Jan 17, 2015
Jan 17 Posted by aaronwest I knew going in that The Night Porter was controversial. What I didn’t expect was for it to be so perplexing, confusing and illogical. It is certainly artistic, brave and creative filmmaking, but it is also needlessly provocative, tasteless, and in some ways insulting. read more
Criterion: The Night Porter, Liliana Cavani, 1974
Criterion Blues Posted by Aaron West on Jan 17, 2015
Jan 17 Posted by aaronwest I knew going in that The Night Porter was controversial. What I didn’t expect was for it to be so perplexing, confusing and illogical. It is certainly artistic, brave and creative filmmaking, but it is also needlessly provocative, tasteless, and in some ways insulting. read more
Criterion: The Night Porter, Liliana Cavani, 1974
Criterion Blues Posted by Aaron West on Jan 17, 2015
Jan 17 Posted by aaronwest I knew going in that The Night Porter was controversial. What I didn’t expect was for it to be so perplexing, confusing and illogical. It is certainly artistic, brave and creative filmmaking, but it is also needlessly provocative, tasteless, and in some ways insulting. read more
Criterion: Tootsie, Sidney Pollack, 1982
Criterion Blues Posted by Aaron West on Jan 15, 2015
Jan 15 Posted by aaronwest At one time in my life, I spent a year living in North Hollywood. It was almost like living on a different planet. Even though the northern side of Laurel Canyon and Mulholland Drive is more suburban sprawl, it is indirectly linked with the film industry. Most of the peop read more
Criterion: Tootsie, Sidney Pollack, 1982
Criterion Blues Posted by Aaron West on Jan 15, 2015
Jan 15 Posted by aaronwest At one time in my life, I spent a year living in North Hollywood. It was almost like living on a different planet. Even though the northern side of Laurel Canyon and Mulholland Drive is more suburban sprawl, it is indirectly linked with the film industry. Most of the peop read more
Criterion: Tootsie, Sidney Pollack, 1982
Criterion Blues Posted by Aaron West on Jan 15, 2015
Jan 15 Posted by aaronwest At one time in my life, I spent a year living in North Hollywood. It was almost like living on a different planet. Even though the northern side of Laurel Canyon and Mulholland Drive is more suburban sprawl, it is indirectly linked with the film industry. Most of the peop read more
Criterion: Safe, Todd Haynes, 1995
Criterion Blues Posted by Aaron West on Jan 10, 2015
Jan 10 Posted by aaronwest Safe is not your everyday 90s independent film. About the only thing it has in common with the most celebrated films from the era is the miniscule budget. That is not meant as a slight against what was an innovative film movement, but merely a way of setting Todd Haynes’ read more
Criterion: Safe, Todd Haynes, 1995
Criterion Blues Posted by Aaron West on Jan 10, 2015
Jan 10 Posted by aaronwest Safe is not your everyday 90s independent film. About the only thing it has in common with the most celebrated films from the era is the miniscule budget. That is not meant as a slight against what was an innovative film movement, but merely a way of setting Todd Haynes’ read more
Criterion: Safe, Todd Haynes, 1995
Criterion Blues Posted by Aaron West on Jan 10, 2015
Jan 10 Posted by aaronwest Safe is not your everyday 90s independent film. About the only thing it has in common with the most celebrated films from the era is the miniscule budget. That is not meant as a slight against what was an innovative film movement, but merely a way of setting Todd Haynes’ read more
Completing My Collection
Criterion Blues Posted by Aaron West on Jan 9, 2015
Jan 9 Posted by aaronwest I started collecting Criterions sometime around the year 2000. I use the term “collector” loosely. I wasn’t thinking of spine numbers or wanting to obtain the entire collection. The films were what drove my purchases. I wanted the films that I loved, whic read more