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2005 List
Criterion Blues Posted by Aaron West on Jul 12, 2014
Jul 12 Posted by aaronwest We’ve finished up the ‘4 years, and now we’re back to top, beginning with 2005. To be honest, 2005 was not a very dazzling year for film. There were some masterpieces that would make the list any year, but a lot of the later entries are relatively weak. read more
2005 List
Criterion Blues Posted by Aaron West on Jul 12, 2014
Jul 12 Posted by aaronwest We’ve finished up the ‘4 years, and now we’re back to top, beginning with 2005. To be honest, 2005 was not a very dazzling year for film. There were some masterpieces that would make the list any year, but a lot of the later entries are relatively weak. read more
1934 List
Criterion Blues Posted by Aaron West on May 26, 2014
May 26 Posted by aaronwest In my opinion, the 1930s were dominated by French cinema. That’s one of the reason I chose that as my independent study (technically resistance films, but used the 1930s to establish the film language and influences of those later films). It is no surprise that I ha read more
1934 List
Criterion Blues Posted by Aaron West on May 26, 2014
May 26 Posted by aaronwest In my opinion, the 1930s were dominated by French cinema. That’s one of the reason I chose that as my independent study (technically resistance films, but used the 1930s to establish the film language and influences of those later films). It is no surprise that I ha read more
1934 List
Criterion Blues Posted by Aaron West on May 26, 2014
May 26 Posted by aaronwest In my opinion, the 1930s were dominated by French cinema. That’s one of the reason I chose that as my independent study (technically resistance films, but used the 1930s to establish the film language and influences of those later films). It is no surprise that I ha read more
1944 List
Criterion Blues Posted by Aaron West on May 4, 2014
May 4 Posted by aaronwest Pickings are slim thanks to the second world war. Compared to other years, European and Asian films are hard to find. Two German films made the list, both technicolor pieces with hints of propaganda, albeit a long ways from Riefenstahl. An early de Sica, early Bergman, and read more
1944 List
Criterion Blues Posted by Aaron West on May 4, 2014
May 4 Posted by aaronwest Pickings are slim thanks to the second world war. Compared to other years, European and Asian films are hard to find. Two German films made the list, both technicolor pieces with hints of propaganda, albeit a long ways from Riefenstahl. An early de Sica, early Bergman, and read more
1944 List
Criterion Blues Posted by Aaron West on May 4, 2014
May 4 Posted by aaronwest Pickings are slim thanks to the second world war. Compared to other years, European and Asian films are hard to find. Two German films made the list, both technicolor pieces with hints of propaganda, albeit a long ways from Riefenstahl. An early de Sica, early Bergman, and read more
The Two Misérables
Criterion Blues Posted by Aaron West on May 3, 2014
May 3 Posted by aaronwest As it happened, I watched two versions of Les Misérables for each of my film classes. The first was by choice, as I wanted to watch some leftist poetic realists films in order to provide context for the later resistance films. The latter was for religion in film, to show ho read more
The Two Misérables
Criterion Blues Posted by Aaron West on May 3, 2014
May 3 Posted by aaronwest As it happened, I watched two versions of Les Misérables for each of my film classes. The first was by choice, as I wanted to watch some leftist poetic realists films in order to provide context for the later resistance films. The latter was for religion in film, to show ho read more
The Two Misérables
Criterion Blues Posted by Aaron West on May 3, 2014
May 3 Posted by aaronwest As it happened, I watched two versions of Les Misérables for each of my film classes. The first was by choice, as I wanted to watch some leftist poetic realists films in order to provide context for the later resistance films. The latter was for religion in film, to show ho read more
Top 21 of 1964
Criterion Blues Posted by Aaron West on Mar 16, 2014
Mar 16 Posted by aaronwest 1964 was a spectacular year for film. So many new film movements were beginning, ending, and converging. The American New Wave was about to give birth, the Japanese New Wave was in full-swing, as were Spaghetti Westerns, the French New Wave, and there were still remnants read more
Top 21 of 1964
Criterion Blues Posted by Aaron West on Mar 16, 2014
Mar 16 Posted by aaronwest 1964 was a spectacular year for film. So many new film movements were beginning, ending, and converging. The American New Wave was about to give birth, the Japanese New Wave was in full-swing, as were Spaghetti Westerns, the French New Wave, and there were still remnants read more
Top 21 of 1964
Criterion Blues Posted by Aaron West on Mar 16, 2014
Mar 16 Posted by aaronwest 1964 was a spectacular year for film. So many new film movements were beginning, ending, and converging. The American New Wave was about to give birth, the Japanese New Wave was in full-swing, as were Spaghetti Westerns, the French New Wave, and there were still remnants read more
1974 List
Criterion Blues Posted by Aaron West on Feb 23, 2014
Feb 23 Posted by aaronwest 1974 was an especially strong year in film. Many would call classics like Chinatown and Godfather 2 among the greatest films of that decade. The fact that those two were not at the top of my list says less about them about films, and more about the other greats that came read more
1974 List
Criterion Blues Posted by Aaron West on Feb 23, 2014
Feb 23 Posted by aaronwest 1974 was an especially strong year in film. Many would call classics like Chinatown and Godfather 2 among the greatest films of that decade. The fact that those two were not at the top of my list says less about them about films, and more about the other greats that came read more
1974 List
Criterion Blues Posted by Aaron West on Feb 23, 2014
Feb 23 Posted by aaronwest 1974 was an especially strong year in film. Many would call classics like Chinatown and Godfather 2 among the greatest films of that decade. The fact that those two were not at the top of my list says less about them about films, and more about the other greats that came read more
Malle + Melville = Resistance
Criterion Blues Posted by Aaron West on Feb 6, 2014
Feb 6 Posted by aaronwest “This film has no pretension of solving the problem of Franco-German relations, for they cannot be solved while the barbarous Nazi crimes, committed with the complicity of the German people, remain fresh in men’s minds.” These are the opening lines of Jean-Pierre Melville&# read more
Malle + Melville = Resistance
Criterion Blues Posted by Aaron West on Feb 6, 2014
Feb 6 Posted by aaronwest “This film has no pretension of solving the problem of Franco-German relations, for they cannot be solved while the barbarous Nazi crimes, committed with the complicity of the German people, remain fresh in men’s minds.” These are the opening lines of Jean-Pierre Melville&# read more
Malle + Melville = Resistance
Criterion Blues Posted by Aaron West on Feb 6, 2014
Feb 6 Posted by aaronwest “This film has no pretension of solving the problem of Franco-German relations, for they cannot be solved while the barbarous Nazi crimes, committed with the complicity of the German people, remain fresh in men’s minds.” These are the opening lines of Jean-Pierre Melville&# read more