Number crunching the Criterion Closet Picks
A prestigious cupboard of physical media. A cavalcade of filmmakers and actors. What patterns can we find between them?
Film
Close readings of classic films, sometimes two at a time.
Adventures in post-war Europe: The Third Man & Roman Holiday
Marvel as two directors take the same raw material, a city and its people pulling themselves back together, and hand the audience two completely different truths.
Double bill of dread: Wages of Fear & Diabolique
Two thrillers directed by Clouzot, two opposite theories of dread: in one the threat is a bad road, in the other it's the person across the breakfast table.