How Far Was It From ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ to Epstein’s Island?
Stanley Kubrick’s monument to elite depravity is sadly fresh
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Author: Matt Hanson
How Replaceable Are We, Really?
In her new book, Mary Roach explores the future of the human body
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‘The Emergency’ Can’t Outrun Its Own Allegory
George Packer’s new novel aims for Orwell and Huxley but that’s a high bar
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Looking Back at Histories of Violence
David Cronenberg’s twisted look at All-American normalcy gets the Criterion rollout
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Carol Reed’s ‘The Third Man’ Turns 75
Orson Welles and an eerie soundtrack command a ‘near-perfect’ film
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‘Withnail and I,’ Re-released by Criterion, Still Soused
“We want the finest wines available to humanity, we want them here, and we want them now!”
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The Enduring Legacy of ‘To Die For’
The 1995 dissection of our lust for fame is more relevant than ever
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Meet the Directors
Gerald Peary’s ‘Mavericks’ is a fun and highly useful collection of interviews with an array of legendary global filmmakers
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‘The Trial’ of Orson Welles
A superb Criterion anniversary reissue of Welles’s Kakfa adaptation
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Targets Acquired
Criterion Collection rereleases ‘Targets’, Peter Bogdanovich’s prescient directorial debut
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What Will ‘Barry’ Do?
A spoiler-free look at the dark comedy’s main players as the series comes to an end
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No One Escapes the Gaze of ‘Le Corbeau’
Criterion re-releases a long out-of-print Clouzot classic made under Nazi occupation
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Let Us Now Praise ‘Miller’s Crossing’
A handsome Criterion re-release gives new life to the masterful third film from the Coen Brothers
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‘Barry’ Sheds its Underdog Status
In Season 3, an endearing underdog is morphing into a tragic freak
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