It’s been a cool 10 months since I last did a Criterion Catch-up. It’s not that I haven’t been watching my collection, it’s just that…well, I was doing other things, like May’s Vinyl Challenge over at Consuming the Tangible and of course the recent Hooptober marathon right here at Cinema Dual. And in that time I regret to say the collection kind of just…grew. It’s … Continue reading Criterion Catch-Up: Devil In A Blue Dress (1995)
Watching Leo McCarey’s The Awful Truth I was brought back to those weekends with my dad. He passed down to me my love for Cary Grant, watching films like Father Goose and Mr. Lucky and North By Northwest. We had nothing else in common, so I clung to those stars and movies and absorbed them like a sponge, hunting them out so I could ask … Continue reading Criterion Catch-Up: The Awful Truth (1937)
When I was deciding what film was going to kick this off, I wanted something that was familiar. Sure, I could have gone with the challenge of something like A Brighter Summer Day but in the week of recharging the batteries in the midst of work and health/life stress I needed some comfort, something that I knew would be slightly less onerous than a four-hour … Continue reading Criterion Catch-Up: Elevator to the Gallows (1958)
If you’re a cinephile (or movie addict – use whatever nomenclature you feel comfortable with; we’re not snobs here) tell me if this rings a bell: A new release gets announced, you rush to pick it up…maybe while you’re there you have some extra cash to spend so you get that reissues you’ve been meaning to see, and there’s a sales and that movie isn’t available for streaming, so you decide to take the plunge. You get home, all set to watch, promising yourself no new movies until this batch is watched. But then that new episode is streaming today! And your kids are hogging the television! And you’ve got an early day tomorrow for work!
And then dammit, wouldn’t you know it – there’s a other sale, another release…and you find yourself caught in a strange loop where the backlog of titles grows and grows, and you keep telling yourself you’ll get to it…eventually.
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