Andrei Tarkovsky

Criterion’s recent Blu-ray release of Andrei Tarkovsky’s Solaris (1972) spurred me to watch the film again for the first time in almost a decade. I originally saw Solaris in London in 1975, my initial experience of Tarkovsky, and while I now recognize that it’s not his best work, I was enthralled. I’ve always liked films […]

Blasts from the past

Luchino Visconti’s The Damned (1969): Criterion Blu-ray review

Criterion Blu-ray Review: Riot In Cell Block 11 (1954)

Who are we to laugh at the past?

William Dieterle’s All That Money Can Buy (1941): Criterion Blu-ray review

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