Hell Hath No Fury Like a Woman Scorned: On ‘Too Late for Tears’ and ‘Woman on the Run’

We look at two recent restorations from the UCLA Film and Television Archive in conjunction with the Film Noir Foundation....

Howard Hawks and Nicholas Ray’s Essential Cornerstones of American Cinema

We look at the rhythmic ingenuity Only Angels Have Wings and Hollywood romanticism of In a Lonely Place, both now on Criterion....

The Stillness of ‘A Brighter Summer Day’ and Surrealist Logic of ‘Paris Belongs to Us’

As a supplement to our Recommended Discs weekly feature, Peter Labuza regularly highlights notable recent home-video releases with expanded reviews. See thi...

The Reality of ‘The Southerner’ and Absurdity of ‘Death by Hanging’

We recommend overlooked dramas from Jean Renoir and Nagisa Ôshima....

The Harmony of Agnès Varda and Jane Birkin

In 1987, Agnès Varda, one of the few female directors to emerge out of the French New Wave, began a friendship with English superstar and model Jane Birkin....

The Playful Journeys of Jacques Rivette’s ‘Duelle’ and ‘Noroît’

We take a look at two Jacques Rivette classics now, finally available on Blu-ray....

The Idiosyncrasies of ‘The American Friend’ and Emotional Distrust of ‘Merry-Go-Round’

We look at two recent Blu-ray releases from Wim Wenders and Jacques Rivette....

The Comic Timing of ‘Speedy’ and Psychology of ‘Gunfight at Dodge City’

We recommend recent Blu-ray releases of a pair of classics....

The Hope of ‘Welcome to L.A.’ and the Restraint of ‘The Fourth War’

We highlight new Blu-ray releases of Alan Rudolph and John Frankenheimer features....

‘The Merchant of Four Seasons’ and ‘Make Way for Tomorrow’ Hit Criterion: The Melodies of Marriage

As long as there has been art, there have been tales of love. Or mostly stories of love gone wrong....