Tag: Criterion Blu-ray

Michael Mann's 1981 theatrical debut Thief tells the tale of Frank (James Caan), a ward of the state as a child and an ex-con as a young adult. Frank now owns two successful businesses in Chicago, an auto dealership and…  Read More

Charles Driggs (Jeff Daniels) is about as straight-laced as they come. A clean-cut, recently promoted businessman with a wife, kids, house in the suburbs and Christmas Club account with the local bank, Charlie plays by the rules and lives one…  Read More

"If the little sweethearts won't face German bullets, they'll face French ones!" Paths of Glory (1957) includes only a single battle sequence which may seem strange for an "anti-war film." 28-year old director Stanley Kubrick (2001, Dr. Strangelove), just coming…  Read More

It appears that you can't keep a good black-market opportunist like Harry Lime down, at least on Blu-ray. Two years ago when the Criterion company entered the Blu-ray market, one of the first titles released was Carol Reed's 1949 masterpiece…  Read More