Movies is Good: Criterion, Criterion, Criterion

 by JB

Come with me now, as a man old enough to have collected shiny Criterion laser discs talks you through that top dog on that top rung of that ladder we call the top banana: this year’s Barnes & Noble Criterion sale-a-bration and ether frolic.

Dispatches from Noir City (Days 1-3)

by Rosalie Lewis

What do you do when you’ve spent the last three days at Chicago’s Music Box Theatre watching 10 film noir movies amidst hundreds of other lovers of all things hardboiled and historic? Naturally, you come back for four more days of mesmerizing, crime-filled cinema! It’s only fitting that I’m currently holed up in the Music Box Lounge as I write this, tickets in hand for the next double feature. Let me tell you about what I’ve watched so far, so that you can follow along at home.