The paternal hand of the ‘Mafioso’ on Criterion Channel !Featured, Criterion Channel, DVD, gangsters, International Classics, satire 02/21/202202/21/2022 Sean Axmaker Alberto Lattuada’s brilliant 1962 satire of Sicily’s “paternal” mafia became the cinematic rediscovery of 2006 when it was revived and shown at the New York Film Festival.
Last chance: ‘A Woman is a Woman’ – Jean-Luc Godard’s musical on Criterion Channel !Featured, Blu-ray, Comedy, Criterion Channel, DVD, French New Wave, International Classics, Musical, Romance, SVOD 02/19/202202/19/2022 Sean Axmaker Anna Karina, Jean-Claude Brialy , and Jean-Paul Belmondo star in this bubbly, colorful, romantic lark.
‘The Harder They Come’ – Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican outlaw, on Criterion Channel !Featured, African-American cinema, Blu-ray, Crime Cinema, Criterion, Criterion Channel, Cult Movies, DVD, International Classics, music, SVOD 02/10/202202/09/2022 Sean Axmaker The first homegrown Jamaican feature film is an outlaw adventure driven by a high energy reggae score.
‘The Soft Skin’ – tragic romance from Truffaut on HBO Max and Criterion Channel !Featured, Blu-ray, Criterion Channel, drama, DVD, French New Wave, HBO Max, International Classics, Romance, suspense, SVOD 02/09/202202/08/2022 Sean Axmaker Francois Truffaut’s cool, creamy smooth story of a doomed affair channels the director’s love of Alfred Hitchcock into a romantic melodrama.
‘The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie’ on Criterion Channel !Featured, Academy Award, BAFTA winner, Criterion Channel, DVD, Essential Viewing, International Classics, Politics, satire, socially aware cinema, SVOD 02/08/202202/08/2022 Sean Axmaker Luis Buñuel’s sly, dry, deadpan masterpiece of upper class hypocrisy uses satire to skewer social pretensions and moral hypocrisy
‘Umbrellas’ and ‘Young Girls’ – the essential Jacques Demy on HBO Max and Criterion Channel !Featured, Academy Award nominee, Blu-ray, Cannes winner, Criterion Channel, drama, DVD, Essential Viewing, Free, French New Wave, HBO Max, International Classics, Kanopy, Musical, Romance, SVOD 02/06/202202/05/2022 Sean Axmaker Catherine Deneuve stars in these two musicals from the most romantic of the French New Wave filmmakers.
‘Pierrot le fou’ – Belmondo and Karina crime spree on Criterion Channel !Featured, Blu-ray, Crime Cinema, Criterion, Criterion Channel, DVD, French New Wave, International Classics, satire, SVOD 01/31/202201/30/2022 Sean Axmaker Jean-Luc Godard directs this mix of road movie, a crime fantasy, a cultural satire, and modern film noir in Technicolor and CinemaScope.
Agnes Varda’s ‘Cléo from 5 to 7’ on HBO Max and Criterion Channel !Featured, Blu-ray, Criterion Channel, Directed by Women, drama, DVD, Free, French New Wave, HBO Max, International Classics, Kanopy, SVOD 01/25/202201/23/2022 Sean Axmaker Varda’s breakthrough film follows a flighty young pop singer through Paris for a day as she awaits potentially tragic news.
‘Jules and Jim’ – François Truffaut’s ménage-a-trois on HBO Max and Criterion Channel !Featured, based on a novel, Blu-ray, Criterion Channel, drama, DVD, Essential Viewing, Free, French New Wave, HBO Max, historical, International Classics, Kanopy, literary adaptation, SVOD 01/19/202201/19/2022 Sean Axmaker Jeanne Moreau stars in this romantic classic of the French New Wave with Oskar Werner and Henri Serre.
Jean-Luc Godard’s ‘Alphaville’ – crimes of the future on Criterion Channel !Featured, Blu-ray, Crime Cinema, Criterion Channel, Cult Movies, DVD, Free, French New Wave, International Classics, Kanopy, Science Fiction, SVOD 01/17/202201/16/2022 Sean Axmaker Eddie Constantine is Lemmy Caution in this mix of science fiction drama and pulp fiction private eye thriller.
