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Bookmark or Share- The Alternate Oscars: Best Picture (1969-Present)Eventually, a few years from now, when aliens land on Earth and immediately log onto the Criterion Forum (obviously), they're going to be really bummed out if they find out that people used this thread for evil and ranked all sorts of films, gave them star ratings, decide to list other films that should have been nominated instead, etc. Analysis should be limited only to the films listed below ...
- City Lights Review - Criterion ForumCity Lights, the most cherished film by Charlie Chaplin, is also his ultimate Little Tramp chronicle. The writer-director-star achieved new levels of grace, in both physical comedy and dramatic poignancy, with this silent tale of a lovable vagrant falling for a young blind woman who sells flowers on the street (a magical Virginia Cherrill) and ...
- Monsieur Verdoux Review - Criterion ForumCharlie Chaplin plays shockingly against type in his most controversial film, a brilliant and bleak black comedy about money, marriage, and murder. Chaplin is a twentieth-century bluebeard, an enigmatic family man who goes to extreme lengths to support his wife and child, attempting to bump off a series of wealthy widows (including one played by the indefatigable Martha Raye, in a hilarious ...
- The Gold Rush Review - Criterion ForumCharlie Chaplin’s comedic masterwork—which charts a prospector’s search for fortune in the Klondike and his discovery of romance (with the beautiful Georgia Hale)—forever cemented the iconic status of Chaplin and his Little Tramp character. Shot partly on location in the Sierra Nevadas and featuring such timeless gags as the dance of the dinner rolls and the meal of boiled shoe leather ...
- The Comfort of Strangers - criterionforum.orgSpecial features • Presented in High Definition and Standard Definition • Audio commentary by director Paul Schrader, newly recorded for this release • Prospectus for a Course Not Given: The Paul Schrader Film Masterclass (1982, 100 mins, audio only): Paul Schrader provides an illuminating precis of the film course he had recently ...
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