Tag: the criterion cut
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The Criterion Cut: John Woo’s Hardboiled
In this installment of The Criterion Cut, we look at the film Hardboiled, the classic John Woo actioner, which is playing on the streamer’s site. Between the years of 1986-1992 Hong Kong director John Woo made some of the most innovative action films in the genre. Woo’s distinct style of slow motion, freeze frames, two…
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The Criterion Cut – Tokyo Drifter
In this installment of The Criterion Cut, Douglas looks at Seijun Suzuki’s colourfyl and unconventional yakuza film, Tokyo Drifter, a delicious slice of pop art. EDITOR’S NOTE: There are some spoilers ahead. Seijun Suzuki is an interesting director and, I would argue, Tokyo Drifter is his best film. The 1966 yakuza thriller Tokyo Drifter is…
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The Criterion Cut: The Man Who Fell to Earth
Taking Nicolas Roeg and adding David Bowie sounds like it should be a template for awesomeness, but The Man Who Fell to Earth often fails. In many ways this film has the hallmarks of being an interesting project: a cult science fiction, bordering on the surreal, featuring David Bowie as a sort of Ziggy Stardust/space…