CRITERION COLLECTION new look unveiled

Wassup Rockers?!

I discovered yesterday that the good folks at CRITERION (who make a superior product that I don't have to plug, but I do) have introduced their new look to the general public.


Also, they have officially announced the DVD-debut of Noah Baumbach's first-feature KICKING AND SCREAMING (the ambersand belongs to Will Ferrell) for August. You heard it here second hand!

While there was really no need for any kind of overhaul to the CRITERION image, it looks like they have done a quality job preserving the integrity of their image. Also peep their foray into the MySpace game.

Rock on, Criterion!

Why was this poster banned?

This is the poster for Michael Winterbottom's award-winning docudrama THE ROAD TO GUANTANAMO. The MPAA banned this one-sheet for the upcoming film. According to the WASHINGTON POST it was due to the poster "depicting acts of torture." Yet, they will allow for the devices explicitly used for torture to be shown on the HOSTEL one-sheet or the dismembered body parts to adorn the SAW movie posters. Hmmm...

Any thoughts?

"What do you call what's above the subtext?"

Long-lost yuppie auteur Whit Stillman speaks out again.

Good luck at Cannes, Whit!