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“Compliance”
Let’s start with some context. In 2004, a call was made to a McDonald’s in Mount Washington, Kentucky. The caller claimed to be a police officer investigating one of the employees for theft. After the...
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“The Honeymoon Killers” (1969)
[Beginning with this review by Pierce O'Toole, the Roundtable will be frequently featuring releases from the Criterion Collection, which is known for doing definitive DVD and Blu-ray editions of...
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“The Blob” (1958)
The Blob is a 1958 film directed by Irvin “Shorty” Yeaworth, Jr. and written by Theodore Simonson and Kate Phillips. Steve McQueen—as the oldest-looking teenager in cinema histor—and Aneta Corsaut star...
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“The Cremator” (1969)
The Cremator is a 1969 Czechoslovakian film directed by Juraj Herz. Herz adapted the film from a Czechoslovakian novel by the same name, co-writing the script with the novel’s author, Ladislav Fuks....
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“I Shot Jesse James” (1949)
Samuel Fuller is a well-established name in film history. He was a man who made films that were challenging, examining race, violence, and recidivism. He began his film career as a screenwriter,...
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Pierce O’Toole: Everything You Need to Know About Video On Demand
In 2007, when Netflix began to slowly roll out the company’s streaming service, a sea change began. Until then, Netflix had been a strictly disc-by-mail rental service. It wasn’t the first to offer...
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Pierce O’Toole: Breaking Down Binary—The Challenges of Digital Filmmaking
There’s no getting around it. The digital-cinema movement is here and more dominant than ever. For a reasonable amount of money, anybody can buy a camera and editing software and start making movies....
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Andrew Robinson: The “Other” Costs of Digital Cinema
Fellow writer and friend Pierce O’Toole recently wrote an article about some of the broad strokes centered on digital-cinema production. In his article, Pierce makes some very salient points, many with...
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“Lovelace”
It’s more than likely you’ve heard of the pornographic film Deep Throat even if you’ve never seen it. It was a phenomenon that continues to exist in the shared cultural memory of the United States....
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Criterion Corner: “George Washington” (2000)
David Gordon Green’s debut film, George Washington, is one that appears to be dense and ethereal. It’s a film that seems to be playing games or purposely presenting a convoluted plot. However, that...
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