It’s time to cast an eye on the Criterion Collection, a distribution company renowned for giving cult, classic and world cinema a new lease of life… The art of film curation and preservation is something one company in particular seems to exceed above all else. For the niche market of cinephile collectors, Criterion also has […]
4K Ultra HD Review – Do the Right Thing (1989)
Do the Right Thing, 1989. Directed by Spike Lee. Starring Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson, Giancarlo Esposito, Rosie Perez, Martin Lawrence, Spike Lee, Bill Nunn, John Turturro, John Savage, and Samuel L. Jackson. SYNOPSIS: Do the Right Thing is just as important today as it was when it was released in 1989, […]
R.I.P. Paul Benjamin (1938 – 2019)
Paul Benjamin, best known for portraying one of the three wise Brooklyn “cornermen” in Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing, has died at the age of 81. Spike Lee announced that Benjamin died on June 28th via Instagram, no other details of his death were immediately available. In Do the Right Thing, Paul Benjamin played […]
10 Films You Must Watch On The New Criterion Channel
EJ Moreno on the 10 must-see films on The Criterion Channel… Cinephiles and film school rejects felt crushed when WarnerMedia’s Filmstruck, a streaming service filled with classic and contemporary cinema, shut down late last year. Filmstruck included hundreds and hundreds of the greatest films ever created and allowed new and old fans to enjoy them […]
