Agnes Varda
100 films from 100 filmmakers featuring movies from six continents, 44 countries and 12 decades of cinema
The Criterion Shelf: Criterion Channel Essentials
If you're looking for key works in the realm of arthouse cinema, Bil Antoniou and ThatShelf.com writers Pat Mullen, Rachel West, Colin Biggs and Barbara Goslawski have looked through the Channel's Permanent Gallery and put together list and reasons for why you should start with these.
The Criterion Shelf: Starring Catherine Deneuve
Her immense career still goes strong as she has not lost the desire to take chances with artistically adventurous directors, and keeping up with her filmography is no easy task (I’ve been trying for years) but the Criterion Channel’s collection, despite not including her one Oscar-nominated performance, covers her most notable work and is the best summation yet of a classic star.
The Criterion Shelf: Film Plays Itself
Criterion Channel has assembled seventeen films that deal with films within films, here they are in my preferential order.
Viva Varda: Tribute to Legendary Filmmaker Agnès Varda at Hot Docs
Viva Varda: Faces Places & Kiva Reardon on the legacy of Agnès Varda celebrates the life of the cinematic icon.
Top 6 Can’t Miss Blu-rays – May 2019
The seasons may be changing but its Blu-ray season 24/7/365 here at That Shelf – and we’ve got the Top 6 Can’t Miss Blu-Ray’s that need to be on your shelf in the month of May!
Godar(t): The Works of Jean-Luc Godard at TIFF
The TIFF Bell Lightbox kicks off the first of a nearly year long, two part look at the works of famed filmmaker and writer Jean-Luc Godard this Thursday, one of the most passionate and fascinating figures in cinema history.
The Worlds of Jacques Demy
We look at the career of famed French auteur Jacques Demy on the eve of a retrospective of his works Bitter/Sweet kicks off at the TIFF Bell Lightbox.