The latest edition of the Criterion Shelf surveys 30 years of Sony Pictures Classics streaming in Criterion Channel's anniversary salute, including Volver, The Lives of Others, and that bomb City of Lost Children.
Attila Marcel Special Presentation Director: Sylvain Chomet It’s always exciting to watch a director try something outside of their comfort-zone, so it’s extremely disappointing to see Sylvain Chomet, the wonderful director behind the animated films, The Triplets of Belleville and The Illusionist, fail to translate his style to live-action. Attila Marcel, the story of a […]
The Illusionist is director Sylvain Chomet's follow-up to the hugely successful The Triplets of Belleville, and while he is able to top his previous efforts' aesthetic beauty and craftsmanship, the story is perhaps too subtle and minimal to really draw viewers in.
