Category Archives: Criterion^3

Leave Her to Heaven (1945) is a film classified by IMDb as a drama/thriller and it does not fall short of displaying the qualities of this genre beautifully. The film stands as a great example of cinematic storytelling, where every … Continue reading →

Lone Star (1996) is a western mystery that takes place in a Texas town where secrets have been kept for many years until, one day, a body is uncovered, and the truth begins to unravel. The movie focuses on a … Continue reading →

Figure 1,  from the start of the 1964 horror film, Onibaba, depicts an unnamed murdered samurai as he is thrown into his grave in a low-angle view. He is stripped of his clothing by the older woman and younger woman, … Continue reading →

Daisies (1966) is a very interesting experimental film. Throughout, it uses many cinematic techniques and mise-en-scene elements to weave a complex web of emotion and discovery as two women both named Marie (played by Ivana Karbanová and Jitka Cerhová) navigate … Continue reading →

Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee) has just come to an unsettling realization, one she does not want to accept as truth: her father (Ray Wise) may be the real person behind Bob (Frank Silva), a mysterious figure who has been haunting … Continue reading →