12/26/2023 0 Comments Nakaed comedy in a wine muse barGuido’s obsession is so inward-looking he can’t help but destroy every single close relationship in his life, and yet, in hanging the film’s narrative on the struggle of one filmmaker to make his latest film-the title refers to the fact that this was Fellini’s eighth-and-a-half feature-the iconic Italian director seems to claim that artistic genius practically demands such solipsism. Perhaps Fellini’s most impressive blending of dreams and fantasies, of moral truth and oneiric fallacy, of space and time, 8 1/2 tells its story in Möbius strips, wrapping realities into realities in order to leave audiences helplessly buried within its main character’s self-absorption. With Fellini we wander through a shadow of his psyche, wondering where his memories begin and where Guido’s (Marcello Mastroiani) psychoses end. Stars: Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale, Anouk Aimee Here are the 100 best movies on Criterion Channel right now: We’ll keep this list updated with the latest and greatest classics and curios. While the films available shift from month to month (the hazard of any streamer), Criterion’s always offering new collections to help those of us that need a little push into watching something. The $10.99/month fee also includes guest curators (who contribute interviews alongside their picks), short films and built-in binge-ready collections, but there’s no getting around the main draw: A massive, essential collection of high-quality international cinema. Turning to Steve McQueen, Kelly Reichardt, Paolo Sorrentino, Wong Kar-wai-heck, even Jackie Chan-there are movies in every era and every genre for those looking for a quality time. Obviously the work of these filmmakers isn’t boxed into the quiet, black-and-white highbrow movie cliché that keeps some movie lovers at arm’s length from anything with subtitles, but the Channel’s modern filmmakers only disrupt this exclusionary, gatekeeping notion further. Yasujiro Ozu, Agnés Varda, Chantal Akerman, Akira Kurosawa, Satyajit Ray, Federico Fellini, Charlie Chaplin-basically, if they turn up in a History of Film textbook, it’s more than likely you’ll find a way into their work here. Showcasing some of the biggest names in film history, pulling from masters that dominate our superlative lists of both country and decade-specific cinema, the streamer is a gold mine. HBO Max and Amazon have massive libraries that include some cinephile delights, but you could throw a digital dart into Criterion’s catalog and hit something that’ll blow your mind-and a few supplemental special features to educate its remains. The streaming side of the Criterion Collection that rose after the death of FilmStruck, The Criterion Channel is the undisputed arthouse king. If ever there was a streaming service that was delightfully difficult to pull highlights from, it’s The Criterion Channel.
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