Barry Fitzgerald

Fistful of Features investigates new Criterion Collection release “Bringing Up Baby.”

By Sean McClannahan on July 14, 2021 • ( 0 )

Welcome to Fistful of Features, a celebration of film preservation through physical media and the discussion of cinematic treasures to maintain their relevance in the cultural lexicon. Today we’ll be discussing Howard Hawks’s magnificent screwball comedy Bringing Up Baby now… Read More ›

Observe the birth of the modern police procedural in Jules Dassin’s “The Naked City,” restored via the Criterion Collection.

By Douglas Davidson on September 7, 2020 • ( 2 )

From modern programs like Lucifer, The Flash, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, and Blue Bloods to more classic ones like Law and Order, The Mod Squad, and Hill Street Blues, each of these procedural variants owe their existence in large part to the… Read More ›

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Barry Fitzgerald

Fistful of Features investigates new Criterion Collection release “Bringing Up Baby.”

Observe the birth of the modern police procedural in Jules Dassin’s “The Naked City,” restored via the Criterion Collection.