A classic that predates the slasher movie by a decade and played a hugely influential role on the sub-genre, Michael Powell’s Peeping Tom (1960) returns to The Criterion Collection.
The film hits Criterion Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD on May 14, 2024.
Criterion announces today, “Having brought British cinema into exalted realms of fantasy and imagination, Michael Powell took a dark detour into obsession, voyeurism, and violence with this groundbreaking metacinematic investigation into the mechanics of fear.
“Armed with his killer camera, photographer and filmmaker Mark Lewis (Carl Boehm) unleashes the traumas of his childhood by murdering women and recording their deaths—until he falls for his downstairs neighbor, and finds himself struggling against his dark compulsions. Received with revulsion upon its release only to be reclaimed as a masterpiece, the endlessly analyzed, still-shocking Peeping Tom dares viewers to confront their own relationship to the violence on-screen.”
4K Uhd + Blu-ray Special Edition Features:
New 4K digital restoration,...
The film hits Criterion Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD on May 14, 2024.
Criterion announces today, “Having brought British cinema into exalted realms of fantasy and imagination, Michael Powell took a dark detour into obsession, voyeurism, and violence with this groundbreaking metacinematic investigation into the mechanics of fear.
“Armed with his killer camera, photographer and filmmaker Mark Lewis (Carl Boehm) unleashes the traumas of his childhood by murdering women and recording their deaths—until he falls for his downstairs neighbor, and finds himself struggling against his dark compulsions. Received with revulsion upon its release only to be reclaimed as a masterpiece, the endlessly analyzed, still-shocking Peeping Tom dares viewers to confront their own relationship to the violence on-screen.”
4K Uhd + Blu-ray Special Edition Features:
New 4K digital restoration,...
- 2/15/2024
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Courtesy of Studiocanal
by James Cameron-wilson
1960 was a year that sent shockwaves throughout the film industry. Alfred Hitchcock, who was to direct Anna Massey twelve years later in his lurid thriller Frenzy – about a serial killer in central London – opened a movie called Psycho. Psycho was significant in several regards. Hitchcock refused to show the film to critics and barred his two leads, Anthony Perkins and Janet Leigh, from doing any promotional interviews as he wanted total control over the film’s publicity and its content. This was in June of 1960. Two months earlier another celebrated filmmaker had released an equally shocking film called Peeping Tom and whose critical reception ruined both the movie and the reputation of its director, Michael Powell. Hitchcock wanted audiences to judge Psycho for themselves. Most audiences never got a chance to evaluate Peeping Tom.
Both films were about serial killers and both showed the murderer as a self-effacing,...
by James Cameron-wilson
1960 was a year that sent shockwaves throughout the film industry. Alfred Hitchcock, who was to direct Anna Massey twelve years later in his lurid thriller Frenzy – about a serial killer in central London – opened a movie called Psycho. Psycho was significant in several regards. Hitchcock refused to show the film to critics and barred his two leads, Anthony Perkins and Janet Leigh, from doing any promotional interviews as he wanted total control over the film’s publicity and its content. This was in June of 1960. Two months earlier another celebrated filmmaker had released an equally shocking film called Peeping Tom and whose critical reception ruined both the movie and the reputation of its director, Michael Powell. Hitchcock wanted audiences to judge Psycho for themselves. Most audiences never got a chance to evaluate Peeping Tom.
Both films were about serial killers and both showed the murderer as a self-effacing,...
- 2/15/2024
- by James Cameron-Wilson
- Film Review Daily
The Criterion Channel is closing the year out with a bang––they’ve announced their December lineup. Among the highlights are retrospectives on Yasujiro Ozu (featuring nearly 40 films!), Ousmane Sembène, Alfred Hitchcock (along with Kent Jones’ Hitchcock/Truffaut), and Parker Posey. Well-timed for the season is a holiday noir series that includes They Live By Night, Blast of Silence, Lady in the Lake, and more.
Other highlights are the recent restoration of Abel Gance’s La roue, an MGM Musicals series with introduction by Michael Koresky, Helena Wittmann’s riveting second feature Human Flowers of Flesh, the recent Sundance highlight The Mountains Are a Dream That Call To Me, the new restoration of The Cassandra Cat, Lynne Ramsay’s Morvern Callar, Wong Kar Wai’s The Grandmaster, and more.
See the lineup below and learn more here.
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Terry Gilliam, 1988
An American in Paris, Vincente Minnelli,...
Other highlights are the recent restoration of Abel Gance’s La roue, an MGM Musicals series with introduction by Michael Koresky, Helena Wittmann’s riveting second feature Human Flowers of Flesh, the recent Sundance highlight The Mountains Are a Dream That Call To Me, the new restoration of The Cassandra Cat, Lynne Ramsay’s Morvern Callar, Wong Kar Wai’s The Grandmaster, and more.
See the lineup below and learn more here.
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Terry Gilliam, 1988
An American in Paris, Vincente Minnelli,...
- 11/13/2023
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Read More: Toronto International Film Festival Reveals First Slate of Titles: New Ridley Scott and Cary Fukunaga Films Top List, 'Demolition' to Open The Toronto International Film Festival has unveiled their picks for their inventive Wavelengths program, including 54 films, videos and installations by some of the world’s most influential auteurs and artists "who challenge conventional expression and seek to redefine the art of cinema." Tiff has also announced their new slate of City to City features. The 2015 edition of Wavelengths "features a seductive mix of master filmmakers, award-winning artists and emerging, new talent," including Miguel Gomes' three-part "Arabian Nights," new films from Nicolás Pereda and Mark Lewis, restored archival prints of films by Paul Sharits and by Philippe Garrel, along with a "major" new installation from Apichatpong Weerasethakul. The City...
- 8/18/2015
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Nicolas Coster (Jack, The Bay; ex-Lionel, Santa Barbara; ex-John, Our Private Wordl; ex-Eduardo, As The World Turns; ex-Robert, Another World/Somerset; ex-Steve, All My Children; ex-Anthony, One Life To Live) - 77
Mary Alice (ex-Allie, All My Children) - 69
Jennifer Harmon (ex-Cathy, One Life To Live; ex-Jean, Guiding Light; ex-Lucretia, Loving) - 67
Jack Stauffer (ex-Chuck, All My Childre; ex-Scott, The Young And The Restless) - 65
Melody Anderson (ex-Natalie, All My Children) - 55
Julianne Moore (ex-Frannie/Sabrina, As The World Turns; ex-Carmen, Edge Of Night) - 50
Mark Lewis (ex-Gregory, As The World Turns; ex-Andrew, Another World) - 38
Lauren E. Roman (ex-Laura, All My Children) - 35
Cristi Harris (ex-Tina, Passions; ex-Emily, Sunset Beach) - 33
Amanda Seyfried (ex-Lucy, As The World Turns; ex-Joni, All My Children) - 25
Michael Angarano (ex-Steven, Another World; ex-mj, As The World Turns) - 23...
Mary Alice (ex-Allie, All My Children) - 69
Jennifer Harmon (ex-Cathy, One Life To Live; ex-Jean, Guiding Light; ex-Lucretia, Loving) - 67
Jack Stauffer (ex-Chuck, All My Childre; ex-Scott, The Young And The Restless) - 65
Melody Anderson (ex-Natalie, All My Children) - 55
Julianne Moore (ex-Frannie/Sabrina, As The World Turns; ex-Carmen, Edge Of Night) - 50
Mark Lewis (ex-Gregory, As The World Turns; ex-Andrew, Another World) - 38
Lauren E. Roman (ex-Laura, All My Children) - 35
Cristi Harris (ex-Tina, Passions; ex-Emily, Sunset Beach) - 33
Amanda Seyfried (ex-Lucy, As The World Turns; ex-Joni, All My Children) - 25
Michael Angarano (ex-Steven, Another World; ex-mj, As The World Turns) - 23...
- 12/3/2010
- by We Love Soaps TV
- We Love Soaps
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