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Au Hasard Balthazar

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Jeffrey Overstreet

01 Apr 2005
Filed under: On Movies & Media • Darren Hughes • Robert Bresson • Criterion • Au Hasard Balthazar • Long Pauses

My favorite moviegoing experience of last year was Robert Bresson's Au Hasard Balthazar.

Now, Darren Hughes at Long Pauses has given me the best news I've heard all week...

The Criterion Collection is doing it up right.

And if this is somebody's idea of an April Fool's joke ... it's gonna hurt.

Overstreet’s Favorite Recordings of 2025, Part Two: #30–#16

Overstreet’s Favorite Recordings of 2025, Part Two: #30–#16

Time to open up your music apps and make yourself a list of outstanding albums you might have missed!
15 Feb 2026 20 min read
Kate Hudson earns that nomination: first impressions of Song Sung Blue

Kate Hudson earns that nomination: first impressions of Song Sung Blue

This is a story that deserved a decent movie, and it got one. It might’ve become by-the-numbers melodrama, but cut through my cynicism and made me believe.
07 Feb 2026 6 min read
Refueling, revving the engines...

Refueling, revving the engines...

A Surprise Package post full of recent highlights — Muppets! Anna Tivel! Rian Johnson! Catherine O’Hara! and much more.
07 Feb 2026 7 min read
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