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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.

The Generosity (or, why we’re celebrating Luci Shaw’s 97th birthday anyway)

The Generosity (or, why we’re celebrating Luci Shaw’s 97th birthday anyway)

In memoriam: Luci N. Shaw, 1928–2025.
10 Jan 2026 12 min read
Sending out a New Year’s SOS, and making a resolution

Sending out a New Year’s SOS, and making a resolution

An update regarding my recent absence, and a resolution — despite my soul’s fatigue — to keep on keepin’ on.
10 Jan 2026 3 min read
First (and second) impressions of Sinners

First (and second) impressions of Sinners

Sinners is a film of two halves: daytime and nighttime. The first half is colorful, epic, and full of surprises; the second is shadowy, violent . . . and disappointing.
31 Dec 2025 13 min read
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