Many critics speak about blue-collar work on screen as if they can't imagine someone living a full life while doing said work, and demand hollow platitudes about the rigor and grind of said work. It often reads like they've never done any of it themselves.
Martin Ritt's HUD (1963) • Entering the Criterion Collection in July! criterion.com/films/30203-hud
A family’s downfall becomes a stark elegy for the ideals of the American frontier in this quietly subversive reimagining of western myths.
Martin Scorsese's ALICE DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE (1974) • Entering the Criterion Collection in July! criterion.com/films/29004-al…
Scorsese infuses the classic maternal melodrama with the brash spirit of the New Hollywood in this zeitgeist-capturing feminist tale of a woman finding her footing in a patriarchal world.