Blue Christmas - An Original Video Essay

A Criterion video essay on cinema's tradition of bleak, melancholy Christmas films, looking closely at three lesser-known favourites.

A thoughtful look at why the best Christmas movies are often the saddest.

In this original video essay, Michael Koresky and Casey Moore investigate the longstanding tradition of bleak midwinters at the movies (A Christmas Carol and It's a Wonderful Life are as sad and scary as they are, ultima

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