The Red Balloon

When the Criterion edition of The Red Balloon was released in late April of 2008, I got quite excited to pick up the DVD and reminisce on a childhood unfortunately long gone.

Row Three » Review: Flight of the Red Balloon - Where Cinema is more than just $100 Million productions 2008

It's a clean-lined grace that extends to the operation's new online home, a gala of film in which the actual DVDs for sale exist as just one of sundry attractions alongside a new collection of high-quality downloads as well as the reminiscences of Paul Schrader about Mishima star Ken Ogata, essays on new German cinema, coffee mugs and posters of The Red Balloon.

Culture | guardian.co.uk 2008