Hotel du Nord: Criterion Collection (Blu-ray) by Justin Remer The Movie: Marcel Carné, the French director known for the "poetic realism" of films like Children of Paradise, is considered a foundational filmmaker in his homeland -- and a relative "deep cut" in the States. His 1938 film Hôtel du Nord is just now seeing its first U.S. disc release, courtesy of The Criterion Collection (DVD Talk reviewed a Region 2 DVD version back in 2006). Unlike the bookending Carné films, Port of Shadows (1938) and Le Jour Se Lève (1939) -- both of which Criterion previously released on DVD --, Hôtel du Nord was not w...Read the entire review »