1928 ★★★★★ OUT NOW BD
EXTRAS ★★★★★ Commentary, Documentary, Featurettes, Outtakes, Essay
Is The Circus Charlie Chaplin’s most ‘underrated’ film, as argued by the doc Chaplin Today in this fine Criterion package? It’s tough to dispute. Released between The Gold Rush (1925) and City Lights (1931) – both more famous – the 1928 film bagged a ‘special honorary’ Oscar but wasn’t even mentioned in Chaplin’s autobiography.