7K views · 324 reactions | Evening viewing recommendation? Kick off December on the Criterion Channel with our sensational Holiday Noir collection and watch BLAST OF SILENCE (1961)—Allen Baron’s swift, brutal, and blackhearted portrait of a hit man on assignment in Manhattan during Christmastime.  https://bit.ly/3NdcmmW Our new Criterion Blu-ray edition of the film enters the collection this week! | The Criterion Collection | Facebook

74K views · 1.2K reactions | #OnThisDay 1991: Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins spoke to Film 91 about Silence of the Lambs. Come for Jodie Foster’s effortless eloquence and stay for Anthony Hopkins' attitude towards preparing to play Hannibal Lecter. | BBC Archive | Facebook

BLAST OF SILENCE [1961], was a film recently retrieved from obscurity , with a little help from Criterion. Written, directed and starring the then unknown Allen Baron, this early 60s shoestring feature debut is one of the seminal New York City films. It follows a hit-man who returns to his native NYC at Christmastime to complete a risky job. The majority of scenes were filmed in actual New York City locations without a permits. While one climactic shooting location was said to be a real dumping