A profoundly beautiful restoration makes this release a must-own for Lynch aficionados.
For Schrader, even a film called Master Gardener ultimately pivots on a man having to take out the macho trash.
With each new film, Hong’s work becomes more subtextual, more fraught, even funnier.
It’s heartening to see Le Corbeau back in print with a spiffy new transfer.
EO feels freed of plot, free of expectation, driven only by the need to honor its own internal, poetic drive.
Throughout, one often feels the plot machinations working against Park Chan-wook’s poetry, though in a few cases poetry wins out.
Tobe Hooper’s admirers will want to pick up this 4K release for the robust transfer alone.
Shout!’s 4K UHD release offers a superior video transfer and a rich commentary track by Paul Schrader.
This mordant but oddly nostalgic film receives a strong release that testifies to the Safdie brothers’ then-nascent talent.
Prey proves to be an apropos title, as the film is cowed by John McTiernan’s original Predator.
For both better and worse, I Love My Dad feels less like a film than an exorcism.
Though its lack of emotional escalation could be read as intentional, Vengeance is ground to a repetitive halt by B.J. Novak’s preaching.
Larry Cohen’s batshit-crazy film gets a phenomenal UHD upgrade from the devoted freaks at Blue Underground.
This disc’s gorgeous 4K transfer and slate of extras make a strong case for the importance of physical releases of streaming titles.
Criterion gives the film the monumental release it deserves, complementing a flawless transfer with head-spinning extras.
The accumulating effect of this airy and resonant film’s formal devices is that of a heartbroken artist learning to reengage with society.
The film appears to be torn between honoring the personal ambitions of its creators and playing by the rules of formula.
One of Soderbergh’s best films, a classic of the American crime film genre, is afforded a beautifully visceral transfer.
Mad God offers a dense cornucopia of genre-fueled outrageousness that’s gradually united by a concern with cycles of warfare.
4K UHD Review: Billy Wilder’s Noir Classic Double Indemnity on the Criterion Collection
Criterion ushers one of Billy Wilder’s finest, darkest, and most influential films fully into the 21st century.