One of the final mysteries Werner Herzog evokes is what, if anything, albino alligators, who populate a neighboring arboretum, dream of.
Paul Verhoeven’s fantastic commentary from the Criterion Collection DVD version is, sadly, not duplicated here.
A hallucinatory near-masterpiece and one of the best American war films produced in the 1990s.
The film is a low-budget action spectacle that should inspire amateur filmmakers to take genuine risks.
Véréna Paravel and J.P. Sniadecki’s Foreign Parts is a lovely and detailed visual elegy.
Folklore, rituals, and the past weigh heavily on Silent Souls.
Huston’s noir debut gets its fair shake from Warner Bros. via an overall exceptional Blu-ray.
The film breathes with the intimacy of slow and purposefully written correspondence between two friends and confidants.
The Blu-ray features two commentaries and both bring out the good humor behind the making of the film.
LennonNYC separates itself from films that tend to file John Lennon under Beatle, ex-Beatle, or media figure.
Robinson in Ruins’s narration fosters a healthy fascination with the subjectivity of the image and the film’s relation to the rampant machine of “progress.”
Charade finds its way onto Blu-ray with a spectacular visual transfer.
The nightmare visions of Jacob’s Ladder offer a rare cerebral experience from a director known mostly for movies about couples behaving badly.
The film arrives on Blu-ray with a befittingly humble and loving audio and visual transfer.
Blue Underground rescues another solid and deserving B movie from the vaults.
This release does little to make a new case for James and the Giant Peach as a rediscovered lost gem of the new animation golden age.
A standard-bearer for the 1980s slasher era, it creeps onto Blu-ray with all its brainless, sanguine pleasures lovingly restored in commendable clarity.
Elliot’s dry wit is pervasive throughout Mary and Max and it’s nice to see that this unique sense of humor extends to the extras.
The three audio commentaries by Colette Burson, Dmitry Lipkin, and staff writer Brett C. Leonard are intelligent and funny.
Long since considered a comedy landmark, Caddyshack returns again to DVD with its generous dose of comedic lunacy.