This minimalist package is a tell that Criterion believes that the films speak for themselves.
The dearth of extras make this release feel like a missed opportunity.
Violent Night wants to have its Christmas cookies and eat them too.
Kino’s 4K release offers the ultimate experience of one mean, bleak trip to hell.
Strange World never escapes an aura of familiarity.
Devotion will do little to change perceptions of the Korean War as the “forgotten war.”
Pixar’s first entry in the Criterion Collection is a stellar release.
It may be without any new extras, but Warner’s 4K UHD release of Casablanca features a strong enough A/V presentation to make the set worthy of your double dip.
Bardo signals that Alejandro G. Iñárritu, perhaps, is unable to push the limits of his own artistic expression.
De Palma’s exquisitely directed slasher gets its finest home video release to date.
It doesn’t take a lot of brains to recognize this as the definitive home video release of the film.
Criterion has outfitted this macabre screwball comedy with a stunning transfer.
Criterion’s top-notch presentation offers yet another argument for the value of physical media.
Till taps into a deeper well of emotions than most biopics.
The film doesn’t pierce its characters’ icy exteriors to get at the more complex emotions within.
This is one Criterion’s most stacked one-disc Blu-ray releases of the year.
VCI’s Blu-ray of Rain is a must-own for fans of Joan Crawford and Pre-Code films alike.
Pearl is an empty exercise in style masquerading as a character study.
This release shows that the work of America’s premier purveyor of life on the fringes was both unflinching and empathetic from the start.
The extras are slim, but the stellar A/V presentation helps this release rise above the chaff.