The xenophobic subtext of the prior films in the Kingsman series is text in Matthew Vaughn’s The King’s Man.
Like Vice before it, the film too often uses satire as a tool of castigation rather than as a means of truly taking on the status quo.
As the film invites us to ponder the real-world circumstances that it implies, its self-seriousness becomes a double-edged sword.
Kino’s release of Lubitsch’s bleakest film provides indispensable evidence of the great comic director’s astounding versatility.
Death and its inevitability loom large over Román Viñoly Barreto’s The Beast Must Die and Fernando Ayala’s The Bitter Stems.
Ridley Scott’s tale of greed and revenge practically begs for melodramatic excess.
W.C. Fields’s characters are as much rubes as they are dreamers.
Encanto does a fine job of conveying the notion that even in the best families, it can take considerable work to keep them together.
This set gives four long-neglected Poverty Row films the kind of tender loving care typically reserved for major studio releases.
Rarely has a film used its foreknowledge of a happy ending as a reason to remain so uncritical and incurious of its central subject.
With a strong image upgrade and an additional commentary, Arrow’s 4K release of Deep Red outdoes their already very impressive Blu-ray.
Often lost in the shuffle of his early masterpieces, Satyajit Ray’s remarkable Devi gets a sparkling new transfer from Criterion.
Agony and ecstasy walk hand in hand in Lynne Ramsay’s feature-length directorial debut.
The film celebrates individuality even as it suggests that everyone needs their own A.I. tech to validate everything they like and think.
The discursive nature of the Surrealist parlor game exquisite corpse mirrors the way that power flows in Francesco Rosi’s films.
As far as improvements go, Michael Myers’s revitalized brutality is arguably the only successful one that Halloween Kills makes.
Gina Prince-Bythewood’s intimate 2000 drama gets a snappy new transfer and a virtual cornucopia of fantastic extras.
Criterion’s Blu-ray release of Neil Jordan’s Mona Lisa offers a superb upgrade on the A/V front and a few new extras to boot.
Imprint’s Blu-ray is further proof that Terence Malick’s sophomore feature is among the most visually dazzling films ever made.
The Straight Story receives a stellar release from Imprint that boasts a beautiful transfer and great slate of extras.