In the tradition of the self-memorial, whether by Fellini or Cocteau, familiar faces appear and reappear, as flashback and fantasy become one.
Dull but never dreary, Lines of Wellington was one of the projects in Raúl Ruiz’s pipeline before he passed away last year.
As it should happen with The Devil, Probably, Bresson’s penultimate masterpiece is also his dizziest curveball.
Yesim Ustaoglu’s film, her fifth feature in a career that stretches back to the mid 1980s, isn’t really about either purgatory or abortion.
At this point in the franchise, Paul W.S. Anderson is content to alight the saga on a perpetual rewind loop.
Pure style carries Beyond the Black Rainbow considerably further than many critics gave it credit for.
Finding Nemo drops the audience into the Spielbergian vise-grip of pleasure-torture right from the word go.
Behind the anonymous-sounding title is a quintessential Walsh noir-western, with a lead performance by Robert Mitchum that contains multitudes.
The film flies high over its seemingly anonymous place in Lang’s 1940s phase.
You (probably) don’t know Paul Fejos, but Criterion will repair that oversight.
Style is substance, at least as far as HBO’s acclaimed period drama.
As expected, Twilight Time’s Blu-ray for Bye Bye Birdie sacrifices supplemental features for production quality.
Lionsgate’s superb disc will wipe away any salty tears that it doesn’t carry the Criterion logo.
The Criterion Collection has brought Wes Anderson’s biggest commercial success it into their high-definition stable with great aplomb.
A typical film-only platter from Olive Films benefits from a sturdy transfer.
This barebones platter for the often overlooked third part of Ford’s cavalry trilogy is an essential buy for fans of the director.
With magnificent gentleness, Claude Sautet sketches a half-dozen indelible portraits.
This is an unbelievably silly movie, with a script that must eventually come to terms with the fact that it’s just another globetrotting spy caper.
This release is a knockout on points, at least, with a strong transfer and a meaty mono track.
It’s a worthwhile buy for fans, with terrific grain and an even better commentary track.