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.
Rage, bitterness, sorrow, and beauty, all in unison against the dying of the light.
As modest and urbane as the film, Criterion’s Blu-ray is a worthwhile upgrade from their 2006 DVD release.
Sans extras, Olive Films’s handsome platter leaves the viewer no choice but to come up with their own take.
This Blu-ray is light on contextual supplements, but nearly immaculate on a technical level.
Sometimes a classic film gets a grand reception on home video, and sometimes it has to sneak out by the fire escape.