The emotional planeness of the film’s aesthetic too frequently robs all the cathartic eruptions of emotion of much of their power.
Universal’s 4K disc captures F9’s big spectacle with a perfect audio/visual presentation.
One Second is as much a tribute to the struggles of a man whose life has stolen from him as it is to a bygone way of looking at movies.
A Clockwork Orange, possibly the most polarizing film in a much-debated filmography, receives a remarkable visual upgrade.
The film charts Louis Wain’s slow, long mental breakdown in ways that tackily oscillate between the pitying and the whimsical.
This is an engaging, no-frills entertainment that still fails to justify its reason for being.
The film is marked by an empathetic understanding of the inkling of belief that can be exhumed from even the most rational of minds.
Ali & Ava once again showcases Clio Barnard’s uncanny ability to capture the insoluble complexities of life.
The film thrillingly captures the social, economic, political, and material character of Rwanda in the age of global communication.
Arrow’s lavish UHD release makes a strong case for a reappraisal of David Lynch’s film maudit.
These shorts capture everything from how fear of the unknown can rewire relationships to how the natural world exerts its pull on us all.
Criterion gives the film, a critical work of Polish cinema, a substantial upgrade that leaves the studio’s old DVD in the dust.
On screen, Shang-Chi is rotely defined by the same “gifted kid” impostor syndrome as so many other self-doubting MCU heroes before him.
Dash Shaw’s deceptively simple animation regularly descends into phantasmagoria that delivers on his story’s strange premise.
Kore-eda Hirokazu’s understated masterpiece is one of the great films about death and filmmaking itself.
The film synthesizes the nihilistic tone of The End of Evangelion with the more hopeful terms of the anime’s original intended finale.
Throughout, James Gunn renders the half-grim, half-absurdist nature of the Suicide Squad with delightfully bloody abandon.
Jaume Collet-Serra’s deft touches elevate what otherwise feels like another formulaic contemporary Disney blockbuster.
The UHD presentation of The Bird with the Crystal Plumage is quite possibly the label’s best 4K release to date.
Joe Bell proves that the phrase “they don’t make ‘em like this anymore” is value neutral.