With just two features director Ira Sachs has created a distinctive, deliriously beautiful aesthetic.
Dock a star from Bravo’s Blow Out for stealing the title of one of the cinema’s great political thrillers.
Dark Victory DVD: Prognosis Positive.
Even by the standards of a typical Bette Davis melodrama Dark Victory is an embarrassment of riches.
The specters of those dual devils “commission” and “committee” hang darkly over Abbas Kiarostami’s film.
An engrossing, if flawed, first step into the digital world from a cinema master.
A 15-episode appetizer for those wary of the 202-episode main course.
The film is a heartfelt human testament from one of our greatest directors.
House of Bamboo has some of the most stunning examples of widescreen photography in the history of cinema.
Ugly American noir hero seeks single Japanese female companion for subtly homoerotic love triangle.
Ignore Fox Mulder’s mantra: You can trust The Lone Gunmen.
The film is a surprisingly astringent turn for a director who more often presented himself as the rah-rah patriot of American filmmaking.
A nerdy Burger King commercial with zero laughs and even less social resonance.
It’s awkward and atrocious in equal measure, though still possessing a somewhat admirable earnestness and sincerity.
Tsai’s film is an illuminating, musical embrace for the ages.
Bergman’s film is one of cinema’s great comedies, consistently producing the kind of hard, hearty laughter that nourishes the soul.
Make your claim on Deadwood: The Complete First Season.
If you’re an I Heart Huckabees fan you’re probably not even going to bother with this DVD and go straight for the two-disc DVD edition.
Fritz Lang’s methos in a nutshell: Pose a question, then answer it, though never in any sort of predictable rhythm.
Season six of Homicide suggests God is watching us.