Hud is a mournful lament for a passing of a way of life and a meditation on the ways forward.
A decent presentation of an uneven but unusually intense crime thriller.
Kino didn’t include that many extras, but the ones they did include are rather good boilerplate features.
Coixet’s chore of a film is given a mediocre transfer.
An okay presentation of an actor’s workshop masquerading as a movie.
No one slaps the f-stop out of pimps like Constance Towers!
Hysteria is the steady tone of Sam Fuller’s Shock Corridor.
A pristine presentation of an amazing little movie.
Rodriguez loves grindhouse cinema, but you’d never know it from Machete, which seems more interested in mockery than homage.
The 3D-enhanced death sequences are tailor-made for those who always wanted to take an ax to the MTV Beach House.
Criterion pays homage to a truly weird visual experience that begat several more celebrated classics and yet remains largely unknown.
Paradox and free thinking are on beautiful display in the film.
Dinner for Schmucks sadly remains beholden to stiff structure and unimaginative narrative turns from the get-go.
This elegantly and scrupulously produced Blu-ray essentially serves as an all-in-one FYC campaign for Fincher’s film.
An appropriately goofy and enthusiastic presentation of a B-movie programmer that’s not quite as annoying as it should be.
The film is like most modern Hollywood horror-thriller hybrids in structure and color scheme, only duller.
The Howl DVD is a strong, affectionate transfer of a well-crafted film that never quite comes together.
The DVD isn’t anything special, but Soul Kitchen should be seen anyway.
The film fully believes in the humanity and good will of its subjects, and doesn’t mind taking a biased point of view to prove their vision is just.
This set is a nice way to get reacquainted with the director’s distinctive atmosphere of bemused terror.
If you’re TV set and Blu-ray player can handle it, this 3D Blu-ray set of Step Up 3D corroborates the film’s innovative use of 3D.