Mills’s films might be called fragmentary if not for their unifying spirit of psychological inquiry.
A minor work and a masterpiece from the silents’ most kinetic clown, with peeks at the magician’s methods.
The film is a middling look at the stormy relationship between Prime Minister Tony Blair and President Bill Clinton.
Cairo Time is an uneven, well-acted romance that reveals a promising new director.
A handsome Blu-ray presentation of a film that largely plays like one of those video game cutscenes you can’t skip.
The Expendables is a big, happy geek package readymade for chips and beer—and perhaps something harder, if you’re not a fan.
Time Life’s exhaustive The Six Million Dollar Man: The Complete Collection is a time capsule only diehard fans will want to dig up.
The film’s almost manic dependence on story twists pushes the obsessive-compulsive contortions of character and plot to a whole new level.
Frank Lloyd’s big, astute spectacle can now be seen as a showcase for adventure unencumbered by beasts, blood, or much romance.
A pretty good representation of one of the year’s most compelling go-for-it experiments.
The film is one of the more unsentimental and even-handed depictions of the collision between faith and passion.
Chaplin’s film is now a treasure of Depression America’s zeitgeist and the curtain call of the movies’ first comedic icon.
It packs a wealth of caring and admiration for its subject without ever feeling sanctimonious, showy, or overly nostalgic.
Johnnie To isn’t a good action director, he’s a good director period—and Vengeance is one of his best.
Best Worst Movie is made with genuine affection.
Avatar looks more like a cartoon on the small screen than it did in theaters, but anyone who owns a Pixar film on video knows that isn’t meant as a slam.
The film plays like a pilot episode for a new Showtime series, but it’s a heartfelt and well-acted sitcom nonetheless.
Icey Spoon’s response to Harry Powell’s snakelike jeremiads about says it all for this Criterion release.
Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol is both a quirky retelling of a holiday classic and a drinking game waiting to happen.
Skeptics should give Death of a Snowman the benefit of their patronage before dismissing it as clever trash.
A good tech package, all in all.