Despite occasional hiccups in the source elements, these HD transfers look incredibly good.
A muddled vision, but one anchored by fiercely convicted performances by Viggo Mortensen and Robert Duvall.
To appropriate Samuel Beckett’s observation of James Joyce, Brakhage’s films are not about something, they are that something itself.
Released before The Battle of Algiers, Kapò shows a more classical side of Pontecorvo in terms of form and structure.
An eye-opening set for anyone who knows Nagisa Oshima only through his 1970s erotic corridas.
An eyesore on the big screen, Valentine’s Day is now close to one on your TV. Go read The Sound and the Fury instead.
Eastwood’s dull Invictus receives a lackluster welcome to home video.
The world wasn’t exactly desperate for yet another film noir DVD box set, but here we are, with an inspired seven-film retrospective.
The film showcases a comedy legend at his laziest, both creatively and technically.
Descriptions of plot are likely to suggest a preachiness that isn’t at all present in the film’s rhythmic, heady form.
The tedious Legion teaches us nothing, except that Paul Bettany matches a fetching brunette.
Do it for Daria. Do it for Jane.
Spielberg’s virtuosity is every bit as luridly kinetic as it was in the best sequences from The Lost World a year before.
The image and sound presentation is muscular, but in the guilty annals of Mel Gibson’s career as an actor, the film is nothing but puny.
Criterion has now released the quintessential edition of Lang’s inscrutable masterpiece.
Yes, North Face is half a great movie. The mountain steals the show.
The film is drunk on the possibilities of cinema in a way that’s rare and essential. A sparkling Blu-ray transfer makes it a must-see.
Another forgettable sequel to a surprisingly successful horror picture.
Ride with the Devil appeals more to the ears than the eyes and is more literate than cinematic.
Though they’re a bit broad by today’s standards, Abbott and Costello routines are still required homework for nascent comedians.
The film offered no indication whatsoever that the animation renaissance of the ’90s awaited Disney.