Turns out, Hammer was still making entertaining and even innovative films in the 1970s.
Fake or real, Full Battle Rattle just doesn’t cut it.
The film’s ambition, empathy, and visual beauty reward those who choose to commit to its formidable length and uncompromising vision.
It won’t convince Crank: High Voltage’s naysayers, but for those on the film’s insane wavelength, it’s a worthy DVD package.
No additions have been made to the standard-definition release’s stable of extras, but that was already a pretty strong set.
The wartime flag-waving beloved by Churchill seizes the film from the rightful ownership of Vivien Leigh.
Criterion’s second David Mamet release might be the best DVD package of the director’s work out there.
Whether you view them aesthetically or archaeologically, the films in Gaumont Treasures show a significant portion of cinema’s formation.
Criterion’s DVD will not only satisfy but validate the cult surrounding one of the best and most relevant films of the 1990s.
Walden set a precedent of postmodern fecundity in the form that has yet to be matched.
Any collection of Japanese thrillers in which Seijun Suzuki is actually not the nuttiest guy around is worth checking out.
A very mixed bag of shorts, in which even the strongest offerings come riddled with flaws.
Own Jeanne Dielman if you must. Just don’t fall asleep on her bed.
Criterion’s Blu-ray presents the film’s pageantry in the best possible light.
At the very least, I Love You, Man warns us of the risks of telling someone to clean up their dog’s shit.
The extras provide further evidence of the links between reading trashy women’s magazines and the pursuit of plastic surgery.
It’s no Superbad, but Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart’s sterling chemistry make Adventureland worthwhile.
Tati’s glorious film folly inches that much closer to the 70mm ideal in Criterion’s new Blu-ray.
A dizzying, camptastic explosion of pulp-realist aesthetics and performance, Julia wins Tilda Swinton another Oscar in my wildest dreams.
Awesome packaging, per usual, from Benten, but The GoodTimesKid isn’t for the faint of heart.
Imagine awakening from a series of grim nightmares to find your body covered in dried blood and ejaculate.