Mills’s films might be called fragmentary if not for their unifying spirit of psychological inquiry.
Jason gets the proper sendoff.
This sequel is one elaborate in-joke about itself, and if you like the series you might have affection for what it’s trying to do.
Edited to induce seizures, Morning Light should appeal to fans of MTV and water sports.
A long overdue and welcomed release for this one-of-a-kind series, if slightly overpriced and lacking in extra features.
Those interested in seeing 18 bonus performances and a making-of documentary will have to spring for the much more expensive three-disc set.
For women it’s potentially empowering, but for men it inspires detached amusement and the whisper of an erection.
A well-meaning dud, the film’s only defiance is testing its audience’s patience.
A featurette or liner notes elaborating on the subversive qualities of the film would have been nice.
Bergman Island isn’t a keeper, but it reveals that Bergman wasn’t, at least in real life, a merchant of doom and gloom.
The focus of the bonus features is rightfully on Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio’s titanic, emotional performances.
Perhaps Denis’s most approachable mix of humanism and erotic meditation.
Behold, the untold wonders of Japanese cinema. Arigato, Criterion!
Fast Company may not be much more than a footnote in Cronenberg’s career, but this disc is a must-own for followers of his work.
An excellent and thoroughly un-Ford-like Ford western.
Although the plot and star have been recycled, El Dorado is still a gold standard of the western genre.
Fargo is the Coens’ most ice-cold satire, but also features its warmest character.
When Jim Jarmusch met hard-boiled, irreverent Japanese filmmaker Seijun Suzuki, they spent an entire evening hanging out.
Downbeat ’70s crime with Beantown vowels, and a Hollywood icon’s masterful melancholy.
It’s a small but telling detail that Imamura entered the Japanese film industry as a clapper boy in Yasujirô Ozu productions.
A loose, unintended trilogy these films may be, but fans who already own the earlier two-disc versions won’t need to upgrade.