Hud is a mournful lament for a passing of a way of life and a meditation on the ways forward.
A new kind of cinema envisioned as the anti-Amadeus. Rock on.
With Black Girl, Sembène used the aesthetic freedom of the French New Wave to attack that very nation’s hubris.
The chance to see a new, eight-plus-minute version of the film should be enough incentive for fans of the film to purchase this DVD.
A flawed work about prostitution and a frayed mother-daughter union in Israel that’s at least worth a rental.
A so-so J-Horror remake with an excellent performance by Jennifer Connelly.
Somewhere, some frat guy is turning this PG-13 underwater porn into a screensaver.
Not dark enough, but a Corner still worth a stroll.
As good an introduction to a modest master as you can imagine.
Whoever thinks of Death Race 2000 as second-rate is only half wrong.
Superior to the 1995 Nicolas Cage remake, but only because of the wild-eyed Richard Widmark’s cackling jackal.
Preminger’s hardboiled noir is a great way to satisfy a Dana Andrews-Gene Tierney craving.
Must love dogs? No, thank you.
By quoting us on the front cover, TLA has allowed me to fantasize about myself as the fourth dancing slave. Thank you.
Chris Evans may not win an Oscar for his performance in Fantastic Four, but I see an AVN award in his future.
A potty-mouthed reconfiguration of a sports classic for our Bad Santa age. Funny stuff.
Strictly for little piggies with houses made of straw.
The clean-up job is serviceable, but this is a rare Lang that’s probably seen in any condition than in no condition at all.
Valiant is the DVD of the year for parents who hate their children.
Once the film’s fanatics find out that this edition is mostly a gussied-up replay of the previous one, the shit’ll really hit the fan.
A fabled vision of childhood virtue bookended by the horrible, undiscriminating hands of war.