Turns out, Hammer was still making entertaining and even innovative films in the 1970s.
The film jumps recklessly (and, often, exhilaratingly) from coarse comedy to cutting drama.
The late Joan Micklin Silver’s star continues to rise thanks to Criterion.
The film is a tranquil nocturne compared to the scherzo standards of German expressionism.
Warner Bros. honors a touchstone of film noir with a definitive home-video transfer.
This gorgeous release attests to the breadth of scope of the American and European avant-garde.
Heart of Dragon only realizes its potential when fists finally start flying.
A cult object of underground queer cinema receives a welcome, if barebones, release.
Jacques Rivette’s Secret Defense feels in many ways like a culmination.
It may be flat-out bugshit, but Argento’s film looks uncannily gorgeous in 4K UHD.
An unimpeachable American masterpiece receives a gloriously shaggy and vital 4K upgrade.
This satire of Hollywood racism gets a sharp new transfer and an essential audio commentary.
Inland Empire retains its low-res, subterranean power on Criterion’s Blu-ray release.
This disc offers a pristine window on a future master learning his craft.
The Three Colors trilogy looks more vibrant and mesmerizing than ever.
The House That Screamed is a seminal slice of Spanish gothic.
The film looks better on this disc than it did when you first saw it in high school English class.
The film revels in the force of will that a virtuosic Joan Crawford allows Mildred Pierce.
Tobe Hooper’s original The Texas Chain Saw Massacre still cuts the competition to the bone.
Across these two films, Franco finds fresh fodder for his own personal preoccupations.
Rivette’s beguiling, minor-key manor mystery receives a solid Blu-ray release.