This Blu-ray is light on contextual supplements, but nearly immaculate on a technical level.
At its heart, The Bridge on the River Kwai is a study of human will.
The secret passion of the cinephile is to find a hidden treasure.
Wartime isn’t just an excuse for functional architecture.
The Guns of Navarone ranks among the best war movies.
The film survives on its performances—and the sense that it’s more than the moment in which it was made. A cold, hard caper.
This is a a morality play that only sees in black and white.
The film casts Kirk Douglas as a selfish artist who gets his comeuppance, but it’s a theme that smacks of bullshit.