Josef von Sternberg’s strikingly idiosyncratic gangster film gets its long overdue home-video debut.
By the measure of the films it includes alone, this set is a must-own.
The set affirms the profound emotional power of these idiosyncratic collaborations.
Von Sternberg’s final feature receives a sparkling Blu-ray, marking it as the best-looking home-video release yet of the director’s work.
Von Sternberg goes out of his way to neutralize the sensationalism of his ripped-from-the-headlines premise.
Von Sternberg’s ever-weird first collaboration with Marlene Dietrich is a historic early sound film.
From the animated to the animalistic, the perfect to the perverse, this list is one royally diverse bunch.
The film laid down a solid template for Josef Von Sternberg and Marlene Dietrich’s strange relationship.
They’re also unassailable in their perfection, and could easily fall at the top of any all-time best list arrived at by consensus.
The list of “obstructions” ought to be familiar to anyone with any exposure to this parlor game.
Without a doubt, this 2011 edition was the film festival experience of the year for me.
Sin! Booty-shaking! Sexy lingerie! Gambling! Home-wrecking dames! Gents who won’t take no for an answer!
A thorough, focused study of the first major films of an artist who “wrote with a camera.”
Josef von Sternberg’s film is a fascinating early cornerstone of both the director’s worldview and the gangster genre.
An adequate Dietrich DVD set with three essential films and two amiable duds.
Josef Von Sternberg’s rock solid adaptation of Theodore Dreiser’s An American Tragedy has been long overshadowed for a number of reasons.