It’s the balance of comedy and existential drama that truly elevates Thelma.
The series builds something different on the sturdy foundation established by the film.
The film traces, to cosmic and absurd ends, how tragedy is birthed by, well, birth itself.
4K UHD Blu-ray Review: Richard Linklater’s Dazed and Confused on the Criterion Collection
An unimpeachable American masterpiece receives a gloriously shaggy and vital 4K upgrade.
Criterion’s superb presentation lends this modest little film some well-deserved prestige.
Kogonada’s elegant and moving narrative debut has been outfitted with a lovely transfer that will hopefully expose the film to new audiences.
Laurie Simmons isn’t so much creating art as a means to explore cinema’s effect on identity as she is conducting an act of indulgence.
The seeming miracle of Columbus is its mixture of formal precision with a philosophical grasp of human mystery.
Mascots’s rapid-fire gags result in a hit-or-miss pattern, ranging from the wickedly inspired to the overly broad.
It potently clarifies how our lives are spent distracted from matters of the closest personal significance.
Woody Allen and Joaquin Phoenix’s collaboration on Irrational Man’s antihero is the closest the film gets to a saving grace.
Of greatest damage to its coherence is its wholehearted belief that its subjects are offering firsthand reports worth hearing.
Few directors are as enamored with the passage of time and the preservation of memory as Richard Linklater.
It’s a testament to Bruce Greenwood’s acting that Adan never becomes entirely as insufferable as the words that come out of his mouth.
Give this Blu-ray ribbon for improved A/V quality. Otherwise, Warner supplies exactly the same extras package as before.
Posey is a singular, essential comedienne, unafraid to act a fool while also acting her ass off.
Michael Walker’s film ably speaks to the plight of the modern nine-to-fiver, who can feel bits of his or her soul dissolve with each daily commute.
The imagery and luxurious auditory landscape retains a potency on this disc that hits like a freshly lit, well-rolled joint.
Triple H clearly understands that he shouldn’t force his line readings or try too hard for a traditional performance.
The film succeeds only at suggesting the incompatibility of returning-home dramedy and surrealistic flights of fancy.