Criterion outfits Leigh’s extraordinarily moving Palme d’Or winner with a transfer that honors its granular intensity.
“The Idiot’s Lantern” is the halfway point of the second season of Doctor Who, and as such there’s a transitional feel to the proceedings.
Land of the Blind is a concoction difficult to swallow as either piercing allegory or clever farce.
It’s all very, very adorable and uplifting in spite of Gaby Dellal’s half-hearted attempts to affect a grave, tortured tone.
Don’t miss the film for Al Pacino’s great scenery-chewing performance and bold expression of a great moral conflict.
The film is littered with scenes that begin at a fever pitch before descending into a becalmed, meditative state.
Don’t just stand there. Hand Brenda Blethyn a tissue, sweetheart.
Writer-director Michael Radford drowns The Merchant of Venice in self-importance.