One of the most ambiguous, neurotic, and disturbing of all American films receives a revelatory new restoration.
Venom is more notable for its troubled production history and bizarro premise than for being compelling.
Dirty Mary Crazy Larry boasts its fair share of quotable dialogue ranging between wistful philosophizing, off-the-cuff calumny, and cornball caricature.
Depraved animals and diehard fans of British grindhouse films alike will want to add The Pete Walker Collection to theirs.
Fox gives Peckinpah’s ferocious near-masterpiece a killer visual/audio upgrade.
Shout! Factory did a very good job cleaning up the picture quality for these releases.
In the end, End of Poverty? is just too small-minded to succeed.
A shamefully bare-bones DVD for a shamefully neglected film.
Mandingo is excessive, yet its excesses invariably reveal the caustic truths of social critique.
Straw Dogs is about man’s quest to identify himself as masculine through the self-actualizing power of violence.
Straw Dogs deservedly gets the deluxe treatment from the always-exceptional Criterion Collection.
As Straw Dogs makes clear, the consequences of enduring a violent rite of passage is ultimately suffering and alienation.