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Criterion Collection: Shame (1968) | Blu-ray Review
March 12, 2019Things were grim in 1968, the reflection of which was interpreted by Ingmar Bergman, who delivered...
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Criterion Collection: La Vérité (1960) | Blu-ray Review
February 26, 2019What is the truth? And can you handle it? Notions of truth, perspective and judgment have...
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Sang-soo Goes for Slight(ly) Sober in B&W Mix-up ‘The Day After’ | Blu-ray Review
February 26, 2019Prolific South Korean auteur Hong Sang-soo’s twenty-first feature, The Day After, was also his second time...
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Under the Shadow of Shaft: Big Pimpin’ in Moses’ Willie Dynamite (1974) | Blu-ray Review
February 26, 2019There are a limited number of archetypes birthed out of the brief but significant Blaxploitation movement...
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A Touch of Class: Chang-dong Returns with Masterful Class Clash in ‘Burning’ | Blu-ray Review
February 26, 2019One of the biggest slights of the 2018 Cannes Film Festival was towards South Korean auteur’s...
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Love is Darkness in French-tinted Noir from Joseph H. Lewis’ So Dark the Night (1946) | Blu-ray Review
February 26, 2019For his follow-up to the box-office success My Name is Julia Ross, Joseph H. Lewis turned...
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Gaslighting’s a Gas in Dark-hearted Lewis Noir ‘My Name is Julia Ross’ | Blu-ray Review
February 26, 2019Without a doubt, American director Joseph H. Lewis is best remembered for his contributions to film...
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Criterion Collection: 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007) | Blu-ray Review
February 19, 2019The crown jewel of the New Romanian Cinema was Cristian Mungiu’s controversial abortion drama 4 Months,...
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Criterion Collection: Mikey and Nicky (1976) | Blu-ray Review
February 5, 2019Of the four noted directorial efforts from writer-director Elaine May, whose career behind the camera ended...
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Schnabel Paints Another Portrait of an Artist with “At Eternity’s Gate” | Blu-ray Review
February 5, 2019Director Julian Schnabel broke an eight-year hiatus with At Eternity’s Gate, a film destined to enter...