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Criterion Collection: Pina | Blu-ray Review

Disc Reviews

Jordan M. Smith - February 12, 2013

Wim Wenders' long imagined a Pina Bausch documentary with Bausch herself, a dear friend of the director, personally collaborating on the project. It was...

Keep the Lights On | Blu-ray Review

Disc Reviews

Jordan M. Smith - February 12, 2013

With his latest, director Ira Sachs provides further proof of his narrative proficiency while delving into the most personal aspects of his previous long...

Interview: Alex Gibney (Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God)

Interviews

Jordan M. Smith - February 4, 2013

A crime story that spans decades, takes place on multiple continents and sees the most noble of authority figures involved in a vast cover-up....

Best of Fest: Jordan’s Top Five Films from the 2013 Sundance Film Festival

Film Festivals

Jordan M. Smith - January 31, 2013

#5. Concussion I came into this film not knowing writer/director Stacie Passon or her on screen muse Robin Weigert, let's just say they officially have...

Upstream Color | Sundance 2013 Review

Reviews

Jordan M. Smith - January 24, 2013

Carruth's Vexing Symphony of Imposted Phantom Memories It's been a long eight year's since the superb time traveling Pandora's box that was Primer took home...

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The Devils (1971) | Review

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Sympathy for The Devils: The Suppression of Ken Russell’s...

Ken Russell’s The Devils – 2010 Fantasia International Film Festival

Film Festivals November 8, 2026 0

Iconic director Ken Russell was in town to receive a lifetime achievement award from Fantasia for his 50-plus years in the business, a career that has spawned many genre classics including Altered States, Gothic, and The Lair of the White Worm. But it was the little-seen and hard to find The Devils from 1971 that proved to be Russell's most controversial work, and Fantasia managed to snag a copy to be screened on Russell's big night. In the video, Russell discusses the true story behind the film and receives his award with the grace befitting one of the great filmmakers of all time.