Tag: Blu-ray
Criterion Collection: Monsieur Verdoux | Blu-ray Review
People tend to forget that Charlie Chaplin was more than The Tramp, his iconic mute character of physical peculiarity. Seven years after his baffoonic...
Waiting For Lightning | Blu-ray Review
There have been plenty of quality biographical extreme sports docs released in the last couple years, with Jeff Tremaine's profile of BMX godfather Matt...
Criterion Collection: Umberto D. | Blu-ray Review
Perhaps remembered foremost for directing what is considered by many to be one of the best films of all time, Bicycle Thieves (1948), one...
A Separation | Blu-ray Review
Writer and director Asghar Farhadi had a couple award winning films to his name prior to 2011, but nothing of the notoriety that came...
The Tempest | Blu-ray Review
Shot entirely on location in the incredible Stoneleigh Abbey in Warwickshire, England, director Derek Jarman's re-imagining of The Tempest is a bizarro Shakespearian fever...
Marley | Blu-ray Review
The herb induced gospel of reggae and Rastafarianism would never have become the international phenomenon it has if it wasn't for the impassioned genius...
Senna | Blu-ray Review
Fans of motorsports generally get a bad rap, but not all racing is epitomized by the generic dim-witted redneck NASCAR fan, blasting country music...
The Last of England | Blu-ray Review
Looking back at Derek Jarman's 1987 experimental manifestation of the loss of traditional English culture, The Last of England, his creation remains an incredibly...
Footnote | Blu-ray Review
Garnering nearly universal acclaim and major award noms from the Academy, Independent Spirit, and Cannes last year, American born and Jerusalem raised director Joseph...
Jiro Dreams of Sushi | Blu-ray Review
Anyone who is a fan of The Food Network will attest to their curious attraction to watching the preparation of food. It is part...
The Turin Horse | Blu-ray Review
Operating somewhere between Bergman and Tarkovsky, Béla Tarr has been a wholly original inspiration for remodernist filmmakers for his spiritually exploratory form of cinema...
Dirty Pretty Things | Blu-ray Review
Stephen Frears has had a very successful career, dabbling in all corners of fictional cinema with cult hits such as High Fidelity, major main...
The Hunter | Blu-ray Review
Sometimes great actors and promising material don't always add up to cinematic excellence, and unfortunately this is the case for the Willem Dafoe vehicle,...
Criterion Collection: And Everything Is Going Fine | Blu-ray Review
Master monologist Spalding Gray, a proven stage and part time screen actor, as well as the man behind such cinematic creations as Swimming To...
God Bless America | Blu-ray
Bobcat Goldthwait has been kicking around the entertainment biz for quite some time – not necessarily as a film director, but as a stand...
The Man Nobody Knew Blu-ray Review
Looking back, William Colby was indeed a curious man. A behind enemy lines Army sky diver during World War II, and a globe trotting...
Criterion Collection: La Jetee and Sans Soleil | Blu-ray Review
Little defense is needed for these two works by Chris Marker. While neither the first nor last films that he made, La Jetée (1962)...
Criterion Collection: Godzilla | Blu-ray Review
1954’s Godzilla is the paterfamilias of the giant monster from the sea concept, spawning a half century’s worth of remakes, reboots and rip-offs. Directed...
