Tag: Foreign Film Blu Ray Review
Angst | Blu-ray Review
You’d be hard-pressed to find a film that can transcend the unpleasantness of Austrian filmmaker Gerald Kargl’s sole directorial feature, Angst. A title difficult...
In the Name of My Daughter | Blu-ray Review
French auteur Andre Techine's In the Name of My Daughter received a decent theatrical run nearly a year after it premiered out of competition...
The Connection | Blu-ray Review
Cedric Jimenez's The Connection is a handling of a scenario touched upon from an American perspective in William Friedkin's classic 1971 film The French...
Criterion Collection: Blind Chance | Blu-ray Review
Polish auteur Krzysztof Kieslowski’s fascination with allegorical intersections took full flight with his 1987 title Blind Chance, a three tiered narrative metaphor for Poland’s...
Burn, Witch, Burn | Blu-ray Review
The 1962 cult item Burn, Witch, Burn finally gets a Blu-ray transfer courtesy of Kino Lorber. Perhaps relegated to obscurity due to its unavailability...
Navajo Joe | Blu-ray Review
Kino Lorber brings the infamous 1967 Spaghetti western Navajo Joe to Blu-ray, an overlooked gem of the genre that’s long been shadowed by its...
Play Motel | Blu-Ray Review
Purveyors of Eurotrash should delight in the resuscitation of the obscure 1979 eroto-giallo Play Motel, directed by Mario Gariazzo under the pseudonym Roy Garrett...
Criterion Collection: Two Days, One Night | Blu-ray Review:
Premiering at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival where it went home empty handed from the Jane Campion headed jury, Belgian directing duo Jean-Pierre and...
Jauja | Blu-ray Review
Like each of Lisandro Alonso's cinematic offerings that came before - La Libertad, Los Muertos, Fantasma and Liverpool - the Un Certain Regard debuted, FIPRESCI Prize winning Jauja regards the solitary...
Face to Face |Blu-ray Review
Kino Lorber brings the 1967 spaghetti Western Face to Face to Blu-ray this month, one of director Sergio Sollima’s most notable titles, previously released...
Stray Cat Rock Boxset | Blu-ray Review
Before Toshiya Fujita shot the icon making Lady Snowblood films and Yasuharu Hasebe lensed Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701's Grudge Son, each staring their ice cold action muse Meiko Kaji, they...
Love Unto Death/Life is a Bed of Roses | Blu-ray Review
Cohen Media Group presents a double feature of two mid-period films from French auteur Alain Resnais, both significant titles overlooked on a resume of...
3 Hearts | Blu-ray Review
Premiering at the 2014 Venice Film Festival with little fanfare, and received a limited theatrical release in March, 2015 in the US, Benoit Jacquot’s...
Cemetery Without Crosses | Blu-ray Review
Filmed during the height of the Euro Western craze of the late 60’s, Robert Hossein’s Cemetery Without Crosses is an obscure gem rejuvenated by...
Ned Kelly (1970) | Blu-ray Review
Long considered to be one of British auteur Tony Richardson’s greatest miscalculations is his 1970 film Ned Kelly, certainly the most notable but arguably...
Criterion Collection: Here is Your Life | Blu-ray Review
Criterion brings Jan Troell’s masterful debut feature Here is Your Life into their fold. It’s the Swedish auteur’s second film to join the collection,...
Criterion Collection: Hiroshima Mon Amour | Blu-ray Review
Criterion digitally restores its previous edition of Alain Resnais’ landmark directorial debut, Hiroshima Mon Amour, a jagged cornerstone of the French New Wave, which...
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe | Blu-ray Review
Film Movement continues with its Classic series and delivers their next title in a continuing line-up of new Blu-ray presentations, The Tall Blond Man...
Criterion Collection: Valerie and Her Week of Wonders | Blu-ray Review
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970) is an obscure fantasia from the fading days of the Czech New Wave. One could argue that...
Hard to Be a God | Blu-ray Review
As far as the immersive powers of cinematic spectacle go, it’s doubtful any will come close to rivaling the achievements of Russian auteur Aleksei...
The Happiness of the Katakuris | Blu-ray Review
Takashi Miike's The Happiness of the Katakuris begins with a woman probing a freshly delivered bowl of soup only to fish out a miniature angel/gargoyle/teletubby? whose...
Criterion Collection: The Bridge | Blu-ray Review
Criterion releases actor turned director Bernhard Wicki’s feature film debut The Bridge for the very first time on Region 1. Though he directed a...
The Story of Adèle H. | Blu-ray Review
You no doubt know of a crazy local or two that mills around your town in a daze, occasionally causing disturbances, but otherwise remains...
The Pillow Book | Blu-ray Review
Though typical of Peter Greenaway’s predilection for depictions of provocative desires laid out over sometimes subversive subtexts, his 1996 title The Pillow Book feels demure...
Island of Death | Blu-ray Review
Arrow Video cleans up the obscure video nasty Island of Death this month, a rare representative of Greek exploitation cinema. A shameless cash-in on...
Criterion Collection: The Confession|Blu-ray Review
Criterion adds two more early works of auteur Costa-Gavras to the collection, rounding out his early trilogy of political thrillers headlined by Yves Montand...
Criterion Collection: The Merchant of Four Seasons |Blu-ray Review
“We’re all pigs,” remarks a character late in Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s 1971 classic The Merchant of Four Seasons, on observation one could apply to...