Tag: U.S. Indie Blu Ray Review
Criterion Collection: Do the Right Thing (1989) | Blu-ray Review
Just in time for the film’s thirtieth anniversary, the Criterion Collection resurrects Spike Lee’s masterpiece Do the Right Thing with a 4K restoration for...
Sorry, Right Number: Day Gets Telephonically Terrorized in “Midnight Lace” (1960) | Blu-ray Review
Doris Day finds herself the target of a malevolent murderer in Midnight Lace (1960), the performer’s last dramatic role prior to her retirement from...
American Horror Project Volume 2 | Blu-ray Review
In their continuing attempt to resurrect forgotten genre obscurities from the crumbling facades of horror’s heyday, Arrow Video took three years to curate the...
Under the Shadow of Shaft: Big Pimpin’ in Moses’ Willie Dynamite (1974) | Blu-ray Review
There are a limited number of archetypes birthed out of the brief but significant Blaxploitation movement in 1970s American cinema, which spawned several icons....
Tuesday Blus: Sweet Child O’Mine in Paul Newman’s Marigolds
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (1972)
Considering its pedigree, it’s a surprise The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds fell...
Life | Blu-ray Review
Daniel Espinosa’s blatant Alien carbon copy Life may have received overwhelmingly mixed reviews, but the sixty million budget endeavor ended up taking in just...
Criterion Collection: The Before Trilogy | Blu-Ray Review
The cornerstone of Richard Linklater’s filmography (no, not Boyhood) finally assumes a space in the Criterion Collection, the auteur now proliferating the label with...
The Driller Killer | Blu-ray Review
Highly indebted to Martin Scorsese and Paul Schrader’s 1976’s Taxi Driver, a classic portrait of urban sleaze and anti-social behavior, (perhaps more than anyone...
Equals | Blu-ray Review
Conceptualizing the future in tangible terms tends to limit the supposed endless possibility of parameters, and this is most certainly evident in a growing...
A Hologram for the King | Blu-ray Review
Director Tom Tykwer’s international co-production A Hologram for the King unfortunately failed to generate much buzz following its premiere at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival...
Too Late For Tears | Blu-ray Review
Today, director Byron Haskin is best remembered as the director of the 1953 version of The War of the Worlds, and prior to his...
Dolemite | Blu-ray Review
Vinegar Syndrome launches its new Blaxploitation Blu-ray/DVD series with the venerable Dolemite starring Rudy Ray Moore as the iconic persona, often overshadowed by more...
The Stuff | Blu-ray Review
At long last, Arrow Video releases the stateside restored version of Larry Cohen’s 1985 cult classic, The Stuff, previously available only in the UK...
The Last Detail | Blu-ray Review
Hal Ashby remains one of the most curious auteurs to rise out of the prosperous 1970s American studio era, his titles maintaining an indelible...
Sonny Boy | Blu-ray Review
Shout Factory unveils a neglected cult item with its recuperation of Sonny Boy, a tawdry late 1980s obscurity with some awesome WTF grotesqueries. Although...
A Bucket of Blood | Blu-Ray Review
Though producer Roger Corman’s contributions to independent cinema are arguably unparalleled, the enduring quality of his directorial efforts is another story. By the end...
Devil in a Blue Dress | Blu-ray Review
Director Carl Franklin followed the success of 1992’s break-out thriller One False Move with his most notable work to date, Devil in a Blue...
Roar | Blu-ray Review
The sole directorial outing of Noel Coward arrives on Blu-ray, the infamously troubled production, Roar. The 1981 film received a limited theatrical re-release earlier...
Manglehorn | Blu-ray Review
David Gordon Green’s listless character study Manglehorn, starring a pleasantly unassuming Al Pacino arrives on Blu-ray shortly before his next (and unfortunately unpleasant) feature...
Black Caesar | Blu-ray Review
Cult director Larry Cohen’s sophomore feature, Black Caesar gets a Blu-ray treatment courtesy of Olive Films. One of two bona fide Blaxploitation efforts Cohen...
Heaven Knows What | Blu-ray Review
The story of how the directorial brothers Benny and Joshua Safdie found their muse and star, Arielle Holmes, for their latest feature seems like...
Criterion Collection: Dressed to Kill | Blu-ray Review
Criterion beautifully restores Brian De Palma’s early masterpiece, Dressed to Kill, his 1980 title often lumped in with a quartet of other films categorized...
Blue Sky | Blu-ray Review
The 1994 film Blue Sky is something of an anomaly from the mid-90s. Filmed in 1991, it would be the last film feature of...
Wild | Blu-ray Review
Grossing just under forty million domestically and scoring two Academy Award nominations (for its actresses Reese Witherspoon and Laura Dern), Wild arrives on Blu-ray...
The End of Violence | Blu-ray Review
Arriving for the first time on Blu-ray courtesy of Olive Films is Wim Wenders’ 1997 existentialist take on the definition of violence and its...
St. Vincent | Blu-ray Review
The independently produced dramedy from helmer Theodore Melfi received a mostly positive critical reception following its premiere at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival...
The Drop | Blu-ray Review
Coming off the white hot success of his hard hitting, Oscar nominated debut, Bullhead, Michaël Roskam signed on to helm a Hollywood backed crime...