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Chantal Akerman’s 200-minute epic of the mundane flies by like a thriller.

Charlotte Rampling does extraordinary work in the third feature from British filmmaker Andrew Haigh.

Gérard Depardieu is a not-so-brilliant cop with a not-so-successful personal life.

From the department of celebrity death cash-ins: An unnecessary Blu-ray upgrade of a forgettable concert film/biography mash-up.

Silent western icon William S. Hart rides onto Blu-ray for the first time.

Laurie Anderson’s essay film sees her moving comfortably between abstractions and personal revelations.

There are trappings of the subversive in Burt Kennedy’s western, but not their convictions.

Chad Hartigan writes and directs another film with instincts for the low-key.

Criterion shines a light on a filmmaker not so well-known in the English-speaking world.

A typically odd late-period Otto Preminger film showcases a fine Liza Minnelli performance.

Vittorio De Sica, Neil Simon, and Peter Sellers are a comedy dream team, right?

A stylish opening sequence is not a harbinger of things to come.

This middle-period entry from the Italian master hints at what’s to come, but stands on its own as an interesting work.

Fuller’s only feature-directing credit of the 1970s found him infiltrating the ranks of a German crime procedural.

There are hints that the ‘George Washington’ filmmaker might make a stylistic leap with ‘Undertow.’

The plot might remind one of Andrea Arnold’s ‘Fish Tank,’ but the tone is decidedly different

Husband-and-wife duo Marge and Gower Champion get upgraded to top billing.

Despite its dramatic aspirations, ‘The Big Short’ is cut from a similar cloth as McKay’s bro-y comedies.

Todd Haynes builds a deeply felt romance from deferred moments.

There are moments when Josh Mond’s directorial debut is bracing and direct, but it trades heavily in cliches about self-destructive behavior.

A one-and-done feature from Leonard Kastle, The Honeymoon Killers subverts expectations of exploitation.

Half of Monty Python, a gaggle of Mel Brooks regulars, and James Mason waste their time and ours.

The first feature film from Swedish filmmaker Jan Troell has its visual merits, but it’s bogged down by a leaden narrative.

Eroticism and revenge mingle as aspect ratios shift.

Yasujiro Ozu left us with one final masterpiece in An Autumn Afternoon, a culmination of many of his favorite themes.

Risi’s film is simultaneously breezily fun and slyly satiric, a film full of immediate pleasures and more thought-provoking asides.

There’s a lot more than first meets the eye to King of the Hill.

A successful film adaptation of “A Chorus Line” was possible. This is not that film.

Finnish great Aki Kaurismäki spins his tonally flexible take on Paris bohemian life.

The first of Otto Preminger’s all-black musicals is a little staid, but the lead performance is superb.

A landmark documentary film receives a gorgeous Blu-ray upgrade.

A mildly clever conceit, a capable cast and sure-handed direction make A Letter to Three Wives a genial experience.

Don’t be so apathetic. Get this Blu-ray.

The film is fantastic; the disc? Well, let’s be grateful for what we got, I guess.

Despite what some have said, this is hardly the same old bag of tricks rehashed or a filmmaker devolving into self-parody.

At its best, the film is a lurid noir starring Monroe in an unlikely role.

The Life of Oharu is devastating and gorgeous.

A sometimes prescient and sometimes naïve examination of the future.

Early films from the director of Harakiri reveal a rancorous, politically minded filmmaker.

Here’s a reminder to be grateful for the consistently excellent films of the Dardenne Brothers.

Michael Mann is firing on all cylinders in his indictment of corporatization.

Ross McElwee’s fractured, introspective documentary is often appealingly beguiling.

Wim Wenders’ tribute to modern dance legend Pina Bausch is gorgeous and moving.

David Cronenberg’s adaptation of Don DeLillo’s novel is no inert literary exercise.

Under house arrest in Iran, Jafar Panahi made a defiant, playful, heart-rending piece of protest cinema and much more.

Despite its often little-loved status, Jackie Brown is the standout among all Tarantino films.

Brit Marling demands your attention in this transfixing suspense film about a basement cult.