Rushmore Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Wes Anderson’s Best Film Dazzles in High-Def
By Dusty Somers |
Criterion upgrades their early release of Anderson’s sophomore feature.
Identification of a Woman Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Futile Search for Romantic Fulfillment
By Dusty Somers |
An exploration of modern love, Antonioni’s late-period film is a worthy effort if not as obviously masterful as some of his earlier work.
Kuroneko Criterion Collection DVD Review: Expressionistic Horror in Feudal Japan
By Dusty Somers |
Kaneto Shindo’s film is a psychologically wrenching ghost story.
Le Havre Movie Review: Another Low-Key Delight from Aki Kaurismäki
By Dusty Somers |
Impeccable composition, glorious art direction and a charming, fantasy-tinged tale make Aki Kaurismäki’s latest a must-see.
Leap Year (2011) DVD Review: A Painful Portrait Of Isolation
By Dusty Somers |
An unflinching story of loneliness, set almost entirely in a small Mexico City apartment.
O Brother, Where Art Thou? Blu-ray Review: An Epic High-Def Upgrade
By Dusty Somers |
While not one of the Coen Brothers’ best, O Brother looks incredible on Blu-ray.
The Phantom Carriage Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Spooky Silent Cinema That Transcends Genre
By Dusty Somers |
The father of Swedish cinema directs a film that obsessed Ingmar Bergman, and might do the same to you.
Le Beau Serge and Les Cousins Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: The True Origins of the French New Wave
By Dusty Somers |
Often unsung, Claude Chabrol’s debut films reveal his early mastery of the craft.
Dressed to Kill Blu-ray Review: Brian De Palma Conflates Sex and Death
By Dusty Somers |
Despite its borrowed elements from Psycho, Dressed to Kill isn’t a mere Hitchcock rip-off.
Orpheus Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Cinematic Magic from a Familiar Tale
By Dusty Somers |
Jean Cocteau’s version of the Orpheus myth is a stunningly beautiful film.
The Warped World of Koreyoshi Kurahara DVD Review: Diverse Dispatches from the Japanese New Wave
By Dusty Somers |
Koreyoshi Kurahara’s name may not ring many bells in the West, but it ought to.
La Rabbia DVD Review: A Politically-Charged Italian Oddity
By Dusty Somers |
Pier Paolo Pasolini and Giovannino Guareschi square off.
The Big Lebowski Blu-ray Review: Not Quite a Gutterball, but Close
By Dusty Somers |
The Dude shouldn’t have to abide in this lackluster, DNR-heavy high-def transfer.
The Battle of Algiers Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Political Powder-Keg
By Dusty Somers |
Intelligent and visceral, Gillo Pontecorvo’s gritty and unflinching film is one for the ages.
Donnie Darko 10th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray Review: Nothing New to See Here, Folks
By Dusty Somers |
The theatrical cut is well worth revisiting, but this re-packaging of material is hardly anything to get excited about.
Wedding Daze Blu-ray Review: Agreeably Low-Key Rom-Com
By Dusty Somers |
Charming, if rote, Wedding Daze is better than it looks.
Leon Morin, Priest Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Sex and Religion on the Mind
By Dusty Somers |
Jean-Pierre Melville directs and Jean-Paul Belmondo stars in a film that’s somewhat atypical for both.
The Myth of the American Sleepover Movie Review: Naturalism and Awkwardness in Equal Measures
By Dusty Somers |
A film that feels truer than most about the teenage experience, Myth is hindered somewhat by its self-conscious cast.
Make Believe Movie Review: Teen Magicians Vie for Glory
By Dusty Somers |
Cut from the same cloth as similar documentaries before it, Make Believe is still a fairly charming film.
Park Row DVD Review: Samuel Fuller’s Energetic Ode to the Newspaper Business
By Dusty Somers |
Park Row comes to DVD for the first time ever.
Adua and Her Friends DVD Review: A Moving Italian Drama
By Dusty Somers |
Adua and Her Friends reveals why director Antonio Pietrangeli should be more well known in the United States.
The Misfits (1961) Blu-ray Review: An Overlooked American Classic Looks Stunning In High-Def
By Dusty Somers |
The last film of Marilyn Monroe and Clark Gable is more than a mere career footnote.
The Horse Soldiers Blu-ray Review: One of John Ford’s Lesser Films
By Dusty Somers |
The Horse Soldiers is an acceptable genre film, but mostly undistinguished among John Ford’s body of work.
Some Like It Hot Blu-ray Review: A Timeless Comedic Classic Impresses on Blu-ray
By Dusty Somers |
Billy Wilder’s 1959 film is an American classic — and it’s not even his best film!
The Manchurian Candidate (1962) Blu-ray Review: Effective, if Dated, Political Paranoia
By Dusty Somers |
John Frankenheimer’s thriller is anything but subtle, but remains a classic nonetheless.
Summer Children DVD Review: A Lost Film Is Found Again
By Dusty Somers |
This previously unreleased rarity features gorgeous cinematography from Vilmos Zsigmond.
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