All That Money Can Buy (aka The Devil and Daniel Webster) Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review
The ancient tale of man selling his soul to the Devil in exchange for wealth and prosperity has been adapted ...
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I Am Cuba Is the Pick of the Week
Despite the fact that legendary Soviet filmmaker Mikhail Kalatozov was apparently a Communist and his 1964 masterwork I Am Cuba ...
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Over the Edge Blu-ray Review: Hits Close to Home
It was a banner year in 1979 for trouble youth-oriented films, such as The Warriors, The Wanderers, and Walk Proud, ...
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Picnic at Hanging Rock 4K UHD Is the Pick of the Week
What makes Peter Weir's 1975 masterpiece Picnic at Hanging Rock such a haunting film after all these years? Well, no ...
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To Die For 4K UHD Is the Pick of the Week
Somehow, when Oscar-nominated director Gus Van Sant is discussed, his 1995 film To Die For isn't usually talked about, which ...
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Drifter Blu-ray Review: A Taboo-breaking Time Capsule
As a member of the LGBTQ community, I'm always looking for films (past and present) that tell our stories. And ...
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Aliens 4K UHD is the Pick of the Week
What else can one say about James Cameron's iconic 1986 blockbuster sequel Aliens, the groundbreaking follow-up to Ridley Scott's legendary ...
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Afire Blu-ray Review: A Mixed Portrait of Uneasy Relationships
Some films have ideas that are so obvious that they are impossible to ignore once you discovered them. Unfortunately, Christian ...
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Monk: Season Three Blu-ray Review: Bigger Stakes and More Colorful Characters
Having previously reviewed Season One and watching Season Two during its original broadcast, I have to say that after revisiting ...
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Little Darlings 4K UHD Is the Pick of the Week
During the late '70s and early '80s, there was an abundance of teen flicks, usually centered around virginity, shenanigans, peer ...
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Godard Cinema Blu-ray Review: Interesting and Involving
When legendary, unconventional, and challenging filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard passed away in 2022, it left quite a shock to everyone, not ...
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Eric Rohmer’s Tales of the Four Seasons Is the Pick of the Week
To be honest with you, I have never seen a film by highly influential filmmaker Eric Rohmer (1920-2010), nor have ...
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Trainspotting Is the Pick of the Week
There have been many films about drug addiction, but only a very few match the wildness and darkly humorous trip ...
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Blood Simple 4K UHD Is the Pick of the Week
I think almost every dedicated and loving cinephile has a favorite film by the Coen Brothers. It may be Fargo, ...
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The Apu Trilogy 4K UHD Is the Pick of the Week
My pick is Criterion's new 4K UHD upgrade of Satyajit Ray’s The Apu Trilogy, which made quite the splash when it ...
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Mondo New York Blu-ray Review: A Time Capsule Full of Uninhibited Freedom and Expression
Performance art, for many, is something that most people will take with a grain of salt, or twenty. However, it ...
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Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio Is the Pick of the Week
Guillermo del Toro is one of the most awe-inspiring and visionary filmmakers working today. His imagination knows no bounds, and ...
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Book Review: The Wicker Man: The Official Story of the Film by John Walsh
Robin Hardy's 1973 British folk horror masterpiece, The Wicked Man, is a seminal and truly nightmarish depiction of the dark ...
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The Exiles (1961) Blu-ray Review: This Film Is a Revelation
Fish-out-of-water stories are pretty common and now cliched; they feature characters who usually leave their home, especially for better lives ...
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Monk: Season One Blu-ray Review: An Engaging, Grounded Comic Mystery Series
Honestly, there are way too many detective/cop shows on TV, especially those that are rough, brutal, and too adult for ...
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Messiah of Evil Is the Pick of the Week
There are certain cinematic experiences that one is unlikely to forget, even if the film's plot is almost nonexistent. Willard ...
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Le Combat Dans L’ile Blu-ray Review: An Overlooked Surprise by an Underrated Filmmaker
I love film noir and always enjoy its complex, seedy characters; straightforward but nonetheless entertaining plots; and shadowy atmosphere. This ...
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The Last Picture Show Is the Pick of the Week
The 1970s was a very pivotal decade for cinema; a cinema full of incredible, personal, and fearless works of filmic ...
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Desperate Souls, Dark City, and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy DVD Review
We always get typical making-of documentaries about movies and how they get made; we don't usually get those that emphasize ...
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Nanny Is the Pick of the Week
When I get ready to do my Pick of the Week, I am usually able to discover some promising and ...
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Cujo Blu-ray Review: A Straightforward Thriller with Modest Chills
When you talk about the greatest Stephen King adaptations, your mind usually drifts to Carrie (1976), Salem's Lot (1979), The ...
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The Edge of the World Blu-ray Review: Director Michael Powell’s First Masterpiece
Even before he partnered with Emeric Pressburger and made some of the most ravishing British films, the legendary Michael Powell ...
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Before Night Falls Blu-ray Review: Expresses the Overall Importance of Artists and Their Art
Sometimes, it's not always easy to embrace the cinematic biopic. There are the usual liberties and inaccuracies to be found ...
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Tod Browning’s Sideshow Shockers Is the Pick of the Week
Legendary director Tod Browning is one of the all-time unsung heroes of film history. He was willing to go deep ...
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No Bears Blu-ray Review: A Powerful Work About the Passion for Filmmaking
I'm not familiar with Jafar Panahi's cinema, but from what I've heard from other film lovers and critics is that ...
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The Storms of Jeremy Thomas DVD Review: An Entrancing Documentary
In cinema, there are always going to be troublemakers and button pushers, meaning that these are people who come in ...
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Book Review: Christmas in the Movies: Revised & Expanded Edition by Jeremy Arnold
Personally, I think my favorite Christmas movie is 1974's Black Christmas, which can be referred to as an anti-Christmas one. ...
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Don’t Look Now 4K UHD Is the Pick of the Week
Legendary cinematographer turned filmmaker Nicolas Roeg (1928-2018) was one of the true auteurs of cinema. His oeuvre of classics was ...
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Nil by Mouth Blu-ray Review: A Strong, Gripping Example of British Cinema
The British kitchen sink and social realist dramas of the 1950s and 60s were emotional and draining, but they don't ...
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The Trial 4K UHD Is the Pick of the Week
Orson Welles remains one of the most legendary figures in film history. His talent (and ego) knew no bounds. He ...
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Sex, Power, and Money: Films by Beth B Blu-ray Review: A Filmmaker of Incredible Vision and Prescience
As an extreme film buff, I always appreciate and seek out filmmakers and films that challenge the usual and obviously ...
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The Princess Bride 4K UHD Is the Pick of the Week
Westley, Buttercup, Inigo Montoya, Prince Humperdinck, Count Rugen, Vizzini, Fezzik, Miracle Max, and other memorable characters inhabit the 1987 whimsical ...
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Hardcore Blu-ray Review: A Solid and Nervy Depiction
The 1970s was a legendary and often gritty time for filmmaking. There were obviously the films of Martin Scorsese, William ...
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Book Review: Horror Unmasked: A History of Terror from Nosferatu to Nope by Brad Weismann
The horror genre is still regarded by many as the bastard stepchild of film. A lot of people continue to ...
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Bo Widerberg’s New Swedish Cinema Is the Pick of the Week
There are always new filmmakers to discover: filmmakers who craft realistic stories about humanity and the joys and pains that ...
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Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Feels Like We’re Witnessing Real Life
Ever since legendary Japanese filmmaker Yasjuiro Ozu died in 1963, there has been an array of cinematic stories he left ...
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Chameleon Street Is the Pick of the Week
Unfortunately, this is going to be yet another week where I haven't seen any of the new releases, so just ...
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Kokomo City Movie Review: A Raw Portrait of Sex Work
I'm always struck by powerful stories that showcase our lives as LGBTQIA+ individuals, because we matter too, especially in an ...
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Soundies: The Ultimate Collection Blu-ray Review: The Set Is Really a Lot of Fun
Going through history, there's always hidden gems of pop culture that seem lost forever, whether it's film or television. However, ...
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Soundies: The Ultimate Collection Is the Pick of the Week
Just like with a few of my previous PotW posts, I have to do this one differently as well. I ...
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The Watermelon Woman Is the Pick of the Week
When I did my review for the original First Run Features DVD of Cheryl Dunye's landmark 1996 lesbian classic The ...
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Only in Theaters DVD Review: If You Love Movies, It’s a Must-see
Ironically, watching last year's documentary Only In Theaters, filmed by Raphael Sbarge, I felt regret for doing so on DVD. ...
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Millennium Mambo Blu-ray Review: A Lyrical and Subtle Film
We all go through life wondering where we're going in it. We always question our life choices; whether we're actually ...
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The Servant Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Scathing, Subversive Film of Class, Sexuality, and Manipulation
Only a few films in cinematic history have ever portrayed the rather complex dynamics between masters and their manservants, but ...
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A Zed and Two Noughts / The Falls: Two Films by Peter Greenaway Blu-ray Review
Watching and doing my review for the 1982 film The Draughtman's Contract, I was instantly struck by filmmaker Peter Greenaway's ...
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Medicine for Melancholy Is the Pick of the Week
Barry Jenkins is one of the finest working filmmakers of his generation. His films gorgeously express the lives of Black ...
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The Draughtsman’s Contract Blu-ray Review: An Oddly Fascinating Murder Mystery
There's always going to be a rift between the rich and the poor, where the poor sometimes gets a taste ...
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The Rules of the Game 4K UHD is the Pick of the Week
Jean Renoir's still impressive and frighteningly resonant critique of social hierarchies continues to be rightly regarded as one of the ...
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LYNCH/OZ Movie Review: A Slightly Repetitive but Illuminating Deep Dive into Inspired Cinephila
As many of us film buffs already know, legendary and strangely original filmmaker David Lynch has an iconic oeuvre that ...
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Petite Maman Is the Pick of the Week
I don't get out, practically at all, so this PotW is going a little different, just like a few of ...
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Book Review: Sydney Pollack: A Subliminal Existentialist by Wes D. Gehring
Director/producer/actor Sydney Pollack (1934-2008) was one of the unsung heroes of cinematic and popular culture. His films ranged from Depression-era ...
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Book Review: Jessica Lange: An Adventurer’s Heart by Anthony Uzarowski
Being a film lover, I have read a few actor/actress biographies in my time, but I've rarely come across one ...
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Return to Seoul Blu-ray Review: A Young Life in Turmoil
We all often wonder who we really are, where we come from, and where we are going. Sometimes we let ...
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Storm Warming Blu-ray Review: A Flawed but Hard-hitting Expose of Small Town Corruption
The 1950s may have seemed somewhat wholesome and Cleaveresque, but make no mistake, there were a lot of worms hidden ...
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Branded to Kill 4K UHD is the Pick of the Week
Please bare with me. I don't get out much, nor have instant access to all the cinematic things that a ...
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Book Review: Eddie Muller’s Noir Bar: Cocktails Inspired by the World of Film Noir
I am not a drinker whatsoever, but I do love film noir. So, Noir Bar, the delightful new photo-book by ...
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The Seventh Seal 4K UHD Is the Pick of the Week
Ingmar Bergman wasn't the most upbeat filmmaker. His films were dark, bleak, and pessimistic. But isn't that what life itself ...
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The Super 8 Years DVD Review: A Remembrance of the Past
Films can be meditative and self-reflecting, meaning they can come from one's own experience (internal or external). This can also ...
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Silent Avant-Garde Blu-ray Review: Interesting and Assorted Curiosities
I have come around on silent cinema, and I've always loved experimental/avant-garde films. Putting the two rather misunderstood categories of ...
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The Maltese Falcon (1941) 4K UHD is the Pick of the Week
Sam Spade, Ruth Wonderly, the Fat Man, Joel Cairo, Wilmer, and Effie are timeless characters that inhabit The Maltese Falcon, ...
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Flaming Ears Blu-ray Review: A Striking Experience
Despite the fact that you always hear the demeaning phrase "Cinema is dead", when it comes to many areas of ...
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Inland Empire is the Pick of the Week
Legendary filmmaker David Lynch just may be movie history's strangest and most diabolical director. His films tread a knife's edge ...
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The House That Screamed Blu-ray Review: A Hallmark of European Horror
I have discovered so many hidden gems in the horror genre. These films contain expert filmmaking, strong performances, sheer atmosphere, ...
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Mildred Pierce 4K UHD Is Pick of the Week
Seeing Mildred Pierce, legendary director Michael Curtiz's celebrated 1945 adaptation of the James M. Cain novel and owning my own ...
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Fill ‘er Up with Super Blu-ray Review: A Down-to-Earth Meditation of Male Bonding and Bruised Masculinity
I always enjoy simple films about the flaws of human beings and how their insecurities and toxicities are made bare ...
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Palm Trees and Power Lines Movie Review: A Disturbingly Common Premise Given a Modern Feel
There are lots of films about the harsh realities of young adulthood, with emphasis on broken family dynamics, first love, ...
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Dazed and Confused 4K UHD is the Pick of the Week
Richard Linklater's 1993 classic Dazed and Confused is not the deepest of films about the complexities of teenage life, but ...
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Ice Merchants Movie Review: A Heartrending Winner
These days its amazing that filmmakers are still able to invent new ways to tell stories, especially those centering on ...
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2023 Oscar-Nominated Live-Action Short Films Review
Starting February 17, the 2023 Oscar Nominated Short Films will be available in over 500 theaters across 75+ theatrical markets ...
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Irreversible: Straight Cut Movie Review: Still Remains an Exhaustive, Challenging Experience
Director Gaspar Noe is one of the true cinematic enfant terribles. People love him or hate him, but there's also ...
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Three Colors Trilogy 4K UHD is the Pick of the Week
The late, great Krzysztof Kieslowski, legendary Polish filmmaker, remains one of the most renowned directors in the history of cinema, ...
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Bones and All Blu-ray Review: A Heartbreaking and Accomplished Tale of Young Love
There are some films that only come once in a lifetime; films that seem to come from an otherworldly stratosphere; ...
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This Is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection Is the Pick of the Week
This POTW is going to be a little different because the film I'm choosing for this is one I haven't ...
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Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power Blu-ray Review: A Look at How Things Look
The male gaze in film has been problematic since the silent age. Sometimes directors (mostly male) unintentionally objectify women on ...
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Imitation of Life (1934) is the Pick of the Week
Despite the popularity of Douglas Sirk's 1959 version of the celebrated Fanny Hurst novel, I actually prefer the original 1934 ...
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Cinema’s First Nasty Women Blu-ray Set Review: Thoughtfully Highlights Unknown Performers from Different Walks of Life
When Donald Trump called opponent Hilary Clinton a "nasty woman" at a 2016 televised debate, the term came back to ...
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Halloween Ends Blu-ray Review: Rights Many of the Wrongs Committed by Halloween Kills
2018's Halloween was basic but effective because it erased the bad taste left by many of the original franchise's questionable ...
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EO Movie Review: One of the Very Best Films of the Year
We as humans have continued to take for granted the role that animals play in the world. They can do ...
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Cooley High Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Coming-of-Age Gem Authentically Told from a Black Perspective
Usually, when you think of Black-oriented films from the 1970s, you mind automatically gears toward the Blaxploitation genre, which usually ...
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Carrie 4K UHD is the Pick of the Week
What else can one say about Brian De Palma's masterful 1976 Stephen King adaptation Carrie? It's one of the greatest ...
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Alma’s Rainbow Blu-ray Review: A Reason Why Diverse Storytelling Is Essential
I have seen so many films about the coming-of age experience and the complications of being young in an increasingly ...
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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 4K UHD is the Pick of the Week
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, legendary genre director Tobe Hooper's wild and viciously bonkers follow-up to his groundbreaking and still ...
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Hold Me Tight Blu-ray Review: An Engrossing Multi-character Piece
When I first saw Vicky Krieps in Paul Thomas Anderson's Phantom Thread, really holding her own against the likes of ...
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Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman Collection Blu-ray Review: Essential Viewing
As I may have mentioned in previous reviews, documentaries (more than anything in film) have the power to move, enrage, ...
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Reservoir Dogs 4K UHD Is the Pick of the Week
Iconic filmmaker (and equally iconic film buff) Quentin Tarantino burst onto to scene with his legendary 1992 blood-soaked debut Reservoir ...
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Euphoria: Seasons 1 & 2 DVD Review: Full of Candor, Humor, and Empathy
To be honest with you, I didn't exactly understand all the hoopla over the TV show Euphoria, and mainly that's ...
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Something in the Dirt Movie Review: A Masterpiece of Cosmic, Organic Horror
Brilliant and highly original DIY filmmakers Aaron Moorhead and Justin Benson already won my heart with such films as Resolution, ...
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E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial 40th Anniversary Blu-ray Review: An All-time Classic
What else can one say about E.T., the unfortunately fictional but lovable alien, who whisked his way into our hearts ...
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Daisies is the Pick of the Week
When I first watched Věra Chytilová's 1966 game-changer Daisies, I was immediately struck by its approach to youthful rebellion, its ...
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Zerograd (Zero City) Movie Review: Unique and Surreal
Seeing so many twisted tales of desperation where characters are forced into situations beyond their control, I do get that ...
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Satan’s Little Helper Blu-ray Review: Ripe for Discovery
As a fan of horror flicks, I like many of them (even the lowest tier ones), and celebrated cult director ...
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The Bat Blu-ray Review: Has a Certain Campy Charm
I do like good murder mysteries, but only if they're done well. They have to have solid scripts, well-written characters ...
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Return of the Living Dead 4K UHD is the Pick of the Week
Ever since George A. Romero's masterpiece Night of the Living Dead was unleashed in 1968, everyone wanted to do their ...
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I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing Blu-ray Review: A Prime Example of the Immediacy and Importance of Films by Women
As a constant daydreamer who also happens to be a member of the queer/LGBTQ community, I totally related to Patricia ...
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Siege (1983) Blu-ray Review: One Very Tense and Mostly Unpredictable Action Thriller
Being a gay man myself, I am still terrified to live a world where most people continue to deny the ...
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Night of the Living Dead 4K UHD is the Pick of the Week
What else can you say about George A. Romero's highly influential 1968 masterpiece Night of the Living Dead?! It's one ...
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The Chocolate War Blu-ray Review: Aims a Rather Sharp Eye on the Weird Rituals of Toxic Male Youth
I've always liked actor-director Keith Gordon. I feel that he remains a very underrated and unique figure of film. He ...
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Poltergeist 4K UHD is the Pick of the Week
What else can one say about Tobe Hopper's 1982 classic Poltergeist that hasn't already been said? It's a film about ...
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The Amusement Park Blu-ray Review: Romero’s Most Imaginative and Bleakest Film
George A. Romero, one of the greatest filmmakers in the history of the medium, like Wes Craven, didn't make straightforward ...
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Kamikaze Hearts Blu-ray Review: A Gritty Deep Dive into the Porn Industry
There are so many facets to the queer film, not just a showcase of bodies. Most people (definitely conservatives) think ...
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Death Game Blu-ray Review: Delightfully Unhinged and Truly Unpredictable
The 1970s was perhaps the best decade for horror flicks and suspense thrillers. There's always going to be a discussion ...
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Blow Out 4K UHD is the Pick of the Week
Despite the constant comparisons to Hitchcock, celebrated director Brian De Palma does have a style all his own. Yes, he's ...
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Rachel, Rachel Blu-ray Review: A Tender Story of a Woman’s Awakening
As an invalid and kind of recluse who is trapped in the same existence, the same room, the same house, ...
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Hotel du Nord Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Somber French Realist Classic
I was not always familiar with legendary filmmaker Marcel Carne's work, such as 1938's Port of Shadows, or his 1945 ...
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Coming Apart Blu-ray Review: A Realistically Troubling Portrait of Our Deepest, Darkest Impulses
I have seen some pretty bold films about the nature of male-to-female relationships, but only a few of them ever ...
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Child’s Play 4K UHD is the Pick of the Week
Let's just get this out of the way. Child's Play (1988), directed by genre icon Tom Holland, still has one ...
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Tenebrae 4K UHD is the Pick of the Week
Of course, Dario Argento is one the great Italian masters of horror. His films are usually light of plot and ...
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Fiddler’s Journey to the Big Screen Blu-ray Review: An Absolute Delight All the Way Through
I have seen lots of documentaries about the making of cherished films, but only a few of them really impressed ...
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Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands Blu-ray Review: Sexy, Funny, and Highly Entertaining
Brazilian cinema isn't always on my radar, but when I actually see a Brazilian film, I realize that there is ...
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The Sacred Spirit Blu-ray Review: Mostly yet Unsuccessfully Weird
Sometimes I do admire a slow-burn film, but only when it's done right. It has to have enough style, characterization, ...
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Marty is the Pick of the Week
Today, 1955's Marty may not seem like an obvious choice for Best Picture, but make no mistake, it was refreshing ...
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The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender DVD Review: A Fun Essay
Sometimes I don't get Hollywood. It has an infamously tedious tendency to be really behind the times. It's not exactly ...
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The Virgin Suicides 4K is the Pick of the Week
Sofia Coppola has always been a filmmaker of immense interest. She loves zeroing in on the trials and tribulations of ...
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True Romance Blu-ray Review: Entertaining, Relentless, and Fearless
I wouldn't exactly call the 1990s the greatest decade, but I will say that the movies that came out of ...
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The Worst Person in the World Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Breathtakingly Honest
Seeing The Worst Person in the World, filmmaker Joachim Trier's breathtakingly honest and so in-the-moment take on relationships and finding ...
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Tribeca 2022 Review: Coming Out with the Help of a Time Machine
Coming out of the closet for in one of the most difficult things that anyone in LGBTQ community ever has ...
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Shaft (1971) is the Pick of the Week
I have to admit that I am not usually well-versed in the films of the now-famous Blaxploitation genre. I have ...
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Tribeca Film Festival 2022 Review: A Love Song
An unorthodox romance set in a beautiful, vast Colorado backdrop is at the center of Max Walker-Silverman's beguilingly unassuming directorial ...
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Tribeca 2022 Review: Wes Schlagenhauf is Dying
If you said that there are too many pandemic comedies existing now, I would have to agree with you. However, ...
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Tribeca 2022 Review: Out of Order
Sometimes the big city can bring a lot of you, including your search of love after heartbreak. This appealingly familiar ...
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Tribeca 2022 Review: Nude Tuesday
I've never been married nor have been in a relationship, but I have seen enough on film and TV to ...
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Tribeca 2022 Review: Closing Dynasty
Written and directed by Lloyd Lee Choi Closing Dynasty is a quietly humanistic short portrait of how we really do ...
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The Tales of Hoffman is the Pick of the Week
Powell and Pressburger was a filmmaking duo for the ages. Their films were unlike anything you had ever seen, even ...
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Kinky Boots Blu-ray Review: A Refreshing and Much-Needed Story about LGBTQ from the Working-Class Perspective
I have to admit, I find that some LGBTQ films are mostly about sex and attractive people having it constantly. ...
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Mississippi Masala is the Pick of the Week
Interracial and intercontinental romance isn't as explored in film as often as it should. Acclaimed filmmaker Mira Nair's gorgeous 1992 ...
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Mississippi Masala Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Mira Nair’s Beguiling Sophomore Film
Films about star-crossed lovers has been old as time itself, but we arguably don't get those about interracial or intercontinental ...
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Girls Nite Out Blu-ray Review: Another Slasher Movie Where Kids Will Be Kids
I've seen many slasher flicks, especially those from '80s. I was really impressed by some of them, while others totally ...
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The Alfred Hitchcock Classics Collection Volume 2 is the Pick of the Week
As everyone knows and has always said, Hitchcock is the ultimate "Master of Suspense". When it comes to their own ...
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V/H/S 94 Blu-ray Review: A Rather Mixed Bag
As much as I'm into horror, I have to admit that found footage isn't usually my go-to in the genre. ...
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‘Round Midnight Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Perhaps the Greatest and Most Compelling Jazz Film Ever Made
The late, great Bertrand Tavernier wasn't just a highly influential film critic, he was also an incredible filmmaker with vast ...
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From the Journals of Jean Seberg is the Pick of the Week
Iconic actress Jean Seberg was ahead of her time. She was also a woman of her time, having a few ...
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Screams of a Winter Night Blu-ray Review: Has a Certain Charm
I may be in the majority here, but I liked James L. Wilson's 1979 anthology film (and sole directorial effort) ...
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Book Review: Girls on Film: Lessons from a Life of Watching Women in Movies by Alicia Malone
The lovely Alicia Malone has proven herself to be a great film reporter, writer, and fellow movie geek. One of ...
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Parallel Mothers Blu-ray Review: Penelope Cruz Delivers Another Luminous Performance
Spanish filmmaker and living film legend Pedro Almodovar continues to be an immaculate cinematic storyteller and fantastic director of women. ...
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Jockey Blu-ray Review: Clifton Collins Jr. Is Simply Marvelous
Clifton Collins Jr. has long been an often overlooked and understated character actor working since the early '90s, but his ...
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Jockey is the Pick of the Week
This week may not have the most notable releases, but there are a few that I will highlight, including a ...
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Ordinary People Blu-ray Review: The Puzzle of Life Isn’t Always Complete
Whether Ordinary People deserved to win the Oscar for Best Picture over Raging Bull or whether you think it's better ...
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The Godfather Trilogy 4K UHD is the Pick of the Week
What else can one say about The Godfather saga? The whole trilogy (at least parts 1 & 2) set the ...
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SXSW 2022 Review: The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks Review
If you're a huge fan of the classic sketch comedy show The Kids of the Hall, you instantly recognize the ...
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SXSW 2022 Review: Master
Let's face it, Jordan Peele's Get Out (2018) continues to be the horror gold standard of films about racism and ...
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SXSW 2022 Review: Hypochondriac
As we're young, we fear that we might turn into our parents. When we are older, we deny when we ...
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SXSW 2022 Review: Soft & Quiet
Karen-a-phobia, the fear of Karens could be an accurate tagline for Beth de Araujo's deeply disturbing Soft & Quiet, a ...
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SXSW 2022 Review: I Love My Dad: Deeply Uncomfortable but Strangely Sweet
I'm not a parent, but I have seen how complicated relationships between parent and their children can actually be. There ...
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SXSW 2022 Review: Sissy
Blood, gore, and social commentary are on full display in Hannah Barlow & Kane Senes' Sissy, a wicked horror-thriller that ...
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SXSW 2022 Review: Your Friend, Memphis
People with disabilities are too often ignored in documentaries, and that's a shame. You can learn a lot from them, ...
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SXSW 2022 Review: Radical Honesty
I can't say much about dating. I've never been on a date, so I have no experience. However, watching movies ...
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Nightmare (1964) Collector’s Edition Blu-ray Review: A Hidden Gem
When you think of Hammer Films, their versions of Dracula, Frankenstein, the Mummy, and even Van Helsing automatically come to ...
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Hester Street is the Pick of the Week
As I mentioned in my recent review, I think that Hester Street, the late Joan Micklin Silver's fantastic 1975 film, ...
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Hester Street Blu-ray Review: Joan Micklin Silver’s Beguiling 1975 Masterpiece
There have been so many films about immigrants trying to make a new life in America. Some of them immediately ...
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2022 Oscar-Nominated Live-Action Short Films Review
ShortsTV presents the 17th annual Oscar Nominated Short Films theatrical releases. Spanning the categories of Live Action, Animation, and Documentary, ...
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Alligator 4K Ultra HD is the Pick of the Week
Some ideas sound really absurd on paper, but when they're put on the screen, they sometimes manage to sneak up ...
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Repeat Performance Blu-ray Review: A Curiosity More Than Anything
All film noirs are not created equal. This means that a lot of them completely miss the boat. For every ...
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Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy Blu-ray Review: A Wonderful and Highly Gorgeous Work of Art
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The Omen Collection Is the Pick of the Week
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Legendary director Rainer Werner Fassbinder was one of the most uncompromising observers of human nature that cinema had ever known. ...
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Leon Morin, Priest Is the Pick of the Week
When talking about the great Jean-Pierre Melville, you're automatically drawn to his gangster oeurve, which he definitely excelled in. This ...
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Hedwig and the Angry Inch Is the Pick of the Week
Being that this is still Pride month, I think John Cameron Mitchell's Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001) makes sense ...
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Us Is the Pick of the Week
Director Jordan Peele brings us a new cinematic nightmare with his inventive, sophomore effort, Us, which can be described as ...
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Us Blu-ray Review: A Stunning Second Effort by Jordan Peele
When comedy icon and new horror master Jordan Peele made his 2017 smash, Get Out, he created a new type of ...
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Thirst (2009) Blu-ray Review: A Wicked Love Story
After the Twilight franchise nearly ruined the vampire film with its sour and teeny-bopper mix of staleness, Coldplay, and glitter, filmmakers set ...
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Swing Time Is the Pick of the Week
When it comes to classic cinema, I think that the Astaire and Rogers films have to be mentioned somewhere. While ...
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Fatso Blu-ray Review: Starring the Great Comedian Dom DeLuise
Being a guy on the chubby side, I can definitely relate to films about the dangers of binge-eating and food ...
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