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Hotel du Nord Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Somber French Realist Classic

A prime example of Marcel Carne’s attention to fully showcasing the depths of humanity.

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Coming Apart Blu-ray Review: A Realistically Troubling Portrait of Our Deepest, Darkest Impulses

A disturbing, but highly impactful experiment of toxic masculinity and sexual exploration that’s way ahead of its time.

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Child’s Play 4K UHD is the Pick of the Week

Making its 4K UHD debut, it is stacked with a few new special features and vintage ones.

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Tenebrae 4K UHD is the Pick of the Week

If you’re a diehard Argento fan, then this is definitely a big must-have for your collection.

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Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands Blu Ray Review

Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands Blu-ray Review: Sexy, Funny, and Highly Entertaining

I can see why the film remains a classic of international cinema.

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The Sacred Spirit Blu-ray Review: Mostly yet Unsuccessfully Weird

If you happen to like odd films like this, then you’ll probably find something worthy about this one.

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Marty is the Pick of the Week

A wonderfully simple film about ordinary working-class people playing their chance at love.

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The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender DVD Review: A Fun Essay

Mark Rapport blows the doors wide open on the hidden and not-so-hidden side of classic Hollywood.

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The Virgin Suicides 4K is the Pick of the Week

There’s always something about Sofia Coppola’s first feature that keeps me coming back to it.

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True Romance Blu-ray Review: Entertaining, Relentless, and Fearless

The folks at Arrow did everyone a great service of giving it the release it so rightly deserves.

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The Worst Person in the World Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Breathtakingly Honest

This incredible, deep, and fully fleshed-out film because it gives us fellow thirty-somethings a much-needed voice.

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Tribeca 2022 Review: Coming Out with the Help of a Time Machine

The short’s mixture of sci-fi and themes of family bond is definitely relevant.

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Shaft (1971) is the Pick of the Week

The new release from Criterion is nothing short of stacked.

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An emotional scene from the movie A Love Song

Tribeca Film Festival 2022 Review: A Love Song

A minimalist but heartfelt drama of love that has seen it all but hasn’t quite given up on it.

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Tribeca 2022 Review: Wes Schlagenhauf is Dying

A relatable, snarky tale of the frustrating aspects of DIY filmmaking and the longtime friendship that can be affected by it.

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Tribeca 2022 Review: Out of Order

It tells a relatable and honest story of an ordinary man just trying to find his place to poop.

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Tribeca 2022 Review: Nude Tuesday

One of the best feel-weird, feel-good movies I’ve seen in quite a long time.

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Tribeca 2022 Review: Closing Dynasty

I found this to be quite an involving short, and I like the story it presents.

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The Tales of Hoffman is the Pick of the Week

If Martin Scorsese loves something, then you know it’s good.

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Kinky Boots Blu-ray Review: A Refreshing and Much-Needed Story about LGBTQ from the Working-Class Perspective

Despite the rather misleading title (no kinks found) and the formulaic premise, I was very impressed by the film.

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Cinema Sentries

Mississippi Masala is the Pick of the Week

Sarita Choudbury and Denzel Washington make for one of cinema’s greatest on-screen couples.

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Cinema Sentries

Mississippi Masala Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Mira Nair’s Beguiling Sophomore Film

A teaching lesson for how to truthfully tell a cinematic story centering on race relations and the boundaries that unfortunately always come with them.

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Girls Nite Out Blu-ray Review: Another Slasher Movie Where Kids Will Be Kids

This release should be worth it for fans.

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The Alfred Hitchcock Classics Collection Volume 2 is the Pick of the Week

Every film Hitchcock made, even the lesser ones, have something to them.

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V/H/S 94 Blu-ray Review: A Rather Mixed Bag

If you’re a gorehound, then V/H/S 94 definitely delivers in sheer abundance.

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Cinema Sentries

‘Round Midnight Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Perhaps the Greatest and Most Compelling Jazz Film Ever Made

Legendary saxophonist Dexter Gordon gives a fantastic, Oscar-nominated performance as Dale Turner, a brilliant, world-weary New York musician but troubled alcoholic living in Paris.

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From the Journals of Jean Seberg is the Pick of the Week

Director Mark Rappaport puts his trademark skills to very good use.

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Screams of a Winter Night Blu-ray Review: Has a Certain Charm

A small, late-’70s cult item that deserves some attention.

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Book Review: Girls on Film: Lessons from a Life of Watching Women in Movies by Alicia Malone

Alicia Malone puts her heart and focus into the book.

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Parallel Mothers Blu-ray Review: Penelope Cruz Delivers Another Luminous Performance

Another example of Almodovar’s typically extraordinary filmmaking gifts and proves that he’s still got it.

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Jockey Blu-ray Review: Clifton Collins Jr. Is Simply Marvelous

There is authenticity that gives it a documentary feel.

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Jockey is the Pick of the Week

A really terrific lead from performance from character actor Clifton Collins Jr., who proves that he is more than capable of being a leading man.

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Ordinary People Blu-ray Review: The Puzzle of Life Isn’t Always Complete

It’s a showcase for tremendous acting.

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The Godfather Trilogy 4K UHD is the Pick of the Week

The whole trilogy (at least parts 1 & 2) set the standard for the modern gangster/mafia genre.

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SXSW 2022 Review: The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks Review

They’ve gotten older, but the Kids are alright.

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SXSW 2022 Review: Master

Mariama Diallo’s narrative logics and ideas are in the right place, even if some of them don’t always stick the landing.

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SXSW 2022 Review: Hypochondriac

An excellent study of bleak mental illness while also being a great queer film in the process.

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SXSW 2022 Review: Soft & Quiet

As a portrait of today’s increasingly turbulent times, it couldn’t be more relevant, for better or worse.

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SXSW 2022 Review: I Love My Dad: Deeply Uncomfortable but Strangely Sweet

If you’re a fan of uneasy comedy, then you’re bound to enjoy it.

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SXSW 2022 Review: Sissy

A smart, bloody, and unpredictable ride.

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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, especially of how they look at the world through their eyes, and this year’s Your Friend, Memphis (directed by David P. Zucker) should now be considered one of the definitive ones. It’s a bleak but…

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SXSW 2022 Review: Radical Honesty

Despite it being only six minutes, this short accurately portrays the notions of very ill-conceived male dominance over women when dating.

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Nightmare (1964) Collector’s Edition Blu-ray Review: A Hidden Gem

One of Hammer Films’s non-monster flicks that mostly succeeds on its Gothic horror sleeves.

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Hester Street is the Pick of the Week

It’s Joan Micklin Silver’s best film and a testament to the legacy she left behind.

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Hester Street Blu-ray Review: Joan Micklin Silver’s Beguiling 1975 Masterpiece

A great example of the hopes and tragedies immigrants face in their new world.

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Cinema Sentries

2022 Oscar-Nominated Live-Action Short Films Review

These five short films are all earn their acclaim.

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Alligator 4K Ultra HD is the Pick of the Week

If you’re going to rip-off Jaws, at least do it properly, like this cult classic!

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Cinema Sentries

Repeat Performance Blu-ray Review: A Curiosity More Than Anything

Richard Basehart is the MVP of the film.

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