Hotel du Nord Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Somber French Realist Classic
By Davy |
A prime example of Marcel Carne’s attention to fully showcasing the depths of humanity.
Coming Apart Blu-ray Review: A Realistically Troubling Portrait of Our Deepest, Darkest Impulses
By Davy |
A disturbing, but highly impactful experiment of toxic masculinity and sexual exploration that’s way ahead of its time.
Child’s Play 4K UHD is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
Making its 4K UHD debut, it is stacked with a few new special features and vintage ones.
Tenebrae 4K UHD is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
If you’re a diehard Argento fan, then this is definitely a big must-have for your collection.
Fiddler’s Journey to the Big Screen Blu-ray Review: An Absolute Delight All the Way Through
By Davy |
I really love and respect this film.
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands Blu-ray Review: Sexy, Funny, and Highly Entertaining
By Davy |
I can see why the film remains a classic of international cinema.
The Sacred Spirit Blu-ray Review: Mostly yet Unsuccessfully Weird
By Davy |
If you happen to like odd films like this, then you’ll probably find something worthy about this one.
Marty is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
A wonderfully simple film about ordinary working-class people playing their chance at love.
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender DVD Review: A Fun Essay
By Davy |
Mark Rapport blows the doors wide open on the hidden and not-so-hidden side of classic Hollywood.
The Virgin Suicides 4K is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
There’s always something about Sofia Coppola’s first feature that keeps me coming back to it.
True Romance Blu-ray Review: Entertaining, Relentless, and Fearless
By Davy |
The folks at Arrow did everyone a great service of giving it the release it so rightly deserves.
The Worst Person in the World Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Breathtakingly Honest
By Davy |
This incredible, deep, and fully fleshed-out film because it gives us fellow thirty-somethings a much-needed voice.
Tribeca 2022 Review: Coming Out with the Help of a Time Machine
By Davy |
The short’s mixture of sci-fi and themes of family bond is definitely relevant.
Shaft (1971) is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
The new release from Criterion is nothing short of stacked.
Tribeca Film Festival 2022 Review: A Love Song
By Davy |
A minimalist but heartfelt drama of love that has seen it all but hasn’t quite given up on it.
Tribeca 2022 Review: Wes Schlagenhauf is Dying
By Davy |
A relatable, snarky tale of the frustrating aspects of DIY filmmaking and the longtime friendship that can be affected by it.
Tribeca 2022 Review: Out of Order
By Davy |
It tells a relatable and honest story of an ordinary man just trying to find his place to poop.
Tribeca 2022 Review: Nude Tuesday
By Davy |
One of the best feel-weird, feel-good movies I’ve seen in quite a long time.
Tribeca 2022 Review: Closing Dynasty
By Davy |
I found this to be quite an involving short, and I like the story it presents.
The Tales of Hoffman is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
If Martin Scorsese loves something, then you know it’s good.
Kinky Boots Blu-ray Review: A Refreshing and Much-Needed Story about LGBTQ from the Working-Class Perspective
By Davy |
Despite the rather misleading title (no kinks found) and the formulaic premise, I was very impressed by the film.
Mississippi Masala is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
Sarita Choudbury and Denzel Washington make for one of cinema’s greatest on-screen couples.
Mississippi Masala Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Mira Nair’s Beguiling Sophomore Film
By Davy |
A teaching lesson for how to truthfully tell a cinematic story centering on race relations and the boundaries that unfortunately always come with them.
Girls Nite Out Blu-ray Review: Another Slasher Movie Where Kids Will Be Kids
By Davy |
This release should be worth it for fans.
The Alfred Hitchcock Classics Collection Volume 2 is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
Every film Hitchcock made, even the lesser ones, have something to them.
V/H/S 94 Blu-ray Review: A Rather Mixed Bag
By Davy |
If you’re a gorehound, then V/H/S 94 definitely delivers in sheer abundance.
‘Round Midnight Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Perhaps the Greatest and Most Compelling Jazz Film Ever Made
By Davy |
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.
From the Journals of Jean Seberg is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
Director Mark Rappaport puts his trademark skills to very good use.
Screams of a Winter Night Blu-ray Review: Has a Certain Charm
By Davy |
A small, late-’70s cult item that deserves some attention.
Book Review: Girls on Film: Lessons from a Life of Watching Women in Movies by Alicia Malone
By Davy |
Alicia Malone puts her heart and focus into the book.
Parallel Mothers Blu-ray Review: Penelope Cruz Delivers Another Luminous Performance
By Davy |
Another example of Almodovar’s typically extraordinary filmmaking gifts and proves that he’s still got it.
Jockey Blu-ray Review: Clifton Collins Jr. Is Simply Marvelous
By Davy |
There is authenticity that gives it a documentary feel.
Jockey is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
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.
Ordinary People Blu-ray Review: The Puzzle of Life Isn’t Always Complete
By Davy |
It’s a showcase for tremendous acting.
The Godfather Trilogy 4K UHD is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
The whole trilogy (at least parts 1 & 2) set the standard for the modern gangster/mafia genre.
SXSW 2022 Review: The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks Review
By Davy |
They’ve gotten older, but the Kids are alright.
SXSW 2022 Review: Master
By Davy |
Mariama Diallo’s narrative logics and ideas are in the right place, even if some of them don’t always stick the landing.
SXSW 2022 Review: Hypochondriac
By Davy |
An excellent study of bleak mental illness while also being a great queer film in the process.
SXSW 2022 Review: Soft & Quiet
By Davy |
As a portrait of today’s increasingly turbulent times, it couldn’t be more relevant, for better or worse.
SXSW 2022 Review: I Love My Dad: Deeply Uncomfortable but Strangely Sweet
By Davy |
If you’re a fan of uneasy comedy, then you’re bound to enjoy it.
SXSW 2022 Review: Your Friend, Memphis
By Davy |
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…
SXSW 2022 Review: Radical Honesty
By Davy |
Despite it being only six minutes, this short accurately portrays the notions of very ill-conceived male dominance over women when dating.
Nightmare (1964) Collector’s Edition Blu-ray Review: A Hidden Gem
By Davy |
One of Hammer Films’s non-monster flicks that mostly succeeds on its Gothic horror sleeves.
Hester Street is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
It’s Joan Micklin Silver’s best film and a testament to the legacy she left behind.
Hester Street Blu-ray Review: Joan Micklin Silver’s Beguiling 1975 Masterpiece
By Davy |
A great example of the hopes and tragedies immigrants face in their new world.
2022 Oscar-Nominated Live-Action Short Films Review
By Davy |
These five short films are all earn their acclaim.
Alligator 4K Ultra HD is the Pick of the Week
By Davy |
If you’re going to rip-off Jaws, at least do it properly, like this cult classic!
Repeat Performance Blu-ray Review: A Curiosity More Than Anything
By Davy |
Richard Basehart is the MVP of the film.
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy Blu-ray Review: A Wonderful and Highly Gorgeous Work of Art
By Davy |
Every character is relatable.