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Gold Diggers of 1933 is one of the very best Depression-era musicals.

With their sublime 1990 masterwork Miller’s Crossing, they successfully recreated the Roaring Twenties (the Prohibition Era), using their own iconic, lacerating style.

The new release from Criterion, is just as incredible as the film itself.

There’s isn’t a frame of this dark, Gothic, feminist love story that hits a wrong note.

This release should be very essential for your collection, assuming you’re into Dogme 95, as well as Danish cinema in general.

If you want an understanding on why Gordon Parks is an important filmmaker, then The Learning Tree should make a good starting point.

Just in time for the holidays, especially if you want your Christmas a little edgier than usual.

The Blu-ray from Warner Archive is solid.

Just try to be good this year, or else Krampus will come for you.

As I watched this film, I felt moved by it.

If you like giallos, or need a good starting point to understand them, then this box set is definitely a must-have.

Arguably the one film that fully represents David Lynch’s penchant for bizarre, but surreal storytelling.

Its mixture of humor and poetic sadness has forever influenced many filmmakers, especially Martin Scorsese.

If you’re a dedicated film collector, giallo fan, and/or Argento enthusiast, then this release is definitely a no-brainer to add to your collection.

A film filled with blunt beauty and unsparing truth.

A great and interesting read indeed.

A timeless film, one that still makes you want to hold on to your feet.

I thought that Love & Basketball was a strange choice for Criterion, but when I watched the supplements, I saw that it made total sense.

Censorship is a long and deranged form of limitation toward the freedoms and boundless expression in all forms of media, especially motion pictures. The powers that be are always out to destroy the hard work of directors who realize their cinematic visions. From the minor discrepancies to the absolute WTF terms, censorship has really put…

The cast is uniformly excellent and willing to take risks.

It’s a poetic and soulful film that deserves everyone’s attention.

Melvin Van Peebles was a singular and true auteur of film.

The film remains one of the hidden gems of the entire horror genre.

The first time I saw this on TCM I immediately fell in love with it.

Newcomer Abraham Attah gives one of the most soulful performances in the history of child acting.

This is hands-down one of the more memorable apocalyptic thrillers ever made.

What makes this film age better than its contemporaries is it compares the dreamed freedoms of one single individual with the fate of an entire country.

The 1975 seminal panoramic satire and critique of celebrity’s all-too unfortunate desire for fame and power is perhaps Robert Altman’s finest work.

David Cronenberg’s 1983 thrilling interpretation of Stephen King’s 1979 story is one of the truly great adaptations.

A twisted road trip paved with unnecessarily extended scenes of sex and violence that seems to be there just for shock value.

With a non-judgmental eye and understanding of her characters, Lizzie Borden really cares about what she’s doing here and what she is trying to say with her film.

Despite the differences of each short film, the similarities are obvious.

With deft direction, amazing writing, and impressive performances rooted in realism, Pariah was named one of the best films of 2011, and rightly so

It is not afraid to go off the rails, and it does teach you some valuable lessons

A great read for summer and a good way to plan your next movie watch.

The good folks at Criterion understand the importance of this two-film portrait.

The Stylist is not just about the plight of isolation and social dysfunction from the viewpoint of women, but also that of working women.

It’s a film that has been picked apart, praised (especially in gay circles), reviled, and also parodied to death.

If you love classic film, and want to see something bold but subtle, then you should add this to your collection.

This release being the first from Severin that I’ve ever owned, I was very impressed.

This iconic film was definitely one of the very first “gross out” movies, and one that kickstarted the often-maligned raunchy comedy genre.

This 1932 pre-Code masterpiece boldly tackles modern marriage.

What makes Speed work is the believability of the overall situation.

It predicted everything that would happen with the moving image, including the unfortunately sanitized cinema of today.

Despite the heavy subject matter and bleak social commentary, there is a streak of black comedy.

An essential watch for future filmmakers and film buffs.

Secrets & Lies has everything one could ever want in a film.

The new box set contains seven of Wong Kar Wai’s films.

It is a universal tale of wanting a better way of living, but sometimes having to tread dangerous waters to make those seemingly attainable dreams come true.

As many film buffs know, legendary filmmaker Sam Peckinpah remains one of the greatest and most unpredictable directors in the history of film.