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Dogtooth Blu-ray Review: Takes the Theme of Bad Parenting to an All-time High

By Davy | Sep 25, 2019

Acclaimed Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos has become one of the most idiosyncratic directors working today. With such unclassifibly original films ...

Anna 4K Ultra HD Review: La Femme Anna

By Steve Geise | Sep 23, 2019

A tough, beautiful woman faces seemingly impossible odds as she battles her way to freedom. Can you name that Luc ...

Ad Astra Movie Review: A Wonderfully Philosophical Sci-Fi Opus

By Matthew St.Clair | Sep 23, 2019

After starring in The Tree of Life, Brad Pitt stars in Ad Astra which feels like Terrence Malick in space. While not a ...

The Major and the Minor Blu-ray Review: Wild Comedy from Billy Wilder

By Elizabeth Periale | Sep 22, 2019

Susan Applegate (Ginger Rogers) has had it up to here with New York City, with fighting off men making passes ...

By Darcy Staniforth | Sep 21, 2019

On August 5, 2019, Toni Morrison shed her mortal coil and the world lost one of its most important literary ...

Hussy Blu-ray Review: You’ll Wonder If You Haven’t Seen It Before

By Mat Brewster | Sep 20, 2019

If there was a template for the movie genre where a nice boy falls for a hooker and complications ensue ...

This Magnificent Cake! Blu-ray Review: This Magnificent Movie!

By David Wangberg | Sep 20, 2019

At just 44 minutes, This Magnificent Cake! zooms by, but it also leaves the viewer speechless. An exploration of 1800s Belgian history ...

Los Tigres del Norte at Folsom Prison Movie Review: A Collective Concert of Shared Heritage

By Cinema Sentries | Sep 20, 2019

Written by Michael Frank Though norteño music will be new to many who stumble across Netflix's new documentary, Los Tigres del ...

Who Saw Her Die? Blu-ray Review: Bond Does Giallo

By Mat Brewster | Sep 19, 2019

Poor old George Lazenby. When Sean Connery quit the James Bond gig (for the first, but not last time) after You ...

TIFF 2019 Capsule Reviews: ‘Pain and Glory’ and ‘Bad Education’

By Matthew St.Clair | Sep 18, 2019

Both Pain and Glory and Bad Education are completely different films, yet they’re connected by their depictions of middle-aged gay ...

The Chairman Blu-ray Review: Mr. Peck Goes to China

By Mat Brewster | Sep 17, 2019

For their third and final collaboration director J. Lee Thompson and Gregory Peck made The Chairman, a spy thriller about an ...

Echo in the Canyon Blu-ray Review: You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears

By Gordon S. Miller | Sep 16, 2019

The “canyon” in question is Laurel Canyon, located in the Hollywood Hills of Southern California. With Jakob Dylan as host, ...

The Beatles: Made on Merseyside DVD Review: Offers Little New Information

By Kit O'Toole | Sep 16, 2019

In 1964, Americans viewed the Beatles as seemingly coming out of nowhere, rapidly scoring hits and inciting Beatlemania. In reality, ...

Fantastic Fest 2019 Review: Koko-di Koko-da: Horror Through Repetition

By Cinema Sentries | Sep 16, 2019

Written by Michael Frank I've never been a huge fan of horror movies. Jump scares, bloody creatures, and demonic possessions ...

TIFF 2019 Movie Review: Dev Patel Dazzles in ‘The Personal History of David Copperfield’

By Matthew St.Clair | Sep 15, 2019

One way to describe The Personal History of David Copperfield is that it's a change of pace. It's a stretch ...

The Quiller Memorandum Blu-ray Review: Next Time Make It a Mission Statement

By Mat Brewster | Sep 15, 2019

With the success of the first James Bond film, Dr. No, in 1962 there was a mad rush of spy films ...

TIFF 2019 Movie Review: Riz Ahmed is a Powerhouse in Sound of Metal

By Matthew St.Clair | Sep 14, 2019

Sound of Metal is definitely my tempo. One key reason is that it’s a starring vehicle for Riz Ahmed. He’s ...

TIFF 2019 Capsule Reviews: ‘Jojo Rabbit’ and ‘Knives Out’ Allow Change in Directorial Pace

By Matthew St.Clair | Sep 13, 2019

One major plus of being in a franchise is using your clout to make bold, original material. Whether you’re an ...

TIFF 2019 Movie Review: ‘A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood’ Is Incredibly Wondrous

By Matthew St.Clair | Sep 13, 2019

Just last year, the documentary Won’t You Be My Neighbor? offered a heart wrenching look at the life of the ...

True Believer (1989) Blu-ray Review: Blisteringly Performed Courtroom Drama

By Kent Conrad | Sep 13, 2019

True Believer has been released on Blu-ray in one of Mill Creek's Retro VHS Look packages. While it's the same dimensions ...

The Case of Hana & Alice Blu-ray Review: An Animated Slice of Life

By Mat Brewster | Sep 13, 2019

In 2004 Japanese director Shunji Iwai made Hana & Alice, a live-action movie about two high school students who both fall ...

John Carpenter’s Vampires Collector’s Edition Blu-ray Review: Put a Stake in It

By Mat Brewster | Sep 13, 2019

An armored van pulls up to a dilapidated house. A group of scruffy-looking men and a priest get out. The ...

Reap the Wild Wind Blu-ray Review: An Antebellum Epic of Thrilling Adventure and Questionable Romance

By Gordon S. Miller | Sep 12, 2019

Based on Thelma Strabel's story that appeared in The Saturday Evening Post, Cecil B. DeMille's Reap the Wild Wind is an Antebellum epic filled ...

Chained for Life (2019) Movie Review: Unchained Filmmaking

By David Wangberg | Sep 11, 2019

As history has proven time and time again, Hollywood is not always the kindest place for certain people. All of ...

TIFF 2019 Capsule Reviews: Two Cannes Favorites Make a Big Splash

By Matthew St.Clair | Sep 10, 2019

At this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, we’ve gotten two Cannes premieres from foreign directors exercising films that are simultaneous ...

TIFF 2019 Movie Review: ‘Waves’ Is Emotionally Shattering and Immersive

By Matthew St.Clair | Sep 9, 2019

Given how Waves is a coming-of-age story about an African-American male growing up in south Florida made by A24 Films, ...

TIFF 2019 Movie Review: Jennifer Lopez Is Oscar Worthy in ‘Hustlers’

By Matthew St.Clair | Sep 8, 2019

While Jennifer Lopez has proven herself to be a successful movie star, it feels like it’s been a while since ...

The Snake Pit Blu-ray Review: One of the First and Best Motion Pictures to Bring Mental Illness to Life

By Davy | Sep 8, 2019

The topic of mental illness today is still a really prickly issue that may people refuse to discuss with others. ...

TIFF 2019 Movie Review: Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Foxx are the Strong Force of ‘Just Mercy’

By Matthew St.Clair | Sep 7, 2019

When Destin Daniel Cretton arrived with Short Term 12, he announced himself as a humanistic voice in the indie world. ...

The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Gentle Ozu Comedy

By Kent Conrad | Sep 6, 2019

The first thing to get used to in an Ozu film is the camera perspective. He never (or at least ...

The Koker Trilogy Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: The Rise of Abbas Kiarostami

By Steve Geise | Sep 5, 2019

This series of Iranian films is a trilogy in only the loosest sense, as they don't share overlapping casts or ...

The Lavender Hill Mob / The Man in the White Suit Blu-rays Review: An Alec Guinness Two-Fer

By Mat Brewster | Sep 5, 2019

This weekend I caught a Fathom events screening of Lawrence of Arabia. That is a movie made for the big screen ...

Akio Jissoji: The Buddhist Trilogy Blu-ray Review: New Wave Filmmaking, Naked Ladies

By Kent Conrad | Sep 4, 2019

It's difficult to put a modern film-fan in the mind of a viewer from the past, because of the nature ...

Alps Blu-ray Review: Weird, Wild, and Confusing

By Mat Brewster | Sep 4, 2019

Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos often makes movies about insular groups of people who live in absurdist worlds that create and ...

Kind Hearts and Coronets Blu-ray Review: An Influential Cinema Landmark

By Davy | Sep 2, 2019

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that I prefer British comedy over American comedy. The ...

Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am Movie Review: A Quiet Passion for Life, for Knowledge, and for Words

By Jade Blackmore | Aug 31, 2019

The Pieces I Am, Timothy Greenfield-Sander's straightforward documentary about the late Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Toni Morrison, consists (mostly) of ...

Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) Blu-ray Review: Long Live the King

By Gordon S. Miller | Aug 30, 2019

Director/co-writer Michael Dougherty's Godzilla: King of the Monsters, which takes its name (minus the exclamation point) from the re-edited American ...