Posts Tagged ‘Kino Lorber’
Arsène Lupin Collection Blu-ray Review: Two Hits and a Miss
Kino Lorber’s new Blu-ray collection is a fantastic look at the famous gentleman thief’s classic mid-20th century French interpretations.
Read MoreSilent Avant-Garde Blu-ray Review: Interesting and Assorted Curiosities
Twenty-one classic shorts make up this tiny but solid collection of beginning cinematic invention.
Read MoreThe Bliss of Mrs. Blossom Blu-ray Review: Guess Who’s Coming to Breakfast
Shirley MacLaine leads a flighty tale of comic marital infidelity set in London in the Swinging Sixties, long on style but short on logic.
Read MoreFrancois Truffaut Collection Blu-ray Review: L’Enfant Tendre
This set may please the Truffaut completist.
Read MoreLove on the Ground Blu-ray Review: Much Ado About Nothing
Director Jacques Rivette delights in pulling the curtain back on a playwright’s odd creative process, but fails to develop a compelling plot.
Read MoreLet’s Hope It’s a Girl Blu-ray Review: Italian Film, Continental Cast
The film is best for fans of Deneuve and Ullmann, as its paper-thin, meandering plot only serves as grist for its girl-power mill.
Read MoreThat Man Bolt Blu-ray Review: That Man Hammer
Fred “The Hammer” Williamson stars in a broadly entertaining action movie that caters to his imposing physicality and enchanting charisma.
Read MoreBrainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power Blu-ray Review: A Look at How Things Look
A flawed but still engrossing doc about the cinematic male gaze.
Read MoreCinema’s First Nasty Women Blu-ray Set Review: Thoughtfully Highlights Unknown Performers from Different Walks of Life
One of 2022’s best box sets represents cinema’s most forgotten but groundbreaking feminists.
Read MoreThe Girl on a Motorcycle Blu-ray Review: Spins Its Stylish Wheels
If ultra-suave Alain Delon with young Marianne Faithfull in a black leather catsuit is enough to rev your engine, the film delivers in spades.
Read MoreWalk Proud Blu-ray Review: A Gang Epic, It’s Not. Cult Classic? Maybe…
Walk Proud isn’t a bad movie, it just isn’t very good either.
Read MoreEntre Nous Blu-ray Review: Sisters Are Doing It for Themselves
Writer/director Diane Kurys borrowed from her own family history to craft this story about two women finding their way in the aftermath of World War II.
Read MoreHold Me Tight Blu-ray Review: An Engrossing Multi-character Piece
A mostly successful and somber family drama.
Read MoreRob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman Collection Blu-ray Review: Essential Viewing
Three of the most powerful documentaries ever made are now available in an amazing 2-disc set, courtesy of Milestone/Kino.
Read MoreDressed to Kill (1980) 4K UHD Review: Hitchcock Outdone
Dressed to Kill is a near-masterpiece.
Read MoreBlind Fury (1989) Blu-ray Review: ’80s Action Meets Japan Pulp
In this adapted samurai film, Rutger Hauer’s a blind swordsman who wanders America, righting wrongs and teaching about manhood.
Read MoreCarmen (2022) Blu-ray Review: Welcome to Malta
As a breezy Mediterranean trifle, it’s worth watching for the scenery, the mostly upbeat plot, and the commanding performance by McElhone.
Read MoreHappy Birthday to Me (1981) Blu-ray Review: Canuxploitation Slasher Slog
Canada produced slasher movie boasts “six bizarre murders”, actually boasts bizarre plot twists that strain credibility and storytelling.
Read MoreFilm Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema X Blu-ray Review: In This Corner…Tony Curtis
Yet another set that is well worth adding to your collection.
Read MoreI’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing Blu-ray Review: A Prime Example of the Immediacy and Importance of Films by Women
A charming and quietly resonant film about queerness and the ambitions of women.
Read MoreEyes of Laura Mars (Special Edition) Blu-ray Review: Artful Trash
An American version of an Italian giallo.
Read MoreGoing Places Blu-ray Review: Traveling Nowhere, Reaching Enlightenment
Blier’s film is a marvel, a story about small-time crooks that manages to steal our hearts.
Read MoreFilm Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema IX Blu-ray Review: A Trio of Amateur Sleuths
Kino Lorber has once again delivered some underappreciated film noirs for your collection.
Read MoreSouth: Ernest Shackleton and the Endurance Expedition Blu-ray Review
Due to the lack of any strong directorial hand or narrative flow, the footage largely feels like watching someone’s vacation movies, albeit a vacation in an endlessly fascinating environment.
Read MoreKarmalink Blu-ray Review: Dreams of Treasure and Past Lives
The film moves very well, both in pacing and camerawork.
Read MoreThe Brink’s Job Blu-ray Review: William Friedkin’s Heist Film
An enjoyable period piece that’s entertaining for its full 104 minutes.
Read MoreForce 10 From Navarone Blu-ray Review: A Sequel 18 Years in the Making
Not as good as The Guns of Navarone but a fun way to spend just over two hours nonetheless.
Read MoreNeptune Frost Blu-ray Review: The Revolution Will Be Televised
This passion project by writer/composer/co-director Saul Williams is a kinetic, thought-provoking work that represents his strongest artistic statement to date.
Read MoreNight Gallery: Season Two Blu-ray Review: The Gallery Expands
The new Blu-ray set is essential for all fans of the series and/or Rod Serling’s overall work.
Read MoreFiddler’s Journey to the Big Screen Blu-ray Review: An Absolute Delight All the Way Through
I really love and respect this film.
Read MoreFilm Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema VIII Blu-ray Review
About as good as one expects from Volume VIII in any series.
Read MoreMan’s Favorite Sport? Blu-ray Review: Rock Out of Water
Rock Hudson stars in this romantic comedy about the author of a well-known fishing guidebook who has never actually fished, making him sorely out of his depth when he’s forced to enter a fishing competition. He’s also burdened with the annoying but adorable press agent Paula Prentiss who arranged the competition but seems determined to…
Read MoreEastern Promises (2007) Blu-ray Review: The Fellowship of the Mafia Ring
David Cronenberg’s crime thriller gets a terrific Blu-ray upgrade from Kino Lorber.
Read MoreBlue Skies Blu-ray Review: Holiday Inn Revisited
Crosby and Astaire are delights performing solo and together.
Read MoreEvil Eye plus The Girl Who Knew Too Much (1963) Blu-ray Review: Slick in Italian, Murky in American
Arguably the first giallo film has loads of style, even in black and white… but it’s better in Italian.
Read More12 Angry Men (1997) Blu-ray Review: One Terrific Movie
A terrificially directed and well acted update of Sidney Lumet’s film.
Read MoreRich and Strange Blu-ray Review: Marriage in Crisis
An early Hitchcock comedy about a couple who find out whether their marriage can withstand sudden riches.
Read MoreInvasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) Blu-ray Review: An Instant Sci-Fi Classic
Philip Kaufman’s timely sci-fi masterpiece gets a new Blu-ray release from Kino Lorber.
Read MoreWife of a Spy Blu-ray Review: Understated Japanese Spy Thriller
Yu Aoi’s brilliant performance bolsters Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s story in ‘40s Japan of a woman convinced her husband is a spy.
Read MoreCounterpoint Blu-ray Review: Battle of the Cellos
It is mostly well made and performed, but it cannot escape the fact that other films did what it’s doing so much better.
Read MoreNight Has a Thousand Eyes Blu-ray Review: Psychic Thriller a Near Miss
Edward G. Robinson is a phony psychic who develops a real ability to see the future… which ruins his life.
Read MoreKaren Dalton: In My Own Time DVD Review: Sad Songs, Sad Life
An unflinching portrait of a troubled folk singer in the Greenwich Village scene.
Read MoreThe Accused (1949) Blu-ray Review: Works Something Like a Film Noir in Reverse
It is a terrific blend of noir, melodrama, romance, and procedural with a wonderful Loretta Young performance at its heart.
Read MoreBreakheart Pass Blu-ray Review: Like an Agatha Christie Western
The mix of western tropes and drawing-room mystery set on a train is really interesting.
Read MoreThe Cheat (1931) Blu-ray Review: Third Time Isn’t the Charm
This film is dull as bathwater.
Read MoreVera Cruz (1954) Blu-ray Review: Twisty Western Caper
Western set and shot in Mexico about two mercenaries betraying their employers, and each other, becoming friends along the way.
Read MoreTorch Singer (1933) Blu-ray Review: A Very Modern Pre-Code
Something that must have been quite shocking in 1933 falls rather flat in 2021.
Read MoreHot Saturday Blu-ray Review: Fascinating Pre-Code Shenanigans
Hot Saturday is fascinating because of how modern it feels in that pre-Code way.
Read MoreSongs My Brothers Taught Me Blu-ray Review: A Compelling Cinematic Experience
It’s a poetic and soulful film that deserves everyone’s attention.
Read MoreThe Village Detective: A Song Cycle Movie Review: Meditation on Ruined Film
A documentary about four ruined reels of a Soviet film reveal truths about the intersection of cinema and history.
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