Nashville: Criterion Collection
December 3, 2013
At the time, Nashville (1975) was Robert Altman’s magnum opus, a sprawling tale featuring 24 characters over five days. Not only does he manage to juggle all of these storylines, but is able to seamlessly interconnect them in major or minor ways. The...
Alambrista!: Criterion Collection
May 2, 2012
Illegal immigration, especially from Mexico, is a hot button topic that has become a significant issue on the political landscape in recent years but it has been a problem for some time as evident with the little-seen film Alambrista! (1977). It was considered...
Captain America
August 29, 2011
Before Bryan Singer’s X-Men (2000) film demonstrated the artistic and commercial potential of some of their titles, it seemed like Marvel Comics didn’t care how they were adapted to the big screen. And so, we had horrible misfires like Howard the...
The Superman Motion Picture Anthology (Blu-Ray)
June 17, 2011
With every new format comes the chance to release box-sets of classic movies once again; those movies that, regardless of whether we’ve seen them a thousand times or whether we already own them on numerous formats, they become must have purchases. Indiana...
Wise Blood: Criterion Collection
June 1, 2009
Legendary filmmaker John Huston had an uncanny ability to adapt unfilmable literature into well-crafted films. He made sense of Dashiell Hammett’s convoluted plot with his take on The Maltese Falcon (1941), he successfully translated Malcolm Lowry’s...
In the Electric Mist
March 3, 2009
In the Electric Mist (2008) marks legendary French filmmaker Bertrand Tavernier’s first North American-made motion picture and, based on the troubles he encountered while making it, perhaps his last. Tavernier, a big fan of American crime fiction (he...
In the Electric Mist
March 3, 2009
In the Electric Mist (2008) marks legendary French filmmaker Bertrand Tavernier’s first North American-made motion picture and, based on the troubles he encountered while making it, perhaps his last. Tavernier, a big fan of American crime fiction (he...
The Walker
May 21, 2008
After dabbling briefly with a major studio with Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist (2005), writer/director Paul Schrader returns to the relatively safe confines of the independent film scene with The Walker (2007). This new film continues his fascination...
Radioland Murders
September 18, 2006
Radioland Murders (1994) was one of George Lucas’ rare forays outside of the Star Wars universe and like others (Willow and Howard the Duck) it was a critical and commercial failure. Lucas seemed to be following in the footsteps of Woody Allen’s Radio...
Controversial Classics Volume 2: The Power of the Media
March 31, 2006
The 1970s was a fertile time for challenging, politically charged movies. Thanks to Easy Rider (1969) a lot of riskier material was getting green-lit by the major Hollywood studios and, in some cases; they were commenting on the current political climate...
