Lang's visceral, thrilling, awe-inspiring sci-fi adventure gets one of the best transfers of the year.
Scott Nye
Scott Nye
On the Hulu Channel: Heinosuke Gosho’s The Neighbor’s Wife and Mine
Japan's first talkie uses all manner of sounds for laughs and love.
Scott Reviews Hal Ashby’s Harold & Maude [Masters of Cinema Blu-ray Review]
Scott finds this New Hollywood classic a deplorable portrait of how destruction, theft, and narcissism are actually forms of self-expression.
Scott Reviews Kim Mordaunt’s The Rocket [Blu-ray Review]
The film is heavy on the superficial "authenticity" that informs set design, but so slight on the emotional authenticity that would actually resonate.
Scott Reviews John Guillermin’s Rapture [Blu-ray Review]
A blockbuster director makes a tiny, European-influenced art film, and the results are staggering.
Scott Reviews John Cassavetes’ Too Late Blues [Masters of Cinema Blu-ray Review]
The independent's first studio film may be a compromised work, but it's stellar, gripping drama.
Scott Reviews Blake Edwards’ Operation Petticoat [Blu-ray Review]
A hangout war film in which death doesn't come into play, in which honor and bravery are rather distant reasons for shipping out, and the crew's one chance at actually accomplishing something for their country is rather...
Scott Reviews Lindsay Anderson’s if…. [Masters of Cinema Blu-ray Review]
Lindsay Anderson's timeless rebel yell is now available on Blu-ray in its home country.
Scott Reviews Hirokazu Koreeda’s Like Father, Like Son [Blu-ray Review]
What would you do if you found out your child was not your own?
Scott Reviews Richard Linklater’s Boyhood [Theatrical Review]
Boyhood is Linklater's finest film of the past decade, a work of quiet insight and tremendous compassion, the result of a truly independent mind following his instincts.
Scott Reviews Martha Stephens & Aaron Katz’s Land Ho! [Theatrical Review]
Two mumblecore directors tell a story of older characters, reminding us that self-reflection and discovery aren't just the province of the young.
Scott Reviews Douglas Sirk’s All That Heaven Allows [Criterion Blu-ray Review]
Criterion's new Dual-Format release provides a tremendous, multifaceted exploration of Sirk's 1955 spiritual meditation.
Scott Reviews David Miller’s Flying Tigers [Blu-ray Review]
The 1942 propagandistic war picture has a few fine touches, but mostly toes genre lines.
Scott Reviews Preston Sturges’ Sullivan’s Travels [Blu-ray Review]
The 1941 classic represents everything it attempts to disparage.
Scott Reviews Bob Clark’s Porky’s [Blu-ray Review]
The often-derided film is a good deal more subversive and thoughtful than its reputation would suggest.