An archetypal portrayal of the ambiguous loner with unexplained motives has just received a solid upgrade from the Criterion Collection.
Blu-ray Reviews
David Blakeslee
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 Nye
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.
Joshua Reviews Steve Miner’s Lake Placid [Blu-ray Review]
Cult creature feature gets a glossy new Blu-ray thanks to Scream Factory.
Joshua Brunsting
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?
David Reviews Georges Franju’s Judex [Dual-Format Review]
Mountaintop hideouts, secret passageways, weird technology simultaneously arcane and futuristic, a straightforward and deeply beguiling manifestation of authentic, non-ironic cloak and dagger, all this and more make...
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.
Joshua Reviews Hany Abu-Assad’s Omar [Blu-ray Review]
The Oscar-nominee finally arrives on home video.
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.
Scott Reviews Elia Kazan’s Boomerang! [Masters of Cinema Blu-ray Review]
Kazan's docu-noir explores many of the social and emotional themes that would later concern him within a more traditional procedural.