This early silent film of Dreyer's presents as a stage-bound, conventional family drama, but it functions as an artistic breakthrough that set the stage for bolder masterpieces yet to come.
Blu-ray Reviews
David Blakeslee
Scott Reviews Francesco Rosi’s Hands Over the City [Masters of Cinema Blu-ray Review]
Rosi's seminal 1963 film tackles the corruption of city development with fierce urgency and intelligence.
Scott Nye
Scott Reviews Federico Fellini’s Roma [Masters of Cinema Blu-ray Review]
Fellini gives himself free reign to create, imagine, and remember.
Joshua Reviews Don Siegel’s Riot In Cell Block 11 [Dual Format Review]
Don Siegel's rarely seen gem finally hits home video thanks to a beautiful Criterion Dual Format Release.
Joshua Brunsting
Scott Reviews Samuel Fuller’s White Dog [Masters of Cinema Blu-ray Review]
The film once too dangerous to release at all is now available in high definition.
Scott Reviews Sidney Lumet’s Serpico [Masters of Cinema Blu-ray Review]
Frank Serpico's conscience was clean, and now, so is this transfer.
Scott Reviews Andrew Bujalski’s Computer Chess [Masters of Cinema Blu-ray Review]
The festival hit offers a sharply comedic look at our problematic relationship with technology.
Scott Reviews J.B.L. Noel’s The Epic of Everest [Blu-ray Review]
It is sometimes through the lens of the past that the world around us becomes more vital.
Scott Reviews Masters of Cinema’s World Cinema Project: Volume One [Blu-ray Review]
The first set of the MoC/World Cinema Foundation collaboration proves fruitful.
Scott Reviews William Wellman’s Wings [Masters of Cinema Blu-ray Review]
The first best picture winner is still tremendous, rousing entertainment.
Joshua Reviews Jean-Luc Godard’s For Ever Mozart [Blu-ray Review]
One of Godard's most obtuse pictures may also be one of his most visually striking.
Scott Reviews Federico Fellini’s Il Bidone [Masters of Cinema Blu-ray Review]
The 1955 film is a crucial entry into the filmmaker's early career, and more timely than ever.
Joshua Reviews Wes Anderson’s Fantastic Mr. Fox [Blu-ray Review]
The first animated film to get a major Criterion Collection DVD/Blu-ray release gets one of the best home video releases you're bound to see.
Scott Reviews Nunnally Johnson’s The Three Faces of Eve [Blu-ray Review]
The 1957 film is plagued by a cautious attitude towards its subject, but the Blu-ray is very handsome indeed.
David Reviews Alfred Hitchcock’s Foreign Correspondent [Criterion Dual-Format Review]
As if a new Hitchcock/Criterion bundle needs any further recommendation: get it, it's great!