Festival runs April 26-May 6; features new films from Sergey Loznitsa and Corneliu Porumboiu.
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Joshua Brunsting
Scott Reviews Sebastián Lelio’s Disobedience [Theatrical Review]
I was complete bowled over by this passionate film that gets so much urgency into every scene yet emerges completely even-handed.
Scott Nye
Janus Films to Tour New 4k Restoration of Edgar G. Ulmer’s Detour
The new restoration will premiere at TCM Fest.
Ryan Gallagher
New Home Video Releases for the Week of April 24th, 2018
Collecting the new DVD and Blu-ray releases for the week.
Criterion Reflections – Episode 16 – Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s GODS OF THE PLAGUE
David is joined by Jason Beamish and Josh Hornbeck to discuss a mournful crime drama from the Early Fassbinder Eclipse Series set.
David Blakeslee
Criterion Now – Episode 53 – Fake Covers, Netflix, Milos Forman
Aaron is joined by Doug McCambridge and Tim Porter to discuss ]the fake Criterion cover phenomenon.
Aaron West
New US Home Video Releases for the Week of April 17th, 2018
Collecting the new DVD and Blu-ray releases for the week.
Criterion Reflections – Episode 15 – Luis Buñuel’s TRISTANA
David is joined by Lauren LoGiudice and William Remmers to discuss Buñuel's adaptation of a Spanish novel, starring Catherine Deneuve and Fernando Rey.
Joshua Reviews Janus Metz’s Borg Vs. McEnroe [Theatrical Review]
One of tennis' great rivalries, shared between two of its most iconic players, gets the cinematic treatment in this well acted, ultimately forgettable drama.
Criterion Now – Episode 52 – Lynne Ramsay, King of Jazz, April Fools’
Mark Hurne returns and discusses the latest with Aaron, including Lynne Ramsay, Molly Ringwald, King of Jazz, FilmStruck UK, the latest newsletter clue, and more.
New US Home Video Releases for the Week of April 10th, 2018
Collecting the new DVD and Blu-ray releases for the week.
Criterion Reflections – Episode 14 – Elio Petri’s INVESTIGATION OF A CITIZEN ABOVE SUSPICION
David Blakeslee and Matt Gasteier sift through the evidence and draw inevitable but awkward conclusions about the persuasive power of authoritarian impulses and our collective willingness to let tyrants find new ways of...
Joshua Reviews Andrew Dosunmu’s Where Is Kyra? [Theatrical Review]
An uncompromising look at one woman's battle with the strains of poverty, Where is Kyra features a performance for the ages from star Michelle Pfeiffer.
Criterion Reflections – Episode 13 – Leonard Kastle’s THE HONEYMOON KILLERS
David is joined by Arik Devens and Josh Hornbeck in this low budget crime shocker based on actual events.