The real pleasure of fake commentaries

Back in the dark days before DVD, when elitists spent large sums on laserdisks because the quality was so superior to the ubiquitous VHS tapes of home video, the commentary track was born. This was a terrific innovation, enhancing the value of a movie by providing context and opinions from the actual filmmakers or from […]

Blasts from the past

Fall viewing, part two

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Criterion Blu-ray review: Ettore Scola’s A Special Day (1977)

Deconstructing Hollywood … for laughs: Hellzapoppin (1941)

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