The latest Flipside release from the BFI, Bill Forsyth’s That Sinking Feeling, is like a cross between a gritty Ken Loach working class story and a Children’s Film Foundation fantasy of kid empowerment.
Recent disks from England, part one
Tag: Blu-Ray
The good and the bad of Warner Brothers
Warners, once in the forefront of quality disk supplements, now more often releases bare bones titles even when the movies cry out for commentaries and documentaries to illuminate their importance.
Recent Viewing: April and May, part three
Among other recent disks, Ben Wheatley’s A Field In England and Frank Perry’s The Swimmer use realistic performance and imagery to dig below material reality to strange symbolic and psychological depths, while the Estonian documentary Disco and Atomic War transforms the social and political facts of the Cold War into something strange and very funny.
Recent Viewing: April and May, part two
In recent years I’ve found myself watching – and liking – movies on disk which I initially had little interest in seeing when they first came out in theatres. Cases in point: the latest films by Ron Howard and the Coen Brothers.
Recent Viewing: April and May, part one
Once again, I’ve fallen way behind in commenting on the movies I’ve been watching: ’60s political agitprop, mind-bending time travel, demonic possession, cheesy B monster movies, Cold War submarines and futuristic trains …
A picture needs a thousand words …
Flicker Alley’s welcome Blu-ray edition of The Most Dangerous Game garners real interest from the inclusion of the 1931 exploitation travelogue Gow The Headhunter.
Twilight Time X 3
Twilight Time has become one of the most notable boutique labels over the past couple of years; with each title limited to 3000 units, collectors feel a sense of urgency with every new release. Available only through the Screen Archives Entertainment website which specializes in movie soundtracks, Twilight Time’s initial focus was on the music, […]
Criterion Blu-ray Review: Master of the House (1925)
Criterion introduces the great Carl Theodor Dreyer to Blue-ray with their release of his remarkable chamber drama Master of the House (1925).
Criterion Blu-ray Review: Riot In Cell Block 11 (1954)
Criterion offers a strong presentation of Don Siegel’s breakout movie, Riot In Cell Block 11 (1954), a powerful docudrama which avoids all prison movie cliches.
Styles of Horror, part two
Recent disks offer a range of horror movies displaying commercial and artier approaches to the genre from Vincent Price vehicles from American-International to Roger Vadim’s visually rich LeFanu adaptation …et mourir de plaisir and Bill Gunn’s key Black Cinema offering from 1973, Ganja & Hess.
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