10
A Matter of Life and Death is aesthetically and thematically governed by images of the planets and stars themselves, always greater than individual hangups.
The Criterion Collection has announced the lineup for their October 2018 home releases including Cornel Wilde‘s The Naked Prey, Rainer Werner Fassbinder‘s Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day, Hal Ashby‘s Shampoo, Brian De Palma‘s Sisters, and Rob Reiner‘s The Princess Bride.
7.5
As the Eric Hynes essay in the Criterion booklet astutely points out, it’s best to consider Moore’s films as a kind of dynamic presentation, mixing traditional storytelling techniques and operatic hellraising with the kind of infuriating horrors that can only come from simply discussing aspects of real life as they stand.
8
Based on the quality of the film and Criterion’s immaculate audio/visual exhibition, Moonrise is definitely recommended, I just wish there were more supplements to dive into.
A welcome addition to the Criterion library, The Virgin Suicides has all the makings of a true classic. It’s a timeless, beautifully executed story that now has the proper home release that it so sorely deserved.
8
Because this film is already so scantily seen, this Blu-ray release operates as its own historical object that contains enough content for you to understand why this film, of all the old Hollywood revues, got the Criterion treatment.
9
ltogether this is most definitely worthy of the Criterion treatment and shows off the artistry that decidedly belongs in the annals of Hollywood history.
10
If you haven’t seen, or if you want multiple ways to revisit the classic with pristine video and audio (or no audio at all), I can’t recommend Criterion’s The Passion of Joan of Arc Blu-ray highly enough.
The Criterion Collection has announced their June 2018 lineup, which includes Lino Bocka‘s Manila in the Claws of Light, Víctor Erice‘s El Sur, Michael Moore‘s Bowling for Columbine, John Waters‘ Female Trouble, and Ingmar Bergman‘s The Virgin Spring.
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The Criterion Collection have announced the lineup for their May 2018 titles, which include Frank Borzage‘s Moonrise, Aki Kaurismäki‘s The Other Side of Hope, Paul Schrader‘s Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters, Cristian Mungiu‘s Beyond the Hills and Graduation, Robert Bresson‘s Au hasard Balthazar, and John Schlesinger‘s Midnight
10
Night of the Living Dead defined what the zombie film would become and is easily one of the most influential pieces of cinema in horror, but more than that, it’s just a fantastic movie that’s worth adding to your collection.
9.5
This 1985 story of adolescence has been given the Blu-ray treatment it deserves, and Criterion hasn’t skimped on the bevy of features packed into this release.
The Criterion Collection has announced their upcoming titles for September 2017, including Alfred Hitchcock’s Rebecca, Murray Lerner’s rock doc Festival, Kelly Reichardt’s Certain Women, Michael Haneke’s The Piano Teacher, and the newly released documentary David Lynch: The Art of Life.
