Here are our latest reviews of films on DVD from 2011 and earlier.
City Lights
Joshua Brunsting @ The CriterionCast
Faces
Joshua Brunsting @ The CriterionCast
Frankenstein Conquers the World
Tim Brayton @ Antagony & Ecstasy
- Excerpt: Only the hypnotic oddness of what the film does to the Frankenstein mythos keeps it from dragging altogether.
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
Tim Brayton @ Antagony & Ecstasy
- Excerpt: The human half of the narrative is so captivatingly loopy and well-expressed, that the film would be just as good if there were no monsters in it at all.
Heaven’s Gate
Michael Pattison @ idFilm
Sam Turner @ Film Intel
- Excerpt: ‘finds its message amongst the rise of big, rich America, and the feeling that the poor have no place, voice or right’
The Hitch-Hiker
Joshua Brunsting @ The CriterionCast
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
Joshua Brunsting @ The CriterionCast
Ladies of Leisure
- Excerpt: Though not amongst Frank Capra’s best, the 1930 romantic comedy Ladies of Leisure is a pleasantly enjoyable early vehicle for Barbara Stanwyck. She is a bright spot in a somewhat tepid script, already developing her persona as a tough gal ready to make tough choices, both in life and in matters of the heart.
Le Joli Mai
- Excerpt: At nearly three hours, “Le Joli Mai” meanders, but it remains potent when it gets personal, even if the political aspects can seem a little dated.
Martin Scorsese Presents: The World Cinema Project – Volume 1
- Excerpt: ‘these are films which it was worth Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project saving (aren’t they all) but that simultaneously aren’t that interesting or accomplished’
Mister 880
Dennis Schwartz @ Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Night Tide
Joshua Brunsting @ The CriterionCast
Nosferatu
Joshua Brunsting @ The CriterionCast
Gregory J. Smalley @ 366 Weird Movies
- Excerpt: The nosferatu is a negative force of nature, a toothy, bald, walking penis that brings rape and disease to the good, civilized people of the world.
Primary
Joshua Brunsting @ The CriterionCast
The Serpent and Rainbow
Joshua Brunsting @ The CriterionCast
Shadows
Joshua Brunsting @ The CriterionCast
Sister Long Legs
Peter Nellhaus @ Coffee Coffee and more Coffee
Smart House
Benjamin Kramer @ The Voracious Filmgoer
- Excerpt: …undeniably a goofy techno-paranoia parable…
The Stranger
Joshua Brunsting @ The CriterionCast
Trash Humpers
Joshua Brunsting @ The CriterionCast
Twentynine Palms
Donald Levit @ ReelTalk Movie Reviews
The Uninvited
Joshua Brunsting @ The CriterionCast
The Unknown
Joshua Brunsting @ The CriterionCast
The White Stripes Under Great White Northern Lights
Joshua Brunsting @ The CriterionCast
A Woman Under the Influence
Joshua Brunsting @ The CriterionCast
Zorns Lemma (1970)
Matthew Blevins @ Nextprojection.com
- Excerpt: Only after a lifetime mired in the endless cycle of crafting, breaking down, and re-crafting our perspective can we can finally make peace with the world and find places worthy of our gaze, like snowy fields with signposts marking the immense white canvas and illustrating its immensity without intruding with unwanted logos and distracting colors.