Here are our latest reviews of films on DVD.
Reviews of Classic Films
Blowup
Roderick Heath @ Ferdy on Films
- Excerpt: Some complained at the time that Antonioni’s tendency to find the same qualities in the countercultural youth and bohemians he studied in Blowup and Zabriskie Point as he did in the tepid bourgeoisie of Rome was wrongheaded and phony. But time eventually proved him right in many ways.
Faust (1926)
Jared Mobarak @ Jared Mobarak Reviews
- Excerpt: Murnau’s mastery of mood and character shines through each frame and his meticulous style begs us to freeze each composition to discover every last detail. It’s amazing to think it’s ninety years old.
Top Gun
Why Worry?
Kristen Lopez @ Journeys in Classic Film
Recent Home Video Releases
The Beauty Inside
Peter Nellhaus @ Coffee, Coffee and more Coffee
Kansas City Confidential
The New Girlfriend
Padre Padrone
Paolo Gioli: The Complete Filmworks
Peter Nellhaus @ Coffee, Coffee and more Coffee
- Excerpt: In Paola Gioli’s case, the sometimes misapplied term of “experimental cinema” is appropriate as many of the films were made with in such a way that the results could not be anticipated.
Other Reviews from 2014 and earlier
Dr. Cabbie
Kathy Gibson @ Access Bollywood
Fear and Desire
Jared Mobarak @ Jared Mobarak Reviews
- Excerpt: I love that legendary filmmaker Stanley Kubrick began his career with a dud so misguided he was rumored to have tried to destroy every print in existence. In his words it was a “bumbling amateur film exercise” and he’s not wrong.
Hitch Hike
- Excerpt: Smart, nasty-minded Italian crime thriller.
Horrible Bosses
Hugo Gomes @ Cinematograficamente Falando … [Portuguese]
I Knew Her Well
Donald Jay Levit @ ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Maniac
James Jay Edwards @ FilmFracture
- Excerpt: Cinema Fearité Presents ‘Maniac’ – William Lustig’s Schlocky Slasher Classic
Phantasm
James Jay Edwards @ iHorror.com
- Excerpt: Late to the Party: Phantasm (1979)
Poison
Jared Mobarak @ Jared Mobarak Reviews
- Excerpt: Poison pretty much injects our veins with exactly that: hate crimes, sex crimes, and crimes of passion disguised by cinematic magic into deeds without consequence outside of make-believe. Only we don’t live within artificial genres utilized for entertainment.
Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania
Dennis Schwartz @ Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
- Excerpt: Moving personal odyssey documentary
Rough Road Ahead
Hugo Gomes @ Cinematograficamente Falando … [Portuguese]