Reviews of DVDs and Blu-ray Discs from Criterion.
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Palm Beach Story, The (Blu-ray Review) 9 Feb, 2015
An uncommonly knockabout farce even by Preston Sturges standards — yet also visually lush enough...More>>
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Safe (Blu-ray Review) 15 Dec, 2014
Writer-director Todd Haynes’ second feature was filmed just as lead Julianne Moore was coming...More>>
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It Happened One Night (Blu-ray Review) 1 Dec, 2014
The first movie to sweep the five major Oscars has been readily available for so long that it’s...More>>
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Innocents, The (Blu-ray Review) 29 Sep, 2014
Truman Capote was the driving force behind the screenplay for this film notable for its weird...More>>
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All That Jazz (Blu-ray Review) 8 Sep, 2014
'Jazz' is probably the only musical with graphic footage of open-heart surgery. Protagonist Joe...More>>
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Big Chill, The (Blu-ray Review) 20 Jul, 2014
Lawrence Kasdan's 'The Big Chill' gets a sparkling Blu-ray edition showcasing its soundtrack of...More>>
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All That Heaven Allows (Blu-ray Review) 30 Jun, 2014
The best Douglas Sirk movies are domestic social commentaries couched as visually sumptuous soap...More>>
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Red River (Blu-ray Review) 9 Jun, 2014
This thick release of Howard Hawks’ all-timer even includes a soft-cover copy of Borden Chase’s...More>>
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Riot in Cell Block 11 (Blu-ray Review) 5 May, 2014
The backstory to this example of what used to be called a “shaky-A” is probably a little more...More>>
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King of the Hill (Blu-ray Review) 10 Mar, 2014
Based on the adolescence look-back memoir of writer A.E. Hotchner, King of the Hill is one of the...More>>
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Foreign Correspondent (Blu-ray Review) 3 Mar, 2014
Criterion has given the movie a new 2K restoration, and it looks better than I’ve ever seen it. More>>
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It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (Blu-ray Review) 17 Feb, 2014
To go along with its A-team cast, Criterion has assembled a gang of bonus-section backgrounder...More>>
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Uninvited, The (Blu-ray Review) 4 Nov, 2013
This uncommonly lush romantic creeper directed by underrated Lewis Allen may be the best ghost...More>>
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Eyes Without a Face (Blu-ray Review) 28 Oct, 2013
When this all but unique French film opened in America around Halloween time and nearly three years...More>>
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Big City, The (Blu-ray Review) 9 Sep, 2013
Set in Calcutta during a time of social upheaval fostered by Indian Prime Minister Nehru (he of the...More>>
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Seconds (Blu-ray Review) 19 Aug, 2013
Playing something like a “Twilight Zone” episode that would have been too unhinged for CBS to...More>>
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Babette's Feast (Blu-ray Review) 29 Jul, 2013
The feast portrayed in this hugely deserving Oscar winner ends up getting rave reviews from its...More>>
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Life Is Sweet (Blu-ray Review) 17 Jun, 2013
The Mike Leigh trademarks of superbly well-rounded characters and on-point ensemble acting were the...More>>
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Jubal (Blu-ray Review) 3 Jun, 2013
Based on a novel by Paul I. Wellman, whose writings were the source of several Westerns that...More>>
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Gate of Hell (Blu-ray Review) 29 Apr, 2013
A lively 12th-century rouser even without the lush pigments, Gate of Hell took the foreign-language...More>>
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