Reviews of DVDs and Blu-ray Discs from Criterion.
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Red Balloon, The (DVD Review) 27 Apr, 2008
In this new DVD version from Criterion and Janus Films, the timeless childrens tale 'The Red...More>>
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El Norte (Blu-ray Review) 11 Jan, 2009
The gorgeous Blu-ray transfer maintains the crisp colors of director Gregory Nava’s original...More>>
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For All Mankind (Blu-ray Review) 8 Jul, 2009
Since documentaries about the moon landing are pretty commonplace nowadays, the new supplements are...More>>
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Chasing Amy (Blu-ray Review) 9 Nov, 2009
While 'Clerks' isn’t the type of movie to take advantage of the Blu-ray format, 'Chasing Amy,' on...More>>
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Roberto Rossellini’s War Trilogy (DVD Review) 25 Jan, 2010
Director Roberto Rossellini made cinematic history by filming World War II’s aftermath on the...More>>
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Hunger (DVD Review) 15 Feb, 2010
Brit video artist Steve McQueen’s justly acclaimed political prison drama focuses on the 1981...More>>
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Make Way for Tomorrow (DVD Review) 22 Feb, 2010
There won’t be a dozen movies out this year as great as Leo McCarey’s classic about elderly...More>>
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Days of Heaven (Blu-ray Review) 22 Mar, 2010
Seeing director Terrence Malick’s pastoral masterpiece on Blu-ray is the same kind of event...More>>
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Bigger Than Life (DVD Review) 22 Mar, 2010
The first movie I know to deal with a prescription drug nightmare in the suburbs. (Street Date...More>>
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Vivre sa vie (Blu-ray Review) 19 Apr, 2010
The movie is constructed as a dozen tableaux scenes chronicling a woman’s descent from a record...More>>
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Fugitive Kind, The (DVD Review) 26 Apr, 2010
Certain things in life are basically a slam-dunk to elicit a risible reaction. One of them is...More>>
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Ride With the Devil: Director’s Cut (Blu-ray Review) 3 May, 2010
Director Ang Lee’s adaptation of Daniel Woodrell’s Civil War novel 'Woe to Live On' led to the...More>>
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M (Blu-ray Review) 6 May, 2010
The HD presentation and excellent extras make this Blu-ray the definitive home video version of...More>>
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Walkabout (Blu-ray Review) 17 May, 2010
A prominent example of a movie beloved by many within cult parameters yet not particularly known to...More>>
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Stagecoach (Blu-ray Review) 24 May, 2010
The print here — struck from best-existing 1942 materials, which tells you everything you have to...More>>
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Mystery Train (Blu-ray Review) 21 Jun, 2010
Writer-director Jim Jarmusch’s quirky 1989 three-parter does, say those in the know, capture...More>>
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Night Train to Munich (DVD Review) 28 Jun, 2010
No fans of Alfred Hitchcock’s classic train mystery 'The Lady Vanishes' should deny themselves...More>>
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Black Narcissus (Blu-ray Review) 19 Jul, 2010
The Blu-ray pretty well equals the impressive theatrical print, which merits serious consideration...More>>
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Louie Bluie (DVD Review) 9 Aug, 2010
Terry Zwigoff’s little seen 'Louie Bluie' is a 60-minute documentary on late country-blues...More>>
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Black Orpheus (Blu-ray Review) 23 Aug, 2010
Writer-director Marcel Camus’ panoply of pigmented costuming (against an equally kinetic beat)...More>>
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