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Reviews of DVDs and Blu-ray Discs from Criterion.


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Senso (Blu-ray Review)   7 Mar, 2011

Here are the visuals Luchino Visconti intended. Every shot is a painting, as you’ve heard said of other movies in a common refrain, but you don’t want to hang the images on the wall; you want to live in them.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 vision while preserving just enough grain to immortalize the film’s indie roots. 'El Norte' has probably not looked this good since its days on the festival circuit.More>>

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Sweet Smell of Success (Blu-ray Review)   28 Feb, 2011

Though it was a box office and critical flop in its day, 'Sweet Smell of Success' is now considered a classic, and this new Criterion release makes the movie seem more vivid and immediate than ever.More>>

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Broadcast News (Blu-ray Review)   14 Feb, 2011

James L. Brooks’ second feature as a director reverberates today in terms of the climactic mass layoffs at its story-central television network’s Washington, D.C., news bureau.More>>

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Night of the Hunter, The (Blu-ray Review)   29 Nov, 2010

Even for a movie budgeted in the $600,000 range with a short 36-day shooting schedule, Charles Laughton’s directorial masterpiece from Davis Grubb’s novel was a serious box office failure that by all accounts broke Laughton’s heart. Today, of course, it is routinely included on lists of the...More>>

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Paths of Glory (Blu-ray Review)   1 Nov, 2010

Cinematically, the film still dazzles as much as it ever has.More>>

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Thin Red Line, The (Blu-ray Review)   18 Oct, 2010

Rhapsodically photographed by John Toll and given one of Criterion’s most bang-up color masterings ever, Terrence Malick’s take on James Jones’ 1962 Guadalcanal novel couldn’t care less about conventionality — concentrating almost exclusively on the physical and the uncommonly...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 as one of the 10 most beautiful color movies of all time. (Street Date 7/20/10)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 know — is the best of the movie I’ve ever seen. Criterion has gone all out on the extras, too. (Street Date 5/25/10)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 German director Fritz Lang's masterpiece 'M.' (Street Date 5/11/10)More>>

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