Here are our latest reviews of films on DVD.
Reviews of Classic Films
Cries and Whispers
How to Be Loved (Jak byc kochana)
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: The hugely affecting Krafftówna crafts two radically different sides of the same coin, all symbolically set to variations of ‘Swan Lake.’
A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
Dennis Schwartz @ Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
The Noose (Petla)
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: You can already see the auteurist imprint of cowriter (with Marek Hlasko)/director Wojciech Has on his first feature, 1958’s “The Noose (Petla).”
Recent Home Video Releases
The Imitation Game
Love Hunter
Peter Nellhaus @ Coffee, Coffee and more Coffee
Mark of the Devil
Vincent and Theo
- Excerpt: Known for scene-scanning telephoto shots that seek to dissolve the traditional limitations of the frame, Robert Altman might have seemed a counterintuitive filmmaker to take on a film about painting, which must always work within a static canvas. But Van Gogh, of course, is no ordinary painter.
We Live Again
Stacia Kissick Jones @ She Blogged By Night
Woman of Straw
Peter Nellhaus @ Coffee, Coffee and more Coffee
Other Reviews from 2012 and earlier
Cemetery Gates
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
Empire Records
James Plath @ Family Home Theater
- Excerpt: It’s just crazy enough to make you smile . . . and it has a killer soundtrack.
How Strange to Be Named Federico: Scola Narrates Fellini
Marilyn Ferdinand @ Ferdy on Films
- Excerpt: Anyone interested in learning all about Fellini’s life and career should look elsewhere. Scola privileges impressions, memories, and imagination in offering some background on the director. In particular, Scola pays tribute to the camaraderie he experienced with Fellini.
The Last Horror Movie
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
New on Blu-ray and DVD (March 31, 2015)
James Plath @ Family Home Theater
Phantom Ship
James Jay Edwards @ FilmFracture
- Excerpt: Cinema Fearité Presents ‘Phantom Ship’ – A Speculative Account Of The Final Voyage Of The Mary Celeste
Without a Clue
James Plath @ Family Home Theater
- Excerpt: It’s a PG-rated light comedy that tries for slapstick at times and satire other times and often gets caught in-between. The result is a kind of tongue in cheek (or maybe bubble-pipe in mouth) parody that has a warm, tea cozy feel to it.
