Here are our latest reviews of films on DVD.
Reviews of Classic Films
Atlantic City
Cole Smithey @ ColeSmithey.com
- Excerpt: “Atlantic City” is full of compact social editorializing that elevates its seemingly run-of-the-mill trappings into something sublime by way of its emotionally dependent characters.
The Big Chill
Jamie S. Rich @ Criterion Confessions
- Excerpt: nd yet, again, I must stress, The Big Chill is an enjoyable movie. I don’t think it’s a very good one, but it’s pretty easy to watch.
Fort Apache
Stacia Kissick Jones @ She Blogged By Night
It Happened One Night
Kristen Lopez @ Journeys in Classic Film
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Kristen Lopez @ Awards Circuit
- Excerpt: Mr. Deeds Goes to a Town is a heartwarming slice of Americana with picture-perfect performances from Jean Arthur and Gary Cooper.
Paris Blues
- Excerpt: Martin Ritt’s 1961 jazz-infused drama Paris Blues is one of those films that, once you’ve seen it, you’re kind of shocked that people don’t talk about it more. A joint vehicle for Sidney Poitier and Paul Newman, Paris Blues is a Kazan-like social narrative that juxtaposes new Hollywood method with old Hollywood romanticism and somehow let’s both win without compromising either.
Pink Flamingos
Cole Smithey @ ColeSmithey.com
- Excerpt: John Waters’s second movie not only set the low bar for just how gross a midnight movie could be in 1972, “Pink Flamingos” remains to this day the most cogently transgressive and anarchic film ever made.
Separate Tables
- Excerpt: Delbert Mann’s cinematic adaptation of Terence Rattigan’s Separate Tables is a terrific drama that grapples with some heavy issues with a delicate touch and sensitive insight. An all-star cast, including Oscar-winners David Niven and Deborah Kerr, as well as a forceful performance by Burt Lancaster, brings the varying population of a British hotel to life.
Sex, Lies, and Videotape
To Catch a Thief
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Mark Hobin @ Fast Film Reviews
- Excerpt: Over the years, however, the film achieved the status as a cult film and is now widely accepted as an outright classic. It’s easy to see why.
You Can’t Take It With You
Kristen Lopez @ Journeys in Classic Film
Recent Home Video Releases
Born Yesterday
Kristen Lopez @ Awards Circuit
- Excerpt: Holliday and Holden act as the student and teacher of a brave new world where people shouldn’t be afraid to gain a bit of intelligence.
Five Dances
Peter Nellhaus @ Coffee Coffee and more Coffee
Noah
M. Enois Duarte @ High-Def Digest.com
- Excerpt: To watch it as simply another Bible story is to miss the fact that Aronofsky reminds audiences of the flood myth’s lasting effect as a parable, or better yet as an ancient allegory in which we see our contemporary world conveyed.
Nymph()maniac Vol. I + II | DVD Review
Jordan M. Smith @ IONCINEMA.com
- Excerpt: Nymph()maniac props its sexual indulgences upon the dense thematic support of gender politics, dry humor, and the philosophical challenges inherent in the freedom of flesh from emotion.
The Suspect
Peter Nellhaus @ Coffee Coffee and more Coffee
Wolf Creek 2
M. Enois Duarte @ High-Def Digest.com
Other Reviews from 2012 and earlier
20 Years Later: True Lies
All That Heaven Allows
Tim Brayton @ Antagony & Ecstasy
American Madness
Kristen Lopez @ Journeys in Classic Film
Bus Stop
Tim Brayton @ Antagony & Ecstasy
Children Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things
Dennis Schwartz @ Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Congo
Tim Brayton @ Antagony & Ecstasy
Deathdream
Dennis Schwartz @ Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Gidget
Tim Brayton @ Antagony & Ecstasy
Hell Night
Tim Brayton @ Antagony & Ecstasy
Love in the Afternoon (1957)
Tim Brayton @ Antagony & Ecstasy
The New York Ripper
Tim Brayton @ Antagony & Ecstasy
Scanners
M. Enois Duarte @ High-Def Digest.com
Some Came Running
Tim Brayton @ Antagony & Ecstasy
Thelma & Louise
Tim Brayton @ Antagony & Ecstasy
