Here are our latest reviews of films on DVD.
Pre-2020 Film Reviews
Departure (1930)
- Excerpt: he cinematography is creative enough in its use of angles and cuts and montages that you may not notice how static the staging is (a quality shared by many early sound films, due to the limitations of the technology then available), while Max Knaake’s art direction perfectly captures the shabby gentility of a Weimar boardinghouse that has seen better days.
Lost Lovers (1971)
- Excerpt: “Lost Lovers” is a strange movie, and at 123 minutes somewhat overextends its welcome, particularly due to its episodic nature. At the same time, it is very entertaining, also due to the intense exploitation elements, and the overall audiovisual approach, with the rock’n’roll soundtrack helping the most in that regard. As such, it definitely deserves a watch, even though it seems to lie on a lower level than the rest of the ATG titles.
