Here are our latest reviews of films on DVD.
Pre-2018 Film Reviews
13th
MaryAnn Johanson @ FlickFilosopher.com (2016)
- Excerpt: Brutal, necessary watch for all who want to understand why America operates with impunity re its horrendous treatment of Black people. Incisive and shocking, moreso now than when it debuted in 2016.
Cavalcade
Emanuel Levy @ OFCS (1933)
- Excerpt: Lavishly produced, Frank Lloyd’s screen version of Noel Coward’s sprawling saga won the the 1933 Best Picture Oscar
Cimarron
Emanuel Levy @ OFCS (1931)
- Excerpt: The first western to win the Best Picture Oscar was Cimarron, based on Edna Ferber’s best-selling novel
Grand Hotel
Emanuel Levy @ OFCS (1932)
- Excerpt: Grand Hotel, a star-driven melodrama, featuring Garbo, Barrymore, and Crawford, won the 1932 Best Picture Oscar
Shampoo
Bavner Donaldo @ CINEJOUR (1975) [Indonesian]
Showgirls
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Texan Review (1995)
- Excerpt: Showgirls, in all its figurative and literal naked glory, is tacky, tawdry, sleazy and at times flat-out bonkers. Despite its awfulness, I can see why so many enjoy its almost gleeful brazenness.
A Single Man
Wesley Lovell @ Cinema Sight (2006)
Victor and Victoria
Sarah Boslaugh @ TheArtsSTL (1933)
- Excerpt: Victor and Victoria is a marvelous comedy which never lets you forget that you are viewing a created object (not the least because much of the dialogue is sung, making this film something of an operetta) and which thus has no need to adhere to the dictates of naturalism.
