Here are our latest reviews of films on DVD.
Reviews of Classic Films
Madam Satan
Rob Gonsalves @ efilmcritic.com
Paris, Texas
Kenji Fujishima @ The Playlist
The Samurai Trilogy
Roderick Heath @ Ferdy on Films
- Excerpt: The Samurai trilogy is probably Hiroshi Inagaki’s best-known work, however, a grand, richly textured, folkloric take on the life of Miyamoto Musashi as mediated by a fictionalised novel by Eiji Yoshikawa and its stage adaptation by Hideji Hojo. Inagaki at once mythologises and presents a profoundly ambivalent analysis of the life of Musashi, surely the most famous samurai of all time.
Zazie dans le Metro
Gregory J. Smalley @ 366 Weird Movies
- Excerpt: If a mad scientist found a way to cross-breed Luis Buñuel and Charlie Chaplin, ‘Zazie dans le Metro’ is the movie the mutant hybrid would direct.
Recent Home Video Releases
Morituris
Peter Nellhaus @ Coffee, Coffee and more Coffee
The World of Henry Orient
Kristen Lopez @ Awards Circuit
Other Reviews from 2014 and earlier
The American Friend
Kenji Fujishima @ The Playlist
The Creation of the Humanoids
Roderick Heath @ This Island Rod
- Excerpt: An authentic oddity and paradigm of low-budget science fiction cinema from the early ‘60s…
Duel
James Jay Edwards @ FilmFracture
- Excerpt: Cinema Fearité Presents ‘Duel’ – An Evil Truck Jump-Starts Steven Spielberg’s Career
A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night
João Pinto @ http://www.portal-cinema.com [Portuguese]
The Glass Shield
Kenji Fujishima @ Brooklyn Magazine
The Goalie’s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick
Kenji Fujishima @ The Playlist
It Follows
João Pinto @ http://www.portal-cinema.com [Portuguese]
Kings of the Road
Kenji Fujishima @ The Playlist
The Opposite Sex
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Cafe Texan
- Excerpt: Essentially the same plot as The Women, The Opposite Sex allows for some musical numbers to slip in, and while sadly not in the league of The Women, The Opposite Sex is not a bad way to spend a dull afternoon.
Reality
- Excerpt: If you didn’t like Dupieux’ previous films, like Rubber and Wrong, Reality will not work for you. If you enjoyed his canon so far, this is a must-see.
Smash Palace
Dennis Schwartz @ Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Troma’s War
Gregory J. Smalley @ 366 Weird Movies
- Excerpt: Between firing thousands of blank rounds and bursting hundreds of blood squibs, blowing up watchtowers and lighting up stuntmen in flame-retardant suits, ‘War’ occasionally fools itself into thinking its a real action movie rather than an absurd spoof.
