Here are our latest reviews of films for home viewing.
Pre-2023 Film Reviews
The Bat (1926)
Michael Barrett @ PopMatters.com
The Beast Within (1982)
Michael Barrett @ PopMatters.com
By a Man’s Face Shall You Know Him (1966)
- Excerpt: By A Man’s Face You Shall Know Him offers an excellent introduction to Kato’s directing style, which is characterized by a low camera position such that you frequently seem to be looking up at the characters from ankle level, and the juxtaposition of static-camera long takes with sequences of quick cutting and extreme closeups.
Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
Sebastian Zavala @ MeGustaElCine.com [Spanish]
- Excerpt: “Grave of the Fireflies” is simply a work of art; a film that, more than thirty-five years ago, demonstrated that animation can be used to tell mature, bloody, emotional, tragic, believable and very human stories.
I, the Executioner (1968)
- Excerpt: …a story of relentless revenge carried out by someone whose connection to the crime in question is extremely tangential.
Peeping Tom (1960)
- Excerpt: Peeping Tom is an astonishing film that doesn’t lose its power upon repeated viewings.
