Blu-ray Review: Absence of Malice
Written by former journalist Kurt Luedtke, Sydney Pollack’s controversial drama Absence of Malice is a splendidly disturbing examination of the power of the press to do irreparable harm. Sally Field plays Megan Carter, a young, up-and-coming news writer for a widely read Miami newspaper. While gathering information on the most recent police beats, she’s called […]
Blu-ray Review: New York, New York
In 1977 director Martin Scorsese was on a roll. Hot off the critical and commercial success of Mean Streets, Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, and Taxi Driver, he was given free rein to do whatever he wished. His pet project was very complex: a blending of cinema verité and the elaborate musical sequences of the […]