Blu-ray Review: The Mikado
Criterion | 1939 | 91 mins. | NR Making its debut at the Savoy Theater in 1885, Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Mikado was an immediate hit and went on to become one of their most enduring comic operas. Producer Richard D´Oyly Carte had a long standing relationship with W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan and had […]
Blu-ray Review: The Times of Harvey Milk
Criterion | 1984 | 88 mins. | NR Winner of the 1984 Oscar for Best Documentary, The Times of Harvey Milk is a gripping film that works on almost every level. Informative without being entirely one-sided, it’s also funny and exciting, tragic yet ultimately hopeful. It’s also one of those few movies that likely changed […]
Blu-ray Review: Au revoir les enfants
Criterion | 1987 | 104 mins. | PG Set in occupied France in the early months of 1944, the students at a Catholic boarding school in Vichy, France live a somewhat sheltered life, largely shut off from the rest of the world. The towering stone walls that surround the property act as a barrier between […]
Criterion Announces July Blu-ray Slate
The Criterion Collection has announced three films for release on Blu-ray. On July 20, the studio will release two Technicolor classics directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger: Black Narcissus (1947) and The Red Shoes (1948). One week later, it will release the 2007 film The Secret of the Grain (La graine et le mulet), […]
Downhill Racer CRITERION (TRAILER)
Criterion is set to release Downhill Racer, starring Robert Redford, Gene Hackman, and Camilla Sparv on November 17th. Check out the trailer.