4K UHD Review: The Sacrifice
Andrei Tarkovsky’s final film, The Sacrifice, is a fitting epitaph for a great artist. While it’s not an easy movie to get through, nearly every frame is a piece of art, the script is thoughtful, and the performances are universally excellent. The story itself is a simple one. It covers twenty-four hours as a Swedish […]
DVD Review: Autumn Sonata
Like most of Ingmar Bergman’s best films, Autumn Sonata is so masterful in its presentation that the intense, emotional world of its characters—in this case an isolated, roomy parson’s house in the south of Norway—overwhelms our senses and becomes the total focus of our attention. Charlotte, played beautifully by Ingrid Bergman, is a renowned concert […]
Blu-ray Review: The Sacrifice
Andrei Tarkovsky’s final film The Sacrifice is a fitting epitaph for a great artist. While it’s not an easy movie to get through, nearly every frame is piece of art, the script is thoughtful, and the performances are universally excellent. The story itself is a fairly simple one. It covers twenty-four hours as a Swedish […]
Blu-ray Review: The Magician (Ansiktet)
Criterion | 1958 | 101 mins. | NR I’ll admit I often have trouble understanding everything being conveyed in an Ingmar Bergman film. A deeply personal filmmaker, some have gone as far as to label his work as ‘cold.’ Dig a little deeper though, and you’ll realize that the coldness lies only on the surface. […]