4K UHD Review: Dead Again
By the time Dead Again was released in 1991, actor-director Kenneth Branagh had made his name on the British stage and received worldwide acclaim for his performance in the 1989 screen version of Henry V, which was also his directorial debut. Given his vast experience with Shakespeare, the fact that his first Hollywood feature would […]
The Merchant of Four Seasons (Blu-ray) (Criterion)
Often after watching a film by Rainer Werner Fassbinder I find myself both mentally and physically exhausted. His style is unrelenting; often harsh. His character’s emotions exist right on the surface; they hide little, almost appearing to exaggerate everything they do. And yet given the bleak worlds in which Fassbinder’s character’s exist, this is understandable. […]