Café Society (Blu-ray)
Over a career spanning six decades and more than forty-five films, Woody Allen has undoubtedly seen and learned a lot about Hollywood, movies and the glitz that surrounds it. Now in his eighties, Allen no longer stars in his films, but his life experiences seem to serve as the basis for many of his projects. […]
Blu-ray Review: Hemingway & Gellhorn
A rather conventional biopic about a decidedly unconventional couple, Philip Kaufman’s HBO telefilm Hemingway & Gellhorn traces the tumultuous relationship between writers Ernest Hemingway and Martha Gellhorn. Two of America’s most respected novelists and war correspondents of the 20th century, their relationship unfolded in the midst of great upheaval. The story is told from Martha […]
Blu-ray Review: Dazed and Confused (Criterion Collection)
Given time, nearly every generation gets a film made about them. Richard Linklater’s Dazed and Confused is for the survivors of the 1970s: that group of Americans who came of age when bellbottoms, love beads, mantras, and marijuana were in vogue, drinking and driving hadn’t become taboo, and safe sex only meant preventing pregnancy and […]
DVD Review: Spring Breakdown
Warner Bros. | 2009 | 84 mins | Rated R In the midst of financial problems, Warner Brothers was forced to close its independent picture wing Warner Independent. Some pictures on its slate found new studio homes, most notably Slumdog Millionaire, which was picked up by Fox Searchlight, released in theaters, became a big hit […]