Blu-ray Review: Amour
Anyone familiar with Austrian director Michael Haneke’s filmography—Funny Games, The Piano Teacher and Cache, among them—knows that he’s no stranger to taking on difficult topics and dealing with the controversy that comes with it. While his latest film, Amour, is less provocative, it’s no less unnerving. Haneke tackles the issue of growing old head on. […]
Blu-ray Review: Certified Copy (Criterion Collection)
More psychological than emotional, Abbas Kiarostami’s Certified Copy is a well crafted debate between a man and a woman that’s both fascinating and irritating. Graced with two solid performances by Juliette Binoche and William Shimmel, Tuscany as a backdrop, Kiarostami posts some tough questions about what we see as real, without providing any definitive answers. […]