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Criterion’s February Blu Releases
I’ve waited four years before purchasing Fantastic Mr. Fox; knowing that someday it would hit Criterion. Looks like all the waiting has paid off. We also get a really underrated Steven Soderbergh film...
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Fantastic Mr. Fox is out on Criterion BLU
While I got shut out today at Bay St. Video when I went to grab a copy (something about a flux in Canadian distributors) I shall be ordering it online, as I should have in the first place. Here are my...
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Blu-Ray Review: Couscous (The Secret of the Grain) [2007]
Director: Abdellatif Kechiche (Blue is the Warmest Colour, Black Venus, Sweat) Writers: Abdellatif Kechiche, Ghalia Lacroix Producer: Benoît Pilot Starring: Habib Boufares, Hafsia Herzi, Farida...
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August Criterion Blu-Rays Announced
And boy am I excited; for we’re finally getting a quality transfer of Pedro Almodóvar’s Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down! Now if we could just get a Criterion of Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. But I...
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Blu-Ray Review: Grey Gardens
Director: David Maysles, Albert Maysles, Ellen Hovde, Muffie Meyer Starring: Edith Bouvier Beale, Edith ‘Little Edie’ Bouvier Beale, Brooks Hyers, Jerry Torre Country: USA Running Time: 94 min Year:...
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Really Excited for June 28
New 2K digital master, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray New interviews with director Olivier Assayas and actors Juliette Binoche and Kristen Stewart Cloud Phenomena of...
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Blu-Ray Review: L’Avventura – Criterion Collection
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni Screenplay: Michelangelo Antonioni, Elio Bartolini, Tonino Guerra Starring: Gabriele Ferzetti, Monica Vitti, Lea Massari Country: Italy, France Running Time: 143 min...
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Blu-Ray Review: Overlord – Criterion Collection
Director: Stuart Cooper Screenplay: Stuart Cooper, Christopher Hudson Starring: Brian Stirner, Davyd Harries, Nicholas Ball Country: UK Running Time: 83 min Year: 1975 BBFC Certificate: 15 ****½...
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Blu-Ray Review: Here Comes Mr. Jordan – Criterion Collection
Director: Alexander Hall Screenplay: Sidney Buchman, Seton I. Miller Based on a Play by: Harry Segall Starring: Robert Montgomery, Claude Rains, Evelyn Keyes, James Gleason, Edward Everett Horton, Rita...
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Blu-Ray Review: The In-Laws – Criterion Collection
Director: Arthur Hiller Screenplay: Andrew Bergman Starring: Peter Falk, Alan Arkin, Richard Libertini, Ed Begley Jr., James Hong, David Paymer Country: USA Running Time: 103 min Year: 1979 BBFC...
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Blu-Ray Review: Cat People
Director: Jacques Tourneur Screenplay: DeWitt Bodeen Starring: Simone Simon, Tom Conway, Kent Smith, Jane Randolph Country: USA Running Time: 73 min Year: 1942 BBFC Certificate: PG ****~ (4/5) CCat...
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Blu-Ray Review: Don’t Look Back – Criterion Collection
Director: D.A. Pennebaker Screenplay: D.A. Pennebaker Starring: Bob Dylan, Albert Grossman, Bob Neuwirth Country: USA Running Time: 96 min Year: 1967 BBFC Certificate: 15 ***** (5/5) The phrase ‘don’t...
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Blu-Ray Review: Day for Night – Criterion Collection
Director: François Truffaut Screenplay: François Truffaut, Jean-Louis Richard, Suzanne Schiffman Starring: Jacqueline Bisset, Jean-Pierre Léaud, François Truffaut, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Valentina Cortese...
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Blu-Ray Review: His Girl Friday & The Front Page: Criterion Collection
The Criterion Collection add the Hollywood comedy classic His Girl Friday to their UK catalogue. Not content with merely upgrading this old favourite for Blu-Ray, they’ve included the first film...
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Blu-Ray Review: Mildred Pierce – Criterion Collection
Director: Michael Curtiz Screenplay: Ranald MacDougall Based on a Novel by: James M. Cain Starring: Joan Crawford, Ann Blyth, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott, Eve Arden, Bruce Bennett Country: USA Running...
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Blu-Ray Review: Cul-De-Sac – Criterion Collection
Director: Roman Polanski Screenplay: Gérard Brach, Roman Polanski Starring: Donald Pleasence, Françoise Dorléac, Lionel Stander, Jack MacGowran Country: UK Running Time: 103 min Year: 1966 BBFC...
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Blu-Ray Review: Lone Wolf and Cub – Criterion Collection
Directors: Kenji Misumi, Buichi Saitô (Baby Cart in Peril), Yoshiyuki Kuroda (White Heaven in Hell) Screenplays: Kazuo Koike, Tsutomu Nakamura (Baby Cart in the Land of Demons and White Heaven in Hell)...
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Blu-Ray Review: Tampopo – Criterion Collection
Director: Jûzô Itami Screenplay: Jûzô Itami Starring: Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto, Ken Watanabe, Kôji Yakusho, Rikiya Yasuoka Country: Japan Running Time: 114 min Year: 1985 BBFC Certificate: 15...
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Blu-Ray Review: 12 Angry Men – Criterion Collection
Director: Sidney Lumet Screenplay: Reginald Rose Based on a Story by: Reginald Rose Starring: Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Martin Balsam Country: USA Running Time: 96 min Year: 1957 BBFC Certificate: PG...
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Blu-Ray Review: Diabolique – Criterion Collection
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot Screenplay: René Masson, Frédéric Grendel, Henri-Georges Clouzot, Jérôme Géronimi Based on a Novel by: Pierre Boileau, Thomas Narcejac Starring: Simone Signoret, Véra...
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Blu-Ray Review: The Fisher King – Criterion Collection
Director: Terry Gilliam Screenplay: Richard LaGravenese Starring: Jeff Bridges, Robin Williams, Mercedes Ruehl, Amanda Plummer Country: USA Running Time: 137 min Year: 1991 BBFC Certificate: 15 ****~...
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Blu-Ray Review: A Brighter Summer Day – Criterion Collection
Director: Edward Yang Screenplay: Hung Hung, Mingtang Lai, Alex Yang, Edward Yang Starring: Chen Chang, Lisa Yang, Kuo-Chu Chang Country: Taiwan Running Time: 237 min Year: 1991 BBFC Certificate: 15...
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Blu-Ray Review: It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World – Criterion Collection
Director: Stanley Kramer Screenplay: William Rose, Tania Rose Starring: Spencer Tracy, Milton Berle, Ethel Merman, Sid Caesar, Buddy Hackett, Mickey Rooney, Dick Shawn, Phil Silvers, Terry-Thomas,...
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Blu-Ray Review: Certain Women – Criterion Collection
Director: Kelly Reichardt Screenplay: Kelly Reichardt Based on short stories by: Maile Meloy Starring: Lily Gladstone, Michelle Williams, Kristen Stewart, Laura Dern, Jared Harris, James Le Gros...
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Blu-Ray Review: Carnival of Souls – Criterion Collection
Director: Herk Harvey Screenplay: John Clifford Starring: Candace Hilligoss, Frances Feist, Sidney Berger, Art Ellison, Stan Levitt Country: USA Running Time: 78 min Year: 1962 BBFC Certificate: 12...
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