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No Country for Old Men DVD Review
Winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture, No Country for Old Men also won three additional Oscars: Best Director (Ethan and Joel Coen), Best Adapted Screenplay (the Coen brothers again) and Best Supporting Actor (Javier Bardem).
Winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture, No Country for Old Men also won three additional Oscars: Best Director (Ethan and Joel Coen), Best Adapted Screenplay (the Coen brothers again) and Best Supporting Actor (Javier Bardem).
King Kong Two-Disc Special Edition DVD Review
King Kong (2005), a remake of the 1933 classic, was directed by Peter Jackson. Read a review of this movie on DVD.
King Kong (2005), a remake of the 1933 classic, was directed by Peter Jackson. Read a review of this movie on DVD.
King of California DVD Review
In King of California, first-time filmmaker Mike Cahill has created a tender father-daughter story that is both poignant and darkly humorous.
In King of California, first-time filmmaker Mike Cahill has created a tender father-daughter story that is both poignant and darkly humorous.
Klimt DVD Review
If you like the paintings and drawings of Gustav Klimt, or if you have an interest in fin-de-sičcle Vienna, then you will probably want to see this imaginative film that mixes fact with fantasy while chronicling the famed artist's final 18 years.
If you like the paintings and drawings of Gustav Klimt, or if you have an interest in fin-de-sičcle Vienna, then you will probably want to see this imaginative film that mixes fact with fantasy while chronicling the famed artist's final 18 years.
L'Enfant DVD Review
L'Enfant (2005) is a French-language drama that won the Palme d'Or at Cannes. Find out more about the movie in this review of L'Enfant on DVD.
L'Enfant (2005) is a French-language drama that won the Palme d'Or at Cannes. Find out more about the movie in this review of L'Enfant on DVD.
La Bete humaine (Criterion Collection) DVD Review
La Bęte humaine is sometimes described as being a precursor to Hollywood film noir, and that description is helpful as a shorthand for the movie's generally dark tone. However, Jean Renoir made a film that is not unrelentingly downbeat, and several scenes are lyrical.
La Bęte humaine is sometimes described as being a precursor to Hollywood film noir, and that description is helpful as a shorthand for the movie's generally dark tone. However, Jean Renoir made a film that is not unrelentingly downbeat, and several scenes are lyrical.
La Dolce vita DVD Review
Read a review of Fellini's masterpiece on DVD.
Read a review of Fellini's masterpiece on DVD.
La Marseillaise DVD Review
Between his masterpieces Grand Illusion and The Rules of the Game, Jean Renoir made another outstanding film, La Marseillaise, which is about the part of the French Revolution taking place when the title song first became popular.
Between his masterpieces Grand Illusion and The Rules of the Game, Jean Renoir made another outstanding film, La Marseillaise, which is about the part of the French Revolution taking place when the title song first became popular.
La Strada DVD Review
While La Strada lacks the complexity and audaciousness of some of Fellini’s later movies, it is nonetheless a charming, accessible, and poetic film that no cineaste should miss, and I’m delighted that Criterion Collection has released it on DVD.
While La Strada lacks the complexity and audaciousness of some of Fellini’s later movies, it is nonetheless a charming, accessible, and poetic film that no cineaste should miss, and I’m delighted that Criterion Collection has released it on DVD.
La Traviata DVD Review
To my mind, Franco Zeffirelli's dazzlingly cinematic 1982 Italian-language movie version of Giuseppe Verdi's 1853 opera "La Traviata" is one of cinema's greatest combinations of filmmaking and musical performance. Read more...
To my mind, Franco Zeffirelli's dazzlingly cinematic 1982 Italian-language movie version of Giuseppe Verdi's 1853 opera "La Traviata" is one of cinema's greatest combinations of filmmaking and musical performance. Read more...
La Vie en Rose DVD Review
Actress Marion Cotillard gives a powerful performance in this French-language biopic about iconic singer Edith Piaf.
Actress Marion Cotillard gives a powerful performance in this French-language biopic about iconic singer Edith Piaf.
Laura DVD Review
"Laura" (1944) is one of the great classic Hollywood movies. It's a stylish film noir with an exceptional cast that includes Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, Vincent Price, and Judith Anderson. Read a full-length review of "Laura" on DVD.
"Laura" (1944) is one of the great classic Hollywood movies. It's a stylish film noir with an exceptional cast that includes Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, Vincent Price, and Judith Anderson. Read a full-length review of "Laura" on DVD.
Leave Her to Heaven DVD Review
"Well, of all the seven deadly sins, jealousy is the most deadly," says one of the characters in "Leave Her to Heaven," summing up the theme of this 1945 film noir. Read a review of the movie "Leave Her to Heaven" on DVD.
"Well, of all the seven deadly sins, jealousy is the most deadly," says one of the characters in "Leave Her to Heaven," summing up the theme of this 1945 film noir. Read a review of the movie "Leave Her to Heaven" on DVD.
Letters From Iwo Jima DVD Review
Directed by Clint Eastwood, Letters From Iwo Jima was nominated for four Academy Awards.It is one of a pair of films Eastwood directed that center around the World War II Battle of Iwo Jima, the other being Flags of Our Fathers. Read a review of Letters From Iwo Jima on DVD.
Directed by Clint Eastwood, Letters From Iwo Jima was nominated for four Academy Awards.It is one of a pair of films Eastwood directed that center around the World War II Battle of Iwo Jima, the other being Flags of Our Fathers. Read a review of Letters From Iwo Jima on DVD.
Little Children DVD Review
Kate Winslet and Jackie Earle Haley received Academy Award nominations for their performances in Little Children (2006), which also got an Oscar nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay (Todd Field and Tom Perrotta).
Kate Winslet and Jackie Earle Haley received Academy Award nominations for their performances in Little Children (2006), which also got an Oscar nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay (Todd Field and Tom Perrotta).
Live-In Maid DVD Review
Although well-received on the festival circuit and winner of a Special Jury Prize at Sundance, this movie got only a limited release in American theaters.
Although well-received on the festival circuit and winner of a Special Jury Prize at Sundance, this movie got only a limited release in American theaters.
Lost in Translation DVD Review
Outside the hotel room in the corporate-looking Park Hyatt Tokyo lies a teeming, sprawling, neon-lit, high-rise metropolis. Inside, two discontented Americans—a middle-aged man and a woman three decades his junior—watch "La Dolce vita" on television. This is one of several images that stick in my mind from the movie "Lost in Translation" (2003).
Outside the hotel room in the corporate-looking Park Hyatt Tokyo lies a teeming, sprawling, neon-lit, high-rise metropolis. Inside, two discontented Americans—a middle-aged man and a woman three decades his junior—watch "La Dolce vita" on television. This is one of several images that stick in my mind from the movie "Lost in Translation" (2003).
M*A*S*H DVD Review
Robert Altman's landmark film chronicles the zany antics of American medical personnel who treat the wounded during a war in Asia, but the movie is darker and edgier than the TV series.
Robert Altman's landmark film chronicles the zany antics of American medical personnel who treat the wounded during a war in Asia, but the movie is darker and edgier than the TV series.
March of the Penguins DVD Review
While I don't actively dislike nature documentaries, I invariably find something else to do rather than watch the ones that air on TV. Thus, it came as something of a surprise to me that I so enjoyed March of the Penguins (2005), the hit documentary about the breeding cycle of emperor penguins in Antarctica. I highly recommend this movie to adults and children alike.
While I don't actively dislike nature documentaries, I invariably find something else to do rather than watch the ones that air on TV. Thus, it came as something of a surprise to me that I so enjoyed March of the Penguins (2005), the hit documentary about the breeding cycle of emperor penguins in Antarctica. I highly recommend this movie to adults and children alike.
Marie Antoinette DVD Review
In Marie Antoinette, writer-director Sofia Coppola invites us to join her in an attempt to get inside the head of the iconic title character.
In Marie Antoinette, writer-director Sofia Coppola invites us to join her in an attempt to get inside the head of the iconic title character.
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World DVD
This action-adventure movie received an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture. Read a review of "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" on DVD.
This action-adventure movie received an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture. Read a review of "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" on DVD.
Me and You and Everyone We Know DVD Review
When I watched this movie on DVD, I found it to be humanistic and accessible, as well as a work of beguiling originality. Read a review of Everyone We Know on DVD.
When I watched this movie on DVD, I found it to be humanistic and accessible, as well as a work of beguiling originality. Read a review of Everyone We Know on DVD.
Mean Streets DVD Review
Years ago, I saw "Mean Streets" in a theater and loved it. As the years went by, Scorsese became famous for his great films "Taxi Driver," "Raging Bull," and "Goodfellas," but I consider "Mean Streets" to be at least as good as any of his movies. His later films are more polished and appeal to a wider audience, but I like the raw, personal feel of "Mean Streets."
Years ago, I saw "Mean Streets" in a theater and loved it. As the years went by, Scorsese became famous for his great films "Taxi Driver," "Raging Bull," and "Goodfellas," but I consider "Mean Streets" to be at least as good as any of his movies. His later films are more polished and appeal to a wider audience, but I like the raw, personal feel of "Mean Streets."
Meet Me in St. Louis DVD Review
At last this great classic movie gets the DVD treatment it deserves. Read a review of Meet Me in St. Louis on DVD.
At last this great classic movie gets the DVD treatment it deserves. Read a review of Meet Me in St. Louis on DVD.
Melinda and Melinda DVD Review
"He's despondent. He's desperate. He's suicidal. All the comic elements are in place." So says a playwright in the film Melinda and Melinda, which was written and directed by Woody Allen. And for me, all the comic elements were in place when I watched this movie on DVD—I got a lot of laughs out of it.
"He's despondent. He's desperate. He's suicidal. All the comic elements are in place." So says a playwright in the film Melinda and Melinda, which was written and directed by Woody Allen. And for me, all the comic elements were in place when I watched this movie on DVD—I got a lot of laughs out of it.
Metallica Some Kind of Monster DVD Review
A heavy metal band with a mission statement and a therapist? According to the behind-the-music documentary, that was the case during the period 2001-2003 for the rock group Metallica. Read more...
A heavy metal band with a mission statement and a therapist? According to the behind-the-music documentary, that was the case during the period 2001-2003 for the rock group Metallica. Read more...
Miami Vice DVD Review (Unrated Director's Edition)
Read a DVD review of Miami Vice, a pulpy, operatic, visually stylish crime drama written and directed by Michael Mann.
Read a DVD review of Miami Vice, a pulpy, operatic, visually stylish crime drama written and directed by Michael Mann.
Million Dollar Baby DVD Review
Read a review of the movie on DVD.
Read a review of the movie on DVD.
Millions DVD Review
When I watched this Millions on DVD, I smiled a lot and laughed out loud several times. But the film also brought me close to tears. Find out more in this review of the movie on DVD.
When I watched this Millions on DVD, I smiled a lot and laughed out loud several times. But the film also brought me close to tears. Find out more in this review of the movie on DVD.
Monsieur Ibrahim DVD Review
Read a review of the film on DVD.
Read a review of the film on DVD.
Monster DVD Review
Charlize Theron won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in this downbeat drama.
Charlize Theron won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in this downbeat drama.
Mouchette (Criterion Collection) DVD Review
Robert Bresson (1907-1999) was a French filmmaker whose legacy includes Pickpocket (1959) and Au hasard Balthazar (1966), titles that often appear in lists of the greatest movies of all time. But Bresson made several other films that are extraordinary, including Mouchette (1967).
Robert Bresson (1907-1999) was a French filmmaker whose legacy includes Pickpocket (1959) and Au hasard Balthazar (1966), titles that often appear in lists of the greatest movies of all time. But Bresson made several other films that are extraordinary, including Mouchette (1967).
Mr. Arkadin DVD Review
Mr. Arkadin (1955) is one of the strangest movies I've ever seen, yet it's quite entertaining. Read a review of this movie on DVD.
Mr. Arkadin (1955) is one of the strangest movies I've ever seen, yet it's quite entertaining. Read a review of this movie on DVD.
Munich DVD Review
Munich is an emotionally and intellectually engaging movie that reminded me of cinema's power as an art form. Read a review of this movie on DVD.
Munich is an emotionally and intellectually engaging movie that reminded me of cinema's power as an art form. Read a review of this movie on DVD.
My Darling Clementine DVD Review
I rate this film as one of the great American classic movies.
I rate this film as one of the great American classic movies.
Mystic River DVD Review
A review of the film on DVD, including an depth look at the special features of the three-disc set.
A review of the film on DVD, including an depth look at the special features of the three-disc set.
New York, New York (30th Anniversary Edition) DVD Review
Directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Liza Minnelli and Robert De Niro, this is a curious film that can get under a thoughtful viewer's skin.
Directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Liza Minnelli and Robert De Niro, this is a curious film that can get under a thoughtful viewer's skin.
No Direction Home DVD Review
No Direction Home has aired on television on both PBS and the BBC, but I watched it on DVD. It's the best music documentary I've seen, and I consider it among the best documentaries of any kind.
No Direction Home has aired on television on both PBS and the BBC, but I watched it on DVD. It's the best music documentary I've seen, and I consider it among the best documentaries of any kind.
Nosferatu DVD Review
I don't consider F. W. Murnau's film to be scary in a panic-inducing sort of way, but I do find it eerie, unsettling, and haunting. Read a full-length review of this movie on DVD.
I don't consider F. W. Murnau's film to be scary in a panic-inducing sort of way, but I do find it eerie, unsettling, and haunting. Read a full-length review of this movie on DVD.
O Brother, Where Art Thou? DVD Review
A DVD review of this laugh-out-loud-funny comedy from Joel and Ethan Coen.
A DVD review of this laugh-out-loud-funny comedy from Joel and Ethan Coen.
The Last King of Scotland DVD Review
Forest Whitaker received the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in this drama. He is unforgettable in the role of Idi Amin, the sometimes brutal, sometimes charming, always eccentric dictator of Uganda during the 1970s. Another good reason to watch the film is for the location shooting in Kampala, Uganda's photogenic capital city.
Forest Whitaker received the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in this drama. He is unforgettable in the role of Idi Amin, the sometimes brutal, sometimes charming, always eccentric dictator of Uganda during the 1970s. Another good reason to watch the film is for the location shooting in Kampala, Uganda's photogenic capital city.
The Lives of Others DVD Review
Winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, The Lives of Others is a suspenseful, psychologically intense drama.
Winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, The Lives of Others is a suspenseful, psychologically intense drama.
The Lower Depths (Criterion Collection) DVD Review
Maxim Gorky's play The Lower Depths is about a group of people living in a flophouse in Czarist Russia. Two of cinema's greatest filmmakers have made movies based on that play: Jean Renoir in 1936 and Akira Kurosawa in 1957. On DVD, Criterion Collection produced a two-disc set containing both Renoir's and Kurosawa's film versions.
Maxim Gorky's play The Lower Depths is about a group of people living in a flophouse in Czarist Russia. Two of cinema's greatest filmmakers have made movies based on that play: Jean Renoir in 1936 and Akira Kurosawa in 1957. On DVD, Criterion Collection produced a two-disc set containing both Renoir's and Kurosawa's film versions.