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Les cousins [Masters of Cinema] [UK] Blu-ray Review

Posted April 16th, 2013 by Brandon A. DuHamel

Les cousins [Masters of Cinema] [UK] Blu-ray Review

Claude Chabrol’s second feature, Les cousins, was a mirror image of his first, Le beau Serge. More successful than the former, the complex morality play that mixed elements of farce, romance, thriller, and film noir would go on to help define and vindicate the nouvelle vague.

Le beau Serge [Masters of Cinema] [UK] Blu-ray Review

Posted April 16th, 2013 by Brandon A. DuHamel

Le beau Serge [Masters of Cinema] [UK] Blu-ray Review

The classic that launched the nouvelle vague arrives in a beautifully rendered edition from the Masters of Cinema series.

Holy Motors Blu-ray Review

Posted February 27th, 2013 by Brandon A. DuHamel

Holy Motors Blu-ray Review

A surreal comedy explosion that defies interpretation, Holy Motors is a film that must be seen.

That Obscure Object of Desire [StudioCanal Collection] Blu-ray Review

Posted January 28th, 2013 by Brandon A. DuHamel

That Obscure Object of Desire [StudioCanal Collection] Blu-ray Review

Lionsgate brings Luis Buñuel’s final film, a masterpiece that examines the indefinable element of attraction, to Blu-ray in a finely transferred StudioCanal Collection edition for the U.S.

360 [UK] Blu-ray Review

Posted January 7th, 2013 by Brandon A. DuHamel

360 [UK] Blu-ray Review

360 is like a sugary candy coating with no filling. The film looks great, the performances are solid, but the circular story meanders dully, and, in the end, provides no satisfaction. Ironically (or fittingly), for a film with sexual dalliances at its heart, this is one experience you’d soon like to forget.

Fear and Desire [Masters of Cinema] [UK] Blu-ray Review

Posted December 30th, 2012 by Brandon A. DuHamel

Fear and Desire [Masters of Cinema] [UK] Blu-ray Review

Stanley Kubrick’s controversial debut feature film is brought to Blu-ray with a solid restoration from The Library of Congress by Eureka’s Masters of Cinema series.

Two-Lane Blacktop [Criterion Collection] Blu-ray Review

Posted December 16th, 2012 by Brandon A. DuHamel

Two-Lane Blacktop [Criterion Collection] Blu-ray Review

Cult director Monte Hellman’s “New American Cinema” road movie classic gets a director-approved Blu-ray release from Criterion Collection.

Maîtresse [UK] Blu-ray Review

Posted November 4th, 2012 by Brandon A. DuHamel

Maîtresse [UK] Blu-ray Review

Barbet Schroeder’s controversial film Maîtresse finally hits home video in the UK in its complete, uncut form courtesy of the BFI.

Oedipus Rex [Masters of Cinema] [UK] Blu-ray Review

Posted September 24th, 2012 by Brandon A. DuHamel

Oedipus Rex [Masters of Cinema] [UK] Blu-ray Review

Pasolini’s classic adaptation of the Oedipus myth comes to Blu-ray in a solid dual-format edition from the Masters of Cinema series.

The Turin Horse [UK] Blu-ray Review

Posted September 12th, 2012 by Brandon A. DuHamel

The Turin Horse [UK] Blu-ray Review

“Magnificent” can hardly describe Béla Tarr’s self-proclaimed final film, The Turin Horse, an essay in the struggles of survival, of life and death, that truly plays out like poetry in motion.