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Delicatessen [StudioCanal Collection][UK] Blu-ray Review

Posted September 2nd, 2010 by Brandon DuHamel

Delicatessen [StudioCanal Collection][UK] Blu-ray Review

This tasty dark comedic treat may not be for everyone, but it’s served up nicely in this StudioCanal Collection release from Optimum.

Mulholland Drive [StudioCanal Collection][UK] Blu-ray Review

Posted August 31st, 2010 by Brandon DuHamel

Mulholland Drive [StudioCanal Collection][UK] Blu-ray Review

David Lynch’s surrealistic vision in Mulholland Drive is refreshed in a solid 1080p StudioCanal Collection release from Optimum Releasing.

Donnie Darko: Ultimate 2-Disc Edition [UK Release] Blu-ray Review

Posted June 21st, 2010 by Brandon DuHamel

Donnie Darko: Ultimate 2-Disc Edition [UK Release] Blu-ray Review

The cult classic has a lackluster video transfer, but oodles of extras including both Theatrical and Director’s cuts that fans of the film should love.

Red Desert [Criterion Collection] Blu-ray Review

Posted June 9th, 2010 by Brandon DuHamel

Red Desert [Criterion Collection] Blu-ray Review

Michelangelo Antonioni’s complex masterpiece on modern isolation is brought to Blu-ray in a stunning transfer from Criterion.

by Brakhage: An Anthology [Criterion Collection] Blu-ray Review

Posted May 27th, 2010 by Brandon DuHamel

by Brakhage: An Anthology [Criterion Collection] Blu-ray Review

by Brakhage: An Anthology is truly art in motion and Criterion has put tremendous effort into restoring this visionary artist’s extensive and difficult archive for release in high definition.

Mystery Train [Criterion Collection] Blu-ray Review

Posted May 26th, 2010 by Brandon DuHamel

Mystery Train [Criterion Collection] Blu-ray Review

See the lost ideals of Americana in a dilapidated Memphis on this reference release of Jim Jarmusch’s thought provoking 1989 film Mystery Train from Criterion.

Inland Empire [UK Release] Blu-ray Review

Posted April 16th, 2010 by Brandon DuHamel

Inland Empire [UK Release] Blu-ray Review

David Lynch’s Inland Empire is a beautiful and emotionally charged stream-of-consciousness journey through the mind, but its DV camera production means the Blu-ray release looks no better than a DVD.

Summer Hours [Criterion Collection] Blu-ray Review

Posted April 1st, 2010 by Brandon DuHamel

Summer Hours [Criterion Collection] Blu-ray Review

Olivier Assayas’ emotional, impressionistic drama is served up with a scrumptious 1080p Blu-ray transfer from Criterion.

Last Year at Marienbad (L’année dernière à Marienbad) [UK Release] Blu-ray Review

Posted October 27th, 2009 by Brandon DuHamel

Last Year at Marienbad (L’année dernière à Marienbad) [UK Release] Blu-ray Review

Alain Resnais’ enigmatic, genre-defining and defying film, Last Year at Marienbad, arrives on Blu-ray in a pleasing transfer from Optimum Releasing.

Le Mépris [UK Release] Blu-ray Review

Posted October 18th, 2009 by Brandon DuHamel

Le Mépris [UK Release] Blu-ray Review

The price of Hollywood, the price of being a god, the dissolution of love — it’s Godard’s most traditional narrative, but “traditional” doesn’t mean banal when it comes to Godard, the complex emotional and symbolic layers of Le Mépris and its leading actress Brigitte Bardot.