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Black Orpheus [Criterion Collection] Blu-ray Review

Posted July 29th, 2010 by Brandon DuHamel

Black Orpheus [Criterion Collection] Blu-ray Review

Marcel Campus’ Black Orpheus isn’t the best looking Criterion Blu-ray release to come along of late, but the film’s colorful palette, marvelous music, and tragic story make it well worth watching.

Crumb [Criterion Collection] Blu-ray Review

Posted July 26th, 2010 by Brandon DuHamel

Crumb [Criterion Collection] Blu-ray Review

You’ll either love or hate Crumb the film, but Criterion has done an excellent job once again bringing another release to Blu-ray in reference quality form.

Black Narcissus [Criterion Collection] Blu-ray Review

Posted July 11th, 2010 by Brandon DuHamel

Black Narcissus [Criterion Collection] Blu-ray Review

Lush, exotic, and sensual, Black Narcissus arrives as yet another reference release of a classic film on Blu-ray from the Criterion Collection

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.

Stagecoach [Criterion Collection] Blu-ray Review

Posted May 5th, 2010 by Brandon DuHamel

Stagecoach [Criterion Collection] Blu-ray Review

It’s the western that defined the genre, made John Wayne a star, and put Monument Valley on the map — John Ford’s Stagecoach, newly restored by Criterion.

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.

Hunger [The Criterion Collection] Blu-ray Review

Posted February 15th, 2010 by Brandon DuHamel

Hunger [The Criterion Collection] Blu-ray Review

Criterion scores again with a reference quality release of this powerful film by director Steve McQueen about the death by hunger strike in 1981 of IRA leader Bobby Sands.

Lola Montès [The Criterion Collection] Blu-ray Review

Posted February 8th, 2010 by Brandon DuHamel

Lola Montès [The Criterion Collection] Blu-ray Review

Max Ophüls’ Lola Montès, restored to its original length and full-color glory, is a fine spectacle of filmmaking to behold in this superb transfer of the 2008 restoration.