Posted July 29th, 2010 by Brandon DuHamel
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.
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Posted July 26th, 2010 by Brandon DuHamel
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.
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Posted July 11th, 2010 by Brandon DuHamel
Lush, exotic, and sensual, Black Narcissus arrives as yet another reference release of a classic film on Blu-ray from the Criterion Collection
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Posted June 9th, 2010 by Brandon DuHamel
Michelangelo Antonioni’s complex masterpiece on modern isolation is brought to Blu-ray in a stunning transfer from Criterion.
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Posted May 27th, 2010 by Brandon DuHamel
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.
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Posted May 26th, 2010 by Brandon DuHamel
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.
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Posted May 5th, 2010 by Brandon DuHamel
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.
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Posted April 1st, 2010 by Brandon DuHamel
Olivier Assayas’ emotional, impressionistic drama is served up with a scrumptious 1080p Blu-ray transfer from Criterion.
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Posted February 15th, 2010 by Brandon DuHamel
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.
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Posted February 8th, 2010 by Brandon DuHamel
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.
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