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Blu-ray Review: BERGMAN ISLAND, Mia Hansen-Løve Muses on Muses
I think I liked it even more the second time. My review of Criterion’s new blu-ray of BERGMAN ISLAND, on Screen Anarchy, is live!
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The Crimes of Skywalker
I went to see Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker when it came out — too many times. I had social commitments I couldn’t reneg without feeling weird about it; plus, that overall sense that even bad Star Wars is worth studying, and a part of the family besides. After that first weekend, though, I…
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4K Review: Wong Kar Wai’s IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE Looks Sumptuous
The World of Wong Kar Wai steps into UHD and, surprise surprise, it looks fantastic. Read more
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Blu-ray Review: BOAT PEOPLE Shows What War Leaves In Its Wake
Ann Hui’s devastating 1982 portrait of postwar Vietnam and its refugees is despairingly relevant, even timely, in 2022. Read more
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Blu-ray Review: TIME, Spellbinding Work Of Lived, and Living, Memory
Director Garrett Bradley explodes her documentary to consider the breadth and weight of the years of an incarcerated family. Read more
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Review: NO TIME TO DIE
WHICH ONE IS THIS?: You Only Live Once WHO’S IN THIS ONE?: Craig (Bond); Fiennes (M); Harris (Moneypenny); Whishaw (Q, now canonically gay); Wright (Leiter).
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Blu-ray Review: With Bittersweet Timing, Criterion Unveils MELVIN VAN PEEBLES: ESSENTIAL FILMS
The five-disc set holds six feature films and abundant additional material to honour the late director, a voracious and pluralistic cinematic voice. Read more
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Blu-ray Review: LOVE & BASKETBALL Still A Gem, 20 Years Later
They meet at age 11, when she moves into the neighbourhood and he — mistaking her, at first, for a boy — lets her join a pickup basketball game. When she shakes out her hair and proceeds to kick his ass on the court, Quincy (played as a young man by Glenndon Chapman and as…
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Blu-ray Review: STREETWISE and TINY, Criterion’s Latest Double Feature, Spans A Lifetime
Filmmakers Mary Ellen Mark and Martin Bell paint a picture of a street kid, and the adult she became. Read more
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Blu-ray Review: FLOWERS OF SHANGHAI, An Opium-Fogged Reverie
Mesmerizing, fascinating, and makes me want to get deeply into opium. My full review is up on Screen Anarchy: screenanarchy.com/2021/05/blu-ray-review-flowers-of-shanghai-an-opium-fogged-reverie.html