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Home Video Hovel: Inglourious Basterds, by Rudie Obias

Here’s something different. I usually review releases from the Criterion Collection, especially over the last two years or so. I rarely write about other boutique home video distribution companies, like Shout! Factory, Kino Lorber, Oscilloscope Laboratories, and Radiance Films. It’s...

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Monday Movie: In Darkness, by David Bax

Every Monday, we’ll highlight a piece of writing from our vaults. This review of In Darkness originally ran as a theatrical review. I feel sort of guilty for the reaction I had when I first read about Agnieszka Holland’s new...

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Home Video Hovel: Eastern Condors, by Rudie Obias

Every now and then the Criterion Collection selects oddball and pulpy B-movies — like House, The Blob, The Incredible Shrinking Man, Blast of Silence, and Carnival of Souls— that seemingly don’t fit their mission statement of “publishing important classic and...

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Monday Movie: Full Metal Jacket, by Kyle Anderson

Every Monday, we’ll highlight a piece of writing from our vaults. This review of Full Metal Jacket originally ran as part of Kyle Anderson’s Kubrick in Reverse series. Stanley Kubrick’s penultimate film, 1987’s Full Metal Jacket, was a realistic slice of...

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Monday Movie: Good Morning Babylon, by Alexander Miller

Every Monday, we’ll highlight a piece of writing from our vaults. This review of Good Morning Babylon originally ran as a Criterion Prediction. Pairing the production of D.W. Griffith’s Intolerance with a witty, metaphorical story of two brothers making their way in...

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Benediction: Does It Matter?, by David Bax

Terence Davies’ Benediction contains poetry. On the one hand, that’s a literal description of the movie; it’s a biography of twentieth century British poet Siegfried Sassoon. But those familiar with Davies‘ work will know that it’s also a description of...

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