The most famous Olympics documentaries are Leni Riefenstahl’s “Olympia,†about the 1936 Berlin Olympics, and Kon Ichikawa’s 1965 “Tokyo Olympiad,†which is as almost as great as “Olympia†and has the added benefit of being Hitler-free.
New on DVD and Blu-ray, July 27 Footnote Two Talmudic scholars – a frustrated, traditionalist father (Shlomo Bar-Aba) and his successful, cutting-edge son (Lior Ashkenazi) – lock horns in writer-director Joseph Cedar’s vivacious, quirky film, a tale of academic maneuvering and mystery that has its little fun with suspense-film conventions.
This week is made by the release of Star Trek: The Next Generation ’s first season on Blu-ray. There’s some catalog stuff, and two Eddie Murphy films, one that sat in the closet for nearly five years.
New on DVD and Blu-ray, July 24 Untouchable” (2012), “Footnote” (2012), “Girl From the Naked Eye” (2012), “Girls’ Night: Spaghetti Western Collection (various dates) Treasure Island (2012).
DVD review: ‘Story of a Love Affair’ Roman Polanski, Woody Allen, Mike Nichols, Stanley Kubrick and the Coen brothers are some filmmakers who seem to have sprung onto their first movie set fully developed. Michelangelo Antonioni deserves to go to the head of the class, as attested to by the recent release of a major digital restoration of his first movie, the all-but-forgotten “Story of a Love …
WWI in books, movies, songs and poetry WWI in books, movies, songs and poetry Here is a short list of some books, movies and music about World War I: Just a couple of selections by Tuchman, the historian who specialized in World War I. “The Proud Tower” covers the years 1890-1914
Which movies to see this weekend, July 20 International Black Women’s Film Festival: Monty Python and the Holy Grail: Ticket holders will have a chance to win limited supplies of movie posters and coconuts.
Sting’s son has a startup that stitches together crowdsourced video to make movies