DVD Picks: 70 Years of 'Casablanca'
Film critic Bob Mondello recommends the 70th anniversary Blu-ray release of the movie that made Humphrey Bogart an icon.
Film critic Bob Mondello recommends the 70th anniversary Blu-ray release of the movie that made Humphrey Bogart an icon.
The 1993 documentary The War Room, which offered a verite look behind the scenes of Bill Clinton’s 1992 presidential campaign, has just been released on Criterion Blu-ray and DVD. Critic-at-large John Powers explains why the film was revelatory — and why it could never be made today.
Act of Valor, a film that opened last weekend and earned nearly $25 million, was commissioned by the Navy’s Special Warfare Command to drum up recruits for its elite SEALs program. But it’s by no means the first movie made with the military’s cooperation.
There area a lot of bad movies out there. Some movies are so bad that they’re good.
With the silent film The Artist in competition for this year’s Best Picture Oscar, Bob Mondello has been thinking about the pre-talkie era. As it happens, the last silent film to win for Best Picture has just been released on Blu-ray: the 1927 flying-ace epic Wings.
Bob Mondello recommends a charming home video pick you almost certainly missed — and one that might make you think twice about sitting on Santa’s lap.
The holiday movie season offers a short break from the assault of summer blockbusters, and it’s the last chance for movie studios to push some of their award season contenders. Guest host Linda Wertheimer speaks with Washington Post movie critic Ann Hornaday about the films of this holiday season.
Film critic Bob Mondello recommends the 50th anniversary Blu-ray release of West Side Story .