Highly Recommended THE FILM Please Note: The images used here are from stills provided by The Criterion Collection and promotional materials and are not taken from the current Blu-ray edition under review. One of the reasons that Czech writer Vladislav Vancura’s 1931 novel Marketa Lazarova has long been considered a notorious challenge to translators is that its avant-gardism — its intentional …
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Skip It Note: images do not reflect the contents of the Blowing Wild Blu-Ray. The Movie: Over the past couple of years, Olive Films has been the classic film lover’s best friend. They’ve already reissued several lesser-known but generally worthwhile films from the archives of Paramount and Republic, along with independent ventures such as the John Garfield boxing flick Body and Soul .
Recommended In 10 Words or Less Another surreal trip from Quentin Dupieux Reviewer’s Bias* Loves: Surreal films, dogs Likes: Jack Plotnick, Quentin Dupieux Dislikes: Closed-minded audiences Hates: Boring old movies The Movie Quentin Dupieux’s 2010 English-language debut Rubber is a striking film, telling the story of a homicidal tire with psychic powers, on a killing spree, as an audience …
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Recommended The Movie: The 1933 romantic comedy Perfect Understanding , newly released on Blu Ray by the Cohen Film Collection, might best be described as a vanity project. Gloria Swanson performed double duty as actress and producer with this luxurious British production, resulting in an enjoyable yet quirky experiment. Swanson had a lot riding on Perfect Understanding .
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Highly Recommended THE FILM Please Note: The images used here are from promotional materials and stills provided by The Criterion Collection , not the current Blu-ray edition under review. If one were forced (against one’s will, it would have to be) to pick and choose and split hairs among the near-uniformly excellent, inspired, and distinctive-visioned films of English writer-director Mike …
Highly Recommended The Movie: Best known because it was banned by the BBC before it was supposed to be aired in 1977, Alan Clarke’s Scum holds up well despite all the hype around this project, one which actually started life as a made for TV movie. In the lead, Ray Winstone plays Carlin, a thug imprisoned for his wrongdoings on the outside. He’s recently been transferred to Borstel, a youth …