‘The Duellists’ and ‘Cabaret’ receive Blu-ray upgrades this week
“The Duellists†was Ridley Scott’s first film and it’s a visual stunner on Blu-ray for the first…
February 3, 2013
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“The Duellists†was Ridley Scott’s first film and it’s a visual stunner on Blu-ray for the first…
“That’s what I want. No pity,†explains François Cluzet’s quadriplegic, Paul, to his adviser about his “pitiless†carer, Driss (Omar Sy, very convincing), a Senegalese rough diamond from a La Haine-style estate in Paris.
Lena Dunham directs, produces, writes, stars and sheds her clothes quite a bit in these tangy adventures of four twentysomething New Yorkers: self-absorbed Hannah (Dunham), uptight Marnie (Allison Williams), promiscuous Jessa (Jemima Kirke) and goofy Shoshanna (Zosia Mamet, very funny).
“You can clear up the mess now but don’t touch my coffin.â€
DVD review: ‘Following’ On the same day that Warner Bros. released the gargantuan caped-crusader instant classic “The Dark Knight Rises,” the Criterion Collection released a black-and-white, $25,000-or-so psychological thriller from 1997 with no stars.
The Mammoth Screen Theatre in the Museum of Ancient Life at Thanksgiving Point in Lehi has shown plenty of notable large-format nature films in its time. The new film “Titans of the Ice Age,” …
Silent films – 40 movies will screen Silent films – 40 movies will screen Some 40 silent films, all projected on 35mm, will be screened in the Bay Area through February (three unrelated film series plus the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum’s usual weekly fare). Most intriguing is a traveling Pickford series, with author Christel Schmidt presenting a program each of the next three nights …
This week sees the release of a couple of films nominated for ‘Best Picture’ at the Oscars — Zero Dark Thirty, a drama about the woman who found Osama Bin Laden and quirky romantic comedy drama Silver Linings Playbook.