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  • HomeVideo Review Wake In Fright

    A schoolteacher gets stranded in a booze-soaked outback hellhole in Ted Kotcheff’s rediscovered Ozploitation triumph.

    January 23, 2013 | 12:00am -

  • HomeVideo Review The Jazz Singer

    A three-disc version of the groundbreaking Al Jolson film offers a chance to explore its important and troubling legacy.

    January 23, 2013 | 12:00am -

  • HomeVideo Review The Man Who Knew Too Much

    Alfred Hitchcock’s career was on the skids until he righted himself with this classic exercise in suspense.

    January 16, 2013 | 12:01am -

  • HomeVideo Review I Am Bruce Lee / Crime Story / The Protector 

    A new documentary on Bruce Lee and a pair of off-model Jackie Chan films reveal martial artists trying to cross over.

    January 16, 2013 | 12:00am -

  • HomeVideo Review The Charlie Brown And Snoopy Show: The Complete Animated Series

    Everyone knows the specials, but this short-lived Saturday morning cartoon from the ’80s better evokes the spirit of Charles Schulz’s Peanuts strip.

    January 9, 2013 | 12:02am -

  • HomeVideo Review Ashanti (Blu-ray)

    Michael Caine called this slavery exploitation flick the “most wretched” film of his career. Yes, but in what way wretched?

    January 9, 2013 | 12:01am -

  • HomeVideo Review Fred & Vinnie

    Professional sadsack Fred Stoller wrote, co-produced, and stars in this character comedy about a friendship between Hollywood outsiders.

    January 9, 2013 | 12:00am -

  • HomeVideo Review Following

    Christopher Nolan’s low-budget debut plants the seeds for a career of cerebral thrillers like Memento and The Prestige.

    January 2, 2013 | 12:01am -

  • HomeVideo Review Dick Tracy

    The private life of Warren Beatty comes through in his splashy ’90s blockbuster version of the Chester Gould comic.

    January 2, 2013 | 12:00am -

  • HomeVideo Review Purple Noon

    Alain Delon’s opaque good looks make him an ideal shape-shifter in this 1960 adaptation of The Talented Mr. Ripley.

    December 19, 2012 | 12:01am -

  • HomeVideo Review Silent Night, Deadly NightSilent Night, Deadly Night Part 2Silent Night

    The concept of a killer Santa may horrify people, but it won’t scare them.

    December 19, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • HomeVideo Review The Story Of Film: An Odyssey

    The Story Of Film offers a deep dive into the expected and unexpected.

    December 12, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • HomeVideo Review Color Me Obsessed: A Film About The Replacements

    Critics, musicians, and fans pay tribute to the beloved Minneapolis rock band. But without the music.

    December 5, 2012 | 12:01am -

  • HomeVideo Review Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure

    As time-travelling adventurers from San Dimas, Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves embodied the amiably goofy spirit of this low-budget hit.

    December 5, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • HomeVideo Review The Incredible Mel Brooks: An Irresistible Collection Of Unhinged Comedy

    A six-disc box set of Mel Brooks odds and ends shines a light on a showbiz career spanning six decades.

    November 28, 2012 | 12:01am -

  • HomeVideo Review We Can’t Go Home Again / Don’t Expect Too Much

    Nicholas Ray’s experimental film finally gets a release along with a generous special-features package.

    November 28, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • HomeVideo Review Weekend

    Jean-Luc Godard’s scathing critique of French society takes a wreck-littered roadway through the decline of civilization.

    November 21, 2012 | 12:02am -

  • HomeVideo Review Fritz Lang: The Early Works / Die Nibelungen 

    In his early silent films, Fritz Lang experimented with techniques that would pay off later.

    November 21, 2012 | 12:01am -

  • HomeVideo Review Pixar Short Films Collection: Volume 2

    The latest collection of Pixar shorts make a convincing case that they’re just as good as the features.

    November 21, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • HomeVideo Review Stephen Sondheim’s Company With The New York Philharmonic

    Neil Patrick Harris, Stephen Colbert, Christina Hendricks, and more join the New York Philharmonic for a major production of Sondheim’s classic.

    November 14, 2012 | 12:01am -

  • HomeVideo Review Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview

    An unearthed interview from 1995 finds the Apple visionary musing about the company’s past and the industry’s future.

    November 14, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • HomeVideo Review Fear And Desire

    Stanley Kubrick never wanted you to see this early war movie. Was he right?

    November 7, 2012 | 12:01am -

  • HomeVideo Review Steve Martin: The Television Stuff

    Three discs’ worth of Steve Martin comedy specials and clips show a wild and crazy guy rebelling within the system.

    November 7, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • HomeVideo Review Rosemary’s Baby

    Roman Polanski kicked off a wave of occult horror movies in the ‘70s, but nobody did it better.

    October 31, 2012 | 12:02am -

  • HomeVideo Review Excision

    John Waters, Ray Wise, and Traci Lords all pop up in this bizarre, gory, inspired mix of body horror and domestic comedy.

    October 31, 2012 | 12:01am -

  • HomeVideo Review Sunday Bloody Sunday

    After the success of Midnight Cowboy, director John Schlesinger cashed his chips on a personal tale of a lover shared.

    October 31, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • HomeVideo Review Little Shop Of Horrors: The Director’s Cut

    A notorious, long-suppressed “director’s cut” ends Frank Oz’s musical on an appropriately dark note.

    October 24, 2012 | 12:02am -

  • HomeVideo Review The Funhouse

    With the slasher movement in full effect, director Tobe Hooper offers his own twist on the Universal monster movie.

    October 24, 2012 | 12:01am -

  • HomeVideo Review Pet Sematary

    One of Stephen King’s darkest novels got an adaptation that’s slightly better than its reputation suggests.

    October 24, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • HomeVideo Review This Is Cinerama

    Even multiple projectors, this demonstration of a spectacular widescreen format is still a fascinating piece of film history.

    October 17, 2012 | 12:01am -