Starting the Pee-wee’s Big Adventure 4K UHD disc, I braced myself for Large Marge. Even knowing exactly when she appears, that stop-motion transformation still delivers....
The opening moments of Cloud Atlas establish something essential about what will follow. An aged Tom Hanks, face weathered beyond recognition, speaks in a fractured...
Many people didn’t go see Anemone in their local arthouse theaters. Here’s the thing about Daniel Day-Lewis coming out of retirement: it was never supposed...
Starting the 4K disc of CODA, I found myself immediately struck by the clarity of the Gloucester waterfront in the pre-dawn light, fishing boats cutting...
Prior to November, I had never even heard of Eleven Days, Eleven Nights 2. This is a softcore erotic film from 1991 directed by Joe...
Starting the Shout Factory 4K UHD disc of Snowden, the immediate visual impression is of a film engaged in fundamental contradiction between form and content...
I walked into Howards End knowing nothing except that it involved a country house and concerned English class structures during Edwardian era. I emerged having...
Loading the Sony 35th Anniversary 4K UHD disc of School Daze, the initial visual evidence suggests a film struggling with form. Opening with a historical...
Pulling the 4K UHD disc from its oversized collector’s edition packaging, I immediately recognized the care lavished on this restoration project. Freaked demanded visual clarity...
Starting the restored 4K disc of Jade, what strikes me immediately is how thoroughly the film commits to a single aesthetic miscalculation—yet commits to it...
