The Mad Fox (Tomu Uchida, 1962)

“Making its Blu-ray debut, Tomu Uchida’s film is a highly stylized ode to love and disorder.”

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Taste of Cherry (Abbas Kiarostami, 1997)

“A superlative Blu-ray upgrade from the Criterion Collection gives new life to Abbas Kiarostami’s lovely, understated rumination on existential quandaries.”

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The Lady Eve (Preston Sturges, 1941)

“Preston Sturges’s farce, delightfully marked by its verbal pyrotechnics and pure slapstick, remains a canny deconstruction of romantic-comedy tropes.”

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Two from Paul Bartel

Not for Publication and Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills are now available on Blu-ray for the first time.

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Murder by Decree (Bob Clark, 1979)

“New to Blu-ray, Bob Clark’s atmospheric marrying of fact and fiction still resonates with its themes of political corruption and abuse of power.”

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Isadora (Karel Reisz, 1968)

“Making its Blu-ray debut with this Kino Lorber release, Karel Reisz’s exceptional biopic cleverly avoids most of the pitfalls of the genre.”

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Murder by Decree (Bob Clark, 1979)

“New to Blu-ray, Bob Clark’s atmospheric marrying of fact and fiction still resonates with its themes of political corruption and abuse of power.”

Read the rest of my review over at Slant Magazine.

Let’s Kill Uncle (William Castle, 1966)

“Making its debut on Blu-ray, William Castle’s film is a genuinely amusing jet-black comedy of (ill) manners disguised as an adventure yarn for young adults.”

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Brighton Rock (John Boulting, 1949)

“The film succeeds admirably both as a crackerjack crime thriller and as a moral exposé of human evil.”

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The Cremator (Juraj Herz, 1969)

“Mixing up moods and genres with delirious abandon, Juraj Herz’s incendiary The Cremator shines a light on one man’s ruthless quest for power.”

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