Venus as a Boy in Silent Film 'Little Old New York'
Sidney Olcott's silent film Little Old New York falls into a tradition of men who find themselves strangely attracted to boys that turn out to be girls in disguise.
09 Dec 2019
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Alex Gibney's 'Citizen K': The UK and US Through the Post-Soviet Looking Glass
In Citizen K, director Alex Gibney refrains from judging his imperfect protagonist, exiled Russian oligarch business man and political philanthropist, Mikhail Borisovich Khodorkovsky.
02 Dec 2019
10 Classic Films Making Restored Blu-ray Debuts in 2019
Classic films never before available in such spectacular shape comprise these ten recommended Blu-rays. They are but the tip of the year's big Blu iceberg, if you will, but they're an excellent starting point for your deep dive into the best classic films available.
27 Nov 2019
Silently Yours: The 10 Best Silent Films on Blu-ray in 2019
In our era of relentless "noise", if you will, there's a growing appreciation for silent film, as seen in the rise of festivals and the flourishing availability of silent film on Blu-ray. Fans and initiates are certain to enjoy Michael Barrett's 10 best silent films released on Blu-ray this year.
25 Nov 2019
The Chemistry of Sound and Picture: Director Midge Costin on Her Documentary, 'Making Waves'
Director Midge Costin, who explores the art of cinematic sound in her documentary, Making Waves, shows how we are informed as much by sound as we are our visual world.
22 Nov 2019
On Making 'Waves': Interview with Director Shults and Cast
Director Trey Edward Shults and the cast of Waves break down the process of making their emotionally raw family drama.
21 Nov 2019
'Dead of Night' Haunts Above and Beyond Its Imitators
Film anthology Dead of Night's influence went far beyond what its creators must have imagined.
21 Nov 2019
Director Ben Berman on His Meta-Documentary, 'The Amazing Jonathan Documentary'
Director Ben Berman set out to make a documentary about a magician. The Amazing Jonathan Documentary became a meta-documentary that raises ethical questions about documentaries.
19 Nov 2019
Pink Bicycles and Folding Chairs: An Interview with Microbudget Movie Maker Joshua Kennedy
Horror movie maker Joshua Kennedy knows how to make imaginative movies with little or no money. He made an homage to '70s airline disaster films without a plane -- but with plenty of folding chairs.
19 Nov 2019
Critical Discussion Transforms Art: Haile Gerima, the L.A. Rebellion, and Cinema as Life
Haile Gerima's Bush Mama remains a critically transformative film, particularly in its most subliminal, yet important, proclamation: the days of separating "art" and "artist" are over. For in Black cinema, those days never existed to begin with.
18 Nov 2019
Hard, Fast, and Beautiful: The Legacy of Director Ida Lupino
The four restored films in Kino Lorber's Blu-ray box. Ida Lupino: Filmmaker Collection, give viewers a fresh opportunity to consider the career of Ida Lupino, the only woman directing Hollywood features in the 1950s. Woman in Hiding (also from Kino Lorber) is an example of the work Lupino did as an actress for hire, and which allowed her to finance her own films.
15 Nov 2019
'The Night Stalker'Â Crept Through the 1970s Constraints of Made for TV Film
In the '70s there was something sinister sneaking into suburban homes between the sitcom and the 11 o'clock news where the real horrors played out. The made for TV horror film The Night Stalker would be among the best.
11 Nov 2019
Revelations of Stillness in Yasujirô Ozu's 'Tokyo Twilight'
The Film Forum in New York City is showing Yasujirô Ozu's Tokyo Twilight for a limited time from Friday, 8 November to Thursday, 14 November. This is a film that one needs to savor and contemplate, a film that captures the tribulations of this world and the evanescent truth that lies beneath them.
08 Nov 2019
'When a Stranger Calls Back' Betters Its Spooky Predecessor
Although not as well known as John Carpenter or Brian DePalma, Fred Walton brilliantly complicates that old mystery -- is the killer in the house? -- with 1993's When a Stranger Calls Back.
07 Nov 2019
Austin Film Festival 2019: (Trans)national Justice​
New films by Terrence Malick, Miranda Nation, and Trey Edward Shults stand out amongst a diverse crop of films at Austin's annual "screenwriter's festival".
04 Nov 2019
First As Warning, Then As Threnody: On Cuarón's 'Children of Men'
With his prescient film, Children of Men, director Alfonso Cuarón hasn't flipped Hegel onto his head, as Marx and Engels were accused of doing -- he's knocked him off his feet.
04 Nov 2019
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