In his insert essay for the Criterion Collection’s recent Blu-ray release of Barbet Schroeder’s seminal General Idi Amin Dada: A Self-Portrait, J. Hoberman compares Schroeder’s chilling examination of its eponymous Ugandan dictator to Jean Rouch’s […]
In 1962 Sean Connery exploded into international superstardom when the first James Bond film, Dr. No, was released. Five years later, Connery was done with Bond, temporarily retiring from the role after 1967’s You Only […]
It’s hard to believe that Japan would feel any nostalgia for the immediate post-World War Two era. War-time devastation, the humiliation of military occupation, and the scarcity of food and household goods would be enough […]
Kino Lorber has released two notable films by the great Buster Keaton to blu-ray in the same package. This two-disc set brings together Keaton’s first starring feature, 1923’s Three Ages with his masterpiece, 1926’s The […]
No one can fight like him. No one can dance like him. And no one has ever been able to sing like him. We’re talking about THE “KING OF ROCK & ROLL,” Elvis Presley, of […]
Reviewing a movie you’ve seen a million times over an almost twenty year period is a hard task, especially when it comes to something that has become a large part of your life and that […]
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