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Blu-Ray Review: Mildred Pierce (Criterion Collection)

Female actors have always had a rough ride in Hollywood. Indeed, until relatively recently opportunities for actresses in leading roles have been few and far between. However, if you look…

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Blu-ray Review: His Girl Friday (Criterion Collection)

First produced in 1928, Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur’s Broadway play Front Page revolutionised comedy, both on stage and on the big screen. The intricate plotting and rapid-fire dialogue has…

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Blu-Ray Review: Black Orpheus (Criterion Collection)

When Black Orpheus won the Palme d’Or in 1959 ahead of the likes of 400 Blows and Hiroshima Mon Amour, it was a surprise to the say the least. In…

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Blu-Ray Review: The Squid and the Whale (Criterion Collection)

When it comes to telling contemporary stories of New York life there’s no one better than Brooklynite Noah Baumbach. His debut, Kicking and Screaming is a semi-biographical account of his…

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Blu-ray Review: The Royal Tenenbaums (Criterion Collection)

There are few, if any, living directors who have such a large cult fanbase as Wes Anderson. His work is epitomised by its unique visual style, unusual plotting, and recurring…

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Blu-Ray Review: Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams (Criterion Collection)

Akira Kurosawa is widely considered one of the greatest film-makers in Japanese cinematic history. In 1990, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences honoured his contribution to worldwide cinema.…

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Blu-Ray Review: Punch Drunk Love (Criterion Collection)

Amongst the film-going and critical intelligentsia, Paul Thomas Anderson is vying with Terrence Malick for the title of greatest living American auteur. During the late ‘90s, Boogie Nights and Magnolia…

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Blu-ray Review: Day For Night

Of all the film directors who have ever lived there’s probably none with a greater love of cinema than François Truffaut. The great French auteur simply lived, breathed and ate…

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Blu-ray Review: Don’t Look Back

Musical documentaries tend to fall into two camps. Normally, they’re retrospective stories of band or artists, using interviews and archive footage. There’s also the concert film, which nowadays tend to…

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DVD Review: The Emigrants/The New Land (Criterion)

In every country there is a book which every schoolchild knows or an author who’s embedded in the fabric of the culture. The Emigrants Suit, written by Wilhelm Moberg, comprises…

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