Much of the discourse surrounding David Cronenberg’s recently released Crime of the Future (2022) has attempted to contextualize the film as an exemplary “late work” by its director. Seeing as Cronenberg has been active as a filmmaker since the 1970s, it’s not too much of a stretch to assume that Crimes and any other films… Read more »
Full transparency: all Blu-rays reviewed were provided by Peekarama, Vinegar Syndrome, Fun City Editions, and Kino Lorber. We have what I would call a pandering line-up of titles for this half of the month’s Blu-ray reviews. Who’s it pandering to? WHY, ME, OF COURSE. What I mean is that all four films I will… Read more »
Full transparency: all Blu-rays and DVDs reviewed were provided by Kino Lorber and the Criterion Collection. Welcome to another edition of “Physical Media Isn’t Dead, It Just Smells Funny.” While the end of July doesn’t have a movie featuring kung fu, the Shaft theme, and a man getting his head dislodged from his body, it… Read more »
This July, Establishing Shot presents It’s Revived!, a miniseries celebrating some of our favorite (or at least some of the more fascinating) movie remakes out there in anticipation of IU Cinema’s fall film series Re:Made. Today, Michaela Owens compares a comedy classic from Steve Martin and Michael Caine with its 1960s original, starring… Marlon Brando?! A… Read more »
This July, Establishing Shot presents It’s Revived!, a miniseries celebrating some of our favorite (or at least some of the more fascinating) movie remakes out there in anticipation of IU Cinema’s fall film series Re:Made. Today, Laura Ivins looks at a different kind of remake as she discusses one of Alfred Hitchcock’s greatest films and its… Read more »
Full transparency: all Blu-rays and DVDs reviewed were provided by Kino Lorber, Arrow Video, and Dekanalog. Welcome to another eclectic edition of “Physical Media Isn’t Dead, It Just Smells Funny.” Kino Lorber puts out a “meat and potatoes” doc about the struggle and value of fighting for and keeping an arts mecca alive in a… Read more »