Tag: Criterion Collection

Movie Review – Branden Chowen on Quadrophenia (1979)

February 11, 2015
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Title: Quadrophenia (1979) Director: Franc Roddam Runtime: 117 minutes — Franc Roddam’s Quadrophenia is a hodgepodge of a film that mixes rock music, teenage angst, and gang warfare to create an intriguing, character-driven story of Britain’s “mod” scene of the 1960s. But it’s not the story or plot that makes Quadrophenia memorable, it’s the wonderfully effective musical score by…

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Movie Review – Antichrist (2009)

November 8, 2012
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Title: Antichrist (2009) Runtime: 108 minutes Director: Lars von Trier — There’s pre-Antichrist and post-Antichrist life, and everything I do from here on out can be considered post-Antichrist. This is – hyperbole aside – the most difficult movie I’ve ever sat through, and I’ve watched both The Life and Death of a Porno Gang and…

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The Weekly Binge: Blu-ray and DVD Releases for August 14th, 2012

August 14, 2012
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The home video market is flooded with a load of new DVD and Blu-ray releases every single week. The sad fact is that the majority of these releases are not worth your time. So every week I sift through the junk and find the home video releases worth talking about. The Weekly Binge: Blu-ray and…

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Musings On… Criterion Sale-ing 2012

August 5, 2012
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Almost one year ago, I wrote about my purchases during the July, 2011 Barnes and Noble/Criterion Collection sale. I ended up taking my collection from 12 Criterion titles, to 31 Criterion releases, and picked up some cinematic gems, to say the least. Last summer, though, I had a great job that was paying me more…

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The Weekly Binge: Blu-ray and DVD Releases for July 31st, 2012

July 31, 2012
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The home video market is flooded with a load of new DVD and Blu-ray releases every single week. The sad fact is that the majority of these releases are not worth your time. So every week I sift through the junk and find the home video releases worth talking about. The Weekly Binge: Blu-ray and…

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The Weekly Binge: Blu-ray and DVD Releases for July 24th, 2012

July 23, 2012
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The home video market is flooded with a load of new DVD and Blu-ray releases every single week. The sad fact is that the majority of these releases are not worth your time. So every week I sift through the junk and find the home video releases worth talking about. The Weekly Binge: Blu-ray and…

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Blu-ray Review – A Hollis Frampton Odyssey (Criterion Collection)

July 12, 2012
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(Originally written for Inside Pulse Movies) Making my way through twenty-four of Hollis Frampton’s films, thanks to the Criterion Collection, reminded me of the time I walked through one of New York City’s contemporary art museums, the Guggenheim. Walking through the winding halls of the Guggenheim Museum, I couldn’t figure out why a completely black…

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