Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger were a cinematic match made in heaven. The duo began collaborating on movies in 1939, and worked together off and on for over three decades. Though their films were credited to both as the writers, directors and producers, Powell was more of the director of the two, while Pressburger was the writer. Though their works have been spotlighted by the Criterion collection since they started making laserdiscs, they are the sort of filmmakers that will never be as well known as David Lean or Danny Boyle, but are arguably among the best – if not the best – filmmakers that England ever produced. 1943’s The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp is a strong contender for their greatest film. Criterion has just released it on Blu-ray and our review follows after the jump.
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Here’s a look at this week’s new Blu-ray releases, which includes the latest from Quentin Tarantino and a Criterion release of a cult classic.
With the Criterion Collection’s Repo Man on the verge of being releases, we’d been expecting a Jay Shaw print to drop any minute, one to match the design he created for the film’s cover box…and that print did just get announced. But did anyone expect the other Repo Man poster Mondo’s dropping later this week? Just weeks after unleashing a slew of new Tyler Stout prints at the Mondo Gallery’s Stout & Taylor show, Tyler Stout’s Repo Man gets announced. You as shocked as we were? Think about it while you check out the specs on this week’s Mondo prints, after the jump…
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Here’s a brief look at this week’s new Blu-ray releases:
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Here’s a look at this week’s new Blu-ray releases:
Hit the jump for details on the extras included on all the aforementioned releases.
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First films are often a filmmaker’s worst movie, as they seem to be learning their craft as the film goes on. That said, they can also be instructive once they have a body of work, as you can often see the seeds of their future work embedded within. And though Christopher Nolan’s Following is one of his weakest efforts, all things considered, it’s still indicative of a talent that would emerge. Where in 1998 Nolan’s film may have come across as a clever but small riff on Pulp Fiction and the genre of crime films Tarantino helped launch, now you can see that Nolan was pretty on top of his game from the get go, even if his first film is a minor work. Our review of the The Criterion Collection’s Blu-ray of Following follows after the jump.
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For any film fan, Criterion is the tops as far as home video goes. It’s always a bit of an event when the Criterion Collection announces new titles as we know that whichever films are released, they’ll be presented in pristine condition with loads of fascinating extras. To ring in the New Year, Criterion has released a drawing that teases some of their upcoming 2013 titles. What ensues is a bit of a guessing game as to which pictures correspond to what movies. We were able to discern David Lynch’s Eraserhead, Guillermo del Toro’s The Devil’s Backbone, Peter Brook’s Lord of the Flies, Harold Lloyd’s Safety Last! and Delmer Daves’ 3:10 to Yuma, but we’re hoping our fine Collider readers can help discern the rest.
Hit the jump to take a look at the teaser art, and leave your guesses in the comments as to which films you think correspond to which drawings.
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This week on Blu-ray Bourne comes home, a Judd Apatow-produced 90s favorite gets an update, and Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane’s big-screen debut hits home video. Briefly:
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One of the biggest films of the year finally hits home video this week on Blu-ray. Briefly:
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This week on Blu-ray, we’re finally able to delve into the deleted scenes from The Amazing Spider-Man, a few Christmas titles get Blu-ray releases, and the entirety of HBO’s Entourage hits the format. Briefly:
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Criterion always delights, and recently they’ve put out two cult classics: David Fincher’s The Game, and Franc Roddam’s Quadrophenia. The former stars Michael Douglas and Sean Penn and came between Se7en and Fight Club in Fincher’s career, and as he made it for a studio (Gramercy) that wasn’t long for distribution it led to it having a tortured home video history – hence it’s cult status. The latter features a soundtrack by The Who, but didn’t star them, so it’s known mostly by fans of the band. Our reviews of both movies on Blu-ray follow after the jump.
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This week on Blu-ray, the revisionist Abraham Lincoln story comes to Blu, Blade Runner gets a 30th Anniversary edition upgrade, and Steven Soderbergh’s seriously great “male stripper movie” comes to home video. Briefly:
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One expects nothing less than masterpieces from the Criterion Collection, as they are home to some of the great masters of cinema. Recently they’ve put out Charlie Chaplin’s The Gold Rush, Ingmar Bergman’s Summer with Monika, and Hiroshi Inagaki’s Samurai Trilogy. And we’ve got reviews of all three on Blu-ray after the jump.
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The folks over at the Criterion Collection are like little cinephile elves, working to bring us the highest quality versions of some of the best films from around the world. The discs can run a little on the expensive side, but for the next 24 hours the Criterion Collection is having a 50% off flash sale on any and all Criterion Blu-rays and DVDs. If you’ve been eyeing that Days of Heaven Blu-ray or you’re missing one last Wes Anderson film to complete your Criterion set, now’s the time to make your move.
Head over to Criterion’s website to peruse the collection and make your purchase. The sale ends tomorrow at noon EST.
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