This week’s roundup of second-tier VOD releases includes new titles from Drew Barrymore, Paul Hogan, and Cher.
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Guy Ritchie’s sophomore feature, released 20 years ago this week, could just be another notch in an uneven filmography – were it not for one key ingredient.
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Federico Fellini’s 1973 masterpiece – currently on the Criterion Channel and part of the Collection’s new “Essential Fellini” box set – shows the master intermingling his early and late style.
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Writer/director Chloé Zhao and lead actress Frances McDormand have created one of the most evocative and powerful movies of this strange year.
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Darius Marder’s directorial debut is an intense character drama and unnervingly immersive viewing experience.
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‘Ammonite’’s performers give it their best, but this drab perioromance simply doesn’t land.
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David Fincher’s biopic of ‘Citizen Kane’ screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz offers plenty of style in search of some substance.
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The 1980 sci-fi cult classic wasn’t just noteworthy for its swords and special effects; it exhibited a new approach to pop music in film, one which would dominate in the coming decade.
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With “Crash” out on Blu-ray this week from Criterion, we look back at the various attempts to translate JG Ballard’s work to the screen.
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Rob Reiner’s adaptation of Stephen King’s novel, released 30 years ago this week, remains a fascinating examination of creative work, fandom, and femininity.
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The Kristen Stewart/Mackenzie Davis vehicle is charming, sweet, and slight – in other words, a streaming holiday movie.
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The new follow-up to the delightful 2013 animated feature offers, sadly, nothing more than more of the same.
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