A batch of new Criterion Blu-rays came my way as the weekend approached, and they were all terribly exciting. I was glad that Criterion got to do the Blu of…
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A hand-colored beaut from Georges Meliés' 1896 L'hallucination de l'alchemiste, on Flicker Alley's wonderful new Melies Encore disc. It collects 26 newly discovered Meliés marvels and "as a bonus...two films…
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...at The Auteurs'. In this week's Topics/Questions/Exercises, I arrive at the staggering conclusion that interesting directors make interesting films. I also stick up a little more for You-Know-Which Island and deplore…
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Think there's nothing new left to say about Avatar? Think again. The distinguished Jim Emerson and I go at the blockbuster one more time before the Oscars, at MSN Movies.…
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Toby Talbot, wife of New York film and New Yorker Film legend Dan Talbot (seen above with an appreciator), has written a really wonderful, entertaining book about The New Yorker…
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This dude playing the "ghost" of Elvis Preseley in Jim Jarmusch's 1989's Mystery Train? Paula Jones' husband, apparently. Steve Jones. Or, as he's credited in the film, Stephen. I learned this…
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