Features and Columns

Arrow Films Unleashes ‘The Killers’ and ‘Phantom of the Paradise’ on Blu-ray

Most home video releases are mass produced and marketed by faceless conglomerates interested only in separating you from your hard-earned… Read More

The Prototype For Alfred Hitchcock’s American Movies

After directing more than twenty feature films in Britain, Alfred Hitchcock’s big introduction to Hollywood came in the form of… Read More

The Best Blu-ray/DVD Releases of the Week: ‘Foreign Correspondent’ and the Third Season of ‘Game of…

The Best Blu-ray/DVD Releases of the Week: ‘Foreign Correspondent’ and the Third Season of ‘Game of Thrones’Welcome back to This Week… Read More

12 Movies To Watch After You’ve Seen the ‘RoboCop’ Remake

You don’t have to see the RoboCop remake. Normally I’d say that if you don’t see the big new release… Read More

30 Things We Learned From Wes Anderson’s ‘Rushmore’ Commentary

With only a singular exception (The Darjeeling Limited), all of Wes Anderson’s films have been works of art that are… Read More

The Best Blu-ray/DVD Releases of the Week: ‘All is Lost,’ ‘Masquerade,’ ‘The Americans,’ and ‘On…

The Best Blu-ray/DVD Releases of the Week: ‘All is Lost,’ ‘Masquerade,’ ‘The Americans,’ and ‘On the Job’Welcome back to This Week… Read More

The 5 Big Promises of ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 4

In a 15-minute preview special aired last night, HBO pulled back the curtain on the highly anticipated fourth season of… Read More

12 Movies to Watch After You’ve Seen ‘The LEGO Movie’

Considering I do these weekly lists of movies to watch in order to highlight new releases as gateways to older… Read More

30 Things We Learned from the ‘RoboCop’ Commentary

With the RoboCop remake hitting theaters next week and the recent 4K remastered Blu-ray release of the original film, it’s… Read More

Fade Out: Philip Seymour Hoffman (1967–2014)

It is with tremendous sadness that I report that one of our generation’s greatest actors has left the world’s stage.… Read More