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The Way of the Samurai is an absolute surplus of special features, apparently. Read more
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Fury Road update #11
In which pre-orders are outlined and plans/non-plans for the launch party are at long last discussed… Read more
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Blu-ray Review: CLAUDINE, Diahann Carroll and James Earl Jones Anchor a Social Classic
Director John Berry’s 1974 film might improve Criterion’s scorecard on canonizing films about Black lives. Read more
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Destroy All Monsters: Ben Solo Was The Key To The Star Wars Sequel Trilogy, And JJ Abrams Never Noticed
For no reason whatsoever, I wrote 3,000 words about Ben Solo yesterday. Well, here they are.
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Death and transformation at the Toronto International Film Festival
At some point during the 45th Toronto International Film Festival (our first hybrid digital/live event, and the latest in a stream of such styles of festival that will likely be the industry-dominant model for the foreseeable future), we passed the…
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Blu-Ray Review: Claire Denis’ BEAU TRAVAIL Is A Last, Best Dance
The new 4K restoration is touring cinemas and digital platforms now, but you want this in your collection. Read more
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Fury Road update #10
Some words about the death of Chadwick Boseman in this month’s update that is (at least theoretically) still about the book. Read more
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Draft Zero LIVE Episode 8: Fury Road
My retirement from podcasting was short-lived, and/or I couldn’t resist getting a shot to be on Draft Zero, one of a handful of podcasts I truly can’t live without. We discussed of course, Mad Max: Fury Road, which means a…
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Fury Road update #9
Hello Kickstarters. I hope you’ve all been having a decent summer — I know it’s been strange and rough, and (as I quipped on twitter the other night) is more like being stuck in the midst of the longest winter…
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Blu-ray Review: Criterion Paints a PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE
Have we changed how we see, or has what we see changed? Every few years I see a film that was captured digitally, and I’m thrown back to the early days of the format, when the proto-Christopher Nolans of the…
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