Too Weird, Too Wonderful: Home Video Releases You Won’t Want To Miss
Battle Royale: The Complete Collection
With all the renewed attention that Kinji Fukasaku’s 2000 cult hit has received during the run-up to, and the aftermath of, The Hunger Games release, it’s no surprise that a new home video release has appeared on the scene. What […]
Produced by Roman Paul, Gerhard Meixner & Andras Muhi
Released by Olive Films
Germany/France/Germany. 107 min. Not rated
Eva Green, Matt Smith, Peter Wight, Ruby O. Fee, Tristan Christopher & Lesley Manville
If there are two things I like in movies it’s self-assurance and shocks that are delivered coolly, almost matter-of-factly. So not only was I prepared to like […]
The DVD and Blu-ray release earlier this month of Pedro Almodóvar’s The Skin I Live In is probably causing few ripples in the perennial, if quietly implicit, debate on the merits of the highbrow vs. lowbrow culture. In fact, I’d guess that it’s stirred up little concern on this front except among folks like me, […]
Edited, Written & Directed by Gareth Huw Evans
Produced by Ario Sagantoro
Released by Sony Pictures Classics
Indonesian with English subtitles
Indonesia/USA. 100 min. Rated R
With Iko Uwais, Joe Taslim, Doni Alamsyah, Yayan Ruhian, Pierre Gruno, Ray Sahetapy, Tegar Satrya, Iang Darmawan, Eka Rahmadia & Verdi Solaiman
The stupefying, pulpy excess of Gareth Huw Evans’s much-buzzed-about new film is best summed […]
Directed by Xavier Gens
Produced by Ross M. Dinerstein, Juliette Hagopian, Nathaniel Rollo & Darryn Welch
Written by Karl Mueller & Eron Sheean
Released by Anchor Bay Films
Germany/USA/Canada. 122 min. Not rated
With Lauren German, Michael Biehn, Milo Ventimiglia, Courtney B. Vance, Iván González, Michael Eklund & Rosanna Arquette
Like nothing so much as The Diary of Anne Frank aggressively […]
Directed by Lynne Ramsay
Produced by Luc Roeg, Jennifer Fox & Robert Salerno
Written by Ramsay & Rory Stewart Kinnear, based on the novel by Lionel Shriver
Released by Oscilloscope Laboratories
UK/USA. 112 min. Rated R
With Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly, Rock Duer, Jasper Newell & Ezra Miller
Mesmerizing on a variety of levels, and boasting some of the finest […]
We all know that countless titles are released for the home video market every year—in the genre category alone there’s too much for any individual to track, including me. Or should I say “especially me” as I tend to focus my energies on theatrical releases. So just in case you’re like me, here are some […]
