The French Dispatch was hotly anticipated because it was Wes Anderson’s first live-action film in eight years, the last being The Grand Budapest Hotel, a film that only gets better and better on subsequent viewings. It was delayed for over a year due to that pandemic we all lived through. It was also the first time Anderson had used an anthology format for one of … Continue reading The French Dispatch – Blu-Ray Review →

Directed and co-written by Jerzy Skolimowski, EO is not exactly a remake, but it has the same premise of Robert Bresson’s Au Hasard Balthazar—although it does the story in a very different way. Bresson is one of my favorite directors, but I actually prefer EO. Skolimowski is a great Polish director who’s been around since … Continue reading EO – Blu-Ray Review →

Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham is the latest Batman animated feature film from Warner Bros. Animation.  Mike Mignola of Hellboy fame's comic book miniseries serves as the source material for the film: this is the second of his Batman stories to be adapted as an animated film, Gotham by Gaslight was the first. Both films and comic books … Continue reading Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham – DVD Review →

Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet's two feature collaborations are the stuff of dreams. Their films Delicatessen and The City of Lost Children are two of the most inventive and magical films ever made. Sadly, their working relationship broke down soon after Jeunet was hired to direct Alien Resurrection, for which Caro did some art direction, mainly the costume designs. The City of … Continue reading The City of Lost Children – UHD Review →

State of the Union was the film Frank Capra did after It’s a Wonderful Life. He became somewhat more cynical at this point (although astute viewers know that It’s a Wonderful Life is more than a little cynical as well), and you could make the case that it’s the last really important Capra film. He … Continue reading State of the Union – Blu-Ray Review →