Videophiled: Criterion’s ‘La Chienne’ and ‘Wim Wenders: The Road Trilogy,’ plus ‘Star Trek II’ Director’s Cut and the ultimate ‘Blood Bath’ on Blu-ray

Videophiled: Criterion’s ‘La Chienne’ and ‘Wim Wenders: The Road Trilogy,’ plus ‘Star Trek II’ Director’s Cut and the ultimate ‘Blood Bath’ on Blu-ray

La Chienne (Criterion, Blu-ray, DVD), the second sound film by Jean Renoir, is arguably his first masterpiece and it shows Renoir already using sound both subtly and creatively back in 1931. Adapted from a novel by Georges de La Fouchardière, it stars Michel Simon as...