by Sean Axmaker | Aug 4, 2016 | Reviews, What's Hot
The Lobster (Lionsgate, Blu-ray, DVD) – Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos describes his English language debut as his film about love (following Dogtooth, his film on life, and Alps, on death). Which is not necessarily to call it a love story. It is, in its own way,...
by Sean Axmaker | May 13, 2016 | Home Viewing, What's Hot
In a Lonely Place (Criterion, Blu-ray, DVD) hasn’t much to do with the Dorothy B. Hughes novel in which is was ostensibly based beyond the title (one of the most evocative in noir history), the Los Angeles setting, and the murder of a young woman that puts our...
by Sean Axmaker | Mar 18, 2016 | Home Viewing, What's Hot
Let There Be Light (Olive, Blu-ray, DVD) – John Huston, like so many members of the Hollywood community, offered his talents to the armed services after Pearl Harbor. He was assigned to the Army Signal Corps, where he made four films. This disc features all four...
by Sean Axmaker | Apr 5, 2014 | Home Viewing
The Best of Bogart Collection (Warner, Blu-ray) Humphrey Bogart was the first Hollywood star I ever embraced. Watching him hold down the center of Casablanca with a pose of populist existentialism covering his wounded romanticism (“Where were you last...
