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TRAFIC: CRITERION COLLECTION (DVD)

By | March 2009

Barring a few brilliant and surprising sight gags, “Trafic” is a long slog through parched and flat terrain.

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TRAFIC: CRITERION COLLECTION (DVD)

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Jacques Tati's jokes float on the funny bone like champagne fizzles the tongue – no megaton punchline, just a slowly dawning realization that the world...

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REVANCHE

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Uh oh! It’s another hooker in peril film! That’s how “Revanche” begins, anyway. But in two hours, filmmaker Gotz Spielmann smoothly transports us...

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THE LAST FAIR DEAL (DVD)

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I’m pretty sure that the character doing the voice-over throughout this movie has more lines off-screen than he does on. This is not a good...

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VAMPYR: CRITERION COLLECTION (DVD)

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On the small screen, silent films can often seem either static or awkwardly melodramatic. Yet viewers are left shocked, elated and soon enough haunted...

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HIGH AND LOW: CRITERION COLLECTION (DVD)

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It's easy to forget sometimes that Akira Kurosawa was a great filmmaker, not just someone who made great samurai movies. "High and Low" demonstrates his...

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THE ICE STORM: CRITERION COLLECTION (DVD)

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As someone who grew up during the 1970s, my reaction the first time I saw "The Ice Storm" in 1997 when was probably similar to what someone who was raised...

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THE DARJEELING LIMITED (DVD)

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Like most of Wes Anderson's films -- particularly his two previous efforts -- "The Darjeeling Limited" deals with the themes of regret and second chances,...

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ROBOCOP: 20TH ANNIVERSARY COLLECTOR'S EDITION (DVD)

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Watching "Robocop" for the first time in years, I was struck by how relevant it remains today. An over-the-top satire of the Reagan years, the film could...

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ROBOCOP: 20TH ANNIVERSARY COLLECTOR’S EDITION (DVD)

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Watching "Robocop" for the first time in years, I was struck by how relevant it remains today. An over-the-top satire of the Reagan years, the film could...

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THE THIRD MAN (DVD)

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The Criterion Collection's latest film-class-in-a-box concerns a classic movie that unfortunately doesn't always get the respect it deserves, perhaps...

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