Odd to admit this, but it was my love of the films of Jean-Pierre Melville that lead me to find Jules Dassin. I remember trying to find anything that resembled Le Samourai and Le Cercle Rouge in the wake of seeing those in my early 20’s and finding Dassin’s Rififi in the process (I’m not…
Blu-ray Review – Parasite (Criterion)
I first discovered Bong Joon Ho like many through his wonderful film The Host. I had started hearing about it right before it came out, but was unable to see it until somehow I managed to find a DVD copy in a video store closing sale in Palmetto, FL. (I also found a copy of…
Blu-ray Review – Come and See (Criterion)
Come and See is a 1985 Russian war film by Elem Klimov. I am a pretty big fan of the Russian cinema I’ve seen over the years, but I’ll admit the gaps in my knowledge of Russian cinema are quite large, and this is definitely one of those gaps. It seems most times when one…
Blu-ray Review – Fantastic Planet (Criterion)
Fantastic Planet is not so much a character driven film, but a species driven one. In this case we have 2 fictional species the humanesque Om’s, and the giant blue Draags. Both share space on a planet, though share is probably not the appropriate term as the Draags due to their massive size and intellectual…