Chevalier – MANIFF 2023
If you, like many, have not come across Joseph Bologne before, then Chevalier is an entertaining introduction to this 18th-century violin virtuoso,Continue Reading
Tag: historical drama
4K UHD Review: Arrow Video’s The Last Emperor (Collector’s Edition)
Lush, stunningly beautiful, and sad, Bernardo Bertolucci’s The Last Emperor, rereleased by Arrow Video in limited edition on 4K UHDContinue Reading
1976 – London Film Festival
In competition at London Film Festival in the First Feature category, 1976 is actor-turned-director Manuela Martelli’s observation of a woman most definitely out ofContinue Reading
Blu-Ray Review: Kino Lorber’s Mata Hari (KL Studio Classics)
Cannon Films and Sylvia Kristel team up to bring the infamous WWI spy Mata Hari to the big screens withContinue Reading
Blu-Ray Review: Well Go USA’s IP MAN: The Awakening 
The fists fly more than lessons learned in the newest iteration of the legendary Martial Arts Historical figure in Ip Man:Continue Reading
Blu-Ray Review: Deaf Crocodile’s Ilya Muromets
The fine folks at Deaf Crocodile have done it again bringing to Blu-Ray a vital piece of World Genre CinemaContinue Reading
4K UHD Review: Arrow Video’s Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (Collector’s Edition)
LIVE!!!!!! Arrow Video brings newly minted Academy Award Winner Kenneth Branagh’s adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein to homevideo in gloriousContinue Reading
18½ – MANIFF 2022
A fun, veering towards darkly comical take on what may have happened to the missing 18 ½ minutes of PresidentContinue Reading
Film Review: Lapwing (2021)
Philip Stevens’ debut feature Lapwing settles down in an isolated community at the mercy of the drunken and violent whims of itsContinue Reading
Blu-Ray Review: Well Go USA’s The Great War of Archimedes
The Great War of Archimedes is a very different look at WW2 which gives new life to the War Film. New fromContinue Reading