Dry Leaf – London Film Festival 2025
From the director of 2021’s enigmatic What Do We See When We Look at the Sky?, Dry Leaf is a contemplative journeyContinue Reading
Tag: Russia
Blu-ray Review: Deaf Crocodile’s The Devil’s Bride (Limited Edition)
The Lithuanian Rock Opera The Devil’s Bride is a Faustian tale unlike anything you’ve ever seen. New to Blu-ray from Deaf Crocodile. TheContinue Reading
Blu-Ray Review: Deaf Crocodile’s In the Moscow Slums (Limited Edition)
In The Moscow Slums, Stanislavsky and Gilyarovsky go on a mystery adventure in the adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle’s novel TheContinue Reading
4K UHD Review: Arrow Video’s Mute Witness (Limited Edition)
Filmmaking and Murder collide in Anthony Waller’s clever Mute Witness. Arrow Video has done a marvelous job with their overstuffed 4KContinue Reading
Blu-Ray Review: Kino Lorber’s The Beast (KL Studio Classics)
Kevin Reynolds’ unique wartime thriller The Beast makes its US Blu-Ray debut thanks to Kino Lorber. The Film I’ve had insomnia offContinue Reading
Blu-Ray Review: Kino Lorber’s Gorky Park (KL Studio Classic)
There is nothing simple when a triple homicide takes place in Moscow’s famous Gorky Park. The Russian based Crime Thriller starring WilliamContinue Reading
Blu-Ray Review: Kino Lorber’s The Experts (KL Studio Classics)
The Cult Cold War Comedy The Experts comes to Blu-ray from Kino Lorber. The Film Confession time. I love The Experts. I have lovedContinue Reading
Blu-Ray Review: Deaf Crocodile’s The Tale of Tsar Saltan
The fine folks at Deaf Crocodile continue their amazing curation of titles with The Tale of Tsar Saltan. The Aleksandr Ptushko epicContinue Reading
Blu-Ray Review: Deaf Crocodile’s The Assassin of the Tsar (Collector’s Edition)
The geniuses at Deaf Crocodile have brought another of director Karen Shakhnazarov’s work into the spotlight. This time the mercurial The Assassin ofContinue Reading
Blu-Ray Review: Shout Factory’s Giovanni’s Island (GKIDS)
Giovanni’s Island is a harrowing piece of wartime coming of age. After nearly a decade this beautiful and powerful movie makes itsContinue Reading