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June / 08 |
Review of Powell and Pressburger's Thief of Bagdad (1940) from Criterion, plus film music content on the new 2-disc All About Eve, Back in Business (2007), Back Soon, Dangerous Crossing, Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte, and The Virgin Queen. |
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March / 08 |
Review of Toru Takemitsu , the 4th and final volume in the series Music for the Movies, released on DVD by Kultur, plus Criterion's 4-disc Last Emperor set, and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment's Academy Awards Animation Collection. |
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DEC./ 07 |
Review of Georges Delerue, the 3rd of 4 titles in the series Music for the Movies, released on DVD by Kultur. |
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OCT./ 07 |
Review of Bernard Herrmann, the 2nd of 4 titles in the series Music for the Movies, released on DVD by Kultur, and the new 20th Anniversary Edition of Hellraiser (Region 1) from Starz Home Entertainment/Anchor Bay. |
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SEPT./ 07 |
Review of The Hollywood Sound, part 1 of 4 titles in the series Music for the Movies, released on DVD by Kultur. |
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JUNE/ 07 |
Examination of recent wave of Fox titles with isolated scores - Captain from Castile, The Prince of Foxes, Son of Fury, Jane Eyre, Royal Flash, and - plus Aurora Borealis (2005) from Liberation Entertainment/Genius Entertainment. |
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APRIL/ 07 |
Reviews of Courtney Pine's jazz score for Borderline (1930), and Wycliffe Gordon's jazz orchestra score for Body and Soul (1925) -- two titles in Criterion's Paul Robeson: Portrait of the Artist 6-DVD set. |
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JAN./ 07 |
Review of Criterion's gorgeous Pandora's Box DVD, featuring four newly written, specially commissioned music scores. |
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DEC./ 06 |
Tally and rant of the good and bad of 2006. |
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NOV./ 06 |
Portrait of writer/director/editor Tony Palmer, the DVD debuts of his 1988 Shostakovich biopic, Testimony, and his 1983 Wagner epic, and DVD releases of Ganja and Hess, The King and I, Dust Devil, Electric Dragon 80000V, and Hubble: 15 Years of Discovery. |
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OCT./ 06 |
Portrait of neglected composer Stelvio Cipriani, via a trio of DVD releases: Death Walks on High Heels/La Morte cammina con i tacchi alti, Colt 38 Special Squad/Quelli della calibro, and Convoy Busters. |
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JULY/ 06 |
Not-too subtle preamble as we re-focus the column to a regular series of examinations on specific releases, plus the most complete tally of score-centric DVD releases each month. Read the rant, or skim for a hint at what's in store for mid-July.
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APRIL/ 06 |
Tous les matins du monde/All the Mornings of the World, Transporter 2, The Corpse Bride, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Oliver Twist (2005), The Magnificent Seven, Breasts: A Documentary,
The Great Water (Golemata voda),
The Desert of the Tartars (Il Deserto Dei Tartari), and Luciano Ercoli Death Box Set. |
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JAN./ 06 |
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, Blood and Black Lace, The Fly 2, The Frighteners, Ghosts of Edendale, Grizzly Man, Hitch, King Kong (1933), The Man with the Golden Arm, November (2004), The Railroad Man, Stealth, War of the Worlds (2005), and The Whip and the Body. |
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NOV./ 05 |
Star Wars: Episode 3, Ben-Hur (1959), The Wizard of Oz (1938), Major Dundee, and War of the Worlds (1953). |
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SEPT./ 05 |
Alexander (2004), Rumble Fish, The High and the Mighty, Island in the Sky, The Glass Shield, Electra Glide in Blue, The Card Player/Il Cartaio, The League of Gentlemen (TV), and Schlock: The Secret History of American Movies. |
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MAY/ 05 |
Laura, The Cooler, Saint Sinner, Forbidden Zone, Blade: Trinity, Blind Horizon, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Young Torless, The Night and the City, Battle Royale 2, and Captain Blood. |
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MAR. / 05 |
The Incredibles, Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise & Fall of Jack Johnson, Lives of the Saints, I Robot, The New Women, Heat, Chariots of Fire, Malcolm X, Leon: The Professional, Alfie (2004), Monster, and The Motorcycle Diaries. |
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DEC./ 04 |
The Battle of Algiers, The Tin Drum, The John Cassavetes Collection (all from Criterion), Gone With The Wind, John Carpenter's The Thing, Dracula (1979), Van Helsing, Spider-Man 2, Hellboy: Director's Cut, The Bourne Supremacy, Ed Wood, Bettie Page: Dark Angel, Collateral, Top Gun Special Edition, and Mary Poppins . |
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SEPT./ 04 |
Shakespeare Wallah, Sweet Sounds, The Europeans, Quartet, Heat and Dust, Maurice, The King of New York, Candyman, Apartment Hunting, and Alexander's Ragtime Band. |
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AUG./ 04 | Capturing the Friedmans, Death: A Love Story, McLuhan's Wake, Companeros, The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly, The Great Escape, Enter the Dragon, Dark Forces (aka Harlequin), Highlander 2: The Quickening, and Die Mommie Die! |
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APRIL/ 04 | The Osterman Weekend, My Darling Clementine, The Grapes Of Wrath,The Devil And Daniel Webster, The Pink Panther Collection, Colosseum: A Gladiator's Story, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003), House Of Laughing Windows, and Panic Room. | ||||
MAR./ 04 | Matchstick Men, The Missing, The Ten Commandments (1954), Battle Royale, Superfly, Naqoyqatsi, Flesh + Blood, The Cat In The Hat (2003), and Blow-Up. | ||||
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DEC./ 03 | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Transformers: The Movie, The Endurance, The Hard Word, To Live And Die In L.A., Strange Behaviour, The Indiana Jones Trilogy, Midway, Once Upon A Time In The West, Jeepers Creepers 2, and Mychael Danna's comments on early musical ideas for Ang Lee's Hulk - before being removed from the project. | ||||
NOV./ 03 | The Adventures Of Robin Hood (1938), Yankee Doodle Dandy, Casablanca, Looney Tunes Golden Collection, War And Peace (1968), and Solaris (1972). | ||||
OCT./ 03 | The Private Life Of Sherlock Holmes, The Duel (2000) , 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea (1954), Catch Me If You Can, La Femme Nikita, The Life Of David Gale, and Scarface (1983). | ||||
JULY/ 03 | The Color Purple, The Right Stuff, Dances With Wolves, Windtalkers, and Die Another Day. | ||||
APR./ 03 | The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, Fahrenheit 451, and Red Dragon. | unavailable |
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