In Part 2 of ‘Swell Welles,’ reviews of Warner Home Video’s Citizen Kane set on Blu-ray, featuring Kane, the 1996 documentary The Battle Over Citizen Kane, and the 1999 HBO TV movie RKO 281, plus authentic editorial blather.
Just uploaded is a quartet of reviews for ongoing (and likely eternal) franchises: Doctor Who continues to steam through new seasons, and Silva Screen’s latest release features 2+ hours of Murray Gold’s music from Season 6 [M]. Also from Silva is music from Sherlock: Season 1 [M], composed by David Arnold and Michael Price, who […]
Pure Editorial Blather on this weekend’s Oscar telecast, Norm Wilner’s piece on the Dardennes’ The Kid with a Bike premiering as a DVD-only release, and what may be the quiet emergence of the Standard International Home Video Edition of movies on Blu.
In Part 2 of my profile of home video label Twilight Time, I interview TT’s resident film historian Julie Kirgo, and discuss the virtues of special features content on DVDs and Blu-rays (and their sudden paucity of late). Also reviewed: TT’s sparkling Blu-rays of Picnic (1955) and John Huston’s awesome, awesome The Roots of Heaven (1958), AND a tally of upcoming Twilight Time releases thru June.
Early tally of current film festivals at the TIFF Bell Lightbox (Robert Bresson, Nicholas Ray, wacky Soviet era sci-fi), the imminent Human Rights Watch Film Festival, AND Kinji Fukasaku’s Battle Royale at The Projection Booth to help launch Anchor Bay’s Battle Royale megaset, plus the world premiere of Richard Powell and Zach Green’s short film Familiar.
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