Time hasn't tamed "Something Wild." Jonathan Demme's red-hot-mama road movie returns on Blu-ray and DVD, all dolled up by the Criterion Collection. Unlike most hipster movies of the 1980s, "Something Wild" still hits on all of its cylinders: sex, violence and screwball madness. Very little feels dated, really: Credit Demme's … [Read more...]
‘If God Is Willing and da Creek Don’t Rise’
Spike Lee began filming his second New Orleans documentary on the day of the 2010 Super Bowl, with cameras rolling in Miami and New Orleans. They were shooting "because we knew the Saints were gonna win," Lee recalls. After capturing the wild celebration following the city's first Super Bowl win, "We thought we had the (documentary's) ending … [Read more...]
‘Yi Yi’: Play it again, on Blu-ray
The Criterion Collection came to the rescue of "Yi Yi" in 2007, vastly improving on what by all accounts was a botched 2001 release by Fox Lorber video. Now, the cineaste label is back with a Blu-ray version of "Yi Yi," Taiwanese filmmaker Edward Yang's wonderful movie about childhood and family. The domestic epic is built around three … [Read more...]
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