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DVD Reviews
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Professor Paul Salmon reviews the Criterion Collection release of Powell and Pressburger's influential cinematic opera piece, The Tales of Hoffman.
2.
A somewhat irreverent, insightful analysis of two recent female-centered Iranian documentaries, The Ladies Room and Iranian Journey.
3.
An analysis of two recent documentaries exposing the social injustices of archaic law and custom in Israel and Central India: Sentenced to Marriage and Highway Courtesans.
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A review of Austrian experimental/avant-garde films on a DVD collection produced by Index.
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An analysis of the recent Index DVD compilation of Austrian experimental director Peter Tscherkassky.
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A review of Austrian experimental/avant-garde films on a DVD collection produced by Index.
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An review of the Jose Mojica Marins DVD box-set.
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I was fortunate to catch this low budget chiller at a late night screening at Montreal’s Cinema du Parc theatre on April 23, 2004. It had been a long time since I had seen this film, but for reasons soon apparent, it has remained finely etched in my memory.
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A review of the Criterion DVD which suggests Criterion could have done more (or differently) this time around.
11.
The future finally looks bright for Bresson DVD enthusiasts. Burnett examines the follow-up Criterion Bresson release.
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The future finally looks bright for Bresson DVD enthusiasts. Burnett examines the first Criterion Bresson release.
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An in-depth review essay of three First Run Feature DVDs that deal with the Nazi, two documentaries, Architecture of Doom and The Eye of Vichy, and the fictional The Murderers Are Among Us.
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A look at a documentary account of the life and art of one of cinema's greatest cinematographers, Sven Nykvist.
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