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Visually stunning “Days of Heaven” on 4K from Criterion
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Richard Gere and Brooke Adams play soulmates and brother (Bill) and sister (Abby) in Terrence...
Bill Kelley III
Dec 8, 20234 min read
Behind the veil with “The Others” – The Criterion Collection
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / SDR FRAME SHOTS Nicole Kidman stars as Grace Stewart, a devout Roman Catholic mother, who lives with her two young...
Peggy Earle
Nov 6, 20236 min read
Orson Welles makes it personal in Kafka’s classic “The Trial”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / SDR FRAME SHOTS Anthony Perkins stars as Josef K. a young bureaucrat, arrested for an unnamed crime. He appears in...
Peggy Earle
Oct 4, 20235 min read
Criterion goes 3-for-3 with Terry Gilliam’s marvelous, magical ‘Time Bandits’
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS A history buff of the first order, 11-year-old Kevin (Craig Warnock, third from the left) joins the...
Craig Shapiro
Jul 26, 20235 min read
Yippie-yi-oh – Saddle up for Criterion’s “The Ranown Westerns: Five Films by Budd Boetticher”
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS The leathered Randolph Scott was in his late 50s when he starred in Budd Boetticher’s “The Tall T.”...
Bill Kelley III
Jul 24, 20239 min read
Subtle, moving fantasy “Wings of Desire” on Criterion 4K
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / SDR FRAME SHOTS Swiss actor Bruno Ganz plays the invisible angel Damiel, who comforts a critically injured...
Bill Kelley III
May 22, 20236 min read
Criterion’s 4K remaster of Terry Gilliam’s brilliant ‘Fisher King’ is phenomenal
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Robin Williams received a Best Actor Oscar nomination as Parry, a homeless man who recruits fallen...
Craig Shapiro
May 5, 20235 min read
Criterion gives Terry Gilliam’s marvelous ‘Baron Munchausen’ it’s overdue due
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Acclaimed for his performances on the British stage in “Romeo and Juliet,” “Richard II,” and...
Craig Shapiro
Jan 22, 20236 min read
Top 10: 4K UHDs of 2022
TRUE 4K MASTERING / HDR FRAME SHOTS THE LIST of movies is the very best in 4K viewing from disc or streaming. The criteria required the...
High-Def Watch Staff
Jan 3, 202319 min read
Oscar-winning sound drives transition story: “Sound of Metal” – Criterion Collection
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Oscar-nominated Riz Ahmed plays Ruben Stone, a punk-metal drummer, and his girlfriend Lou played by...
Bill Kelley III
Sep 29, 20226 min read
Remastered in 4K UHD, Criterion’s “Double Indemnity” is one of the year’s top titles
4K ULTRA HD REVIEW / HDR FRAME SHOTS Barbara Stanwyck stars as the cunning Mrs. Phyllis Dietrichson and Fred MacMurray as Walter Neff,...
Craig Shapiro
Jun 23, 20225 min read
In bed with the reds – “Pickup on South Street” – The Criterion Collection”
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS Pickpocket artist Skip McCoy (Richard Widmark) eyes his next mark, Candy (Jean Peters), and steals her...
Bill Kelley III
Jul 1, 20216 min read
The votes have been tabulated: “Election” is a winner
BLU-RAY REVIEW / SCREENSHOTS Reese Witherspoon served notice as high school student Tracy Flick. (Click an image to scroll the larger...
Craig Shapiro
Feb 11, 20183 min read
Hitchcock’s “Rebecca” arrives with a striking 4K restoration
BLU-RAY REVIEW / FRAME SHOTS “Rebecca” is the only Alfred Hitchcock film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. The original camera...
Bill Kelley III
Oct 2, 20173 min read
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