Category - Digital Week

Digital Week – May 20

This week’s roundup includes reviews of new films in theaters like “The Wizard of the Kremlin” (about Putin’s corrupt minions), “In the Grey” (about corrupt billionaires), “Forge” (about art forgeries) and “Magic Hour” (about a corrupted marriage), along with the...

Digital Week – May 6

This week’s roundup includes reviews of the new blockbuster take on “Wuthering Heights” on 4K; several films in theaters: Italian director Francesco Sossai’s drama “The Last One for the Road,” Argentine director Lucrecia Martel’s first documentary, “Our Land,” and...

Digital Week – April 29

This week’s roundup includes reviews of several films, mostly old—1972’s “The Seduction of Mimi,” from Italy’s Lina Wertmuller; 1980’s “Girls,” from France’s Just Jaeckin; and 1996’s “Sleepers,” from America’s Barry Levinson—but one new: “Late Shift,” from...

Digital Week – April 15

This week’s roundup includes reviews of a couple of Shakespeare adaptations—“Hamlet” onscreen and “Macbeth” in the opera house—along with a couple of unabashedly political documentaries (“Fiume o morte!” and “Steal This Story, Please!”) and a flamboyant biopic (“The...

Digital Week – April 7

This week’s roundup includes reviews of several new films in theaters and on streaming, from the tongue-in-cheek horror of “Forbidden Fruits” and the contemporary horrors of “Kontinental ’25” and “Our Hero, Balthazar” to the standard-issue undead horror of “The...

Digital Week – March 25

This week’s roundup includes reviews of new films, including the current box-office smash “Project Hail Mary,” with Ryan Gosling; “Two Prosecutors,” the latest from Ukrainian master Sergei Loznitsa; a steamy Italian drama, “Blue”; and this year’s Oscar-winning best...

Digital Week – March 18

This week’s roundup includes reviews of several new films, from the body-horror flick “Slanted,” steampunk adaptation “The Bride!” and offbeat psychology drama “Heel” (in theaters) to the box-office smash “The Housemaid” (on disc).  In-Theater Releases of the...

Digital Week – March 11

This week’s roundup includes reviews of new films premiering at a film series (“Case 137” and “Colors of Time” at Rendez-Vous With French Cinema) and a festival (“Who Moves America” at True-False Film Fest) along with the latest take on “Dracula” (streaming) and a...

Digital Week – March 4

This week’s roundup includes reviews of several new films: “Wuthering Heights” with Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi; entries in the Rendez-Vous with French Cinema series (“The Stranger” and “Two Pianos”); “Now You See Me, Now You Don’t,” the second sequel in the caper...

Digital Week – February 18

This week’s roundup includes reviews of films both old and new, from re-releases of classics “All the President’s Men,” “Ben-Hur” and some Ernest Lubitsch musicals to the Oscar-nominated “Song Sung Blue” and intimate Italian drama “Trifole.”  4K/UHD Releases of...