Home Entertainment Consumer Guide: November 6, 2014
A recap of the new releases on Netflix, On Demand, and Blu-ray/DVD, including “Snowpiercer,” “Maleficent,” “Nightbreed,” “F For Fake” and “La Dolce Vita.”
TV/Streaming
The Blu-ray Box Set of the Year: “The Complete Jacques Tati”
A review of Criterion’s amazing “The Complete Jacques Tati.”
You’re Giving a Monologue: Aaron Sorkin Starts Final Broadcast of “The Newsroom”
A review of the final season of HBO’s The Newsroom.
The Audience Man: “Steven Spielberg Director’s Collection”
A review of “Steven Spielberg Director’s Collection.”
A Complex Life: HBO’s Unforgettable “Olive Kitteridge”
A review of the new HBO mini-series “Olive Kitteridge” with Frances McDormand and Richard Jenkins.
More Than a Superstar: “Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown”
A review of Alex Gibney’s “Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown,” airing on HBO on Monday, October 27.
Home Entertainment Consumer Guide: October 23, 2014
The latest Home Entertainment Consumer Guide, including the best of new releases on Netflix and Blu-ray, including Criterion releases of “Ali: Fear Eats the Soul,” “My Darling Clementine” and “The Vanishing”.
Beauty In The Broken: Filmmaker Bill Morrison’s Visions of Decay Celebrated in New Box Set
A review of the Blu-ray/DVD box set, “Bill Morrison: Collected Works.”
“Mountains of the Moon”: Bob Rafelson’s lost classic
An interview with Bob Rafelson on “Mountains of the Moon.”
The Questionable Truth of Memory in Showtime’s “The Affair”
A review of Showtime’s new drama “The Affair,” starring Dominic West, Ruth Wilson, Maura Tierney and Joshua Jackson.
Home Entertainment Consumer Guide: October 9, 2014
Highlights of home entertainment options on Netflix, VOD, and Blu-ray/DVD, including classics from Woody Allen, new horror films, “Chef,” “Obvious Child,” “Hellion,” and much more.
Enter Ryan Murphy’s Three-Ring Circus in “American Horror Story: Freak Show”
“American Horror Story” is back with its 4th outing, “Freak Show.”
“America” the Beautiful: Treat Williams and William Forsythe Remember Sergio Leone and “Once Upon a Time In America”
Catching up with Treat Williams and William Forsythe on the NYFF screening of and Blu-ray release of “Once Upon a Time in America.”
TV Review: Three New Comedies Remind Viewers of Better Shows
A review of NBC’s “Bad Judge” & “A to Z,” and FOX’s “Mulaney.”
TV Review: “Gracepoint,” “Stalker” Define Problems with Network Television
A review of FOX’s disappointing “Gracepoint” and CBS’s horrendous “Stalker.”
TV Review: ABC Launches Romantic Comedy Hour with “Manhattan Love Story,” “Selfie”
A review of ABC’s “Selife” and “Manhattan Love Story”.
Scientists of Television: The Process of “The Americans” and “Hannibal”
An analysis of the similarities and differences between how the creators of FX’s “The Americans” and NBC’s “Hannibal” approach their characters.
The Safe Dark: “Halloween: The Complete Collection” and “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: 40th Anniversary Edition”
A review of two new massive horror gift sets for “Halloween” (and its sequels) and “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.”
Home Entertainment Consumer Guide: September 25, 2014
A special edition of the Home Entertainment Consumer Guide on Blu-ray releases for 9/23/14, including “Ida,” “The Innocents,” “Macbeth,” “Neighbors,” “The Rover” and more.
