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Lost Lost Lost & Found: The Eye of Jonas Mekas

Lost Lost Lost & Found: The Eye of Jonas Mekas

Jonas Mekas captures the musical and visual poetry of the city and mundane life.

Reveling in ’70s Nostalgia: New Blu-rays for Your Home Film Festival

‘Fantômas’: The Affair of the Freshly Scanned Scoundrel

‘Fantômas’: The Affair of the Freshly Scanned Scoundrel

Should Fantomaniacs go Blu-ray?
Double Take: ‘Children of Men’ (2006)

Double Take: ‘Children of Men’ (2006)

The future is a thing of the past. But all that could change in a heartbeat, as Children of Men makes clear.

Nightmare Visions in ‘The Quay Brothers: Collected Short Films’

Nightmare Visions in ‘The Quay Brothers: Collected Short Films’

The mechanical, the insectile and the organically gooey world of beautiful ugliness in Brothers' Quay films.
Do Look Back: A Baker’s Dozen for Your Swinging ’60s Film Fest

Do Look Back: A Baker’s Dozen for Your Swinging ’60s Film Fest

Are you in the mood to be retro-hip? Do you get the urge to be mod and pop, '60s style? Sure you do.
The Year’s Best Science Fiction Movie Wasn’t ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’

The Year’s Best Science Fiction Movie Wasn’t ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’

Alex Garland’s Ex Machina is a darkly funny and philosophical cyberpunk locked-room thriller that tangles with the greatest sci-fi puzzle: What does it mean to be human?
‘Wind Across the Everglades’ Blows Hot and Cold

‘Wind Across the Everglades’ Blows Hot and Cold

This film offers a unique time, setting and theme, one that hasn't dated even if the brawling robust tone has.
Bloody Good Terror the English Way: ‘The Quatermass Xperiment’ and ‘Burn Witch Burn’

Bloody Good Terror the English Way: ‘The Quatermass Xperiment’ and ‘Burn Witch Burn’

Brian Donleavy shouts and Peter Wyngarde wears pyjamas in these two British horror classics.
We Wish You a Silent Christmas

We Wish You a Silent Christmas

Fans of silent cinema might bug Santa for these.
Climb the Highest Mountain: ‘The Epic of Everest’

Climb the Highest Mountain: ‘The Epic of Everest’

This silent documentary still looks (and sounds) great.
This ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’ Falls Short as a Tall Tale

This ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’ Falls Short as a Tall Tale

The last (and least) of Gene Kelly's experiments with animation.