The Best Classic Films on Blu-ray in 2020
Many formats have come and gone and streaming competes, to a degree, but these best classic films offered on Blu-ray in 2020 prove irresistible.
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Nihilistic ‘Jubilee’ Sought Fit to Celebrate Nothing
Much like his former colleague Ken Russell, Derek Jarman knew which buttons to press when seeking to outrage the UK's moral majority.
‘Woodfall: A Revolution in British Cinema’ Captures the Changes in Britain’s Fortunes
Social realist films would spearhead the so-called British New Wave and Woodfall Films produced some of the New Wave's best and most enduring examples of the form.
‘They Came to a City’ for a Vision of Utopia
J. B. Priestley's sense of social conscience permeates every frame of They Came to a City.
A Queer Alliance: Dame Margaret Rutherford and Dawn Langley Simmons
Rutherford, an actor famous for playing spinsters and quirky aunts. Simmons, an author infamous for changing sex and marrying outside her race.
Two ‘Women in Love’ Prove to Be a Force to Be Reckoned With
In spite of its somewhat obnoxious characters and episodic narrative structure, Ken Russell's Women in Love, adapted from D.H. Lawrence's book, works incredibly well.
‘A Month in the Country’ Has a Pleasing Emotional Ambience
This is a thoughtfully scripted film that surreptitiously draws the viewer in before granting them an intensely emotional payoff.
A Bit of ‘British Noir’
There's a cool premise or two in this lot and, honestly, two fairly cracking pictures.
‘The Long Day Closes’ Recollects Memory and Childhood in Constant Motion
One of cinema's most resonant and timeless works, Terence Davies's second film recreates childhood dreams and memories within which any viewer can situate themselves.