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The 30 Best DVDs of 2024

The 30 Best DVDs of 2024

PopMatters‘ 30 Best DVDs of 2024 hereby presents a glorious cavalcade, a prestigious panorama, a scintillating smorgasbord of classic films (and one newbie).

Philosophies and Ironies in Éric Rohmer’s ‘Tales of the Four Seasons’

Philosophies and Ironies in Éric Rohmer’s ‘Tales of the Four Seasons’

In Éric Rohmer’s ‘Tales of the Four Seasons’, everything exists on an elevated Expressionist plane; every detail dovetails into its hermetic philosophies and ironies.

The Conception of Morality in Éric Rohmer’s ‘Six Moral Tales’

The Conception of Morality in Éric Rohmer’s ‘Six Moral Tales’

Éric Rohmer isn’t interested in a pure critique of misogyny; his moral tales are mere observations on how we use other people to serve our interests.

Life’s a Beach in Éric Rohmer’s ‘Pauline at the Beach’

Life’s a Beach in Éric Rohmer’s ‘Pauline at the Beach’

Pauline at the Beach is one of Eric Rohmer’s more accessible films in which humour, romance and drama go together just as easily as sun, sand and sea.

Melvil Poupaud Recalls Director Éric Rohmer and ‘A Summer’s Tale’

Melvil Poupaud Recalls Director Éric Rohmer and ‘A Summer’s Tale’

Actor Melvil Poupaud remembers working with Éric Rohmer, Raúl Ruiz, and a zippy little film with the Wachowski Brothers [aka the Wachowski Sisters].

The 100 Essential Directors Part 8: Jean Renoir to Douglas Sirk

‘French Cinema’ Is a Tangled, Rumpled Jumble of a History

The Lady and the Duke (L’Anglaise et le duc) (2001)