The Best DVDs of 2025
The Best DVDs of 2025 are the works of serious auteurs whose films will stick in your brain like haunting melodies – or shards of glass.
Michael Mann
The Jericho Mile’s Relationship with Folsom Prison and Truth
Michael Mann’s The Jericho Mile attempted to “artistically, realistically and philosophically” portray life in Folsom Prison but the prisoners were his toughest critics.
BFI London Film Festival 2023: Critics’ Chat
BFI London Film Festival’s most impressionable films of the year, industry strikes, awards season, and the shoe-leather journalism of a film festival critic.
‘Blackhat’ Is Michael Mann’s Impressionistic Action Movie
For its play of visuals, Michael Mann’s Blackhat is an impressionistic action film that acknowledges the conventions of cinema and little more.
Should ‘Thief’s Protagonist Be Punished or Praised?
Thief, like the best crime films, forces the viewer to rethink traditional conceptions of criminality.