I chose to review the Criterion Collection version of The Game partially because I really don’t believe in a lot of the hocus-pocus digital magic over-priced Blu-ray cash-grabs, and I wanted to point at this edition and say “it didn’t affect my experience and it’s a waste of money.” It did. And it’s not. As is the case in many things, I was plain wrong.
As far as modern filmmaking goes, there aren’t many who have better utilized the medium like Sirk.
"The search for truth requires a method." So says Rene Descartes in one of Roberto Rossellini's seldom seen television projects.
The stuff of which dreams are made. But the dream ends, as all dreams do.
Don't Look Now (★★★★½) is one of the rarest types of films. Not only is it an unnerving thriller saturated with supernatural themes concerning grief, deceptive appearances, ESP, and acceptance of death, but it is also one of the few films to improve on its excellent source material, the 1971 short story of the same title by Daphne du Maurier.
