Physical media is almost a Fahrenheit 451 (where people memorized entire books and thus became the book they loved) level of responsibility. If you own a great 4K HD, Blu-ray, DVD etc etc of a film or films you love... you are the custodian of those films for generations to

This is a great, great movie.

I caught up with #TheHoldovers tonight. It felt like the story that the character Paul Giamatti played in Sideways would have written. And for me, that made the movie irresistible.

We are so honoured to reveal Umbrella’s brand new 4K restoration of the pioneering Australian New Wave landmark WAKE IN FRIGHT from the original camera negative. A horror like no other before or since, this outsider’s ode to the outback burns like hellfire as it spins and

I do not think there has ever been a better portrayal of savage alcoholic binge drinking in the history of film. Only John Cassavetes’ Husbands comes close to portraying this kind of alcoholism. Both become documentaries in the sense of real self-destruction on screen.

RIP to the truly iconic Shelley Duvall, who burned up the screen in many funny, intense and idiosyncratic roles. I especially loved her in ‘McCabe & Mrs Miller’, ‘Thieves Like Us’, ‘Nashville’, the extraordinary ‘Three Women’, ‘Annie Hall’, ‘Time Bandits’, ‘Roxanne’, her Olive

I don’t like to let too much time go by without spending some time with Nuri Bilge Ceylan. His movies sit like transcendent books on my shelf waiting not to be opened but to open, and I can’t wait to add this to the collection. Thanks Criterion Collection

Insane shot from The Ladies Man (1961) dir. Jerry Lewis

No one ever did it better.

youtube.com/watch?v=Yxv0U9… An utter velvet masterwork. John and Gena take you so easily into their movies that you might forget you're witnessing virtuosity. Then they break your heart or wallop your conscience. Or make you laugh.

The Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers

One of the great tracking shots of the silent era, from F.W. Murnau's Sunrise (1927)

Give this playlist a listen: It’s October Again open.spotify.com/playlist/53c0R… Horror movie buffs will dig this sonic jaunt through some of our favorites.

Herbie Hancock & Head Hunters - Sly This performance is mesmerizing…

For those seeking spiritual enlightenment…

L'Atalante Dir. Jean Vigo

Bergman's Faces

I think Peter Weir’s Witness with Harrison Ford is a phenomenal, underrated movie that could be used well to introduce the tropes of the Western interestingly interrogated. Then you show The Searchers.

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