When I watched it again just a couple weeks later, I was still really bothered about it. As disturbing as it was then, it’s as disturbing today. Yet there’s no denying its brilliance. While it’s by no means among my favorite of Kubrick’s films — “2001: A Space Odyssey,” “Dr. Strangelove” and “The Shining,” for […]
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Never Apologize
No, “Clockwork” wasn’t one of them. A taped performance of McDowell’s one-man stage show, “Never Apologize” is a sparse production, relying on the actor to carry the weight of its two hours, supplemented on occasion by footage and photographs. McDowell got his start via Anderson’s revolutionary 1968 satire, “if ….,” and it birthed a professional […]
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Grand Prix
While “Fast Five” continues burning up the box office, Warner Home Video brings one of the all-time great racing movies to Blu-ray with 1966’s “Grand Prix.” Directed by the great John Frankenheimer (“The Manchurian Candidate,” “Seconds,” “Ronin”), it hails from the days when going to the movies was a real event. This, for instance, comes […]
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Excalibur
I recall finding it boring and tiresome, but I was 15 — what did I know? In the 20-plus years that have intervened, I’ve revisited it several times, each more pleasurably than the last. It’s a film that just gets better with age, and it looks fabulous in its Blu-ray debut. The iconic early scene […]