Screen Reviews

Herb Alpert Is…
- Screen Reviews
- December 25, 2020
This biopic follows Herb Alpert’s rise to the top of the music world, and his life time of continued success.
Silent Running
- Screen Reviews
- December 23, 2020
The early ’70s cult classic Silent Running gets major upgrade from Arrow Video.
Comfort and Joy
- Screen Reviews
- December 21, 2020
With just a few short days before Christmas in Glasgow, morning drive time disc jockey, Alan “Dickie” Bird finds himself caught in the middle of an absurd ice cream war in Bill Forsyth’s masterful 1984 comedy, Comfort and Joy. Generoso reviews this underrated gem which he holds dear as his all-time favorite holiday film.
Fully Realized Humans
- Screen Reviews
- December 16, 2020
Josh and Jesse are expecting their first baby. A rain of useful helpful advice nearly smothers them, until they have to start changing diapers.
Best of Film 2020
- Screen Reviews
- December 7, 2020
Lily and Generoso select and review their ten favorite features, five supplemental films, and prized repertory releases of 2020.
Daughters of Darkness
- Screen Reviews
- November 25, 2020
This visually stunning vampire masterpiece gets its due in this lavish Blu-ray set.
The Last Starfighter
- Screen Reviews
- November 18, 2020
A classic from the 1980s gets a welcome reissue on Blu-ray.

The Deeper You Dig
- Screen Reviews
- November 13, 2020
Guerrilla filmmaking at its best by the Adams family on his haunting tale of karmic retribution.
Surviving Supercon
- Screen Reviews
- November 4, 2020
A behind the scenes look at a major Sc-fi convention.
Warning From Space
- Screen Reviews
- October 28, 2020
Cult classic Warning From Space gets a welcome Blu-ray reissue.
Drought
- Screen Reviews
- October 21, 2020
While mom and dad sit in jail, autistic Carl and his friend go on a road trip looking for a climatic super cell storm.
Ottolenghi and the Cakes of Versailles
- Screen Reviews
- October 12, 2020
New York’s Metropolitan Museum engages a crew of top chefs to make desserts fit for Versailles.
Born Into the Gig
- Screen Reviews
- October 8, 2020
The children of rock and rollers look for purpose in life and follow their parents’ footsteps.
Sukiyaki Western Django
- Screen Reviews
- September 29, 2020
A mysterious stranger wander into a desolate village burdened by gold. Two clans vie for his gunslinging prowess, and nearly everybody ends up dead in this lush and ultraviolent Japanese Western.

Why Don’t You Just Die!
- Screen Reviews
- September 7, 2020
A Russian family drama with plenty of krovvy and ultraviolence.
Gamera: The Complete Collection
- Screen Reviews
- September 3, 2020
Gamera finally gets his due in this lavish box set.
Broken Poet
- Screen Reviews
- September 2, 2020
Elliot Murphy stars as a rock star thought to be dead.
Zombie for Sale
- Screen Reviews
- August 28, 2020
Lee Min-Jae breathes new life via comedy into the zombie genre.
Nothing Stays the Same: The Story of The Saxon Pub
- Screen Reviews
- August 21, 2020
Long-running Austin institution the Saxon Pub is in danger of closing due to the explosive growth in rent and cost of living of the once-sleepy college town of Austin, Texas.
Black Rainbow
- Screen Reviews
- August 20, 2020
Mike Hodges ’80s thriller is back from movie purgatory in this Blu-ray release.

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- Staff Picks
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- Print Reviews
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- Screen Reviews
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- Music Reviews
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- Screen Reviews
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