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DVD of the Week –‘Midnight’– April 22
One of my favorite romantic comedies of all time finally comes to DVD: the 1939 screwball Cinderella story “Midnight” stars Claudette Colbert as a street smart showgirl who pulls into Paris without a...
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‘Silent Ozu: Three Family Comedies’– DVD reviewed on TCM
Three of Ozu’s most delightful silent films are collected in the three disc set from Eclipse, Criterion’s budget-minded, no-frills sister label. I review the films and survey a little of Ozu’s early...
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Ozu Masterpiece on TCM –‘There Was A Father’
My article on Yasujiro Ozu’s There Was a Father went up on TCM many weeks ago and it simply slipped my attention in the flurry of SIFF and my recent move. It’s is one of the director’s masterpieces and...
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DVD of the Week –‘The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour: The Best Of Season...
It’s hard to fathom just how controversial The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour was in its day. Their brand of political satire, pointed barbs on topical events and political figures with a gentle...
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Duty and Sacrifice – Traditional Values, Modern Life and Ozu
The Only Son/There Was a Father: Two Films by Yasujiro Ozu (Criterion) It’s a cliché by now to call Yasujiro Ozu the most “Japanese” of Japanese directors, even if it is true to a point. The restrained...
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The Only Son / There Was a Father – DVD reviewed on TCM
I review the Criterion two-disc set The Only Son / There Was a Father: Two Films by Yasujiro Ozu for the Turner Classic Movies website. It’s not my first coverage of these films (I wrote about them...
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Tokyo Chorus on TCM
The films are Yasujiro Ozu are being featured this month for Silent Movie Sundays on Turner Classic Movies. Tokyo Chorus played last week (the night I got back from my much-needed vacation off the...
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I Was Born, But… on TCM
Yasujiro Ozu’s I Was Born, But… is the director’s most well-known silent feature and one of his most beloved films. The wry comedy plays on Sunday, January 9 on Turner Classic Movies as part of its...
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Videophiled Cool and Classic: Ozu’s ‘Tokyo,’ Carpenter’s ‘Assault’ and Four...
Tokyo Story (Criterion, Blu-ray+DVD Combo) is perhaps the definitive film by Yasujiro Ozu, the artist called the most “Japanese” of Japanese directors. Chishu Ryo (Ozu’s favorite performer) and Chieko...
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Silents Please!: ‘Silent Ozu – Three Crime Dramas’
Eclipse Silent Ozu – Three Crime Dramas (Eclipse 42) (Criterion, DVD) is an apt companion piece to Criterion’s previous set of silent Yasujiro Ozu films on their Eclipse line. The artist called the...
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