Adriana Barraza – Elements of Madness

Dive deep into the making of director Ángel Manuel Soto’s surprisingly thematically complex “Blue Beetle” via thorough features on the home release.

By Douglas Davidson on October 31, 2023 • ( 1 )

If you’ve been keeping track of the goings-on at Warner Bros. Pictures over the last few years, their handling of the DC Comics live-action properties has been wildly mismanaged. In their race to build their own interconnected universe akin to… Read More ›

Styled like a documentary, dramatic fiction “Dark Blood” feels like watching the spiritual obliteration of innocence.

By Douglas Davidson on September 8, 2021 • ( 0 )

Few films have shaken me quite like Harold Trompetero’s Dark Blood has. Uncut Gems (2019) left me vibrating from anxiety; If Anything Happens I Love You (2020) left me stunned, silently crying over the credits; Violet (2021) left me raw,… Read More ›

Explore Alejandro Iñárritu’s first feature film, “Amores perros,” in a brand-new way thanks to its addition to the Criterion Collection.

By Douglas Davidson on December 15, 2020 • ( 0 )

Before The Revenant (2017), before Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014), before Biutiful (2010), and before 21 Grams (2003), writer/director Alejandro Iñárritu made his feature debut with 2000’s hard-hitting Amores perros, a title translated to English as “Love’s… Read More ›