June DVD Releases: “Etruscan Smile,” “Watchmen”, “Portrait of a Lady on Fire”
Powerful indies and revisionist superhero series dot some of June’s most addictive home video offerings.
Powerful indies and revisionist superhero series dot some of June’s most addictive home video offerings.
Damon Lindelof’s series comes to a conclusion that is as evocative and satisfying as it is rushed.
Memory and history collide in a startling episode that offers yet more interrogation of the show’s source material.
Six episodes in, the show does its deepest, most formally daring look at historical prejudice, policing and American mythology.
Watchmen explores the cyclical nature of trauma in an episode that serves as a haunting showcase for Tim Blake Nelson.
Legacy and memory rise to the forefront of an intriguing Watchmen concerned even more directly with the shadows of the past.
An old character from the comics arrives reinvented, as we see the other half of the story thus far. Up to this point, Watchmen has been working hard to establish itself as a story existing within the periphery of the comics’ usual signposts. While we get the occasional glimpse of Dr. Manhattan, and this week … Watchmen Recap: “She Was Killed By Space Junk”
Episode two digs into more of the show’s thematic material, as answers give way to more questions.
Damon Lindelof stuns with a tight, incisive continuation of the impossible-to-film comic book. The prospect of making a Watchmen TV series, even on HBO, is a dicey one, to say the least. Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ seminal deconstruction of the superhero genre was long thought impossible to film, and (depending on who you ask) … Watchmen Premiere Recap: “It’s Summer and We’re Running Out of Ice”
A new set from Icarus Films invites us to explore the Mexican filmmaker’s twenty-year-plus body of work.
Chloé Zhao’s admirable effort to tell an intriguing morality play about the burden of godhood is hampered by all the CG business required of its cinematic universe.
The HBO Max series starts with some rough edges and unconvincing clichés, but excellent performances overcome those issues.
The ambitious-as-hell, occasionally lovely superhero epic comes with a whole lot of baggage.
The penultimate episode takes a trip to the past, & is another powerful, sobering highlight of the season.
Ruby gets a taste of how the other side lives in an aimless, disappointing episode.
Phantoms trouble the survivors of Ardham in an outstanding episode that pays homage to classic haunted house movies.
Amazon’s anti-superhero show returns for a more assured sophomore run that gives its broad satire deeper character.
Atticus & the others learn the secrets of Ardham Lodge in an episode stuffed with enough plot for three episodes.
Peacock’s loose adaptation of Aldous Huxley’s classic looks nice, but is empty under the surface.
The team figures out where to center their attack, as the penultimate episode of the season continues to struggle with pacing.
Ralph reluctantly takes on a partner as a colleague has a brush with the impossible.