Contributions from Adam Cook | Little White Lies

Contributor Adam Cook

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Home Ents

Spanish master Luis García Berlanga finally gets his dues

by Adam Cook

The director’s 1963 film The Exe­cu­tion­er is get­ting a home video release cour­tesy of the Cri­te­ri­on Collection.
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Home Ents

Only Angels Have Wings gets a long overdue home release

by Adam Cook

Howard Hawks’ 1939 clas­sic is final­ly avail­able on Blu-ray cour­tesy of the Cri­te­ri­on Collection.
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Home Ents

Why Jacques Rivette’s debut is an anti-New Wave classic

by Adam Cook

The late French master’s first film, Paris Belongs to Us, is now avail­able cour­tesy of the Cri­te­ri­on Collection.
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Review

Hitchcock/Truffaut

by Adam Cook

Two grand mas­ters come head to head in this insight­ful doc­u­men­tary from film crit­ic Kent Jones.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Home Ents

Discover this classic Japanese satire about capital punishment

by Adam Cook

Nag­isa Oshima’s 1968 film Death by Hang­ing is now avail­able cour­tesy of The Cri­te­ri­on Collection.
Woman wearing sunglasses with curly blonde hair in a city street.
Review

Joy

by Adam Cook

An effer­ves­cent Jen­nifer Lawrence ele­vates the sly comedic tone of David O Russell’s eccen­tric film.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect