Articles by Alan Bacchus

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  Accident [Blu-Ray]

  Soi Cheang

  PUBLISHED Jun 18, 2012

  This TIFF festival inclusion from 2009 finally emerges on Canadian soil for public consumption on Blu-Ray via Shout Factory almost three ye...

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  Camelot

  Joshua Logan

  PUBLISHED May 11, 2012

  The story of King Arthur, told through the music and lyrics of Lerner and Lowe (My Fair Lady), was a cultural touchtone of the '60s, both t...

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  A Streetcar Named Desire

  Elia Kazan

  PUBLISHED May 8, 2012

  As an exercise in research, I read some of the original reviews for A Streetcar Named Desire, both the 1951 film and the original Broadway...

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  Hunger

  Steve McQueen

  PUBLISHED May 8, 2012

  Steve McQueen's debut feature, re-released on Blu-Ray to coincide with the release of Shame, is still a magnificent introduction to former...

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  War Horse [Blu-Ray]

  Steven Spielberg

  PUBLISHED Apr 13, 2012

  There's a great deal going on in War Horse, but your enjoyment of the film essentially comes down to how much you can stomach the Spielberg...

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  Monty Python and the Holy Grail [Blu-Ray]

  Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones

  PUBLISHED Mar 26, 2012

  After watching this film countless times in my youth, I'll admit my once boisterous laughs have turned to much quieter chuckles. Thus I env...

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  Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey

  Constance Marks

  PUBLISHED Mar 15, 2012

  Anyone looking for a salacious and dramatic unveiling of the drama behind the magic of children's puppetry won't find it here. Elmo creator...

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  Citizen Kane

  Orson Welles

  PUBLISHED Jan 13, 2012

  Even heady proclamations like "the greatest film ever made" cannot overstate how powerful this picture is. The story of a mercurial newspap...