Beach Rats

Is it a filmic disaster or just your average post-punk Riot grrrl Sci-fi epic that got lost in the margins?  Lori Petty nails the title character with a stylishly manic-defiant hellraiser battling the...

A quiet revelation of American independent filmmaking, Charles Burnett’s lyrical debut feature unfolds as a mosaic of Black life in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, where Stan (Henry Gayle Sanders), a father worn down by his job in a slaughterhouse, and his wife (Kaycee Moore) seek moments of tenderness in the face of myriad disappointments. Equally attuned to the world of children and that of adults, Burnett—acting as director, writer, producer, cinematographer, and editor—finds poetry amid everyday struggles in indelible images that glow with compassionate beauty. Largely unseen for decades following its completion in 1977, Killer of Sheep is now recognized as a touchstone of the groundbreaking LA Rebellion movement, and a masterpiece that brought Black American lives to the screen with an aching intimacy like no film before.DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURESNew 4K digital restoration, approved by director Charles Burnett, with uncompressed monaural soundtrackAudio commentary featuring Burnett and film scholar Richard PeñaNew interviews with Burnett and actor Henry Gayle SandersNew appreciation by filmmaker Barry JenkinsTwo short films by Burnett: Several Friends (1969) and The Horse (1973), with a new introduction to the latter by BurnettExcerpt from the 2010 UCLA LA Rebellion Oral History Project, featuring an interview with Burnett by film scholar Jacqueline StewartA Walk with Charles Burnett (2019), a documentary by Robert TownsendCast reunion from 2007TrailerEnglish subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearingPLUS: An essay by critic Danielle Amir Jackson

Success comes in many forms, so we're looking at the box office performances of all 10 of this year's Oscar nominees for Best Picture.

Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure and Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey were minor successes upon their respective releases in 1989 and 1991, but they were popular enough and Keanu Reeves had become enough of...

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