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Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Digging the discs: my latest DVD reviews

I present "consumer guide" round-ups (thanks to Christgau for that handy phrase) on the Funhouse TV show on a regular basis. Here are the latest DVD reviews I've done for the DiscDish site.

Jerry Lewis as the Jazz Singer

Beat Takeshi's Outrage: Way of the Yakuza

Isabelle Huppert stars in Special Treatment

The original — and only version worth watching — U.K. seriesThe Office

Godard's masterwork Histoire(s) du Cinema

Darren McGavin stars in Mike Hammer: the Complete Series

Claude Chabrol’s brilliant Les Cousins

Bergman’s Face to Face

The indispensableThe Complete Jean Vigo

David Holzman's Diary, a perfect NYC indie
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