Episode 371: Leaving You Breathless (And Probably Speechless)

Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski look at this week’s new Blu-ray releases and it is quite the deep dive into eclectic taste. Criterion has one of the early films of a pioneering female director. Terrorists are trying to blow up the Super Bowl, kids battle aliens, a teenager searches for her mom and Natasha Lyonne goes up against Vincent Gallo. There are films with John Barrymore and Van Heflin, Parker Posey’s first starring vehicle, a stylized actioner that could have been The Boys but figured “nah”, and other dummies too. Episode 118 had Peter talking at length about Exorcist II and now the third film gets some time as well. Finally, the esteemed Mr. Sobczynski makes the case that the 1983 remake of a Godard classic may actually be better than the original. Can he convince you?

0:00 - Intro

1:00 - Criterion (Chilly Scenes of Winter)

6:12 - Altered Innocence (Wild Reeds)

7:40 - Vinegar Syndrome (Freeway II)

12:03 - Arrow Films (Knockabout, Black Sunday)

24:09 - Kino (Border River, Counsellor at Law, If I Had a Million, Tomahawk)

34:22 - MPI (All Quiet on the Western Front (2022) (4K))

37:53 - RLJE Films (Kids vs. Aliens)

41:36 - Sony (Missing (2023))

43:26 - Shout! Factory (Dead Silence, Wanted (4K), The Exorcist III (4K))

58:58 - Fun City Editions (Party Girl, Breathless)

1:19:33 – New Blu-ray Announcements

1:22:47 - Outro