Jun 7, 2022 · Picture 9/10 The Criterion Collection presents Theodore Witcher’s love jones on Blu-ray, delivering the film in its original aspect ratio of 1.85:1 on a dual-layer disc. The new 1080p/24hz high-definition presentation is sourced from a new 4K restoration. The 35mm original A/B negatives were the source for the scan. I wasn’t sure what to …

Apr 15, 2008 · 1117 love jones #1 by swo17 » Wed Dec 15, 2021 7:50 pm love jones Steeped in the bohemian cool of Chicago's 1990s Black creative scene, love jones —the smart, sexy, and stylish debut feature of writer-director Theodore Witcher—is a love story for anyone who has ever wondered: How do I know when I've found the one?

Mar 29, 2022 · Steeped in the bohemian cool of Chicago’s 1990s Black creative scene, love jones— the smart, sexy, and stylish debut feature of writer-director Theodore Witcher—is a love story for anyone who has ever wondered: How do I know when I’ve found the one? Larenz Tate and Nia Long have magnetism and chemistry to burn as the striving, artistically talented twentysomethings—he’s a poet, she ...

Apr 8, 2025 · Darius Lovehall is a young black poet in Chicago who starts dating Nina Moseley, a beautiful and talented photographer. While trying to figure out if they've got a "love thing" or are just "kicking it," they hang out with their friend, talking about love and sex. Then Nina tests the strength of Darius' feelings and sets a chain of romantic complications into motion.

Oct 1, 2021 · Picture 8/10 The third title in Criterion’s latest box set, Melvin Van Peebles: Essential Films, features the director’s landmark film, Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song, in its original aspect ratio of 1.85:1 on the first dual-layer disc of a two-disc package. The 1080p/24hz high-def presentation comes from a recent 4K restoration performed in by Vinegar Syndrome in collaboration with ...

Nov 3, 2004 · Released February 7, 2006: Ryan's Daughter Two-Disc Special Edition DVD (1970) An epic tale of forbidden romance, Ryan's Daughter stars Sarah Miles as Rosy Ryan, a lovely, headstrong Irish lass who cannot forsake her passionate romance with a handsome British officer (Christopher Jones). When her illicit affair leads to a charge of treason, it is the devotion of her reserved schoolteacher ...

Dec 9, 2021 · Picture 8/10 Criterion brings the director’s cut of Allen and Albert Hughes’ Menace II Society back into the collection (after originally releasing it on LaserDisc in 1994), presenting the film on a dual-layer Blu-ray disc in its original aspect ratio of 1.85:1. The 1080p/24hz high-definition presentation comes from a brand-new 4K restoration conducted by The Criterion Collection and ...

Dec 9, 2021 · Picture 9/10 The Hughes’ brothers’ debut feature film Menace II Society reenters The Criterion Collection with a new 4K UHD edition. The film is presented in its original aspect ratio of 1.85:1 on a dual-layer, BD-66 disc with a 2160p/24hz ultra high-definition encode and Dolby Vision. The presentation has been sourced from a new 4K restoration performed by Warner Bros. and Criterion ...

Dec 9, 2008 · I thought that this was a really strong year for covers (yes, The Worst Person In The World included!), and especially liked the visual pairings of the two Jane Campion covers for releases bookending the year, the shot-countershot boxed-in imagery of Adoption and the classic simplicity of the Love Affair (and love jones, for that matter) cover.

Jan 24, 2018 · Tom Jones takes place some 40 years after the Restoration, but its sexual politics are virtually identical. Indeed, Miss Western, who was young in the Restoration, advocates marriage to Blifil even if Sophia doesn’t love him, claiming that many successful marriages are made without love, just as her brother, Squire Western, sees the alliance ...