Idris at the Helm: Yardie

By Ali Moosavi. The media have been so preoccupied with whether or not Idris Elba will become the next James Bond that somehow his first venture into directing, Yardie,  has been kept largely under the radar. Yardie is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Victor Headley. […]

“What Might Have Been”: The Magnificent Ambersons (Criterion Collection)

By Tony Williams. “Anybody who does things their own way while they’re working with a corporation is going to be problematic.” – Jonathan Rosenbaum, audio-commentary, The Magnificent Ambersons Criterion Collection DVD When Criterion rises to the appropriate occasion of combining the best type of digital restoration with the most appropriate supplementary features, […]