Joey’s Home Movies For the Week of February 24th – ‘Hard Truths’ and A Host of 4K Re-Releases (Led By ‘Cruising’)

Welcome back to my Home Movies! Today, we have the 4K re-release of Cruising, as well as a bunch of others, alongside the Oscar snubbed performance of Marianne Jean-Baptiste in Hard Truths. This week, the slate also includes a pair of Criterion Collection releases from major filmmakers. What else is hitting shelves? Well, read on below to find out…

Joey’s Top Pick

Cruising (4K)

This William Friedkin film, about a detective going undercover in the underground S&M subculture of New York City to catch a serial killer preying on gay men, has quite the reputation. It’s a surprisingly misunderstood one, as this movie is incredibly good, often ahead of its time, and wildly compelling. Cruising is the sort of flick that you discover and are largely blown away by. Al Pacino and Karen Allen are challenging themselves with tough material, leaving you with a gut punch of an ending. Available now in 4K, it’s a must-own for anyone who loves a thriller.

Also Available This Week

Amadeus (4K)

Hard Truths (Interview here with Marianne Jean-Baptiste)

My Girl (4K)

The Third Man (4K SteelBook)

You’re Next (4K SteelBook)

Criterion Corner

Cronos

From The Criterion Collection: “Guillermo del Toro made an auspicious and audacious feature debut with Cronos, a highly unorthodox tale about the seductiveness of the idea of immortality. Kindly antiques dealer Jesús Gris (Federico Luppi) happens upon an ancient golden device in the shape of a scarab, and soon finds himself the possessor and victim of its sinister, addictive powers, as well as the target of a mysterious American named Angel (a delightfully crude and deranged Ron Perlman). Featuring marvelous makeup effects and the haunting imagery for which del Toro has become world-renowned, Cronos is a dark, visually rich, and emotionally captivating fantasy.”

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Performance

From The Criterion Collection: “The grimy criminal underworld and hedonistic rock-and-roll counterculture of late-1960s London collide in this mind-scrambling, kaleidoscopic freak-out. On the run from his vengeful boss, a ruthless gangster (James Fox) hides out in the Notting Hill home of a reclusive rock star (Mick Jagger) and his companions (Anita Pallenberg and Michele Breton), who open the doors of his perception as the lines between reality and fantasy, male and female, persona and self, dissolve in a hallucinogenic haze. Built around Jagger’s most magnetic narrative-film performance, this visionary collaboration between Donald Cammell and Nicolas Roeg is a daringly transgressive, endlessly influential journey to the dark side of bohemia.”

Stay tuned for more next week…