Episode 542: Why Is Everything Controversial?

Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski run down titles you can get on physical media this week and, not gonna lie, there’s a lot of baggage. There’s the Mick Jagger film that say on the shelf for two years along with Lindsay Lohan’s collaboration with Paul Schrader and William Friedkin’s infamous Al Pacino murder mystery set within the gay community. Not to mention John Wayne playing Genghis Khan and the poor timing for an Eric Red horror film. But even controversy can be put aside for cinema sunshine. You can now get Milos Forman’s Mozart film in its original theatrical incarnation. Maybe you don’t even remember the issue parents had with one of the loveliest coming-of-age films of the ‘90s. And why would you say anything controversial about Carol Reed’s masterpiece? All that plus Guillermo Del Toro’s debut and the genius of poking fun at documentaries on this week’s Blu-ray show.

0:00 – Intro

3:13 - Criterion (Performance 4K, Cronos 4K)

22:43 - Vinegar Syndrome (The Joy of Sex, Virtuosity 4K, The Canyons)

48:18 - Arrow (Cruising 4K)

1:05:54 - Kino (The Conqueror, Graveyard Shift 4K, Body Parts 4K)

1:24:14 - Sony (My Girl 4K)

1:37:39 - LionsGate (The Third Man 4K)

1:44:22 - Warner (Amadeus 4K)

1:55:51 – New Television on Blu-ray (Noble House, Documentary Now: The Complete Series)

2:01:01 - New Theatrical Titles On Blu-ray (Hard Truths)

2:05:13 – New Blu-ray Announcements