In the clip above, Richard Brody discusses his DVD-of-the-Week, Kenji Mizoguchi’s last film, “Street of Shame,” from 1956. Click-through for more: http://nyr.kr/13yi2hu

Richard Brody on why”Chronicle of a Summer,” the Criterion DVD of which was released Tuesday, makes history (and there’s still more on the cutting-room floor): http://nyr.kr/XFsSgi

Richard Brody discusses his DVD-of-the-Week, Allan Dwan’s 1957 far-West film noir “The River’s Edge”: http://nyr.kr/YA9gq9

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In the clip above, Richard Brody discusses his DVD-of-the-Week, “Elephant Man.” Click-through for more from Brody on the film, which he calls “a movie of true Platonic love”: http://nyr.kr/12tc6V0

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Richard Brody discusses his DVD of the Week, Robert Altman’s “The Long Goodbye” (1973): http://nyr.kr/TEb1VO

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Melissa Mathison, the screenwriter for Steven Spielberg’s “E.T., the Extra-Terrestrial,” talks about what inspired some of the film’s best lines:  http://nyr.kr/UG3Rga

DVD of the Week: John Cassavetes’ first studio film, “Too Late Blues” (1961). 

Watch the clip, and click-through for more from Richard Brody on Cassavetes: http://nyr.kr/Q7SbWD

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Richard Brody’s DVD of the Week: Nicholas Ray’s “Johnny Guitar”.  

Hear Brody discuss the film in the clip above, and click-through for more on this “miraculous movie”: http://nyr.kr/N1jlf4

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Richard Brody’s DVD pick of the week: Gerd Oswald’s 1957 harsh film noir, “Crime of Passion”.  Watch the clip above, and click through for more from Brody on the film: http://nyr.kr/NUB98U

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Richard Brody’s DVD of the Week: Ingmar Bergman’s 1953 drama “Summer with Monika”. Watch the clip above, and click-through for more from Brody on the film: http://nyr.kr/NzRi59