
A Matter of Life and Death (aka Stairway to Heaven) (4K restoration) movie review: paradise on Earth
One of the most beloved British films ever is now even more lush, more gorgeous, more humanist in a glorious new restored edition.

One of the most beloved British films ever is now even more lush, more gorgeous, more humanist in a glorious new restored edition.
Michael Fassbender? Tilda Swinton? Michael Shannon? Elizabeth Olsen? But Jonah Hill gets a nom… *sigh*
The Tree of Life and Drive lead the slate with, respectively, seven and six nominations apiece…
“My hands are a little dirty.” –the Driver (Ryan Gosling) “So are mine.” –Bernie the unlikely gangster (Albert Brooks)
Remember Drive Angry? (I hope you don’t.) This is not that movie. This is Drive Calm. This is Drive Cool.
Holy shit, this looks amazing. An action art film?
*Finding Nemo* is stunningly exquisite, an extraordinary leap forward in artistry for Pixar, and for computer animation in general, bringing a strange and alien world to life, so real you could almost reach out and touch it, knowing that it would be wet if you did. Truly, *Nemo* is an immersive experience. But only visually. Because the moment all the gorgeously rendered inhabitants of this beautiful undersea realm open their mouths, they sound surprisingly, and rather depressingly, human.
Was *Taxi Driver* more disturbing, or less disturbing, before its unpleasant truths shifted into the real world?