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Focus On Film   Annual Episode 3  is up! FOF is 3 years old!! Please join us in celebrating. Download the MP3  HERE . In this episode: Criterion Collection  New Year's Drawing Top 5 Criterion Releases of 2015 "Second Run" (Runners-up) Criterion Releases of 2015 Best non-Criterion Release of 2015 "Focus On Film Theme"  & commercial music:  Daniel Sardella

I ended up digging In Cold Blood (1967) more on this second viewing. Thoughts from my initial viewing here . Famously based on Truman Capote's book, I do now consider this film a bona fide classic.  All of the things that stood out to me on my first viewing did so again, but this time the bold editing by Peter Zinner  also grabbed me. The shifting narrative and odd tonal switches put me off a bit the first time but that was all rectified when I saw the fantastic Criterion Collection Blu-ray. The supplements only aided my appreciation of this gem.

1.    Ex Machina   **** ( Review ) 2.    Inherent Vice   (2014) **** ( Review ) 3.    A Most Violent Year   (2014) **** ( Review ) 4.    Sicario   **** 5.    The Hateful Eight   **** 6.    Star Wars: The Force Awakens  **** 7.    What We Do In The Shadows   (2014) **** 8.   Bridge Of Spies  **** ( Review ) 9.     A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night   (2014) **** ( Review ) 10. What Happened, Miss Simone?   **** ( Review ) 11. The Editor  (2014) **** 12. The Martian  **** 13. Steve Jobs   **** ( Review ) 14. Jurassic World   ***1/2 15. Crimson Peak   ***1/2 ( Review ) 16. Everest ***1/2 17. Turbo Kid   ***1/2 18. Reality   (2014) ***1/2 19. Slow West   ***1/2 20. It Follows  (2014) ***1/2 Honorable Mentions 1.    While We're Young   (2014) ***1/2 2.    The You...

1.    Jaakko Eino Kalevi   Jaakko Eino Kalevi ****1/2 2.    Mew   + - **** 3.    Metric Pagans In Vegas **** 4.    The Helio Sequence The Helio Sequence **** 5.    The Go! Team The Scene Between **** 6.    Refused Freedom **** ( Review ) 7.    The Chemical Brothers Born In The Echoes **** 8.     Zombi Shape Shift **** 9.    Maserati Rehumanizer **** ( Review ) 10. John Carpenter Lost Themes **** 11. My Morning Jacket The Waterfall **** 12. Eagles Of Death Metal Zipper Down ***1/2 13. Death Cab For Cutie Kintsugi ***1/2 14. The Arcs Yours, Dreamily, ***1/2 15.  Ratatat   Magnifique ***1/2