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Reviewed by Christopher Kulik
Quote: "An extraordinary, intimate documentary short subject, Dear Talula has a power and urgency which most feature-length films lack."

Reviewed by Jennifer Malkowski
Quote: "Dunye's early works function best as time capsules of black lesbian culture from the early '90s and as still-relevant discussions of race and sexuality."

Reviewed by Gordon Sullivan
Quote: "No one I can think of has treated obsession so successfully in the cinema as Werner Herzog. Hitchcock comes to mind, but he confined his obsessive portraits to fiction, whereas Herzog has documented this sort of behavior from both sides of the fiction divide."

Reviewed by William Lee
Quote: "The most enjoyable segments were those that found a way to mix the old and the new to energize these stories -- really, what would have been so interesting about watching a carver work?"

Reviewed by Franck Tabouring
Quote: "Honestly, who wouldn't applaud the great efforts Walt Disney and his team put into making these classic tales?"

Reviewed by Victor Valdivia
Quote: "If the cartoons on the first disc are something of a letdown, the ones on Disc Two are at times downright painful."

Reviewed by Christopher Kulik
Quote: "As for filmmaker Brian Labreque, the dude is whacked...and I mean that as a compliment."

Reviewed by Christopher Kulik
Quote: "Sony has been listening to demands by Stooge fans. These classic shorts have been restored and re-mastered for superior sound and picture quality, and the streak continues (mostly)"

Reviewed by Christopher Kulik
Quote: "Sony's treatment of these priceless shorts is triumphant...for the most part."

Reviewed by William Lee
Quote: "The Sixth Side, especially, is an exciting document of history unfolding in front of the camera."