Night Moves (Criterion) 03/25 Blu-ray (Rental)

Arthur Penn’s haunting neonoir reimagines the hard-boiled detective film for the disillusioned, paranoid 1970s. In one of his greatest performances, Gene Hackman oozes world-weary cynicism as a private investigator whose search for an actress’s missing daughter (Melanie Griffith) leads him from the Hollywood Hills to the Florida Keys, where he is pulled into a sordid family drama and a sinister conspiracy he can hardly grasp. Bolstered by Alan Sharp’s genre-scrambling script and Dede Allen’s elliptical editing, the daringly labyrinthine Night Moves is a defining work of post-Watergate cinema—a silent scream of existential dread and moral decay whose legend has only grown with time. BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack New audio commentary by Matthew Asprey Gear, author of Moseby Confidential New audio interview with actor Jennifer Warren Interview with director Arthur Penn from a 1975 episode of Cinema Showcase Interview with Penn from the 1995 documentary Arthur Penn: A Love Affair with Film The Day of the Director, a behind-the-scenes featurette Trailer English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing PLUS: An essay by critic Mark Harris