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Crimes of Passion

Flamboyant artist Ken Russell was eventually sidelined for what the industry calls 'excess,' but he was a genuine artist, as indicated by…

Mill of the Stone Women (German import)

Mad doctors! Mortiferous maidens! Horrifying hallucinations! A key early Euro-horror and one of the very first in color, this French-Italian production is…

Gun the Man Down

This almost completely forgotten '50s western couldn't compete with the big productions, but it has a good cast -- James Arness, Robert…

Silk Stockings

It's in glorious Technicolor Metrocolor, CinemaScope and StereoPhonic Sound! Fred Astaire's final MGM musical gives him Cyd Charisse and a Cole Porter…

3 Bad Men

What's this? John Ford's last silent western is as exciting and entertaining as his later classics. A trio of horse thieves turn…

Night and Fog

The first and most powerful Holocaust reassessment extends the horror with the assertion that, in 1955, its reality is already fading from…

Scott of the Antarctic

There's nothing more earnest than an English national epic. This one is about a valiant expedition that becomes a low-key disaster. Told straight and…

To Have and Have Not

Bogart finds Bacall and movie history is made; for once the make-believe romantic chemistry is abundantly real. Howard Hawks' wartime Caribbean adventure…

LOOKING FOR ALBERT BROOKS IN THE NETFLIX WORLD

In the hierarchy of significance in what made news this past week, the sudden availability of the entirety of Albert Brooks’ output…

Carnival of Souls

Cinema Art from Lawrence, Kansas?   Industrial filmmaker Herk Harvey comes through with a classic horror gem for the ages. A haunted…

With the Ghouls in Lawrence, Kansas

Guest writer Bill Shaffer takes us back to Lawrence Kansas in 1989, for a cast and crew re-premiere of Carnival of Souls.…

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Invisible Invaders

"Earth Given 24 Hours to Surrender!" Invisible murderous moon maniacs invade, with invisible troops and invisible flying saucers! John Agar, Jean Byron…

The Daughter of Dawn

Blood and Black Lace

Mario Bava turns from spooky gothic tales to a relentlessly violent murder spree in the glossy world of high fashion. The large…

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

A special edition of this confirmed '70s crowd pleaser?  I'm there. Robert Shaw has big plans to hijack a New York subway…

99 River Street

Do you like your noir heroes bitter and bruised, and your noir dames daring and resourceful? Phil Karlson's gem of a thriller…

The In-Laws

This Alan Arkin-Peter Falk show is finally being recognized as a comedy mini-masterpiece. Afraid of offending his daughter's future father-in-law, a dentist…

Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan

Release the Kraken! They're only now releasing this Blu-ray in the U.S.. The patron saint of every special effect fan gets the…

The Panic in Needle Park

Drug addicts! Who in 1970 really knew what life was like for them? Jerry Schatzberg, Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne's story…

The Ninth Configuration (Region B UK)

Savant UK correspondent Lee Broughton analyzes one of his favorite pictures starring Stacy Keach, who seemed to make only cult items in…

Forbidden Hollywood Volume 10

Woo hoo! The pre-Code marvels return for one last go-round -- tales of sin and moral turpitude but also serious pictures about…

EAT THAT QUESTION: FRANK ZAPPA IN HIS OWN WORDS

Eat That Question: Frank Zappa In His Own Words takes its title from a song found on the composer’s 1972 fusion album…

Don’t Mess with Mother Nature!

Bless the beasts... but don't turn your back on them! It's the TFH Mother Nature Quiz (Part One - Part Two will…

Appointment with Crime

Most British crime films of the '40s and '50s have been slow crossing the pond, but Olive Films has a winner here,…

Night Will Fall

The Holocaust needs to be retold forever, but it's a tough topic to address without distortion or trivialization. André Singer's docu is…