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The Manchurian Candidate
It's the classic paranoid conspiracy that won't go away... and that seems more possible with every passing year. Laurence Harvey is a…
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Losing Ground
Kathleen Collins' name made a big cultural rebound with a single review in The New Yorker -- of an independent movie she…
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Spies (Spione)
Guns! Bombs! Assassinations! Blackmail! Fritz Lang invents the escapist super-spy thriller! To seize a set of political documents the evil Haghi dispatches…
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Michael Collins
On the centennial of the Easter Uprising and just a few days past St. Patrick's Day, WHV present's Neil Jordan's biopic epic…
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Which is Witch?
Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble… ah, you know the drill, today’s enchanting quiz is all about witches. [gravityform id=”65″ title=”false” description=”false” ajax=”true”]…
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Paris Belongs to Us
Director Jacques Rivette just passed away back in January. There's more interest lately in his 12-hour opus Out 1, but if you'll…
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Her Majesty, Love
It's the final Hollywood film by the legendary Ziegfeld star Marilyn Miller, and it's also a terrific talkie feature debut for W.C.…
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I Knew Her Well (Io la conoscevo bene)
She's beautiful, desired and enjoys a social mobility in the improving Italian economy... but she's also a pawn of cruel materialist values.…
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GREAT DOUBLE FEATURES I’VE SEEN #1: SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT (1977) AND CONVOY (1978)
(This is the first in an occasional series in which I remember some of the best double features I’ve been lucky enough…
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The Trip — Psych-Out
Roger Corman took an artistic turn near the end of his directing days to flex his creative muscles. After the finish of…
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Spring Takes Time
Get yer terrific long-suppressed film history right here, folks -- this is what it takes to get your movie banned in East…
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The Strangler
Lock your doors! Hulking menace Victor Buono gets the full-on psycho treatment, based (very) roughly on early reports of The Boston Strangler.…
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The Kubrick Quiz
A few riddles concerning the mysterious and masterful director’s most iconic work. Enjoy! [gravityform id=”64″ title=”false” description=”false” ajax=”true”] Be sure to click…
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The Big Heat
An Encore Edition brings back Fritz Lang's searing police corruption tale, with the great performances of Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame and Lee…
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When Eight Bells Toll
This forgotten Alistair MacLean action thriller packs a rare starring role for the young Anthony Hopkins -- he's really good as secret…
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Murders in the Rue Morgue / The Dunwich Horror
Look out! Here come two A.I.P. horror pix from the soggy end of the Poe cycle: the first features Jason Robards, an…
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MURIELS ROUNDUP
Spotlight more or less ran the table at the Independent Spirit Awards last Saturday night in Santa Monica, picking up honors for…
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Bad Boy
This proto- juvenile delinquent epic launched celebrated WW2 warrior Audie Murphy on the road to Hollywood fame, fortune and more troubled times. Audie commits…
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The Decline of Western Civilization, + Part II The Metal Years
The formidable Penelope Spheeris penetrates L.A.'s punk and glam rock scenes, connecting with surly malcontents that would greet a normal docu with flipped fingers…
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Contagion
Savant goes back five years to praise Steven Soderbergh's superb pandemic thriller, the one that warns us to never, ever shake hands…
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It’s Raining Cats & Dogs!
Presenting a little salute to the cinematic adventures of our four-legged friends. [gravityform id=”63″ title=”false” description=”true” ajax=”true”] Don’t forget to click submit…
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Donovan’s Brain
Blinded by science! And no, it's not a sequel to Donovan's Reef. Lew Ayres yanks the living brain out of a dying…
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The Hawaiians
The sequel to the epic Julie Andrews road show picture wasn't a hit, but it tells a good story of its own.…
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Revolt of the Slaves
Let's give a cheer for the lowly sword 'n' sandal epic. This persecution and torture spectacle also takes in the martyrdom of…
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MY LAST-MINUTE OSCAR PREDICTIONS
It’s been such a good year at the movies that I’m a little bit surprised by the degree to which I’m approaching…
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The Vincent Price Collection III
Shout Factory opens the crypt once more, for the last remaining UA and AIP fright movies starring our favorite gentleman of horror.…