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Once Upon a Time in the West
"Only at the point of dying." Hailed in Europe but ignored here, Sergio Leone's most prestigious western transcends classic status. Its…
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Devil’s Doorway
Guy Trosper, Anthony Mann and John Alton's western is shocking stuff for 1950 -- Hollywood did address the historical raw deal handed…
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Gravity
This one played like gangbusters in the theater. The only negative flak we heard came from a) people that don't like Sandra…
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Two from Jean Rollin
Which came first, the art of Philippe Druillet or the films of Jean Rollin? There’s an easy answer; Druillet began his long…
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The Borderlands
UK correspondent Lee Broughton returns with coverage of an original and engaging British folk horror film. Director Elliot Goldner's found footage show…
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I Am Cuba
Milestone films and the Criterion Collection team together for this 1964 epic, a a joint Cuban-Soviet super-travelogue celebration of the revolutionary spirit.…
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Deep in the Heart
Ignore the exploitative original posters ... this thriller from 1983 is a clear-eyed view of America's gun problem, expressed, wouldn't you know…
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The Tin Star
Anthony Mann's high-quality conventional western has top stars Henry Fonda and Anthony Perkins, plus good input from Neville Brand, John McIntire and…
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Household Saints
Nancy Savoca belongs in the top rank of creative filmmakers of the 1990s. This unorthodox telling of a 'neighborhood miracle' may be…
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Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker
As the love-starved auntie with romantic designs on her teenage nephew, Susan Tyrrell delivers a primal scream performance that would send the…
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*batteries not included
Family-friendly Steven Spielberg once again seeks out the sentimental corner of sci-fi, with memorable roles for his lovable cast and a technical…
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Bombs over Burma
This Poverty Row PRC opus was thrown together in just a few weeks, in the first months of World War II. Cult…
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Tormented
As a man bedeviled by the ghost of his jilted lover, Richard Carlson is feeling Tormented, and after a few minutes of…
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Colt .45
Swing back with us to 1958, when all three TV networks were crammed with westerns, each of which needed a gimmick. Wayde…
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The Scarface Mob
The Great Depression made the high-rolling mobsters of the movies seem all the more glamorous; audiences not only sympathized with those sharp-dressed…
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Accidentally Preserved Volume 5
It’s what a real movie marquee might have offered in the second half of the 1920s. Disc producers Jon C. Mirsalis and…
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3 Godfathers ’48
John Ford's outlaw trio rescues an orphaned baby, evoking the sentimental innocence of silent-era westerns. With John Wayne, Ward Bond and Pedro…
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Snapshot
Pegged as a slasher-type horror, Simon Wincer's drama hews closer to the emerging 'artful' trend in Australian filmmaking -- with some of…
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They Drive by Night
Warners star power triumphs in a patched-together screen classic about the hard life of truckers on the road -- that turns into…
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Suits: The Complete Series
It was slick, glamorous, sexy -- the cable series tickled TV viewers with fantasies of Wall Street wealth and power, adding extra…
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The Panther Women – The Batwoman
A garden of unearthly delights, Famous Monsters of Filmland was the Cahiers du Cinéma for middle-school monster fans. But 1964’s July issue…
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The Dresser
The Dresser Blu-ray Viavision [Imprint] #290 1983 / Color / 1:78 widescreen / 118 min. / Street Date February 28, 2024 /…
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To Die For
A wide-eyed kewpie doll with the disposition of Lady Macbeth, Suzanne Stone’s only friend is the lens of a television camera—when the…
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Sayonara
This import shows what's uniquely terrific about a Home Video disc done well -- the combined audio commentaries tell us so much…
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Phase IV 4K
The celebrated filmic designer Saul Bass took on a tall cinematic challenge, directing a cerebral sci-fi thriller designed to rely heavily on…
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The President’s Analyst
Now available in a domestic Blu-ray -- if The Phone Company doesn't suppress it -- is one of the smartest, funniest political…