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The Mountain
The French Alps in VistaVision and Technicolor really sell this inspirational thriller. Spencer Tracy stars is the utterly ethical mountaineer, and young…
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The Green Room
François Truffaut goes deep and morbid adapting a Henry James story about a man who chooses to 'devote himself to his beloved…
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Sci-fi from the Vault: 4 Films
Mill Creek's latest disc collection gathers three Columbia Sci-fi faves and throws in a Blu-ray debut for a fourth. It's a good…
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The House that Screamed
What makes Franco-era Spanish horror so horrible? The unnecessary cruelty and emphatic nastiness, a combination that's led to more than a few…
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Romeo and Juliet ’68
Franco Zeffirelli apprenticed to Luchino Visconti, stage directed operas and directed several movie hits, the biggest of which was this exuberant, attractive…
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Carrie (1952)
This expensive production was dismissed as a flop, and literary critics scorned it for diluting the famed novel by Theodore Dreiser. But…
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If I Were King
It's a nearly perfect tale of identity swaps and royal intrigues: Ronald Colman's voice is velvet smooth as the poet-rogue François Villon,…
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Marathon Man 4K
William Goldman's international conspiracy thriller provides Dustin Hoffman with an outright 'action man' star vehicle. The public applauded supporting star Laurence Olivier,…
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Dazed and Confused 4K
"Where were you in '76?" The newest entrant in Criterion's 4K disc club is Richard Linklater's rowdy but affectionate ode to high…
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Enter Santo: The First Adventures of the Silver-Masked Man
To begin to understand the byzantine nature of Mexican culture, look no further than the town of Tulancingo, home to Mesoamerican pyramids…
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Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Robert Donat snagged an Oscar for this sentimental crowdpleaser, a Best Picture nominee in Hollywood's 'Golden Year' of 1939. The genteel chemistry…
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The Big Gundown
Quentin Tarantino crowned Sergio Corbucci as the second-best director of Italian westerns, but our vote goes to Sergio Sollima -- this is…
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A Rage to Live
It's a hot soap from '65, when movies promised raging passion but delivered cheap teases and hypocritical judgments. It's Suzanne Pleshette's only…
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The Lady from Shanghai
To those who know him, Michael O’Hara “… has got a lot of blarney in him.” That also applies to Orson Welles,…
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The Bride Wore Black
François Truffaut's ode to Hitchcock and Cornell Woolrich is an ice-cold femme revenge tale. Jeanne Moreau exacts retribution from five men who…
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Rancho Notorious
We love this Fritz Lang western even though it's not particularly good; only in hindsight do we realize that the brilliant director's…
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Marco Polo ’62
You can't argue with disc collectors eager to rediscover movies they loved at age 10, in terrific kiddie matinees. Cowboy star Rory…
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Monsieur Hire
Highest honors go to this stylish, cinematically refined adaptation of a George Simenon thriller. Michel Blanc becomes a person of interest for…
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Death Wish, 4K
Locked and loaded with a decent screenplay, Michael Winner and Charles Bronson acquit themselves well in this brutal 1974 hit that launched…
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The Asphyx
Awkwardly plotted but chilling just the same, this beautifully-filmed tale of Victorian experimentation with death has nightmarish qualities that won't go away.…
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Pretty Baby
Brooke Shields became a star and attracted mild controversy in this show, director Louis Malle's first American production. Co-writer & producer Polly…
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The Italian Job 4K
Michael Caine's heist comedy has been rated one of the top UK movies ever. It's a flip Swingin' England slapstick thriller, lavishly…
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Big Time Gambling Boss
What a discovery . . . I'm glad this was recommended to me. Kôsaku Yamashita's powerful 1968 drama belongs to the semi-chivalrous…
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Imitation of Life ’34
John M. Stahl's superior melodrama is a focus point for the study of African-Americans in Hollywood. Businesswoman Claudette Colbert a housekeeper Louise…
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Cloverfield 4K
We're happy to report that this Goddard - Abrams - Reeves monster thriller holds up, when most everything else from the years…
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The Avengers: The Emma Peel Collection (1965-1967)
Though remembered for its idiosyncratic humor, The Avengers made its debut in 1961 as a no-nonsense crime drama. Ian Hendry starred as David…