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Children of the Damned
Wolf Rilla’s Village of the Damned was an alien invasion thriller that was genuinely invasive—all around the world women of child-bearing age…
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The Mad Doctor
When did murder thrillers become horror pix? This one is horror only by association, and star Basil Rathbone would be a suave…
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The Ghost Ship + Bedlam
New remastered restorations of Val Lewton pictures? We're there. This terrific double bill gives us two Lewton shockers that are in…
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Mad Love
What a Halloween treat! Karl Freund stopped directing after this classic, which is a shame -- it's German expressionism's most exciting foray…
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Kolchak: The Night Stalker – The Complete Series
“I saw what I saw when I saw it.” That was the mantra of Wilbur Grey, an anonymous shipping clerk who made…
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Freud
John Huston plays every narrative card in the deck for the difficult task of expressing the great doctor's insights into psychoanalysis. His…
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High Sierra
An old favorite receives a quality restoration: Raoul Walsh, John Huston, W.R. Burnett and actress Ida Lupino launch Humphrey Bogart as an…
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Say Amen, Somebody
Talk about raising the roof with song -- George Nierenberg's documentary is still considered the best on gospel music. Made in the…
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Onibaba
Kaneto Shindô’s Onibaba is a campfire tale not for the faint of heart. The director was just a child when he first…
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Audrey Hepburn 7 – Movie Collection
It's been said that American women of the 1950s admired Marilyn Monroe, but they wanted to be Audrey Hepburn, who projected an…
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Ad Nauseam
Ad Nauseam: Newsprint Nightmares from the '70s and '80s 1984 Publishing, October 5, 2021 Michael Gingold (Author), Joe Dante (Foreword)
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Corridor of Mirrors
Let loose some airy English film aesthetes with a big budget, a French film studio and a theme somewhere between Marcel Proust…
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Gray Lady Down
Military ensemble pictures work well when the excitement is all about the job and working under pressure: Charlton Heston, Stacy Keach, Ned…
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Universal Classic Monsters Icons of Horror Collection 4K
The grimacing Count, the inspired Dr. Frankenstein, the megalomanic Dr. Griffin and the unlucky Larry Talbot make the jump to 4K courtesy…
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A Night at the Opera
When the Marx Brothers bolted the scrappy but frugal Paramount for the gilded halls of Metro Goldwyn Mayer, fans of the comedians…
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Inglourious Basterds 4K
"We in the killin' Nazi bizness. An' cousin, bizness is boomin'!" Brad Pitt scalps his enemies, Mélanie Laurent serves up a killer…
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The Fortune Cookie
Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond's comeback comedy performed decently enough at the box office, but its real accomplishment is vaulting Walter Matthau…
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The Incredible Shrinking Man
Criterion gives this classic its first exposure on Region A Blu-ray! A new 4K remaster puts the story of a guy too…
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The Last Sunset
Kirk Douglas and Rock Hudson can't quite bring this all-star western fully to life, even with Robert Aldrich at the helm and…
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The Silence of the Lambs 4K
The best horror film of the 1990s and perhaps the only serial killer picture post- Psycho that can stand on equal terms…
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As Good As It Gets
Once upon a time a movie could really send you out of the theater with a smile on your face (Don't make…
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The Damned (La caduta degli dei)
Sex and swastikas! -- that combo shows up in both trash cinema and high art. Luchino Visconti's searing look at Nazi corruption…
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Hot Saturday
Core pre-Code excellence! This movie delivers sexy situations while nailing small town intolerance and hypocrisy. When push comes to shove, the slighted…
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Cold War Creatures: Four Films from Sam Katzman (Part 2)
CineSavant's reviews for the new Blu ray set, Cold War Creatures-Four Films from Sam Katzman, are in two parts. You can find…
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Vera Cruz
Hollywood's most macho liberals pack this action western with cheating, double crosses, rampant greed, uncouth heroes and decadent sneering villains... and that's…
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Dementia 13 Director’s Cut
One of the best director debuts of the 1960s is Francis Coppola's earnest effort to deliver a marketable thriller to producer Roger…