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Crossfire
Hollywood learns to imbed a social message into a crime thriller. John Paxton's adaptation of Richard Brooks' neat murder tale is solid…
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Nosferatu in Venice
This obscure Italian horror has Christopher Plummer, Donald Pleasence and atmospheric locations -- and a making of story that Severin tells in…
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Battle Hymn
This dubious mix of war combat and faith-based inspiration is as well directed as any of Douglas Sirk's films, even if literally…
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Twentieth Century
All the world’s a stage and that includes the Twentieth Century, a deluxe passenger train transformed into an itinerant theater thanks to…
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The Bridges at Toko-Ri
The most glamorous movie about the Korean War experience lauds the bravery of Navy aviators while spelling out the downside of fighting…
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The Criminal Code
Howard Hawks' early sound picture is a worthy prison drama -- with top performances from Walter Huston and Boris Karloff, both just…
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Damn Yankees
A musical that charms even audiences that don't like musicals, this adaptation of a big 1955 Broadway hit is noted for capturing…
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The Time Travelers
Ib Melchior's best-directed movie is a futuristic space opera with a time travel theme, all done at a production level suitable for…
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Apocalypse Now Final Cut 4K
Apocalypse Now in 4K? After The Wild Bunch this is one title likely to get me to invest in a new format.…
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The Flame Barrier
Nope, it's not on disc but it's getting written up here because so few people know it and it's been difficult to…
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The Masque of the Red Death
Whoa! CineSavant reviewed a different release of this movie just four months ago. Roger Corman's 7th Poe/Gothic adaptation is probably his best,…
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Show Boat (1951)
MGM's remake of the grand musical can't be ignored -- the restored transfer is stunning, demonstrating the studio's technical skill at full…
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Baby Doll
Depraved, degenerate, and dreadfully funny, the genre known as Southern Gothic blurred the line between humor and horror and helped define the…
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The Ascent
It's nearly perfect and utterly profound, a masterpiece -- Larisa Shepitko made only four theatrical features yet this Soviet movie about the…
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Things Change
David Mamet's gangster fable benefits from a casting match made in heaven -- Don Ameche and Joe Mantegna. A shoeshine vendor is…
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Runaway Train
Akira Kurosawa wrote the original story for this slam-bang action picture that finally got Cannon Films on a, 'Hey this is a…
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San Francisco
MGM's glamour factory hit heights of grandeur with this nostalgic disaster spectacle, which retains its power even as its pious sentimentality runs…
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Bring Me the Head of Alfredo García
Blood, gore and the smell of gunpowder! Sam Peckinpah's booze-soaked Odyssey sends Warren Oates on a grisly fool's errand to retrieve a…
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“Doc”
Frank Perry's version of the shootout at the O.K. Corral shapes up as a fine western and an even better drama --…
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So Evil My Love
In 1944 Ray Milland starred in The Uninvited, the story of an orphan plagued by the vengeful spirit of her mother. The…
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Good News
The Arthur Freed MGM musical unit gives this 1927 musical remake the old College Try! It's a vehicle for the wartime sweetheart…
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The Deep
Peter Benchley's follow-up to Jaws is a treasure hunt thriller starring Robert Shaw and filmed in the pearly waters off Bermuda. The…
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Dark Intruder
Produced in 1965, Universal Pictures intended Dark Intruder for television but when NBC executives screened the film they took a pass—set in…
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The Parallax View
Paranoia strikes deep! Alan J. Pakula made THE Watergate-era conspiracy creepshow in this sinister extrapolation of political trends. Warren Beatty's investigative reporter…
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Columbia Noir #2
The UK disc purveyors Powerhouse Indicator are back with a second installment of Region B Film Noir goodies from the darker end…
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A Tale of Two Cities
Few '30s classics have held up as well as this MGM blockbuster, a costume thriller that in spirit is quite faithful to…