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Giant from the Unknown
¡Ai Caramba! The best movie ever made about a killer Spanish Conquistador from beyond the grave (!) is probably the most satisfying…
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Tex Avery Screwball Classics Volume 2
With their bawdy gags and come-hither chorus girls, Tex Avery’s cartoons might seem better suited to the burlesque stage than a movie…
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Southland Tales
It takes too many words to properly describe Richard Kelly's followup to Donnie Darko, but the oversized dystopian sci-fi epic just might…
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Room for One More
Cary Grant and co-star/missus Betsy Drake do honor to the 'family picture’ genre -- with a filmic boost to child foster programs…
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Wings of the Hawk 3-D
All hail Blu-ray 3-D ... a format still hanging on as one of the best features of home theater. Budd Boetticher's trim…
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Mouchette
France's Robert Bresson's theory about a 'pure' cinema defies basic rules of the movie mainstream -- like, 'no acting allowed.' But his…
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The Kiss Before the Mirror
James Whale’s The Kiss Before the Mirror opens on familiar terrain for the director of Frankenstein—a moon-lit backroad littered with crooked trees…
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The Bride with White Hair
Lee Broughton returns with a critique of Hong Kong filmmaker Ronny Yu's magical, mystical and martial arts-laden reimagining of William Shakespeare's Romeo…
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The Galbraith Puppetoon Interview
It’s a guest article by author and long-time associate Stuart Galbraith IV, an interview with Arnold Leibovit, the man behind an impressive,…
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Tremors 4K
This 1990 monster romp still feels bright, smart & fresh, a mix of light comedy and old-fashioned scares. The entire show is…
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The Pajama Game
New superlatives are needed to express just how good is this wonderful Americana musical from the 1950s boom years. The Broadway creator…
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Essential Film Noir Collection 1
Viavision's first deluxe Film Noir boxed set gives us four titles that emphasize star power -- Glenn Ford, Ray Milland, Kirk Douglas…
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And Hope to Die
Director René Clément brings an entertainingly eccentric David Goodis crime story to the screen in high style. A big score is being…
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Cinema Paradiso 4K
Giuseppe Tornatore's romantic ode to the movies charmed America, convincing theater-goers that little Italian kids are the cutest in the world. Little…
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Three Films by Luis Buñuel
All hail the cinematic delights of Luis Buñuel, a world-class directing genius whose work ranges from insightfully impish to point-blank outrageous. Driven…
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Beach Red
Cornel Wilde's directorial follow-up to his superb The Naked Prey was hot stuff in its day, a war movie with an unexpected…
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Captain Newman, M.D.
This show has everything going for it, in fact, it has TOO much going for it: tragic drama, silly comedy, bland heart-tugs…
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The Valdez Horses
What we know as Chino is a Charles Bronson star vehicle all the way, and less interesting as a western than for…
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Inner Sanctum Mysteries—Franchise Collection
For the first eight years of his career, Lon Chaney Jr. was just a face in the crowd—that all changed with 1939’s…
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Where Were You in ’62, A.I.P.?
Instead of a second review today I offer this end-of-the-year CineSavant Article suggested by some American-International promotional graphics from late 1961, saved…
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Survivor Ballads: Three Films by Shohei Imamura
If you're after real nonconformist filmmaking with a political bent, Shohei Imamura's daring and often sexually candid pictures fit the bill. Arrow…
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The Train
The Train is back, now at popular prices! The fan base for John Frankenheimer's incredibly elaborate Occupation thriller is growing exponentially. The…
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The Lost Weekend
Billy Wilder's first big Oscar winner holds up as fine work in every respect, and serves as evidence of the writer-director's moviemaking…
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Devil in a Blue Dress
Carl Franklin's adaptation of the great Walter Mosley novel still plays like a winner. Denzel Washington's star quality and acting prowess shine…
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Hard Eight
First films of important directors usually feel like warm-ups, but not so this suspenseful story of 'twilight' people living in and around…
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Castle of the Creeping Flesh
Just in time for the holidays, it’s Castle of the Creeping Flesh. The film’s director, Adrian Hoven, helmed a mere seven films…