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Leave Her to Heaven
Freddie Mercury sang that Love Kills, and that's apparently where Gene Tierney's coming from in this bizarre domestic noir. Dream wife Tierney…
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Trail of the Screaming Forehead + The Lost Skeleton Returns Again
Cult nonsense filmmaking finds its Ultimate in Larry Blamire's pair of monster-rally comedies, that parody classic cheapo sci-fi thrillers. The spot-on spoofery…
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Manon
We can depend on H.G. Clouzot to find people at their most desperate, at their worst. His updated adaptation of Manon Lescaut…
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Whisky Galore!/The Maggie
Film Movement, a self-described “film service” that traffics in esoteric theatrical and home video product has released two notable examples of post-war…
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The Cranes are Flying
Some classic Russian films are impressive, others are interesting -- and this one takes our heads off, as if we were seeing…
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Beau Brummell
This remake of Warners' 1924 John Barrymore feature gives us Elizabeth Taylor in the Mary Astor role, Stewart Granger as the fashion…
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Beau Brummell
This remake of Warners' 1924 John Barrymore feature gives us Elizabeth Taylor in the Mary Astor role, Stewart Granger as the fashion…
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Inside Moves
Richard Donner's first feature post- Superman is a complete switcheroo -- a small-scale character piece that delivers an impressive lineup of engaging…
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My Gun Is Quick
Mike Hammer is in action again! Well, not exactly. Producer Victor Saville's third go-round with Mickey Spillane's famed character doesn't do the…
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Quai des Orfèvres
Another big title from Henri-Georges Clouzot touches down in Region A. The great director's first postwar feature dials back the misanthropy --…
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Semi-Tough
In 1977 Burt Reynolds was on top of the Hollywood world, a bankable star whose popularity knew no bounds. In between his…
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Teenage Werewolf Spotted 63 Years Too Late
Aw, this was supposed to be a CineSavant Column entry, but it got way out of hand and became an article. We…
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Holiday (1938 + 1930)
This classy late-'30s Park Avenue romp gives us Katharine Heburn and Cary Grant at their best; Grant is especially good in a…
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Under the Shadow
Guest reviewer Lee Broughton returns with a review of Babak Anvari's Under the Shadow (2016), a smart tale of supernatural happenings out…
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Canyon Passage
This great unheralded western is divorced from the usual concerns of law and order and gunslinger protocol. As in most every film…
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It Started with a Kiss
It's another big-star MGM romantic comedy, and not exactly a classic. Debbie Reynolds and Glenn Ford pick their way through a travelogue…
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Tex Avery Screwball Classics Volume 1
At long last a beautifully restored and mastered selection of a number of cartoon king Tex Avery's brilliant, innovative and (most of…
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Endless Night (Region B)
Why does CineSavant write so many positive reviews, even for films not commonly thought of as even being 'good?' Well, I'm about…
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Parasite
Hipster film folk love a good black comedy, and one that doesn't hit too close to home can become a big hit.…
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X The Unknown
Hammer's copycat Quatermass picture stands apart from similar 'mystery sci-fi monster' thrillers by virtue of its serious tone and realistic presentation. Talk…
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The Great McGinty
If the story of a unscrupulous crook who rises to great political power hits a little too close to home these days,…
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Roma
Alfonso Cuarón's labor of love will go down as having changed the delivery norm for top-quality feature motion pictures: unlike most foreign…
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Three Fantastic Journeys by Karel Zeman
"Not so much a suspension of disbelief as a suspension of dreary naturalism." Criterion acknowledges a great filmmaker with this trio of…
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The Criminal
Gangland London, 1960: Expatriate director Joseph Losey gives the Brit crime film a boost with a brutal gangster tale starring the ultra-tough…
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Two on a Guillotine
Imagine shock-meister William Castle directing a Disney movie and the result might be something like Two on a Guillotine. William Conrad, narrator of…
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Monstrosity
How can a 'Z' horror production so completely absorb the thoughts of this ex- film student? This maladroit 1963 monster mash can't…