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The Narrow Margin
Quite a few films noir approach perfection: this almost-perfect RKO production was abused by Howard Hughes, only to bounce back as one…
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A Shot in the Dark – 4K
If a fountain is nearby he will fall into it, if a rake is close he will step on it, if an…
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Barry Lyndon
It's an epic seen through the eye of an artist. We know the past of Europe through great paintings, but Stanley Kubrick…
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Libido
Italo pioneer in Gothic horror Ernesto Gastaldi stepped up to directing with this not-bad murder thriller for the Euro exploitation market circa…
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The Dead
John Huston's final work is a personal production filmed under ideal conditions, with an ideal Irish cast. Screenwriter Tony Huston adjusts the…
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Tank Girl
Is it a filmic disaster or just your average post-punk Riot grrrl Sci-fi epic that got lost in the margins? Lori Petty…
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The Godless Girl
'Kill the Bible!' -- according to Cecil B. DeMille, that's the agenda of Godless atheists destroying America's youth. His beautifully directed yet…
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Punishment Park
As long as we're feeling restless ... we return to 1971, and a Peter Watkins political fantasy that arrived looking for trouble.…
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Yi Yi
Edward Yang's sentimental family masterpiece is back, now in 4K Ultra HD. It's New Taiwan Cinema at its best, and an ideal…
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The Snow Creature
It's a lowly Z-grade independent monster show of the 1950s, made by Billy Wilder's talent-challenged older brother. We can't get enough of…
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Captain Blood
He was the biggest unknown-to-major-star sensation of the Golden age of Hollywood. Errol Flynn's screen breakthrough is unique, as his 'dashing rogue'…
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The Ghost
Barbara Steele is back and Dr. Hichcock's got her, but it's not that Dr. Hichcock. The producers of The Horrible Dr. Hichcock…
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Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure
Tim Burton's debut feature elaborates on the alternate-universe world of Pee-Wee Herman, the alter-ego creation of comedian Paul Reubens. A non-conformist original…
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Twilight Zone: The Movie
Steven Spielberg's celebration of Rod Serling's legendary TV show delivers mind-bending fantasy and horror, and maybe slips a bit when reaching for…
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Sirius
Dennis Bartok and Craig Rogers's Deaf Crocodile Films keeps coming up with surprises from Eastern Europe. This Hungarian fantasy throws us for…
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Illustrious Corpses
Watergate prompted Hollywood to launch a wave of paranoid thrillers about vast conspiracies, but Italian filmmakers long before presented the status quo…
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents
The best suspense TV of the 1950s has been released again, in a monster set with dozens of discs ... and its…
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Scars of Dracula
Any 4K Hammer release gets special attention; this one has Christopher Lee as Dracula so will spike the radar of collector completists.…
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The Pink Panther
This solid hit generated numerous sequels, a truckload of cartoons and a key character for Peter Sellers, who slipped into the movie…
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On Borrowed Time
For the sensitive, this high-toned tale of Death trapped in a tree can be an emotional sledgehammer, with enough weeping and wailing…
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Laurel & Hardy/ The Definitive Restorations Volume 2 (1929-1935)
Laurel and Hardy were a team so beloved they could unite even this country—it’s no small irony that they thrived in the…
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The Beggar’s Opera
It's a movie musical ripe for rediscovery ... a film version of a classic ballad opera from 1728, a satirical lampoon of…
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His Girl Friday — 4K + The Front Page
When the 'talkies' arrived, Broadway's smartest wordsmiths wasted no time mining Hollywood gold. Hecht and MacArthur's cynical newspaper saga defined a brassy…
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Dead of Night
The StudioCanal restoration of one of the creepiest and most elegant fright films ever made comes to Region A on 4K Ultra…
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David Byrne’s American Utopia
"Maybe we can make some sense." David Byrne & Spike Lee's joyous concert film is just as energizing as Stop Making Sense;…
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Law & Order
Among monster boxes this one takes the prize: 104 DVD discs, holding twenty years of a series that’s been in constant TV…