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Smash Palace
Smash Palace is the wryly grandiose name given to a New Zealand junkyard run by Al Shaw, a tight-lipped workaholic up to…
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sex, lies, and videotape
Is this show still as daring as it once seemed? How does it fare in this year of #MeToo? Where are the…
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A Matter of Life and Death
The wonder movie of 1946 sees the Archers infusing the 'Film Blanc' fantasy with amazing images and powerful emotions. Imagination and resourcefulness…
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Xtro
Nope, this isn't ET, The Extraterrestrial, not by a long shot. Guest reviewer Lee Broughton offers an assessment of Harry Bromley Davenport's…
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Under Capricorn
What could go wrong? Alfred Hitchcock directs Ingrid Bergman and Joseph Cotten in a mysterious tale of marital intrigues and social bigotry…
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Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell Bastards!
Inflato-faced Jô Shishido is at it again, here in a typically precocious, spoofy crime adventure by Japan's playful Seijun Suzuki. If the…
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Hitler’s Hollywood
What, another docu about Nazis? Rüdiger Suchsland's show tells the entire story -- with many rare clips and interesting actor and filmmaker…
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Beirut
We're still waiting for the role that will prove that Jon Hamm has a future after Mad Men. This middling hostage negotiation…
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Dietrich & von Sternberg in Hollywood
Delirious silver-screen glamour never disappoints! Marlene Dietrich's six Paramount pictures for Josef von Sternberg arrive in a beautifully annotated disc set. The…
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Take a Girl Like You
It's a Brit sex comedy that addresses the basic facts about boy-girl petting -- and not much else. A noted 'adult' role…
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The Addiction
Watch out - a bloodsucking fiend is stalking the highways and by-ways of lower Manhattan... and she has a PhD! Abel Ferrara's…
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Rocco and His Brothers
Luchino Visconti's national epic looks and plays better than ever. A Southern family relocates to Milan, and each of the sons reacts…
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My Sister Eileen (1955)
Lively stars, good music and Bob Fosse-grade dancing favor Columbia's forgotten-yet-rediscovered original musical remake, which turns the adventures of two sisters in…
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Female Trouble
The story of one woman’s odyssey from trash-talking trouble maker to tabloid superstar, John Waters’ Female Trouble assembles a hot-tempered crew of…
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The China Syndrome
All but inventing the 'new liberal exposé' suspense format, James Bridges' smart and effective thriller began as a star showcase with a…
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She Had to Say Yes
Wow ... pre-Code pictures frequently offended conservative values, but this saucy 'n' sinful big business exposé is guaranteed to bring #MeToo advocates…
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Guilty by Suspicion
Movies about the blacklist aren't common, probably because as Robert Vaughn wrote, the period produced no happy stories, 'Only Victims.' Robert de…
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One-Armed Swordsman & Legend of the Mountain
Guest reviewer Lee Broughton returns with coverage of two well-regarded wuxia films (period martial arts movies set in ancient China). One is…
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The Last House on the Left
Near the top of the list of movies we do not recommend as a date picture, no way no how, Wes Craven's…
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The Virgin Spring
Ingmar Bergman's tale of murder, retribution and God's forgiveness may be the perfect entry point for art-film appreciation -- it's immediately accessible…
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The Colossus of Rhodes
Fred Astaire once said of an undulating Cyd Charisse, “She came at me in sections.” So does the star of Sergio Leone’s…
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The Woman in the Window
Fritz Lang and Nunnally Johnson take a deep dive into Psych 101 and come up with a winner: a milquetoast-meets-murderous-femme tale that…
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Au Hasard Balthazar
At moments in his career Robert Bresson, the filmmaker behind The Trial of Joan of Arc and The Diary of a Country Priest,…
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The Man Who Watched Trains Go By
This strange blend of French série noire and English Brit noir was filmed in glowing Technicolor on location in Holland and Paris.…
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2 Weeks in Another Town
A quick Jet-set ride takes us to Rome of 1962, which for a couple of years was the movie capital of the…
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The Birth of a Nation (1915)
It's a CineSavant guest reviewer debut for journalist Sergio Alejandro Mims. In its first ever 2-disc set Twilight Time makes a bold…