Hud 1963 – 112 min. – 2.35:1 Criterion – 4K Blu-ray Starring Paul Newman, Melvyn Douglas, Brandon de Wilde, Patricia Neal Written by Irving Ravetch, Harriet Frank Jr. Directed by Martin Ritt Much of the glamour of Western movies lies in their lack of glamour. Often filmed in black and white against some of America’s…
DEFA Fairy Tales 1961 – 1979 – 354 min. – 1.37:1, 1.78:1 Deaf Crocodile – Blu-ray Starring Doris Weikow, Blanche Kommerell, Julie Jurištová, Katrin Martin Written by Günter Kaltofen, Siegfried Hartmann, Margot Beichler Directed by Gottfried Kolditz,Egon Schlegel, Siegfried Hartmann Jean Cocteau’s Beauty and the Beast (1946) and Roberto Rodríguez’s Little Red Riding Hood (1960)…
King Creole – 4K 1958 – 115 Min. – 1.78:1 Kino Lorber – 4K Blu-ray Starring Elvis Presley, Carolyn Jones, Dolores Hart Written by Herbert Baker, Michael V. Gazzo Directed by Michael Curtiz If you’ve never seen a movie or read a book, you might be surprised by the twists and turns of King Creole,…
In Martin Scorsese’s The Last Temptation of Christ, Pilate dismisses Jesus as “just another Jewish politician.” Jesus a politician? The idea has enraged some and inspired others. Written by Paul Schrader, the 1988 film was harassed from the word “go” but it wasn’t the only movie of its kind to be attacked by the mob,…