Tod Browning’s Sideshow Shockers Blu-ray Criterion 1925, 1927, 1932 / 70, 66, 64 Min. / 1.33.1 Starring Aileen Pringle, Lon Chaney, Joan Crawford, Wallace Ford Written by Tod Browning, Waldemar Young, Willis Goldbeck Photographed by Ira H. Morgan, Merritt B. Gerstad Directed by Tod Browning 1931’s Dracula remains Tod Browning’s most enduring film but it’s…
The Others 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray Criterion 2001 / 104 Min. / 1.85.1 Starring Nicole Kidman, Fionnula Flanagan, Alakina Mann, James Bentley Written by Alejandro Amenábar Photographed by Javier Aguirresarobe Directed by Alejandro Amenábar If it’s possible for one movie to haunt another, then surely the spirit of Jack Clayton’s The Innocents walks alongside…
Cujo Blu-ray 4K UltraHD Kino Lorber 1983 / 93 Min. / 1.85.1 Starring Dee Wallace, Daniel Hugh-Kelly, Danny Pintauro, Christopher Stone Written by Don Carlos Dunaway, Lauren Currier Photographed by Jan De Bont Directed by Lewis Teague If, as Charles Bukowski wrote, “Love is a dog from hell”, then Cujo qualifies as one of the…
Black Sabbath Blu-ray Kino Lorber 1963 / 92 Min. / 1.85.1 Starring Boris Karloff, Michéle Mercier, Mark Damon, Written by Marcello Fondato, Alberto Bevilacqua, Mario Bava Photographed by Ubaldo Terzano Directed by Mario Bava Sam Arkoff and Jim Nicholson were not generally known for their altruism but as founders of American International Pictures, they would…
The Woman in Black 1989 / 103 Mins. / 1.33: 1 Starring Adrian Rawlins, Bernard Hepton, Pauline Moran Written by Nigel Kneale Directed by Herbert Wise CineSavant Revival Screening – Halloween Edition Born and raised in Victoria’s England, Miss Jessel and Janet Goss were women who loved too well and paid the price. They shared…
Don’t Look Now 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray Criterion 1973 / 110 Min. / 1.85.1 Starring Julie Christie, Donald Sutherland, Massimo Serato, Hilary Mason Written by Chris Bryant and Allan Scott Photographed by Anthony Richmond Directed by Nicolas Roeg When is a ghost story not a ghost story? The question is at the heart of…
The Trial 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray Criterion 1962 / 118 Min. / 1.66.1 Starring Anthony Perkins, Jeanne Moreau, Romy Schneider, Orson Welles Directed by Orson Welles The funereal music warns us to turn back but the camera moves on, gliding toward the castle and up to a chamber where a solitary figure waits in…
Spinout Blu-ray Warner Archive 1966 / 2.35.1 Starring Elvis Presley, Shelley Fabares, Deborah Walley Directed by Norman Taurog Elvis Presley contained multitudes but he was most recognizable as the hillbilly genius of the recording booth and the walking-talking mannequin on a Hollywood assembly line. He starred in 31 movies between 1956 and 1969, making three…
After Hours Blu-ray Criterion 1985 / 1.85 : 1 Starring Griffin Dunne, Rosanna Arquette, Linda Fiorentino Directed by Martin Scorsese “After hours” usually means a late night at the office, but it also portends the Witching Hour, a time of day when spells are cast and ordinary objects—like a set of house keys or a…
The Puppetoon Movie Volume 3 Blu-ray – Region Free Puppetoon™ Productions 1936-70 / 1.37:1 Starring Duke Ellington, Woody Herman Directed by George Pal Though separated by 73 years, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio and George Pal’s Puppetoons were each created with stop-motion animation—an arcane process developed in the 19th century and requiring the obsessive dedication of…
Soundies: The Ultimate Collection Blu-ray Kino Lorber 1940-46 / 1.33:1 Starring Dorothy Dandridge, Hoagy Carmichael Directed by Josef Berne, William Forest Crouch, Reginald Le Borg In 1940, The Mills Novelty Company introduced their newest brainchild—a vending machine that served up Duke Ellington instead of Coca-Cola. It was called the Panoram and resembled a jukebox the…