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…
The Pied Piper Blu-ray Deaf Crocodile 1989 / 53 Min. / 1.37:1 Starring Oldrich Kaiser, Jirí Lábus Written by Kamil Pixa Directed by Jiří Barta In 1897’s Dracula, Bram Stoker warned of a plague in human form, and it was Renfield who sounded the alarm: “Rats, rats, rats! Hundreds, thousands, millions of them, and every…
King Solomon’s Mines Blu-ray Warner Archive 1950 / 1.37:1 Starring Deborah Kerr, Stewart Granger, Richard Carlson Written by Helen Deutsch Directed by Compton Bennett and Andrew Marton Thanks to an extravagant imagination (described by some as “lurid”) and his own experience in the African outback, H. Rider Haggard’s King Solomon’s Mines could be enjoyed as…
Mr. Wong Collection Blu-ray Kino Lorber 1938-1940 / 1.37:1 Starring Boris Karloff, Grant Withers, Marjorie Reynolds Written by Scott Darling, Houston Branch Directed by William Nigh Judge Dee may not be a household name in America, but in his homeland the Chinese magistrate was revered as a formidable sleuth as well as statesman, a major…
From Hollywood to Heaven: The Lost and Saved Films of the Ormond Family Blu-ray – Region Free Powerhouse Indicator 1959-1974 / 1.33:1, 1.37:1, 1.66:1 Starring Viki Caron, Ferlin Huskey, Sleepy LaBeef, Ron Ormond Written by Ron Ormond Directed by Ron Ormond In 2003, the Chicago Review Press published Jimmy McDonough’s great biography of one of…
The Catman of Paris Blu-ray – Region Free Viavision (Imprint) 1946 / 1.37:1 Starring Carl Esmond, Douglass Dumbrille, Lenore Aubert Written by Sherman Lowe Directed by Lesley Selander Charles Regnier should have the world on a string—he’s a bestselling author with Paris as his playground and the town’s most desirable women at his feet. But…
Max Fleischer’s Superman 1941–1943 Blu-ray Warner Bros. Discovery 1941-1943 / 1.37:1 Starring Bud Collyer, Joan Alexander Written by Seymour Kneitel, Isadore Sparber Directed by Dave Fleischer, Seymour Kneitel, Isadore Sparber More than a few comic book enthusiasts got their first glimpse of Max Fleischer’s Superman thanks to the Fantastic Animation Festival, a compilation of animated…
Mexico Macabre Blu-ray Indicator Series 1958-1963 / 1.37:1, 1:85:1 Starring Abel Salazar, Rosita Arena, Rita Macedo, Rafael Bertrand Written by Ramón Obón, Alfredo Ruanova Directed by Fernando Méndez, Chano Urueta, Rafael Baledón Mexico Macabre shines a light on four unconventional shockers produced in Mexico City between 1958 and 1963. Each film is distinguished by its energetic…