Mark of the Vampire Blu-ray Warner Archive Collection 1935 / 1.33: 1 / 60 Min. Starring Lionel Barrymore, Bela Lugosi Written by Guy Endore, Bernard Schubert Directed by Tod Browning Tod Browning died in 1962, living long enough to see his work enjoy a resurgence on late night’s Shock Theater, a syndicated TV package featuring…
Blow Out 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital HD Criterion 1981 / 2.39 : 1 / 108 Min. Starring John Travolta, Nancy Allen Written by Brian De Palma Directed by Brian De Palma In 1978’s The Films in My Life, Francois Truffaut wrote that all movies should express “the joy of making cinema.” The…
Twice-Told Tales Blu-ray Kino Lorber 1963 / 1.66: 1 / 120 Min. Starring Vincent Price, Sebastian Cabot, Joyce Taylor Written by Robert E. Kent Directed by Sidney Salkow Released in October of 1963, the first review of Sidney Salkow’s Twice-Told Tales appeared in 1623: “Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale.” That line from…
Elvis 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital HD Warner Bros. Home Entertainment 2022 / 2.39 : 1 / 159 Min. Starring Austin Butler, Tom Hanks Written by Baz Luhrmann, Sam Bromell, Craig Pearce, Jeremy Doner Directed by Baz Luhrmann In 1960’s Psycho, Alfred Hitchcock dramatized a murder using 78 camera setups and 52 cuts….
Sampo Blu ray Deaf Crocodile/Vinegar Syndrome 1959 / 2:35:1 / 91 Min. Starring Anna Orochko, Andris Ošiņš, Eve Kivi Written by Väinö Kaukonen, Viktor Vitkovich, Grigori Yagdfeld Directed by Aleksandr Ptushko Mosfilm’s Sampo, a Russian fantasy from 1959, and Paramount’s White Christmas, a Yuletide bauble released in 1954, were both state of the art…
Pink Flamingos Blu ray Criterion 1972 / 1:66:1 / 93 Min. Starring Divine, Mink Stole, Edith Massey Written by John Waters Directed by John Waters In 1980, J. Hoberman and Jonathan Rosenbaum began an exploration into those elusive films that could only be seen at the witching hour—a time when most theaters were closed and,…