Arsenic and Old Lace Blu-ray Criterion 1941 / 1.33: 1 / 118 Min. Starring Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane Written by Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein Directed by Frank Capra Almost supernaturally handsome, Mortimer Brewster is quite the catch; a celebrated man about town and theater critic who saves his most acerbic reviews for matrimony,…
Gothic Fantastico-Four Italian Tales of Terror Blu-ray Arrow Video Starring Barbara Nelli, Helga Liné, Franco Nero, Erica Blanc Written by Giovanni Grimaldi, Bruno Corbucci Directed by Massimo Pupillo, Alberto De Martino, Mino Guerrini, Damiano Damiani The success of 1957’s I Vampiri, a grimly beautiful fantasy directed by Riccardo Freda and Mario Bava, provoked an unexpected…
The Bat Blu-ray The Film Detective 1959 / 1.85: 1 / 80 Min. Starring Agnes Moorehead, Vincent Price Written by Crane Wilbur Directed by Crane Wilbur Crane Wilbur’s The Bat is a murder mystery starring Agnes Moorehead and Vincent Price—but the real mystery is how Hollywood managed to pair these diabolically funny entertainers in only…
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…