Top Cat – The Complete Series Blu-ray Warner Archive 1961 Starring Arnold Stang, Maurice Gosfield, Allan Jenkins Written by Kin Platt, Barry Blitzer, Michael Maltese Directed by William Hanna, Joseph Barbera In 1960, cartoon powerhouses William Hanna and Joseph Barbera found remarkable success with The Flintstones, a stone-age parody of Jackie Gleason’s kitchen sink rom-com,…
The Vampire/The Vampire’s Coffin Blu-ray – Import/Region Free Powerhouse 1957, 1958 / 84, 82 min Starring Germán Robles, Abel Salazar, Ariadne Welter Written by Ramón Obón Photographed by Rosalío Solano, Víctor Herrera Directed by Fernando Mendez Early American horror films usually favored human monsters over the supernatural variety, and it wasn’t till the arrival of…
Creature with the Blue Hand/Web of the Spider Blu-ray Film Masters 1967, 1971 / 87, 110 min Starring Klaus Kinski, Anthony Franciosa, Michelle Mercier Written by Herbert Reinecker, Bruno Corbucci, Giovanni Grimaldi Photographed by Sandro Mancori, Memmo Mancori Directed by Alfred Vohrer, Antonio Margheriti More ticking time-bomb than actor, Klaus Kinski was born to prowl…
The Bat Blu-ray Undercrank Productions 1926 / 86 min Starring Emily Fitzroy, Jack Pickford, Louise Fazenda Written by Roland West Photographed by Arthur Edeson and Gregg Toland Directed by Roland West Films produced in the silent era were triumphs of artistic ingenuity—though they lacked even the rudimentary tools of contemporary filmmaking, no Steadicam or drone…
Repo Man 4K ULTRA HD + Blu-ray Criterion 1984 / 91 min Starring Emilio Estevez, Harry Dean Stanton, Tracy Walter Written by Alex Cox Photographed by Robbie Muller Directed by Alex Cox Repo Man is the work of a bartender with a metaphysical bent, conjuring up strange brews and even stranger stories. Alex Cox is…
The Ladykillers 4K ULTRA HD + Blu-ray Kino Lorber 1955 / 91 min / 1.37:1 & 1.66:1 Starring Alec Guinness, Katie Johnson, Herbert Lom, Peter Sellers Written by Alexander Mackendrick, William Rose Photographed by Otto Heller Directed by Alexander Mackendrick British comedy has always depended on an understated quality, and nothing was as understated as…
The Lost Picture Show Blu-ray Vinegar Syndrome 1966-1974 / 843 min / 1.37:1 & 1.85:1 Starring Robert Dix, Rene Bond, Ray Molina Written by Walter M. Berger, Oliver Drake Photographed by Bruce G. Sparks, Glen Tracy Directed by Walter Burns, Joe Sarno, Al Zugsmith A grungy mix of sex, violence, and mushroom clouds, Vinegar Syndrome‘s…
The Food of the Gods, Empire of the Ants, Kingdom of the Spiders Blu-ray Kino Lorber 1976-77 Starring Ida Lupino, Joan Collins, William Shatner Written by Bert I. Gordon, Alan Caillou Photographed by Reginald Herbert Morris, John Arthur Morrill Directed by Bert I. Gordon, John Cardos Underestimate Bert I. Gordon at your peril, his movies…
Lolita Starring James Mason, Peter Sellers, Sue Lyon, Shelley Winters Written by Vladimir Nabokov and Stanley Kubrick Photographed by Oswald Morris and Gil Taylor (title sequence) Directed by Stanley Kubrick The headline was inescapable; “How did they ever make a movie of Lolita?” Thanks to the persistence of the Hollywood hype machine, the paying public…