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…
Macbeth Blu-ray Kino Lorber 1948 Starring Orson Welles and Jeanette Nolan Written by Orson Welles and William Shakespeare Photographed by John Russell Directed by Orson Welles In 1948 Orson Welles went to toe to toe with fellow Shakespearean Laurence Olivier and it didn’t take long for critics to declare the winner. Olivier’s new film was…