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World Noir Vol. 3
This is exactly how Blu-ray boutique labels like Radiance help collectors find great foreign films beyond the top acknowledged classics. This 3-disc…
Articles by Glenn Erickson
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Steppenwolf
We're glad we were steered toward this violent 2024 film from Kazakhstan, as it's not one we would have chosen for ourselves.…
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Prophecy
Known as a major critical disaster, John Frankenheimer's eco-horror picture is conventional monster exploitation given high production values and a screenplay laden…
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Mystery Street
Terrible title, excellent noir. Certain movies just seem to come out perfect. This mainline noir finds suspense and excitement in a police-lab…
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Lili
MGM's surprise hit has remained one of their more beloved musicals -- a musical with one song! Leslie Caron is inspired casting…
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Tales of Adventure Collection 5
This 5th [Imprint] collection is in truth a varied Sci-fi sampler, with one bona fide classic, an ultra-cheap Sam Katzman item, a…
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The Silent Star
East Germany's interplanetary Sci-fi epic is finally remastered to Blu-ray quality, with original stereophonic soundtracks. What we once knew as the re-edited…
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Themroc
Claude Faraldo's absurdist ode to anarchy indulges in some gleeful taboo-breaking. A working man finds relief from daily dehumanization by converting his…
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Side Street
MGM's 'noir lite' puts Farley Granger into a murderous bind involving blackmail and his own sticky fingers: an act of petty pilferage…
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Killer of Sheep
Charles Burnett's most acclaimed film comes to 4K in a special edition that adds new interviews and documentaries to Milestone Films' excellent…
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I’m Still Here
Brazil's Academy Award winner is the most emotionally affecting picture of 2024, the true story of a Rio de Janeiro household during…
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Springfield Rifle
Gary Cooper's best oater for Warner Bros. may be this sharp action-espionage western directed with real verve by the dependable André De…
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The Andromeda Strain
The COVID pandemic has given new relevance to an entire category of Science Fiction thrillers, and Robert Wise's original tale of a…
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The Three Musketeers / The Four Musketeers Two Films by Richard Lester
Richard Lester's superb epic succeeds in every way -- with a glorious production, dazzling swordplay, witty comedy, and fidelity to the spirit…
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The Iron Rose
Jean Rollin takes a break from nude vampires à la française for a direct-from-the-crypt meditation on morbid romanticism. Inspired by a 19th…
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The Good German
We just got finished praising a picture by the ace filmmaker Steven Soderbergh, but have little choice but to be honest with…
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Film Noir the Dark Side of Cinema XXV
Volume 25 in Kino's long-running noir series could be called 'The John H. Auer Collection' -- its trio of thrillers include the…
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Sands of Iwo Jima
Once upon a time the reigning WW2 battle action movie was this rough & tumble Republic offering, that cemented John Wayne's glowing…
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The Informant!
This Steve Soderbergh true-life 'comedy' drove us nuts: the audience I saw it with wanted to leap up and kill Matt Damon's…
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Crack in the World
Another fine Sci-fi overachiever bounces back in a new encoding, much improved. Andrew Marton's daring adventure / disaster / eco-apocalypse sees scientists…
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Girl with a Suitcase
Claudia Cardinale's first major starring role was a big success in Europe, even if our New York critics seemed primed for more…
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The Savage Eye
What does one call a film this original? It’s a poetic documentary-investigation of Los Angeles culture circa 1958; it’s also a powerful…
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Behold a Pale Horse
Fred Zinnemann's superb thriller has suspense, fine characterizations and a potent anti-fascist theme. Gregory Peck is excellent as an embittered lost-cause warrior…
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The Time Traveler’s Wife
What can you expect when the hero of a story is a Special Collections librarian? Audrey Niffenegger's scrambled-time romantic fantasy shouldn't work,…
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Lady of Vengeance
A wronged beauty commits suicide, and Dennis O'Keefe's hero solicits a killing-for-hire to avenge her. Director Burt Balaban's murder tale has a…
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The Cruel Sea
It's a top-rank war movie, the best of its kind. The Ealing Studios, writer Eric Ambler and director Charles Frend transpose Nicholas…