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The Glass Web
Universal's second 3-D picture of the classic era has an edge on its competition: direction that takes full advantage of the depth…
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The Naked Maja
This one is for fans of Ava Gardner -- an expensive Italian production we have never seen in a decent video copy,…
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The Keep
Michael Mann's WW2 horror disaster is still a fascinating item, especially in 4K. We marvel at its moody 'architectural' atmosphere, that generates…
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Paint Your Wagon
This great-looking (especially now) musical splits opinions right down the middle. It charms many who love the songs and the rustic comedy;…
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Joan Crawford: Toxic Times Two
She said she preferred to play 'bad' women because they were more interesting than virtuous characters, but it's tempting to speculate that…
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The Cat
Düsseldorf is ground zero for a superior Deutscher Kriminalfilm that never made it to the U.S.. Heist mastermind Götz George guides a…
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The Conqueror
This Golden Turkey embarrassment is far too entertaining to be dismissed as a mere Bad Movie -- Howard Hughes' ode to Mongol…
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Performance
Donald Cammell's collision of gangster brutality and drug-soaked decadence steps up to 4K clarity. Excellent extras properly credit the writer-director, whose name…
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Cronos
Guillermo Del Toro's first feature is a mini-masterpiece that revitalized the Mexican fantastic film. Inventing his own macabre horror concept, Del Toro…
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Fade-In
This movie sat on a shelf for 5 years, and was shown on TV only when Burt Reynolds became a big star.…
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Yojimbo + Sanjuro
Kurosawa's witty samurai classics are back, in 4K Ultra HD. The master of cinema greeted the 1960s with American pulp cynicism in…
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Invasion of the Bee Girls
Is it exploitative junk or a radical feminist manifesto? Or just an out-of-control genre mashup between Sci-fi and a skin flick? It's…
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Gabriel Over the White House
With the economy in collapse and millions out of work during the Great Depression, a few Hollywood thrillers proposed radical political changes.…
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Film Noir the Dark Side of Cinema XXIII
Kino keeps finding noir thrillers for its Dark Side series; classic-era stars decorate collection Number 23. Paul Henreid tortures Burt Lancaster for…
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Il posto + I fidanzati
Italian neo-realism and humanitarian sentiment meet in writer-director Ermanno Olmi, whose docudrama style wins over all that see it. In Il posto…
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Alice, Sweet Alice
It's the notorious slasher horror noted for 'starring' Brooke Shields ... although she exits the picture very quickly. New York filmmaker Alfred…
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The Spanish Main
The Warner Archive Collection comes through with a splendid restoration of this great pirate picture. Paul Henreid is a superb Dutch colonial-turned…
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Domo Arigato
The 3-D Archive continues its quest to revive our heritage of stereoscopic features with Arch Oboler's obscure romantic travelogue. That the movie…
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Teacher’s Pet
Clark Gable and Doris Day shine in an overlooked, bright romantic comedy: Kay and Michael Kanin's elegant screenplay gets in some punches…
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The Lion in Winter
Katharine Hepburn gets one more first-class filmic go-round, in James Goldman's highly entertaining story of home life with those wild and crazy…
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The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
While gearing up to take on the hypocrisy of the Production Code, producer-director Otto Preminger hired out for Milton Sperling & Gary…
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Miracle Mile
Los Angeles bursts into flames, total disaster, no mercy .... but it's not a firefighting problem. Steve De Jarnatt's classic apocalyptic thriller…
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Mr. Lucky
Whoa -- RKO's wartime hit is a bright spot for mainstream filmmaking: major studio talents turn an unpromising idea into a sweetheart…
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Winchester ’73
What at first seems a plain-wrap generic western is actually anything but; Borden Chase's circular storyline pulls in a bit of every…
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Mountains of the Moon
It's an excellent 'thinking man's safari picture': Bob Rafelson's beautifully produced epic examines the partnership of two of the 19th century's greatest…
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Conclave
Wow, this time we review a picture just a couple of months old. Good director Edward Berger guides some fine performances in…