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Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Robert Donat snagged an Oscar for this sentimental crowdpleaser, a Best Picture nominee in Hollywood's 'Golden Year' of 1939. The genteel chemistry…
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The Big Gundown
Quentin Tarantino crowned Sergio Corbucci as the second-best director of Italian westerns, but our vote goes to Sergio Sollima -- this is…
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A Rage to Live
It's a hot soap from '65, when movies promised raging passion but delivered cheap teases and hypocritical judgments. It's Suzanne Pleshette's only…
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The Bride Wore Black
François Truffaut's ode to Hitchcock and Cornell Woolrich is an ice-cold femme revenge tale. Jeanne Moreau exacts retribution from five men who…
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Rancho Notorious
We love this Fritz Lang western even though it's not particularly good; only in hindsight do we realize that the brilliant director's…
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Marco Polo ’62
You can't argue with disc collectors eager to rediscover movies they loved at age 10, in terrific kiddie matinees. Cowboy star Rory…
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Monsieur Hire
Highest honors go to this stylish, cinematically refined adaptation of a George Simenon thriller. Michel Blanc becomes a person of interest for…
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Death Wish, 4K
Locked and loaded with a decent screenplay, Michael Winner and Charles Bronson acquit themselves well in this brutal 1974 hit that launched…
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The Asphyx
Awkwardly plotted but chilling just the same, this beautifully-filmed tale of Victorian experimentation with death has nightmarish qualities that won't go away.…
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Pretty Baby
Brooke Shields became a star and attracted mild controversy in this show, director Louis Malle's first American production. Co-writer & producer Polly…
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The Italian Job 4K
Michael Caine's heist comedy has been rated one of the top UK movies ever. It's a flip Swingin' England slapstick thriller, lavishly…
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Big Time Gambling Boss
What a discovery . . . I'm glad this was recommended to me. Kôsaku Yamashita's powerful 1968 drama belongs to the semi-chivalrous…
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Imitation of Life ’34
John M. Stahl's superior melodrama is a focus point for the study of African-Americans in Hollywood. Businesswoman Claudette Colbert a housekeeper Louise…
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Cloverfield 4K
We're happy to report that this Goddard - Abrams - Reeves monster thriller holds up, when most everything else from the years…
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Pork Chop Hill
Hollywood finally decided to get serious about the Korean War debacle with a pro-Army, anti-politics battle epic that blames our own negotiators…
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Last Night in Soho 4K
Have a yen for the music, style and glamour of '60s Swinging London? Edgar Wright's hybrid time capsule / music extravaganza /…
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The Adventures of Baron Munchausen 4K
Terry Gilliam's grandest, most joyful fantasy is still a marvel, a fully adult adventure that will equally spark younger imaginations. Creative tricks…
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The Working Class Goes to Heaven
A big welcome to the new disc company Radiance! This first CineSavant Radiance review is a knockout political drama from Italy's Elio Petri,…
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The Eagle Has Landed
Director John Sturges' final feature is a handsome production that fumbles and stumbles in unexpected ways. Michael Caine and especially Donald Sutherland…
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The Dunwich Horror
Arrow swings into 2023 with a disc of a horror thriller 'with issues' -- but appointing it with intriguing extras. Sandra Dee…
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Burn! (Queimada)
This Region-Free import gives us both versions of Gillo Pontecorvo's fictional tale of colonial misdeeds that sums up old Europe's attitude toward…
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Sergeant Ryker
Lee Marvin, Vera Miles and Bradford Dillman shine a military courtroom drama, a TV movie released as a theatrical feature five years…
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Three Films by Mai Zetterling
The ex- movie star Mai Zetterling found more satisfaction in directing. In interviews she denied that she is an intellectual, but more…
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three 4K
A superb thriller is now better than ever on 4K. We've always known why it rewards viewings: it's both thrilling and funny.…
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Directed by Roland Joffé
Directors interested in important, ambitious subject matter didn't all go extinct with the rise of the Star Wars Generation. Roland Joffé's first…
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Invaders from Mars
The disc of the year has finally arrived and it's 1000% worth the wait. William Cameron Menzies' flight into schoolboy paranoia now…