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12 Monkeys 4K
Here's one that really benefits from its 4K upgrade -- Terry Gilliam's dense visuals look great with Roger Pratt's exacting cinematography. Is…
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The Hunter
Steve McQueen's final film is an action-comedy compromise that will satisfy his fans even if it barely hangs together. The thrills are…
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Dementia (Region A)
The Cohen Film Collection brings to Region A its beautifully remastered disc of American fringe filmmaking's weirdest, most obsessively arty shock-fest --…
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Irezumi
Yasuzo Masumura amazes us with yet another sensual stunner. This period way-of-all-flesh tale is almost a horror film, but the supernatural shivers…
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Born to Win
Ivan Passer's first American film and his first in the English language is a core life-with-a-junkie tale in a cold Manhattan winter.…
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Damaged Lives / Damaged Goods
Surprise: these are quality movies on an important subject. Entry 13 in the 'Golden Age of the Exploitation Picture' gives us not…
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Marooned
John Sturges' orbital jeopardy thriller does everything right: the story is taken seriously, the actors seem committed and the special effects aren't…
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Jigsaw
Val Guest's cinema quest for his own semi-docu style pays off in this fine, intelligent police investigation into a gruesome dismemberment murder.…
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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy 4K (2011)
This 2011 theatrical remake of John le Carré's spy classic is a happy surprise -- it's every bit as distinctive and accomplished…
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Walker
Alex Cox attacks the Reagan years with a political tale sung in the key of the Italo Spaghetti Western: expect plenty of…
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China Gate
The messy politics of the Indo-China War didn't confuse writer-director Samuel Fuller; as the machine gun- toting Nat King Cole snarls, hating…
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Miracle in Milan
Still believe in the goodness of people? Still hold out hope for the future? If so this is one picture…
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Conquest of Space
George Pal's ill-fated 'future docu' followup to Destination Moon still stirs the imagination, rendering in vivid Technicolor the visionary images that amazed…
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Hester Street
Every breakout independent hit seems like a miracle. This delightful 'little' picture was fated to be ghetto-ized into ethnic theaters before its…
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Edgar G. Ulmer Sci-Fi Collection
Kino's triple-threat Edgar Ulmer show has great commentaries plus HD debuts of his two 'Texas' movies, that likely have not been seen…
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The Whistle at Eaton Falls
TCM premiered a welcome restoration of this honorable Louis de Rochemont drama last year, and now it's on a pristine-quality Blu-ray. Almost…
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The Apartment 4K
Writer-director Billy Wilder's favorite and perhaps best movie takes the leap to 4K, revealing even more beauty in the images of Joseph…
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Tex Avery Screwball Classics Volume 3
There may still be people unaware of the anarchic joy of Tex Avery, so we're making it our business to enlighten them.…
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Captains of the Clouds
Michael Curtiz's flashy and splashy wartime morale booster began as a pre-Pearl Harbor show of support of our Canadian friends' contribution to…
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Broken Lullaby
The lasting horror of war is the blight it leaves on the lives of those left behind. Early sound pictures tried to…
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Ordinary People
This celebrated dysfunctional family story won four Oscars, the most deserved easily being Alvin Sargent's superb adapted screenplay. The viewer buzz initially…
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Le cercle rouge 4K
Jean-Pierre Melville in 4K? That's an inviting idea. All of Melville crime pictures are memorable, and this is one of his best-remembered,…
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Shakedown 1950
There's always somebody new in the rat race trenches whose motto is 'how to make friends and deceive people.' Howard Duff's photographer…
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RoboCop 4K
Arrow Video bumps yet another of its top special edition titles up to 4K Ultra HD, just for home theater enthusiasts after…
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Outrage
The only woman director to work in Hollywood in the 1950s, Ida Lupino earned full marks as a creative innovator and a…
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The Flight of the Phoenix
Now up for grabs in Region A, it's the Robert Aldrich movie that wins over all that see it. The epitome of…