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La Strada
It's a pleasant thing to revisit an old favorite and discover that it's better than you remember. The tale of Zampanò and…
Articles by Glenn Erickson
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An Angel for Satan
Barbara Steele has one of her better performance showcases in Camillo Mastrocinque's classy ghost story with a somewhat dispiriting twist. Steele's fan-collectors…
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Scream 4K
Nobody did better with horror franchises than Wes Craven, who reinvigorated the genre in this relentlessly bloody thriller. Its self-referential gimmick should…
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Deep Red 4K
Dario Argento in 4K -- that sounds like a good idea, especially for his more visually jolting giallos. Arrayed in garish reds…
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The Mad Doctor
When did murder thrillers become horror pix? This one is horror only by association, and star Basil Rathbone would be a suave…
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The Ghost Ship + Bedlam
New remastered restorations of Val Lewton pictures? We're there. This terrific double bill gives us two Lewton shockers that are in…
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Mad Love
What a Halloween treat! Karl Freund stopped directing after this classic, which is a shame -- it's German expressionism's most exciting foray…
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Freud
John Huston plays every narrative card in the deck for the difficult task of expressing the great doctor's insights into psychoanalysis. His…
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High Sierra
An old favorite receives a quality restoration: Raoul Walsh, John Huston, W.R. Burnett and actress Ida Lupino launch Humphrey Bogart as an…
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Say Amen, Somebody
Talk about raising the roof with song -- George Nierenberg's documentary is still considered the best on gospel music. Made in the…
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Audrey Hepburn 7 – Movie Collection
It's been said that American women of the 1950s admired Marilyn Monroe, but they wanted to be Audrey Hepburn, who projected an…
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Corridor of Mirrors
Let loose some airy English film aesthetes with a big budget, a French film studio and a theme somewhere between Marcel Proust…
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Gray Lady Down
Military ensemble pictures work well when the excitement is all about the job and working under pressure: Charlton Heston, Stacy Keach, Ned…
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Universal Classic Monsters Icons of Horror Collection 4K
The grimacing Count, the inspired Dr. Frankenstein, the megalomanic Dr. Griffin and the unlucky Larry Talbot make the jump to 4K courtesy…
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Inglourious Basterds 4K
"We in the killin' Nazi bizness. An' cousin, bizness is boomin'!" Brad Pitt scalps his enemies, Mélanie Laurent serves up a killer…
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The Fortune Cookie
Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond's comeback comedy performed decently enough at the box office, but its real accomplishment is vaulting Walter Matthau…
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The Incredible Shrinking Man
Criterion gives this classic its first exposure on Region A Blu-ray! A new 4K remaster puts the story of a guy too…
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The Last Sunset
Kirk Douglas and Rock Hudson can't quite bring this all-star western fully to life, even with Robert Aldrich at the helm and…
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The Silence of the Lambs 4K
The best horror film of the 1990s and perhaps the only serial killer picture post- Psycho that can stand on equal terms…
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As Good As It Gets
Once upon a time a movie could really send you out of the theater with a smile on your face (Don't make…
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The Damned (La caduta degli dei)
Sex and swastikas! -- that combo shows up in both trash cinema and high art. Luchino Visconti's searing look at Nazi corruption…
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Hot Saturday
Core pre-Code excellence! This movie delivers sexy situations while nailing small town intolerance and hypocrisy. When push comes to shove, the slighted…
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Vera Cruz
Hollywood's most macho liberals pack this action western with cheating, double crosses, rampant greed, uncouth heroes and decadent sneering villains... and that's…
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Dementia 13 Director’s Cut
One of the best director debuts of the 1960s is Francis Coppola's earnest effort to deliver a marketable thriller to producer Roger…
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The Straight Story
Alvin Straight is not the twisted David Lynch character audiences expected... he's a well-adjusted old Iowan with the same kinds of regrets…
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Mona Lisa
Bucking the trends for '80s crime films, Neil Jordan's tale of a low-rung hood attached to a 'complicated' call girl becomes a…