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Come and See
The director of this unblinking account of the genocide in Belarus in 1942 and 1943 said that "people in America can't watch…
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Africa Screams
Abbott & Costello perform at full strength in this very good, very silly jungle safari comedy. It's definitely for kids and nostalgic…
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Hair
Bring back the Age of Aquarius! Olive Films returns with the company's best Signature Edition ever. The show is an excellent choice…
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The Reluctant Debutante
Vincente Minnelli took time out from expensive MGM shows like Gigi to knock off this tale about the London debutante season, a…
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The Spider
Bert I. Gordon rides again with an excellent encoding of one of his more popular sci-fi monster-ramas. Pert 'n' perky June Kenney…
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Dark and Stormy Night
It's a Larry Blamire film, and it's composed of entirely NEW and UNIQUE elements: a lonely mansion, strange servants, the reading of…
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Wildlife
The beguiling short-story feel of Paul Dano's intimate family drama makes us share the experience of a teenager whose parents are 'going…
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Tokyo Olympiad
Will there even be an Olympics in our foreseeable future? Kon Ichikawa's 1964 masterpiece is still the most spectacular/intimate film about human…
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Horrors of Spider Island
Don't call them Bad Movies -- when something's this enjoyable, other verbal put-downs are more appropriate. This low-grade German sexploitation horror pic…
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Sunday in New York
Romantic comedies became coy sex chase comedies in the early 1960s, once Doris Day made 'professional virgin' a Hollywood career. This mistaken…
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Toho Sci-Fi Double Bill
Mill Creek again dips into exotic Japanese sci-fi fantasy, and this time scores with the desired language choices and subtitle configurations for…
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Film Noir the Dark Side of Cinema III
Today's noir forecast is vice, kidnapping, murder, suicide, narcotics and a sleazy stolen baby racket! Kino's third volume of Universal-International pix contains…
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The Last Valley
This thinking man's epic got left behind with the demise of Road Show movies, which is a shame. A beautifully made, uncompromised…
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An Unmarried Woman
Talk about a film whose time has come ... Paul Mazursky's ode to womanly liberation takes a sensible, gentle approach. Yes, the…
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Sixteen Candles
John Hughes' breakthrough writing-directing hit still carries a glow (a very square, safe glow) that defuses its rougher edges, making it one…
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The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
Fritz Lang's final feature brings his career full circle to the core thriller concepts he pioneered back in 1922: superstitious human nature…
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Husbands
John Cassavetes' breakthrough picture (filmed in 35mm, wow!) gets the Criterion treatment, with fine new extras that take us back to a…
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War of the Worlds 4K Ultra HD
Skipped this one because it's by Spielberg? The 9/11- inflected take on H.G. Wells' classic reproduces thrills from the book not captured…
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Funeral in Berlin
Myopic Harry Palmer, the great cook, lover and reluctant spy returns to where his trouble with the British Army began. This time…
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Inside Daisy Clover
It's a Hollywood rags-to-riches tale seen as a cruel coming-of-age story -- when Natalie Wood's feisty street kid becomes a child star,…
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Film Noir the Dark Side of Cinema II
Although only one of these 1950s B&W thrillers falls within a mile of a hard definition of film noir, all give us…
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Danger: Diabolik
Oh Joy, Oh Rapture! Mario Bava's comic book thriller makes the jump to Blu-ray in fine shape, with knockout visuals and eye-popping…
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The Curse of the Werewolf
Rip-roaring Oliver Reed's silver-coated were-beast is one of Hammer Films' very best screen monsters, which is more than enough reason to sample…
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Cisco Pike (Region B)
Easy Rider terrifies twenty confused studio executives because they don't understand it. Hoping to keep their jobs, they rush to hire more…
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Pool of London
I'd never heard of this gem of a British production; now it goes on my list of highly recommended titles. A dock…
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Blood on the Moon
Robert Mitchum intercedes in a range war in this 'A' western, and he's got the pro team of director Robert Wise and…