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Night Passage
James Stewart's final western of the 1950s is a high-gloss family show with more than its share of spirited desperados and adventuresome…
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Our Hospitality
Buster Keaton's first full feature is a real accomplishment, a little masterpiece that deftly balances comedy and drama. Buster's star appeal is…
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Army of Shadows
Jean-Pierre Melville's most accomplished, most personal movie gets a new reissue. Ignored in 1969 and released in the United States only 37…
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Terminal Station & Indiscretion of an American Wife
Don't do it Vittorio! The Italian master's last neorealist project was done 'in collaboration' with American producer David O. Selznick, who proceeded…
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Their Finest Hour: 5 British WWII Classics
Can a war movie be reassuring in a time of crisis? Each of the films in this excellent collection stress people working…
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Action of the Tiger
Van Johnson steps into adventure-guy shoes more suitable for Humphrey Bogart in this European-shot thriller. Daring Martine Carol provides the sex appeal…
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The Intrigue
Look out, it's an X-Ray Death Ray! We rushed this review out, and it's only 104 years late. One of the feature…
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Abbott and Costello Go to The Black Lagoon
A CineSavant Article A mention in a book by Tom Weaver of an odd shared visual in two Universal-International movies of the…
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The Day of the Dolphin
They swim, they play, and they talk. They love George C. Scott and call him 'pa.' Mike Nichols' paranoid sci-fi classic combines…
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Beau Geste
It's a classic from the Golden Year of 1939, directed in fine style by Wild Bill Wellman and well cast with Paramount…
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3-D Rarities II
3-D Blu-ray isn’t going away, even as the equipment to show it becomes hard to find — and the 3-D Film Archive…
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Show Boat (1936)
One of the best and most melodic of filmic transpositions from Broadway, James Whale's beautifully directed movie showcases all-time great performances by…
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The Bolshevik Trilogy 3 Films by Vsevolod Pudovkin
Ready for some good old-fashioned artistic propaganda, Soviet-style Russian filmmakers tried to make film grammar into an emotional-intellectual science, and these pro-Revolution…
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Dodsworth
It's 'Marriage Story' circa 1936. Talk about older shows that still pack a dramatic wallop... William Wyler's most celebrated '30s film is…
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Supernatural
Wow! That glorious original poster jumped out at us, making us ask why we couldn't see this classic-era Paramount horror picture starring…
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Leave Her to Heaven
Freddie Mercury sang that Love Kills, and that's apparently where Gene Tierney's coming from in this bizarre domestic noir. Dream wife Tierney…
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Trail of the Screaming Forehead + The Lost Skeleton Returns Again
Cult nonsense filmmaking finds its Ultimate in Larry Blamire's pair of monster-rally comedies, that parody classic cheapo sci-fi thrillers. The spot-on spoofery…
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Manon
We can depend on H.G. Clouzot to find people at their most desperate, at their worst. His updated adaptation of Manon Lescaut…
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The Cranes are Flying
Some classic Russian films are impressive, others are interesting -- and this one takes our heads off, as if we were seeing…
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Beau Brummell
This remake of Warners' 1924 John Barrymore feature gives us Elizabeth Taylor in the Mary Astor role, Stewart Granger as the fashion…
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Beau Brummell
This remake of Warners' 1924 John Barrymore feature gives us Elizabeth Taylor in the Mary Astor role, Stewart Granger as the fashion…
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Inside Moves
Richard Donner's first feature post- Superman is a complete switcheroo -- a small-scale character piece that delivers an impressive lineup of engaging…
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My Gun Is Quick
Mike Hammer is in action again! Well, not exactly. Producer Victor Saville's third go-round with Mickey Spillane's famed character doesn't do the…
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Quai des Orfèvres
Another big title from Henri-Georges Clouzot touches down in Region A. The great director's first postwar feature dials back the misanthropy --…
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Semi-Tough
In 1977 Burt Reynolds was on top of the Hollywood world, a bankable star whose popularity knew no bounds. In between his…
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Teenage Werewolf Spotted 63 Years Too Late
Aw, this was supposed to be a CineSavant Column entry, but it got way out of hand and became an article. We…