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The Puppet Masters
Robert Heinlein's frighteningly brilliant sci-fi horror concept spawned an entire generation of biological invasions from outer space. Stuart Orme's faithful, authorized adaptation…
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Hallelujah the Hills
Adolfas Mekas made his mark in American independent filmmaking with this avant-garde comedy that shook up film festivals circa 1963. Although it…
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Gosford Park
At least twenty fine actors and stars make Robert Altman's period piece about a party in a big English country house into…
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Age of Consent
A dreamy tropic idyll ... or a dirty old man's movie? Our verdict chooses the first option for Michael Powell's retelling of…
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A Man Alone
Ray Milland directs a fine western drama, strong on character and tension; it garnered enough praise to set him on a second,…
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Clouzot The Early Works
A master of suspense admired even by Hitchcock, Henri-Georges Clouzot is famous for acid-tinged thrillers about cold-blooded murder and ugly politics, whether…
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Brewster McCloud
Robert Altman's first opportunity to cut loose with an entirely personal film is this scattershot comedy that satirizes the American scene, taking…
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Crazy Rich Asians
A surprise hit? This ultra-glamorous rom-com about life among the Singapore 1% would be a fantasy, if everything we see weren't real.…
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Georgy Girl
Lynn Redgrave burst to stardom with this fine study of romance vs. reality in swinging London circa 1966. Georgy thinks of herself…
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Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
Matt Tynauer's frank, unrated documentary about the wild times of gay and straight hustler-procurer Scotty Bowers is built around his 2012 tell-all…
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Nothing Sacred
Whaddaya know, this new disc of the Carole Lombard / Fredric March comedy hit looks great, besting by far all previous videos…
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The Princess Bride
William Goldman and Rob Reiner's unchallenged modern classic captures the magic of fairy tales about noble lovers, loyal warriors and low-down villains.…
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Gas, Food Lodging
Welcome to the West, long after the frontier has closed. Allison Anders' marvelous drama of a three-girl family is a big step…
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Blondie The Complete 1957 Television Series
'Hey Blondie!' Dagwood, Blondie, Mr. Dithers and a victimized postman return for a stab at a TV revival of the 1940s series…
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The Last Movie
Dennis Hopper's legendary follow-up to Easy Rider ended his Hollywood directing career for at least fifteen years. Barely seen again after brief…
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Tarzan’s Greatest Adventure
Tarzan got a new lease on life when a film company finally went to Africa to pit the excellent 'Lord of the…
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Mr. Capra Goes to War: Frank Capra’s World War II Documentaries
These wartime docu-propaganda films are fascinating, but critic Joseph McBride’s critical accompaniment is even better, nailing the meaning of five groundbreaking works…
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Andrei Rublev
Want to get serious about Russian cinema? Andrei Tarkovsky's 15th-century epic portrays the travails of an artist at odds with his world…
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Lisbon
Ray Milland produces, directs and stars in this odd, forgotten travelogue / adventure / romance /crime tale filmed in Portugal's beautiful capital.…
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Black Widow (1954)
Fox touted Black Widow as the first murder mystery in CinemaScope. Ace writer / tyro director Nunnally Johnson tries an 'All About…
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Sisters
Brian De Palma unleashes 101 ferocious Hitchcock references for this great horror opus, all bolstered by Bernard Herrmann's nerve-jangling music score. Plus…
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The Satanic Rites of Dracula
Hammer's Dracula goes out with a whimper in this final Chris Lee-Peter Cushing vampire opus, which posits the Prince of Darkness as…
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Valley Girl
One of the oldies celebrated by lovers of '80s fare, Martha Coolidge's ode to pampered teens in La La Land has aged…
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Gun Shy (2000)
I had never heard of this comedy-thriller, and the good news is that it's a pleasant surprise, thoroughly enjoyable. The toughest kind…
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The Spiral Staircase
There's a storm outside, the cook has drunk herself to sleep, the other servants are gone, the old lady is an invalid…
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12 Monkeys
Terry Gilliam's second big-star 'retrench' movie benefits from his fertile imagination, and his handling of an overly complicated sci-fi script. Did happy…