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The Magnificent Ambersons
Hollywood’s most tragic ‘mangled masterpiece’ gets a new lease on life with this special edition of what could have been Orson Welles’…
Articles by Glenn Erickson
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The Atomic Cafe
Duck and Cover! And while you're down there, enjoy a Flaming Atomic Cocktail! Loader, Rafferty & Rafferty's influential documentary-satire uses authentic '50s…
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Dark of the Sun
It's tendon-biting combat, with guns, trains, planes, chainsaws, and an indestructible all-terrain vehicle (that still couldn't stand the potholes in the street…
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De Niro & De Palma The Early Films
No 1960s film student had more on the ball than Brian De Palma, who enlisted a smart group of collaborators to pull…
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Sawdust and Tinsel
Ingmar Bergman's 'sad comedy' finds desperation and adultery in his favorite milieu, the theater. He also gets to contrast the self-important thespians…
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Sunshine
Before TV movies were dissed with the phrase 'disease of the month,' this 1973 film surprised and moved audiences with the realistic…
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Horror of Dracula
The best of all Hammer horror pictures finally comes to Region A Blu-ray, with a bright transfer made to look like original…
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The Thing From Another World
Intrepid soldiers and scientists battle a bloodsucking alien invader at the top of the world! The Warner Archive Collection releases Howard Hawks'…
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The Outer Limits, Season Two
It’s here, the second half of the science fiction TV series from the 1960s, restored and remastered. It’s really only half a…
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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…