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The Stranglers of Bombay
"Kali bids us to Kill! KILL!" A full review of Indicator's Hammer Volume 3 Blood and Terror collection will follow, but CineSavant…
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Cinderella Liberty
A real peach of a '70s New Hollywood picture, Mark Rydell and Darryl Ponicsan's story of a sailor on extended leave is…
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The Day After
A hundred million viewers tuned in to ABC back in '83 to find out if the world would end with a bang…
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Supergirl (1984)
We're told that the first live- action feature film super-heroine was the marvelous Helen Slater, whose fine presence redeems this last film…
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Meet Me at the Astor
CineSavant poaches on Greenbriar Picture Shows territory with a quick slideshow of photos from New Yawk, New Yawk, where once upon a…
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Strange Victory
'This Picture Kills Fascists' might be a motto for this bombshell essay documentary. Leo Hurwitz's film wasn't made welcome in 1948 and…
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I Walk Alone
One of a number of Paramount noirs seemingly forever MIA on disc, Hal Wallis' show reunites Burt Lancaster and Lizabeth Scott with…
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Ready Player One
Lifelong gaming fan Steven Spielberg goes all-in for motion capture, with much different results than The Adventures of Tintin. It's an ode…
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Irma La Douce
Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond's lavish movie boils down to a dirty party joke, but they struck gold just the same. Audiences…
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Billy Budd
Forget the 'famous book' doldrums -- this exciting seagoing drama will take your head off. Criminally unseen and unheralded, Allied Artists' classic…
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Village of the Damned (1960)
Inquiring minds want to know -- why you're thinking about a BRICK WALL. John Wyndham's diabolically clever alien invasion fantasy is taken…
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sex, lies, and videotape
Is this show still as daring as it once seemed? How does it fare in this year of #MeToo? Where are the…
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A Matter of Life and Death
The wonder movie of 1946 sees the Archers infusing the 'Film Blanc' fantasy with amazing images and powerful emotions. Imagination and resourcefulness…
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Under Capricorn
What could go wrong? Alfred Hitchcock directs Ingrid Bergman and Joseph Cotten in a mysterious tale of marital intrigues and social bigotry…
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Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell Bastards!
Inflato-faced Jô Shishido is at it again, here in a typically precocious, spoofy crime adventure by Japan's playful Seijun Suzuki. If the…
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Hitler’s Hollywood
What, another docu about Nazis? Rüdiger Suchsland's show tells the entire story -- with many rare clips and interesting actor and filmmaker…
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Beirut
We're still waiting for the role that will prove that Jon Hamm has a future after Mad Men. This middling hostage negotiation…
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Dietrich & von Sternberg in Hollywood
Delirious silver-screen glamour never disappoints! Marlene Dietrich's six Paramount pictures for Josef von Sternberg arrive in a beautifully annotated disc set. The…
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Take a Girl Like You
It's a Brit sex comedy that addresses the basic facts about boy-girl petting -- and not much else. A noted 'adult' role…
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The Addiction
Watch out - a bloodsucking fiend is stalking the highways and by-ways of lower Manhattan... and she has a PhD! Abel Ferrara's…
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Rocco and His Brothers
Luchino Visconti's national epic looks and plays better than ever. A Southern family relocates to Milan, and each of the sons reacts…
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My Sister Eileen (1955)
Lively stars, good music and Bob Fosse-grade dancing favor Columbia's forgotten-yet-rediscovered original musical remake, which turns the adventures of two sisters in…
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The China Syndrome
All but inventing the 'new liberal exposé' suspense format, James Bridges' smart and effective thriller began as a star showcase with a…
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She Had to Say Yes
Wow ... pre-Code pictures frequently offended conservative values, but this saucy 'n' sinful big business exposé is guaranteed to bring #MeToo advocates…
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Guilty by Suspicion
Movies about the blacklist aren't common, probably because as Robert Vaughn wrote, the period produced no happy stories, 'Only Victims.' Robert de…
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The Last House on the Left
Near the top of the list of movies we do not recommend as a date picture, no way no how, Wes Craven's…