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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…
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The Virgin Spring
Ingmar Bergman's tale of murder, retribution and God's forgiveness may be the perfect entry point for art-film appreciation -- it's immediately accessible…
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The Woman in the Window
Fritz Lang and Nunnally Johnson take a deep dive into Psych 101 and come up with a winner: a milquetoast-meets-murderous-femme tale that…
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The Man Who Watched Trains Go By
This strange blend of French série noire and English Brit noir was filmed in glowing Technicolor on location in Holland and Paris.…
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2 Weeks in Another Town
A quick Jet-set ride takes us to Rome of 1962, which for a couple of years was the movie capital of the…
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The Birth of a Nation (1915)
It's a CineSavant guest reviewer debut for journalist Sergio Alejandro Mims. In its first ever 2-disc set Twilight Time makes a bold…
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The Big Country
Ya know, "It's a Big Country!" Westerns and pacifism are like oil and water, but William Wyler, Jessamyn West and three other…
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Cold Turkey
Norman Lear's Cold Turkey is preferred by 4 out of 5 doctors, and the other doctor is a fool that doesn't smoke…
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The Misadventures of Biffle and Shooster!
Do you miss the Stooges? Miss Edgar Kennedy? Here's a bizarre bill of goods for committed film fans in search of retro…
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Designing Woman
MGM wasn't the most current studio in 1957, as can be seen by this throwback to another era, a semi-screwball romantic comedy…
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Next Stop, Greenwich Village
Paul Mazursky's affectionate memoir of the New York bohemian life circa 1953 has a feel for the milieu and an honest appraisal…
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Jack the Giant Killer
"From the land beyond beyond..." -- oops, wrong movie. Kerwin Mathews battles Torin Thatcher once again, with Judi Meredith in a stunning…
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A Bucket of Blood
Roger Corman's crew of associates must have had some pretty wild times in the 1950's, scraping around Hollywood and Venice Beach trying…
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Odds Against Tomorrow
"Racial Tolerance: It's Good for America AND good for Criminals!" Harry Belafonte's second production is a noir keeper, thanks to a top-flight…
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Hilda Crane
Call him strange, but CineSavant is fascinated by 'women's films' that advance a consensus role template for American women. Then they ask…
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Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
The Little Song 'n' Dance Show that Could, this over-achieving Jack Cummings production is a bright exception to the dull waning days…
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Midnight Cowboy
Pictures like Midnight Cowboy pulled everyone my age group into the movies, while the entire older generation likely stopped going to movies…
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Death in the Garden (La mort en ce jardin)
Luis Buñuel's filmic obsessions steered toward the anarchistic, the anti-clerical and anti-bourgeois, with a surreal spin. All of his films are political,…