Fury (1936)

Savant uncovers the true, hidden ending to this Fritz Lang masterpiece. The moral outrage of Lang's searing attack on lynch terror hasn't…

High Noon

Another release of the Kramer-Foreman-Zinnemann classic gives Savant another chance to make his argument that this supposedly 'liberal' movie is too confused…

Body Snatchers

Is the third time the charm for Jack Finney's stubborn human duplicator pods? Abel Ferrara keeps the faith and makes a straight,…

VIN SCULLY AND THE “BEST PILLOW IN THE WORLD”

Vin Scully, the voice of the Dodgers, is calling it a career this weekend after 67 years in the booth. If you…

The Earth Dies Screaming

It's a minor -- very minor -- Terence Fisher Sci-Fi suspenser that reaches the bare genre minimum and nothing more. Love the…

Valley of the Dolls

High camp or just plain trash? A cultural-cinematic swamp in perfectly rotten taste, this adaptation of Jacqueline Susann's supermarket 'dirty book' seeks out…

The Human Condition

Want a nine-hour dose of the truth of existence so harrowing that it will make you feel grateful no matter how humble…

Stakeout on Dope Street

With a title like this you know it has to be good. Irvin Kershner got his start directing on this small-scale tale…

Canadian Pacific

Randolph Scott fights to let the railroad go through in this old-fashioned rip-snorting action adventure movie, the kind where shooting bad guys…

Twin Peaks: The Original Series, Fire Walk with Me & The Missing Pieces

David Lynch and Mark Frost's 1990 TV series looks better than ever, while the 1992 feature prequel digs deeper in Laura Palmer's…

THE REVELATIONS OF RAISING CAIN RECUT

When Brian De Palma’s Raising Cain bowed in American theaters during the summer of 1992, it was anticipated by fans of the…

Rod Serling’s ‘Patterns’

Is this Rod Serling's best teleplay ever? Van Heflin, Everett Sloane and Ed Begley are at the center of a business power…

Free State of Jones

Writer/Director Gary Ross constructs a historical-film miracle: a meaningful true tale about the Civil War that doesn't bog down in details. Rebel…

Johnny Guitar (widescreen)

Olive's new branded line reissues the Nicholas Ray classic with a full set of authoritative extras -- plus a never-before-seen widescreen transfer,…

The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story

The crime of the century became a media circus, with no angle hidden -- yet behind what we saw on TV was…

Blood Simple

Neo-noir got a major boost with this splendid first outing for the Coen Brothers, who planned to produce something commercially viable but…

Aliens 30th Anniversary Edition

James Cameron's superb spacemen vs. monsters siege battle epic is back in a reissue with an extra collector goodie or two, still…

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Dr. Mabuse The Gambler

He's back and more diabolically ruthless than ever! Berlin cowers under the influence of a gambler-mastermind, the secret architect of an 'Empire…

The Horrible Dr. Hichcock

"Death will take you as you sleep! A sleep as deep as Death!" Barbara Steele doesn't realize that her husband is using…

Comanche Station (Einer Gibt Nicht Auf)

A FINE PAIR AND THE LIMITS OF CLAUDIA LOVE

This fall semester I started taking an Italian language class two evenings a week with my daughter, and Thursday night I was…

The Monster of Piedras Blancas

Glurg garrgle gurgle raaaaw!  It's the razor-clawed reptile-man that scared the bejesus out of little kids, way back when. Jack Kevan's basic…

Night Train to Munich

Modern spy movies have nothing on this Brit thriller produced just as war broke out -- Rex Harrison, Margaret Lockwood and Paul…

Once Were Warriors