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The Emigrants & The New Land
Jan Troell knocks us for a loop with his masterful epic of a Swedish farming family in the 1840s, making the big…
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The Happy Ending
Jean Simmons is the original frustrated Mad Housewife who runs away from a 'dream marriage' in search of something more fulfilling. Uncompromising,…
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Joe Dante visits Gilbert Gottfried’s Amazing Colossal Podcast!
Fearless leader sits down with Gilbert and Frank Santopadre for a maniacally funny chat about Joe’s wild and wooly adventures in Hollywood.…
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GOG 3-D
Now, after 62 years, viewable again in beautiful 3-D! Scientists are being murdered in a secret underground laboratory overseen by a super-computer…
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Woman in the Moon
Fritz Lang applies rigorous realism and excellent science in the first half of his final silent film, a treat for fantasy fans…
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OSCAR’S YEAR OF VISUAL EFFECTS, and THE ART OF SEEING AND BELIEVING
If you have been living and routinely interacting with other human beings over the last month, you’ve probably heard one or two…
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Deep Red
Stabbings, scaldings, hideous lacerations from broken glass and even more brutal manglings for our sanguinary delectation! Dario Argento's smartly directed murder mystery…
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Station West
Army investigator John Haven is out to catch some crooks using stealth, his wits and a limitless supply of marvelous hardboiled dialogue.…
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Harlock Space Pirate 3-D
Ray guns! Space armadas! Storm troopers! Toei's manga became a pricey 3-D animated motion capture epic just three years ago, but was…
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Crimson Peak
Here's where angels sit down to weep next to devils -- the often-brilliant Guillermo del Toro's big Gothic romance / gory ghost…
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Bridge of Spies
Steven Spielberg's entertaining true life account of a chapter in the Cold War concerns a crucial negotiation by a brave attorney (Tom…
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Death by Hanging
You want radical? Look no further. Nagisa Oshima's near-legendary issue drama makes a wickedly frightening protest against the death penalty, but then…
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Gilda
This adult film noir masterpiece showcases the most glamorous pin-up dream girl of the 1940s. Rita Hayworth, a young Glenn Ford and…
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The Last Detail
Jack Nicholson found his personal favorite role in this fine road picture: Navy signalman Buddusky, charged with escorting sad-sack prisoner Randy Quaid…
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The Wrong Man
Alfred Hitchcock's true-life saga of a man wrongly accused may be Hitchcock's most troublesome movie -- all the parts work, but does…
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Hawaii
Julie Andrews, Max von Sydow and Richard Harris bring James Michener's true saga to life -- but it's the story of the…
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Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
This is my film review and it FREAKS ME OUT! Girlie-art legend Russ Meyer and then- tyro critic Roger Ebert fashion the…
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The Southerner
Looking to discover a top-quality film that honors lasting values? Jean Renoir gives Zachary Scott and Betty Field as Texas sharecroppers trying…
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Curse of the Faceless Man
Everybody sing!: An Italian boy from Napoli, got petrified by the scenery. Now his face is white and his arms are long.…
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I Confess
What's it all about, Alfie? The master of suspense goes in an unusual direction with this murder mystery with a Catholic background.…
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The Undesirable (1914)
What? Not another Hungarian silent film from 1914 -- how many can the market bear? Actually, the rarity and high quality of…
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Ex Machina
Is this not the most brilliant screenplay from 2015? Alex Garland assembles a perfect fable about robots, artificial intelligence and the hubris…
Fear of the Velvet Curtain
A 2015 SLIFR MOVIE TREEHOUSE DIGEST
The SLIFR Movie Treehouse (the acronym stands in for the title of my blog, Sergio Leone and the Infield Fly Rule) is…
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Let There Be Light: John Huston’s Wartime Documentaries
When John Huston went to war he took his mission seriously... as an artist. He made four wartime docus for the army.…
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Wind Across the Everglades
The Audubon Society battles plumage poachers in the Everglades, circa 1900. Legendary director Nicholas Ray suffered an on-location meltdown filming this early…