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Film Noir the Dark Side of Cinema XXV
Volume 25 in Kino's long-running noir series could be called 'The John H. Auer Collection' -- its trio of thrillers include the…
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Sands of Iwo Jima
Once upon a time the reigning WW2 battle action movie was this rough & tumble Republic offering, that cemented John Wayne's glowing…
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The Informant!
This Steve Soderbergh true-life 'comedy' drove us nuts: the audience I saw it with wanted to leap up and kill Matt Damon's…
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Until Dawn
Ten years ago in 2015, a video game called Until Dawn was released to general acclaim, which attempted to place the player…
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Coburn is King
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Ugetsu – 4K
In 1941 Orson Welles was busy giving the film industry a hot foot with Citizen Kane, a distinctly American movie whose innovations…
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Crack in the World
Another fine Sci-fi overachiever bounces back in a new encoding, much improved. Andrew Marton's daring adventure / disaster / eco-apocalypse sees scientists…
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Horse Sense
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Anora – 4K
A low budget/high octane comedy about a working girl named Anora, Sean Baker’s film was a surprise favorite at the 2025 Oscars.…
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Girl with a Suitcase
Claudia Cardinale's first major starring role was a big success in Europe, even if our New York critics seemed primed for more…
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The Savage Eye
What does one call a film this original? It’s a poetic documentary-investigation of Los Angeles culture circa 1958; it’s also a powerful…
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Still More Movies You Never Heard Of
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Behold a Pale Horse
Fred Zinnemann's superb thriller has suspense, fine characterizations and a potent anti-fascist theme. Gregory Peck is excellent as an embittered lost-cause warrior…
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The Time Traveler’s Wife
What can you expect when the hero of a story is a Special Collections librarian? Audrey Niffenegger's scrambled-time romantic fantasy shouldn't work,…
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Lady of Vengeance
A wronged beauty commits suicide, and Dennis O'Keefe's hero solicits a killing-for-hire to avenge her. Director Burt Balaban's murder tale has a…
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I’m All Right Jack
On Thursday, May 8, 1945, Winston Churchill appears before an adoring crowd to announce the end of the war in Europe. Well,…
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Hell of a Summer/Locked
Locked is an English language remake of the 2019 Argentinean film 4×4, and although it came and went on local screens without…
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April Fools
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The Cruel Sea
It's a top-rank war movie, the best of its kind. The Ealing Studios, writer Eric Ambler and director Charles Frend transpose Nicholas…
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Blue Sunshine
Having an LSD flashback? Can you really remember every controlled substance you regularly imbibed in your wild days? Freaky homicides figure in…
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Donovan’s Reef
John Ford and John Wayne's best 'old man's movie' is deceptive -- on the outside it's as square as can be, an…
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Sadie McKee
Glamorous Joan's screen image is now fully defined, and her improved acting carries her pictures with grace and assurance. Director Clarence Brown…
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Remembering Richard Chamberlain
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The New Adventures of Tarzan
Known to Tarzan fans and almost nobody else is this four-hour serial filmed parallel with MGM's series, and officially produced by Tarzan…
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The Viking Women and the Sea Serpent
An epic adventure seen through the wrong end of a telescope, Roger Corman’s bargain-basement monster fest boasts a title worthy of a…