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Soylent Green
Richard Fleischer's dystopian drama takes place in 2022, which makes it four years past its 'sell by' date. Is our world beginning…
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The Pornographers
The Japanese New Wave strikes -- in a challenging, entertaining art picture where all the perversity is in the characters' heads. Shôhei…
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The Navy vs. the Night Monsters
Whoa ... Red Flag Down. We're so spoiled by improved transfers of Public Domain titles that we forget that poor quality PD…
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Zombies and Ghouls
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Destination Moon
After decades of neglect, George Pal's history-making Sci-fi breakthrough arrives in a worthy video transfer. The milestone production is as original as…
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Thirty Seconds over Tokyo
One of the best combat films of World War II is this MGM ode to the 1942 Dolittle Raid, the strike at…
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The Last Reel: Drama, Drama, DRAMA
Nighttime dramas are the backbone of series TV. Whether they are streamed, binged, cabled or in a box set, they are our…
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My Neighbor Adolf
Here's a rather good picture that's a tough sell. We especially admire its comic tightrope act ... there's no humor in the…
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Without Apparent Motive
Sans mobile apparent. Star Jean-Louis Trintignant and composer Ennio Morricone dominate this cheerfully attractive serial killer tale, shot in sunny Nice. A…
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Dragon Around
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Damien Douglas Talks Bold New Sword-and-Sandal Epic ‘Moors’
Veteran producer Damien Douglas is about to embark on his most epic quest yet: fulfilling a decades-long dream to put a unique…
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The Hunt for Red October
I'll bet that plenty of Russians enjoy this Cold War thriller -- Sean Connery charms everyone. Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan tale is…
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Monty Python’s Life of Brian
Financed by British royalty (George Harrison put up the lion’s share of the cash), the film’s low budget appearance is inescapable but…
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La tête contre les murs
Head Against the Wall. Georges Franju's first feature adapts a novel protesting the French system of mental health asylums -- and breathes…
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Charade
High on the list of '60s mainstream movie entertainments is this twist-laden comic-romantic murder thriller, cleverly modeled on the Hitchcock template by…
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Explorers
Director Joe Dante's special skill with actors shines in this overachieving 'juvenile' space adventure that overflows with The Sense of Wonder. It…
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Galaxy Quests
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Toomorrow
Dennis Bartok brings an oddball film back from obscurity -- an unreleased big budget comic Sci-fi musical given a big 1970 premiere,…
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Frankenheimer
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Carlos Saura’s Flamenco Trilogy
Criterion's reboot of their branded line Eclipse goes in a great direction with a remaster of Carlos Saura and Antonio Gades' marvelous…
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Possessed
It's glamour time with one of Joan Crawford's best star vehicles, a core shopgirl-to-Park Avenue saga that's All About Joan. Clark Gable…
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Sentimental Value
A highlight of this year's awards season becomes a handsome, rewarding Criterion release. Joachim Trier's drama finds power in the intersection of…
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The 5-Man Army
Spaghetti westerns were the rage in 1969, as long as the action was constant and the body count high. An Italo producer…
The Last Reel
The Last Reel: How I Became a Teenage Beatnik
TFH Guru Allan Arkush’s The Last Reel video essay series gets literate this week! How I Became A Teenage Beatnik covers the…
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Backrooms
In the last decade, the term “liminal horror” popped into existence as if it had always been there, sitting quietly in an…