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Carquake
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Unearthly Stranger
1963's critics favored this 'cerebral' Sci-fi offering but the main draw was its mysterious heroine, a new bride who may be an…
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Follow Me Quietly
Director Richard Fleischer's crime thriller passed the test with RKO's new owner Howard Hughes, possibly because of its clever story hook: a…
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7 Faces of Dr. Lao
George Pal's production had a hard nut to crack, adapting a highly misanthropic adult novel to serve as a family attraction for…
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Night World
Nope, it's not a stealth Karloff horror feature, but another of his underworld roles ... actually, a semi-underworld role in a nifty…
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Nightmare Cinema
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Marlowe
James Garner takes a spin as the world-weary detective Philip Marlowe -- "unassailably virtuous, invariably broke." An updating of Raymond Chandler's The…
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The Thief of Bagdad
Douglas Fairbanks' miracle film of the silent era is back in a new restoration from Photoplay Productions, with a bounty of extras;…
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Hi, Mom!
Brian DePalma's wild skit + provocation comedy cemented his status as a capable, meaningful filmmaker just before he turned to a commercial…
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D.O.A. + Borderline
VCI showcases a pair of independently produced films noir, one a decent programmer and the other one of the best of its…
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Down in the Valley
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Stray Dog
The depressed streets of postwar Tokyo are the hunting ground for detective Toshiro Mifune, who lost his service automatic on a streetcar…
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Swashbuckler
Spectacular! Colorful! Action-packed! A big production, big stars, but where's the movie? James Goldstone's pirate picture has energetic action and little else;…
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Million Dollar Legs
Paramount's catch-all comedy makes zero sense but has a great attitude. It showcases a number of eager funnymen from vaudeville and silent…
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Crack-Up
This noir tries something different: an art expert must play detective to find out why everybody thinks he's gone insane. Who knew…
The Last Reel
The Last Reel: TV Terroir
The rapid growth of television came out of the TV Terroir of 1950s America. Almost all TV programming has its roots in…
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Shaken Not Stirred
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Body Heat
A shining 4K encoding underscores the heat in Lawrence Kasdan's ode to cold-blooded murder, committed in the name of sex and greed…
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Brit Noir
It's a new branded line for Kino Lorber -- English thrillers from the 1940s and '50s, remastered and looking good. Jean Simmons…
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The Big Combo
Cornel Wilde's first film for his own production company is a stone classic and a genuine cult item, an organized crime tale…
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Arrowsmith
Rescued from post-Code censorship, Sinclair Lewis's critique of medical ethics makes an interesting subject for director John Ford. Ronald Colman and Helen…
Watching the Dark
Hokum
I’ve written about my admiration for writer/director Damian McCarthy’s two previous films, Caveat and Oddity, in this column before. From the very…
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Capracorn
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Testament
Criterion takes on the anti-nuke horror film that hits closest to home. Lynne Littman's harrowing film stays small-scale and Big Emotion, charting the…
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The Front
Former blacklistees Walter Bernstein and Martin Ritt turned their career experiences into a powerful picture; the bankability of star Woody Allen is…