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Quai des Orfèvres
Another big title from Henri-Georges Clouzot touches down in Region A. The great director's first postwar feature dials back the misanthropy --…
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Semi-Tough
In 1977 Burt Reynolds was on top of the Hollywood world, a bankable star whose popularity knew no bounds. In between his…
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Teenage Werewolf Spotted 63 Years Too Late
Aw, this was supposed to be a CineSavant Column entry, but it got way out of hand and became an article. We…
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Holiday (1938 + 1930)
This classy late-'30s Park Avenue romp gives us Katharine Heburn and Cary Grant at their best; Grant is especially good in a…
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Under the Shadow
Guest reviewer Lee Broughton returns with a review of Babak Anvari's Under the Shadow (2016), a smart tale of supernatural happenings out…
Blood of the Vines
Krazy Kidz
Kids have it tough. Grouchy old mom and dad to deal with, school, endless soccer practice … all with no wine to…
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Canyon Passage
This great unheralded western is divorced from the usual concerns of law and order and gunslinger protocol. As in most every film…
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It Started with a Kiss
It's another big-star MGM romantic comedy, and not exactly a classic. Debbie Reynolds and Glenn Ford pick their way through a travelogue…
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Tex Avery Screwball Classics Volume 1
At long last a beautifully restored and mastered selection of a number of cartoon king Tex Avery's brilliant, innovative and (most of…
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Endless Night (Region B)
Why does CineSavant write so many positive reviews, even for films not commonly thought of as even being 'good?' Well, I'm about…
Blood of the Vines
Russ Meyer
The late Russ Meyer’s films are the epitome of excess. Pairing a wine with them seems unfair to the wine. It couldn’t…
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Parasite
Hipster film folk love a good black comedy, and one that doesn't hit too close to home can become a big hit.…
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X The Unknown
Hammer's copycat Quatermass picture stands apart from similar 'mystery sci-fi monster' thrillers by virtue of its serious tone and realistic presentation. Talk…
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The Great McGinty
If the story of a unscrupulous crook who rises to great political power hits a little too close to home these days,…
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Kirk Douglas
The life of Kirk Douglas took him from a childhood dominated by a hard-drinking junkman father to adult years in which he…
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Roma
Alfonso Cuarón's labor of love will go down as having changed the delivery norm for top-quality feature motion pictures: unlike most foreign…
Fear of the Velvet Curtain
BIRDS OF PREY AND THE SECRET WEAPON WHO STEALS THE MOVIE FROM ONE HARLEY QUINN
The good-natured, yet hyper-violent Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn is amusing enough to get by, a…
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Three Fantastic Journeys by Karel Zeman
"Not so much a suspension of disbelief as a suspension of dreary naturalism." Criterion acknowledges a great filmmaker with this trio of…
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The Criminal
Gangland London, 1960: Expatriate director Joseph Losey gives the Brit crime film a boost with a brutal gangster tale starring the ultra-tough…
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Two on a Guillotine
Imagine shock-meister William Castle directing a Disney movie and the result might be something like Two on a Guillotine. William Conrad, narrator of…
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Monstrosity
How can a 'Z' horror production so completely absorb the thoughts of this ex- film student? This maladroit 1963 monster mash can't…
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The Light at the Edge of the World
Jules Verne's version of 'Die Hard' takes place not on Christmas Eve in Century City, but 160 years ago at a lonely…
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SYBIL THE SOOTHSAYER’S OSCAR PREDIX
Well, the most wonderful time of the year is upon us yet again, and if you’re thinking I’m about 30-days-and-change late in…
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All About My Mother
Pedro Almodóvar's challenging films shouldn't be only for his dedicated fans: nobody mixes genuine human compassion with world-class filmmaking as well as…
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The Abominable Snowman
Just under the top echelon of British sci-fi lurks this well-produced, absorbing 'expedition to terror!' that surprises us by paying off on…