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Cluny Brown
The last film completed by Ernst Lubitsch before his sudden death in 1947, Cluny Brown is the life-embracing work of a determined…
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Soldier of Fortune
Two-fisted Hong Kong racketeer Clark Gable goes out on a limb to recover Susan Hayward's husband, held prisoner in Red China. In…
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A Bucket of Blood
Roger Corman's 'sick sick sick!' horror comedy is still a delight, and Olive's Signature edition accompanies it with some excellent Elijah Drenner…
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Circus of Horrors
Four out of five psychologists agree that something rotten is alive and well between the sawdust and the high wire in the…
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90° in the Shade
Everyday Noir in Prague: a one-of-a-kind Czech/Brit coproduction teams fine British actors (Anne Heywood, James Booth, Sir Donald Wolfit) with the home-grown…
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Noir Archive 9-Film Collection Volume 3
Mill Creek and Kit Parker have raided the Columbia vault once again in search of Noir Gold from the 'fifties. Their selection…
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Who Saw Her Die?
Giallos run hot and cold, but this one has plenty to recommend it -- a serious outlook, a focus on elements other…
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Fists in the Pocket
The split-personality of world cinema was never more evident than in 1965 when Fists in the Pockets and Repulsion debuted alongside The Sound of Music…
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Dinosaurus!
Were movie folk blind in 1960? We kids were so dino- crazy, ANY movie about dinosaurs would have cleaned up at the…
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Magnificent Obsession
One of the strangest 'uplifting moral tales' of the 1950s was a huge hit, and launched Rock Hudson as a major star.…
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Death Ship (1980)
From the golden age of Canadian tax shelters comes a horror movie about a fiendish, fearful freighter fraught with frills, I mean,…
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CENTRAL PARK (1932)
If they still made ‘em like the pre-Code drama Central Park (1932), I’d still be going to the movies every day instead…
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Wagon Master
John Ford's favorite western of his own work is a curiously gentle, endearingly simple hark-back to the verities of silent filmmaking. Mormons…
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A High Wind in Jamaica
Alexander Mackendrick's exhilarating pirate adventure mixes accurate history with a fine story of innocence corrupting the corrupt: Anthony Quinn's pirate goes soft…
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The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice
There's nothing like the term 'Transcendental Style' to intimidate a filmgoer, but have no fear: Yasujiro Ozu's tale of a domestic trial…
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Man Without a Star
King Vidor, the director behind the bucolic Kansas sequences in The Wizard of Oz and the histrionics of Duel in the Sun,…
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The Witches (1990)
Roald Dahl's marvelous horror thriller for children (the ones ready for it) doesn't soft-pedal the scary stuff. Horrible (but sexy) witches plot…
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The Man in the White Suit
File this great comedy under social science fiction, subheading 'H' for hilarious. Alec Guinness's comic boffin hero is both a bringer of…
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Day of the Outlaw
How does Hollywood sell a gritty, realistic western? With a sexy shot of star Tina Louise! Viewers will be surprised: this fine…
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Wild in the Country
Elvis fans laud this high-end drama, an attempt by the superstar to lock into a mainstream acting career. Presley has fine dramatic…
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Seven Chances & Battling Butler The Buster Keaton Collection Vol. 3
In his day Buster Keaton's popularity trailed that of Charlie Chaplin and Harold Lloyd, but now those reputations have switched around. These…
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THE 2019 MURIEL AWARDS HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES
Pop quiz: A science fiction landmark; a beloved classic rescued from obscurity by public television; two screwball comedies directed by the same…
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RANDOM THOUGHTS ON ONCE UPON A TIME IN… HOLLYWOOD – SPOILERS
(The following piece isn’t so much a review as a gathering of thoughts and observations about that new movie everyone is talking…
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Jonny Quest: The Complete Original Series
Though the heartland was nearing a showdown between the Masters of War and the Age of Aquarius, things were relatively status quo…
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An Angel at My Table
Here's the story of a woman who overcame adversity -- not the dramatic, historical kind, but the sort of mundane discriminatory issues…