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A 4K restoration debuts at the London Film Festival and is coming soon to blu-ray: The rest is here: http://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2013/oct/10/orson-welles-london-film-festival-lady-shanghai

I haven't listened to the commentary yet, but the publicity and imdb states that AN AMERICAN GHOST STORY was shot for $10,000. I wonder if that includes the cost of the hi-def camera and which hi-def camera they used. According to the behind the scenes documentary, which is a generous 40-minute...

well-writ essay about an overlooked film and theater director whose time has come: http://www.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/The_Exploration_of_Violence:_The_Westerns_of_Robert_Hossein Robert Hossein was what Marlon Brando would call "a highly evolved dramatist." He was a visual dramatist. He...

Sharky's Machine is a gritty, hardboiled crime noir from 1981, photographed in Atlanta, Georgia by William A. Fraker and directed by its star Burt Reynolds. It has that 1970s vibe that you only find in police films of the period. Although a bit slow in getting started, the action and suspense...

Roman Polanski's Macbeth (1972).

from Cinefantastique 4:1 1975:

Title: Spectre (2015) Tagline: A Plan No One Escapes Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime Director: Sam Mendes Cast: Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz, Léa Seydoux, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Ben Whishaw, Monica Bellucci, Dave Bautista, Andrew Scott, Rory Kinnear, Jesper Christensen...

Fans of the Lone Ranger will be well-advised to avoid the new reboot and stick with the original. Those of you who are multi-region enabled might want to check out the 1981 big-screen version of the Lone Ranger's origin story...

The Koch Media edition with the supplement on director Ferdinand Baldi is out of print, unfortunately, and I can't find one sanely priced. Has anyone seen the Australian version? According to the back cover, it's 105 minutes which means uncut, widescreen anamorphic, and NTSC. Can anyone confirm...

Dial M For Murder (WB, 1954) -- re-released February 1980. Comin' at Ya! ( Italy / Spain, Filmways Pictures) -- released 21 August, 1981. Super Dragon aka Dynasty (Hong Kong 1977, Cinema Shares International) -- 20 October, 1981. Revenge of the Shogun Women aka 13 Nuns (Hong Kong 1977, 21st...

Anthony Mann directed the best westerns ever made during America's golden age of westerns. Check out these savvy essays on Mann's westerns at Livius' blog: The Furies (1950) http://livius1.wordpress.com/2012/06/28/the-furies/ The Devil's Doorway (1950)...

[url=http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001MYIQJU/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&seller=]http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001MYIQJU/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&seller=] What I really want to see are Connery's performances as Mountain McClintock in Rod Serling's REQUIEM FOR A...

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/02/17/looks-like-james-bond-is-finally-going-3d-this-year-and-dr-no-imax-re-release-planned/[/url] with an Imax release planned followed by a blu-ray. The 3-D blu-ray is already being sold in Taiwan...

This poll was prompted by a screening of ZERO DARK THIRTY in a state-of-the-art theater that was so dim, murky and irresolute it hardly qualified as a cinematic experience. This level of projection and the audience acceptance of it has become commonplace. Which medium offers the best picture...

This poll was prompted by a screening of ZERO DARK THIRTY in a state-of-the-art theater that was so dim and murky it hardly qualified as a cinematic experience. This level of capture and the audience acceptance of it has become commonplace. This poll is about the picture quality of digital...

Some quick observations on the 23rd James Bond film after a late-night screening. Good writing is important. I'm one of those Bond fans who is more interested in the story being told than in the action, but I want action, too. The newest James Bond film manages to tell story through action...

What are the reference quality transfers on blu-ray? Go ahead and suggest titles to add to this master list. 1947 Black Narcissus -- Criterion 1948 The Red Shoes -- Criterion 1953 The Big Heat -- Columbia / Twilight Time 1954 White Christmas -- Paramount 1956 Bigger Than Life -- Fox...

In THE NAKED RUNNER (1967) Frank Sinatra gives one of his best performances as a former spy from WW11 who is now an industrial designer. He travels to Germany with his young son to receive an award, where a former colleague manipulates his psychological profile to coerce Sinatra into committing...

SARTANA BOX SET starring Gianni Gako Sono Sartana, il vostro becchino aka IF YOU MEET SARTANA PRAY FOR YOUR DEATH Italy 1969 / Director: Giuliano Carnimeo Se incontri Sartana prega per la tua morte aka I AM SARTANA YOUR ANGEL OF DEATH Italy, West Germany 1968 / Director: Gianfranco...

In 1971 Dan Curtis delivered a 150-minute version of Night of Dark Shadows that he was very happy with knowing as he did so that James Aubrey, the head of MGM, would demand further cuts. Curtis trimmed another painful 21 minutes, resulting in a 129-minute version that he thought would satisfy...

Any thoughts people may have, suggestions, corrections, contributions to this checklist are invited: Fox (U.K.) (Mexico): 1952 Viva Zapata! -- I recommend the Mexican DVD which is excellent quality and NTSC Koch (Germany): 1948 Black Bart 1949 Streets of Laredo 1952 Horizons West...

I'm used to seeing this under-rated Delmer Daves western widescreen on TCM. I decided not to buy the Sony / Columbia DVD when I read that it was full screen. Does anyone have it? Do you know if it is open matte or pan & scan? If it's open matte I might get it after all.

Two of Audie Murphy's strongest performances in two of his best westerns are unavailable in the USA. Universal has seen fit to release them only in region 2 countries. The least pricey editions are from Australia. Has anyone seen those? Do you know if they're widescreen and anamorphic and in...

Between 1974 and 1987 Earl Owensby of Shelby, North Carolina produced about two dozen low-budget, independent films with his own money at his own estate which he had turned into a full-service studio. Several of his films were shot in the StereoVision system, a single-camera twin-lens rig that...

A search did not turn up a thread about William Friedkin's latest film, so I'm starting one. Has anyone seen KILLER JOE? This film is righteously wrong and I can't wait to see it again. From the summary on amazon: William Friedkin shot KILLER JOE for a paltry $10 million in 5 weeks in New...

NBC demanded numerous cuts for the TV broadcast of HALLOWEEN. A brief nude scene was cut, suspenseful build-ups to Michael Meyer's attacks were trimmed, and some violence eliminated. Producer Debra Hill negotiated for a small budget to shoot additional scenes. On the set of HALLOWEEN 2 in 1980...

Let's hope Universal will release a Classic Monsters Volume 2 next year that will include 1932 Murders in the Rue Morgue 1932 The Old Dark House 1934 The Black Cat 1935 The Raven 1935 The Werewolf of London 1936 Dracula's Daughter 1936 The Invisible Ray 1937 Night Key 1939 Son...

Why hasn't Universal released any of its Rory Calhoun westerns in the USA? They're treating him worse than they do Audie Murphy. Check out this review of the Spanish DVD of Muerte Al Atardecer (Red Sundown), one of my Most Wanted Westerns, at this well-written and informative blog...

Amazon lists four of the Ranown westerns starring Randolph Scott and directed by Budd Boetticher for release on DVD-R October 2: Decision at Sundown (1957), Buchanan Rides Alone (1958), Ride Lonesome (1959) and Comanche Station (1960). The decision to release these individually in the...

Does anyone have this set: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00157OICS/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&seller= Is THE FAR COUNTRY widescreen? is the set a digipack or individual cases?