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I’m all ears as to what Eastwood might have to say about Moreau but I assume that extra is a mistake. :)

Never knew there was an “X-rated European cut.” What are the differences?

Olive’s transfer had the correct OAR but my disc was otherwise a mess of audio and video glitches. (Eureka’s played fine.)

Filmed in my Brooklyn neighborhood. I should conduct a video tour.

It looks like an offshoot of the “Gamma One” movies that were popular in Italy then, like the fun Wild, Wild Planet.

It's a new 2k restoration that recently made the arthouse rounds.

Yes, I saw that, too. It was a big hit at the Barrow Street Theatre, which closed in 2018. In 1998 I first saw Shannon Off Broadway in Letts’ Killer Joe, with Scott Glenn, Amanda Plummer, and Sarah Paulson. That, too, made for a good Friedkin movie.

My daughter took swimming lessons at the Brooklyn Paramount and had her ballet recitals there, too. (Not as the Paramount, of course, but in its long-standing incarnation as part of Long Island University.)

Filmed in my Brooklyn neighborhood, including the local precinct house and the Gowanus Canal. Also the film debut of John Glover. I’m available for commentary. :)

I'm not sure the ants are the selling point of this art, however. :)

It’s a fun bad movie, not at all dull, and not nearly as lousy as the other duds the veteran cast members were stuck in at this time. No way Palance and Landau saw Oscar gold in their futures at this ebb in their careers.

Another difficult-to-see title, one that played all the time on syndicated TV before vanishing, rescued!

That I did not know. I think the last three did get wider theatrical distribution.

They're the kinds of genre-ish movies (not just from France) that distributors of "arthouse" foreign-language films turned their noses up at. (Some did show up in the U.S., usually cut and dubbed.) Bread and butter for their stars and often quite good but not Truffaut, Godard, Lelouch, etc. in...

I've purchased pretty much all of these French thrillers, most of which are pretty obscure. Keep 'em coming, merci!

Shake Hands (and Four Crowns) are full-frame in that set, so kudos to Kino for rescuing both.

The Man Who Wasn’t There, a movie I don’t think we’ll ever, umm, “see” in 3D again.

This is great fun in 3D, with an Ennio Morricone score to boot. Looking forward to this after enjoying Wings of the Hawk the other night.

If only it came bundled with Theodore Gershuny’s excellent fly on the wall book about its turbulent production and reception. It’s streamed but I don’t think it’s been available on US disc. Film debuts of Kim Cattrall and Isabelle Huppert I believe but while Preminger could still spot talent at...

I think it was TCM that had this on DVD but the transfer was somehow botched. Looking forward to seeing it done right; it's intriguing.

Nice. Enjoyable film. Conti's complete score is newly available on CD.

Must be close to having all of Aldrich on Blu. Not his last two movies, however. (THE FRISCO KID and ALL THE MARBLES..., nor SODOM AND GOMORRAH.)

A 4k restoration of SHRINKING MAN was shown at last year's NY Film Festival so I'm sure that's coming.

So are THE THING THAT COULDN'T DIE and CULT OF THE COBRA the only 50s Universal horror films that haven't made it to Blu yet?

Yes, it is, but I might double dip depending on the new transfer and extras.

Kino released The Border last year. Arrow has Black Angel coming soon. Keep up, people! :)

You can preview (or buy) some of these at Kino Now.

Re: Lovers, it may just be that Kino only had rights to the title for a limited time. It’s dated in some cultural aspects (the Bob Dishy character in particular) but the performances and writing are timeless—a delight.

But no one should watch APE in 2D, under any circumstances. :)