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Ang Lee's 2007 outing, in Chinese with English sub-titles won't be for everyone. We'll lose a large percentage of the audience because of those sub-titles, as many people don't like to read, and another group, based upon the NC-17 rating and tasteful, but matter-of-fact nudity. And yet, another...

Kino Lorber Releases Erik Nelson's Critically-Acclaimed World War II Documentary The Cold Blue The Story of the Courageous Men of the Eighth Air Force, Featuring Stunning Archival Footage from 1943 Restored in 4K Shot by Oscar®-Winner William Wyler Available on Blu-ray & DVD April 7 Featuring...

Kino Lorber announced a recent deal with NBCUniversal for about 200 titles (See the Kino Lorber Insider Thread on the Blu-ray and UHD board) which includes (At least) 1 TV Series and 8 TV Movies. I'm surprised it hasn't been brought up here. They really haven't said anything (as usual) about...

Edward Dmytryk's 1965 Mirage, from Universal, has at it's base, a mystery that involves a lack of memory - think 36 Hours. It's written by Peter Stone, who was responsible for the wonderful Charade a couple of years earlier, as well as Father Goose, 1776, and a film under current discussion...

Robert Harris submitted a new blog post A few words about...™ - The Spoilers (1942) & Pittsburgh - in Blu-ray Continue reading the Original Blog Post.

Cecil B. DeMille's 1942 Technicolor Paramount production of Reap the Wild Wind, with an all-star cast, should be a gorgeous blu-ray. John Wayne, Susan Hayward, Ray Milland, Paulette Goddard, Raymond Massey, Robert Preston, Charles Bickford, all in Technicolor, which in 1942 was still a rarity -...

Between 1949 and 1955, Alec Guinness starred in four extraordinary (satirical) comedies for Ealing in England. Three have now made their way to the Colonies on Blu-ray courtesy of Kino Lorber, and their Canal + arrangement. These are brilliant films. The first, Kind Hearts and Coronets...

I may be among the few who has actually heard of Alice Guy-Blache. Even if I'd never seen one of her films, known their titles, or her extraordinary history in the annals of motion pictures, from the earliest flickers, through serious filmmaking. Even, in my opinion, the finest book published...

As '50s westerns go, Man Without a Star, from King Vidor, still works nicely. It's not one of the great westerns of the era, but it's a good one, and with a sense of humor. It's a late 1954 production, released in March of 1955, which makes it questionable Eastman Color. From the appearance...

I could have sworn that Hitchcock's Blackmail has been previously released on Blu-ray, but found no mention. Strangely, I had memory of it tinted. I then realized that I was thinking of The Lodger. But no matter, it can now be found - with a bit of danger - via Kino Lorber's new release...

Anyone who saw the recent series about Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon will be aware that Ms. V did not get the lead role in Sweet Charity when it was produced as a film, even through Fosse directed. It's still the same old story... Andrews / Hepburn. But that aside, Shirley MacLaine should be...

Of the many films that I've been reviewing recently, A Foreign Affair, is a pleasure. And a new one to me. Writing going back to 1929, Mr. Wilder moved to directing in 1942, and for the next four decades, became synonymous with quality productions. Some of the finest to come out of the studio...

Billy Wilder's re-make of The Front Page (the original was a pre-code, Lewis Milestone film via Howard Hughes, followed in 1940 by the first re-make under the direction of Howard Hawks, and with a title and sex change) isn't up to either of the two that preceded it. It's fun watching Walter...

Dead of Night is an English omnibus production from Ealing Studios, probably best known to cinephiles as the home of the Alec Guinness comedies. It's finally arrived on Blu-ray, courtesy of Kino Lorber. Producing many comedies and dramas, under the control of Michael Balcon, beginning in the...

While most cinephiles think of Hammer for their horror productions in the 1950s and '60s, taking our beloved creatures, and delivering them in shocking colour, the company had successes in the '50s in the sci-fi vein, beginning with films such as Four Sided Triangle. In 1955, the first of their...

Alan Parker is a British born filmmaker, who has been directing on these shores since the unusual, but wonderful, Bugsy Malone, back in 1976. His work has been quality-driven, and interesting enough to warrant a CBE, back in his native land. I've been a huge fan, forever. Think about what's...

Anthony Harvey's 1971, They Might Be Giants, is one of those delicious trifles, that's always a pleasure. It's an unconventional rom-com, about a retired judge, who knows that he's actually Sherlock Holmes, and the psychiatrist assigned to his case. For those who may never have been aware of...

Midnight Lace is David Miller's tale of a woman in jeopardy, based upon the stage play "Matilda Shouted Fire." It's an expensive, high-end production, with high-rent talent, and enough location work in London to belie the studio material from Universal, which looks fine. The interesting...

Man Without a Star (1955) and Day of the Outlaw (1959) Coming August 27th from KL Classics.

When one looks closely at a list of Paramount silent productions, it becomes obvious how fragmented their preservation has been, over the decades. Old Ironsides, a 1926 production, directed by James Cruze (The Covered Wagon) has survived however, in decent condition, and in 35mm. Kino's new...

Michael Winner's The Nightcomers, based on characters from "Turn of the Screw," hasn't met the test of time. It's an odd concept, in that the film is a prequel to book, and therefore, ostensibly to Jack Clayton's 1961 The Innocents, a film that I admire. As a Marlon Brando film, especially for...

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In one of the great injustices in artistic history, filmmaker Abraham Polonsky was denied his rightful place in Hollywood by the American government under the guise of HUAC. After penning Body and Soul in 1947, and following up with the direction (and screenplay) of the brilliant Force of Evil...

Cy Howard's 1970, Lovers and Other Strangers is a New York-based production, in turn based upon the New York stage play of the same name. Centering around a wedding, it allows us to see almost every human foible available at the time. I'm not certain that it stands the test of time, but part...

Just Jaeckin's Emmanuelle (1974), set a tone for many artful, soft-core, aka "erotic" films that would follow. Beautifully, and lushly photographed in Thailand and Seychelles, it's a class act. Kino is releasing the first three films in the series, all starring Sylvia Kristel, who was featured...

This particular release of Leone's 1965 For a Few Dollars More, is finally, a revelation. I have no idea why it's taken this long to get it correct. Whether the hands, the budgets, or intimately, the post facilities and their hard and software. I've not seen a quality representation of this...

Between 1940 and 1962 (with a quiet period between 1953 and 1962), Bing Crosby and Bob Hope, a dream team pairing by Paramount, were featured as a team in seven productions. The films have been available on DVD for aeons, but the earliest are just now making their way to Blu-ray, courtesy of...

Will the real Douglas Sirk please stand up! One can never be totally certain if Todd Haynes put in his time thoroughly studying the work of Mr. Sirk, or if he is Sirk incarnate. Here is authentic Sirk. The 1957 Universal black & white melodrama, Tarnished Angels, with Sirk stalwarts Hudson...