Josh's Blind Buys: Watching The Unseen Collection (1 Viewer)

[Josh Steinberg]

My official review for Twilight Time's release of "No Down Payment" has just been posted:

https://www.hometheaterforum.com/community/threads/no-down-payment-blu-ray-review.357297/

I'm particularly pleased with how this review came out. I tried to expand my usual focus beyond just the film itself to also explore how the use of a particular format, black & white CinemaScope in this case, was an intrical part of the film itself. It's a little heavier on analysis than usual, but I think the film merited the discussion. I hope you enjoy both the review and the film itself!

 

[Josh Steinberg]

I've just posted an official review for Twilight Time's new disc for Blue Denim, an unusually sensitive 1950s-era melodrama:

https://www.hometheaterforum.com/community/threads/blue-denim-blu-ray-review.357384/

 

[Josh Steinberg]

I have just posted HTF official reviews for the new restorations of This Is Cinerama and Windjammer - they are phenomenal discs:

https://www.hometheaterforum.com/community/threads/this-is-cinerama-2017-restoration.357572/

https://www.hometheaterforum.com/co...the-christian-radich-2017-restoration.357573/

 

[Josh Steinberg]

I have posted an official review for "How Do I Love Thee?" a movie which sadly fell short of my expectations:

https://www.hometheaterforum.com/community/threads/how-do-i-love-thee-blu-ray-review.357657/

 

[Josh Steinberg]

Just posted an official review for Kino's A Lady Takes A Chance:

https://www.hometheaterforum.com/community/threads/a-lady-takes-a-chance-blu-ray-review.357701/

 

[Josh Steinberg]

Just posted reviews for Twilight Time's Fox releases for May:

Next Stop, Greenwich Village:
https://www.hometheaterforum.com/co...stop-greenwich-village-blu-ray-review.357955/

Hilda Crane:
https://www.hometheaterforum.com/community/threads/hilda-crane-blu-ray-review.357954/

 

[Josh Steinberg]

I just reviewed Hitchcock's Under Capricorn:

https://www.hometheaterforum.com/community/threads/under-capricorn-blu-ray-review.358039/

I had never seen this one before, so it was great to watch an unfamiliar Hitchcock film.

 

[Josh Steinberg]

I just did the HTF review for Bowling For Columbine - I saw the film in theaters and when the original MGM DVD came out in 2003, but haven't revisited it since. The new Criterion disc was a good excuse to take another look:

https://www.hometheaterforum.com/co...or-columbine-blu-ray-review-criterion.358056/

 

[Josh Steinberg]

I've just reviewed My Gal Sal from Twilight Time - this is the rarest bird of all, a Fox Technicolor feature that still looks good!

https://www.hometheaterforum.com/community/threads/my-gal-sal-blu-ray-review.358155/

 

[Josh Steinberg]

And I just finally posted my review for The Big Country:

https://www.hometheaterforum.com/community/threads/the-big-country-blu-ray-review-kino.358157/

 

[Josh Steinberg]

The latest review - for Twilight Time's release of Let's Make Love - has been posted!

https://www.hometheaterforum.com/co...ake-love-blu-ray-review-twilight-time.358287/

(I've written enough of these that I'm thinking it might make sense to put a clickable list in the very first post of this thread, but I haven't had a chance to sit down and do it yet.)

 

[Josh Steinberg]

And thanks to Kino, I finally was able to see a bucket list title that I never thought would be on disc:

https://www.hometheaterforum.com/co...-divorcement-1932-blu-ray-review-kino.358288/

It may not be a perfect disc, but it is an essential one.

 

[Josh Steinberg]

What do Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Lizabeth Scott, Wendell Corey and Kino Lorber have in common?

Why, this brand new release of "I Walk Alone" from Kino!

https://www.hometheaterforum.com/community/threads/i-walk-alone-blu-ray-review-kino.358349/

(any time a previously unavailable on home video Kirk Douglas/Burt Lancaster title is released is a cause for celebration in my book!)

 

[Josh Steinberg]

I've just posted my review of Kino's new disc for Irma La Douce:

https://www.hometheaterforum.com/community/threads/irma-la-douce-blu-ray-review-kino.358626/

 

[TJPC]

This is a film I’ve always avoided. Why a hit broadway musical with evocative and really funny songs, would be stripped of its score before filming is a complete mystery to me. The story is often the weakest part of a musical. Why choose to concentrate on that aspect only?

 

[Nelson Au]

I’ve never seen Irma La Douce properly. I saw bits on PBS. I was curious about Grace Lee Whitney’s part in the film. It must have been pretty small. Good to see Billy Wilder gave her another role.

 

[Josh Steinberg]

I wonder what the musical was actually like.

Grace Lee was blink and miss, but I agree, nice to see her even in a small part.

 

[Nelson Au]

Thanks Josh.

 

[Josh Steinberg]

Here's my review for Twilight Time's new disc of Cinderella Liberty:

https://www.hometheaterforum.com/cinderella-liberty-blu-ray-review-twilight-time/

 

[Josh Steinberg]

New review for A Matter Of Life And Death:

https://www.hometheaterforum.com/a-matter-of-life-and-death-blu-ray-review-criterion/