The great reason to have a home media movie library is, when, at the end of the day the news, or life in general, fills you with a sense of hopelessness and despair, you can just reach up to the…
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I guess the musical Carousel was right, “June is Bustin’ Out All Over.” At least on Blu-ray this month, with new 4K editions and Blu-rays of rare, exceptional films. From the thought-to-be-lost Wake in Fright, to rare Spanish thrillers, to…
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In my apartment, I have a framed lobby card with the best lurid title: From Ear to Ear which boldly claims it is “More Terrifying Than Psycho,” and teases it has “The Shock Ending of All Time!” For years I…
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I’ve always said that sometimes only film noir will do. That post-War black & white cinema of existential dread, a landscape of shadowy city streets; seedy bars; and smoke-filled cop precincts. A nighttime universe populated with dangerous dudes and devious…
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Two of the most deranged cult titles have just been released on Blu-ray care of Mondo Macabro, a company that has tirelessly unearthed rancid rarities from across the globe. One tells the story of a Balinese sorceress who sends a…
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A giddy mix of new and old, cult and classic Blu-rays released this month. Included, one terrific Italian thriller starring Giancarlo Giannini (Seven Beauties); a whacked-out Charles Bronson crime thriller; a little-known film noir starring Pat O’Brien and the fabulous…
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An L.A. sex cam performer, who goes by the name “Aaron Eagle,” is offered $50,00 by a client to spend a night with him in director Elliot Tuttle’s deeply unsettling chamber piece, showcasing two fearless and brilliant performances by Kieron…
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In the words of Gilbert & Sullivan: ‘Oh joy! Oh rapture unforeseen!” Despite all the gloomy news lately, when this gloriously schlocky Blu-ray of The Slime People & The Crawling Hand (VCI) came in the mail, those were the exact…
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Some of my favorite movies are getting these new restorations on Blu-ray and it’s like seeing them anew. This month is a starry array of greats and offbeat fare looking so sharp and sounding so great, it’s a revelation. From…
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Severin has just released an astonishing, revelatory Blu-ray set which includes two thought-to-be-lost films of grindhouse great Andy Milligan plus a brilliant, deeply moving documentary on this truly offbeat director. Andy Milligan churned out twenty-nine movies between 1965 and 1988,…
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