In honor of the new Blu-ray release of Werewolves on Wheels (Code Red) it got me thinking about lycanthropy movies in general. I’ve been a fan of hairy shapeshifters ever since the gypsy hag (Maria Ouspenskaya) warned infected Larry Talbot…
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In this glorious Blu-ray box set from Criterion is seven 4K restorations of the films of the great Hong Kong director Wong Kar-Wai. Included are making-of documentaries, copious interviews with the director and cast, and short films by the director,…
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Criterion really is the gold standard of home media. Aside from some questionably oblique covers, their Blu-rays are all sensational restorations of movies by legendary directors such as Fellini: Bergman; Antonioni; Bunuel; Bresson; Fassbinder; Varda; Renoir; Denis; Powell; Akerman– it’s…
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The arrival of the uncut, restored, director’s cut of Perdita Durango on Blu-ray is almost enough excitement for an entire month. But then there’s the whacked-out horror film from Argentina- The Curious Dr. Humpp; a huge, limited edition, Andy Milligan…
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I just finished a wonderful biography of the legendary Vampira, a living Charles Addams cartoon come to life as a television horror host in L.A. in the 1950s; good friend of James Dean; lover of Marlon Brando and Orson Welles;…
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