Pauline Kael described Fritz Lang’s 1953 film The Big Heat as “A definitive film noir…it’s designed in light and shadows, and its underworld atmosphere glistens with the possibilities of sadism.” Criterion has just put out a stunning 4K UHD Blu-ray…
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The hotter it gets the more I crave reasons to stay inside with the air conditioner blasting in my face and new Blu-rays to watch. This month has some unexpected treats- with new 4K UHDs of films I love- it…
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A fabulous, region-free, Blu-ray box set from Imprint just came out, devoted to one of my favorite actresses- Carroll Baker. Baker studied under Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio and her film Baby Doll, based on an original screenplay by…
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Sure, June is the month that is the gateway to summer. But June is also busting out all over home media, especially giving new visual and audio clarity to mainstream favorites and also artistic, boundary-pushing treats. Finally, a gorgeous Blu-ray…
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New Extremity Collection (Volume One) (Umbrella) A 4-disc Blu-ray box set of some cinematic highlights from the genre of films christened “New French Extremity,” reveling in brutality, sex and violence. There is a sensational book: “Films of the New French…
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I was so overjoyed with Eureka Entertainment’s gorgeous box set of the German “Krimi” thrillers of CCC Studios in the 1960s that I broke down and ordered their Dr. Mabuse film set which included, among others, director Fritz Lang’s return…
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Pete Walker was a maverick British producer/director who cut a name for himself with a series of harrowing shockers in the 1970s. Films like House of Whipcord, Frightmare and House of Mortal Sin were devastating and fiercely original thrillers. But…
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I actually am speechless from the Blu-ray releases this month. Talk about May flowers. From a British film version of a fabulous Joe Orton dark comedy; a nightmarish brilliant creep-fest by Marina de Van; a chilling British ventriloquist chiller; a…
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An incredible box set of German crime films is being released this month by Eureka! and they are just spectacular- presented in High Definition from 2K restorations from the original film elements undertaken by CCC Film. Now, much like the…
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It’s here! A glorious 6-disc box set of Lucio Fulci’s unforgettable 1981 supernatural chiller- The Beyond– from Grindhouse Releasing and it even comes with an eyeball (which, after recently going through cataract surgery seemed like fitting irony). Lucio Fulci, who…
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