Legendary cult British director Michael Reeves was only 25 when he died of an accidental barbiturate overdose, and, in his brief career, directed only three movies. But at the time of his death he seemed on the cusp of a…
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Quite frankly, the 4K release of the sci-fi classic Invaders from Mars should be enough for this month, but there are also other 4K UHD upgrades of many cult classics, not to mention oddball Blu-ray releases of excellent new thrillers…
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When German director Rainer Werner Fassbinder died in 1982, I was reminded of the funeral of another director- Ernst Lubitsch in 1947. Afterwards, Billy Wilder and William Wyler were leaving the burial and Wyler said “Well, no more Lubitsch,” and…
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A new 4K restoration of a brilliant 2005 film by one of my favorite directors- Lodge Kerrigan– Keane is getting a run at Film At Lincoln Center opening August 19 and if you’ve never seen it you are really missing…
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Yes, I must confess, I collect movie stills where actors are screaming or trembling with fear. They always make me laugh. Those freeze-frame publicity shots of mock fright and terror. There’s something so ludicrous and wonderful about them. I have…
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It may be hot as hell, but the array of oddball cult hits available this month on Blu-ray is even hotter. From an amazing box set of the films of Ray Dennis Steckler; to the inadvertently hilarious Shriek of the…
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Turner Classic Movies this month is scheduling each day with an all-day tribute to a different star. On August 4ththey are devoting the day to Ruth Roman, the husky-voiced, sexy, character actress who was always better than most of the…
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One of the rarest, weirdest, most fabulously fucked-up, movies- Jack be Nimble– is getting a gorgeous Blu-ray release from Altered Innocence. If you’ve never seen it prepare to have your brain scrambled. Alexis Arquette is Jack, Sarah Smutts-Kennedy is his…
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I had that dream again last night. No, not, “ I went to Manderlay again,” like in Rebecca. And certainly not “I dreamed I was…in my Maidenform bra,” like that bizarre 60s ad campaign. No, in the dream, I was…
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Like the title of a Preston Sturges comedy, it’s Christmas in July when it comes to Blu-rays. Not only are there three starring the Technicolor goddess of Universal Studios in the 1940s- Maria Montez– there are also rare cult classics…
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