Bright Sights: Recent DVDs: Tabu; French Masterworks: Russian Émigrés in Paris, 1923-1928
An ongoing column that looks at some of the most intriguing of recent, under-the-radar releases
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An ongoing column that looks at some of the most intriguing of recent, under-the-radar releases
“when asked by his rival/buddy about the eight years of hell he endured over some back room beers, Devane says merely, “you learn to love it.” “
The first review I wrote for Bright Lights was of Eddie Cantor’s Whoopee! (I left off the exclamation point) in the early days of the web (May 1998). This 1930 Sam[…]
An ongoing column that looks at some of the most intriguing of recent, under-the-radar releases
An ongoing column that looks at some of the most intriguing of recent, under-the-radar releases
DVD & Blu-ray · Music & Musicals
“Passions, whether violent or not, must never be expressed to the point of exciting disgust, and as music, even in the most terrible situations, must never offend the ear, but must please the listener, or in other words must never cease to be music… .”
An ongoing column that looks at some of the most intriguing of recent, under-the-radar releases
“Sometimes the truth isn’t good enough, sometimes people deserve more. Sometimes people deserve to have their faith rewarded.” — Batman
An ongoing column that looks at some of the most intriguing of recent, under-the-radar releases
An ongoing column that looks at some of the most intriguing of recent, under-the-radar releases
istaVision, it’s also what Hitch shot VERTIGO on… and now both those films too make more sense, VERTIGO especially always seemed too traveloguey for a supposed top ten of all time classic. Now, if it was on Blu-Ray I’d get it even though the DVD version I have is pretty damned good and I don’t even really love it… yet
An ongoing column that looks at some of the most intriguing of recent, under-the-radar releases
DVD & Blu-ray · Pre-Code · Reviews
Unseen for years thanks to its “dangerously progressive” attitudes towards sexual relationships outside wedlock, tomorrow, Tuesday 12/6/12! Criterion has released it in the stand-alone glory it deserves, replete with extras and an essay by the great Kim Morgan.
William is one of the great re-discovered icons of the pre-code era, exhumed by TCM like a King Tut of badass Satanic bravado and good humor, a cross between the wolf in Little Red Riding Hood and Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes.
An ongoing column that looks at some of the most intriguing of recent, under-the-radar releases
An ongoing column that looks at some of the most intriguing of recent, under-the-radar releases
An ongoing column that looks at some of the most intriguing of recent, under-the-radar releases
An ongoing column that looks at some of the most intriguing of recent, under-the-radar releases
“The resurrection of Fritz Lang’s original cut has revealed how well this film functions with its associative network of image layered onto an adventure/SF thriller, but the reasons for its mysterious pull coalesce into an x-factor that resists analysis.”
by MATTHEW SORRENTO Guillermo del Toro has discussed how his childhood helped mold his imagination – being raised in a stern Roman Catholic family only fueled his dark fantasies. His[…]