Blu-ray Review: Magnificent Obsession (Criterion Collection)
Released in 1954, Magnificent Obsession was directed by Douglas Sirk. While not the German émigré’s first Hollywood film, it would later be recognized as the first to demonstrate what could be called the “Sirkian” style. By the end of the decade, Sirk would release a series of films–All That Heaven Allows (1955), Written on the […]
Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte (Blu-ray)
With the surprise box office success of 1962’s Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? starring Hollywood legends Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, director Robert Aldrich was hoping lightning would strike twice when he reunited the two stars for Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte in 1964. However, things didn’t quite go as planned, after Crawford bowed out after just […]
The Bat (Blu-ray)
The Bat was billed as horror-thriller-mystery when it arrived in theaters back in 1959, but given the evolution of genres in recent decades, it’s now best thought of as a straight up mystery with some noir flourishes. Agnes Moorehead stars as Cornelia Van Gorder, a mystery writer who has rented an old Victorian mansion in […]
All That Heaven Allows (Criterion Collection) (Blu-ray)
A well-known intellectual in Germany before he fled the Nazis, Douglas Sirk came to Hollywood where he worked as a director for hire until he an Ross Hunter developed a kind of high class soap opera that made a fortune for Universal in the 1950’s and in later years made Sirk an inspiration to such […]
Citizen Kane Coming to Blu-ray on September 13
Press Release: Burbank, Calif., June 13, 2011 — Citizen Kane, Orson Welles´ tour de force which the American Film Institute (AFI) chose as the #1 film of all time1, celebrates its 70th Anniversary with an all new 1080p hi-definition restoration from original nitrate elements in stunning 4K resolution and revitalized digital audio. Warner Home Video […]
DVD Review: Bewitched -The Complete Eighth and Final Season
Sony Pictures | 1971 | 677 mins | Not Rated Bewitched first aired on ABC September 17, 1964, and the series became an instant hit with critics and audiences, lasting for eight seasons and 256 episodes. After 22 Emmy nominations in its first seven seasons, the eighth season turned out to be the aeries last, […]