DVD Review: King – A Filmed Record…From Montgomery to Memphis
Rarely available in its full form since 1970 Ely Landau’s King: A Filmed Record is one of the most important documents of the American civil rights movement. Told without traditional narration, this 181-minute documentary follows the last thirteen years of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s public life. The occasional subtitle is used to identify dates, […]
Blu-ray Review: Twilight’s Last Gleaming
Loosely adapted from novelist Walter Wager’s 1971 thriller, Viper Three, Twilight’s Last Gleaming sets up an improbable plot, but still manages to be an interesting film with clearly more in mind than being just a standard thriller. Directed by Robert Aldrich, a man who brought his liberal humanist thematic vision to many of his films, […]
Blu-ray Review: Airport
In this tag team review, Rory will give you his thoughts on the film, while Rebecca handles the audio and video aspects of the Blu-ray, as well as the special features. In 1995, I was an 11-year-old aviation enthusiast, stemming from my parents taking me to watch planes take off and land at Orlando International […]
Kino Lorber Acquires Worldwide Rights to King: A Filmed Record (1970)
Kino Lorber has acquired all worldwide rights to the acclaimed and seminal documentary King: A Filmed Record…Montgomery to Memphis (1970). Produced for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Foundation by Ely Landau (The American Film Theater collection), King is an epic document of the life and work of Martin Luther King, Jr., from the 1955 Montgomery […]
Bu-ray Review: Vera Cruz
Shot on location in Mexico, 1954’s Vera Cruz was a new kind of western for the time. Filmed in Superscope, featuring sweeping landscapes, and multiple gun battles, and stars Gary Cooper and Burt Lancaster, rarely has a films tagline—“The Giants Battle in the Biggest Spectacle of Them All!”—seemed so appropriate. Directed by Robert Aldrich (Whatever […]