4K UHD Review: American Graffiti (50th Anniversary Edition)

Directed by George Lucas before Star Wars took his career in a different direction, 1973’s American Graffiti is a cinematic love letter to the late fifties and early sixties, when America’s youth were preoccupied with hot rods, girls and rock n roll. Before Vietnam would serve as a reality check, stripping them of their innocence. […]

The Man Who Fell to Earth (Limited Collector’s Edition) (Blu-ray)

Particularly during the 1970’s, the late David Bowie often cast himself as a kind of ulterior being–something not of this world, a kind of Space Oddity. How appropriate then, that he play the role of an alien in Nicolas Roeg ‘s The Man Who Fell to Earth. Adapted from the novel by Walter Tevis, Bowie […]

Fat City (Blu-ray)

Directed by the legendary John Huston (The Maltese Falcon, The Misfits) the 1972 boxing picture Fat City isn’t your typical tale of triumph over tragedy, but a grim character study of life’s losers. Based on a novel by Leonard Gardner (who also wrote the screenplay), Fat City stars Stacy Keach plays Billy Tully, a 29-year-old […]