4K UHD Review: Scarlet Street
For information on the film, see our 2012 review of Kino’s Blu-ray. Shot on 35mm film, Scarlet Street is presented in the 1.37:1 aspect ratio with HDR10 and Dolby Vision. Featuring a new 4K master from a 16-bit 4K scan of the 35mm nitrate composite fine grain, the result is a notable improvement over the […]
Blu-ray Review: Jezebel (1938)
It’s been widely reported that Bette Davis (All About Eve) wanted to play Scarlett O’Hara in Gone With the Wind. When the role went to Vivian Leigh, she was very disappointed. Sometimes described as a consolation prize, Davis played Julie Marsden in Jezebel, winning an Academy Award for Best Actress. Directed by William Wyler (Mrs. […]
Blu-ray Review: Scarlet Street
Though he began directing films in Germany in 1919, Fritz Lang didn’t arrive in America until 1934. Over the next quarter century he made many well-regarded pictures and, apparently, made a number of enemies amongst actors and studio execs due to his arrogance and dictatorial style of filmmaking. Scarlet Street was made in 1945, in […]