Blu-ray Review: The Slender Thread
The directorial debut of actor-turned-director Sydney Pollack, 1965’s The Slender Thread is a tense, dramatic story shot in austere black and white. Based on real incident that was dramatized as the short story “Decision to Die” by Shana Alexander, which appeared in Life magazine in 1964. The film’s plot is a rather simple one; the […]
DVD Review: The Sidney Poitier Collection
Many, including myself, consider Sidney Poitier one of the finest actors of the 20th century. It seems fitting then, that on January 27, 2008 Warner Brothers release The Sidney Poitier Collection, a four film set that gives Poitier fans a chance to own one of the actors flawed but socially conscious works, his directorial debut, […]