Perfect for the Halloween season, The Criterion Collection has released a gorgeous DVD version of the classic ghost film, "The Innocents."
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Charles Feldman’s ‘Casino Royale’ (1967) Comes Of Age, Five Decades Later
But Casino Royale is also a hint -- no matter how minor, or how bare -- of some possibilities within the medium. It’s just that, after trying to do it all, on the one hand, it forgot what needed to get done in the first place.
Read More »Blu-ray Review: ‘The Hidden Fortress’ – The Criterion Collection
It's a wonderful adventure filled with action and humor.
Read More »Blu-ray Review: ‘Sleeping Beauty Diamond Edition’
Disney's "Sleeping Beauty" sometimes seems to crawl at a snail's pace, but features some of the most iconic art found in animation.
Read More »The Book and the Film: The 70th Anniversary of Charles R. Jackson’s ‘The Lost Weekend’
The seminal addiction study in American literature and "the Uncle Tom’s Cabin of alcoholism" turns 70.
Read More »How Franchot Tone Directed – and Lived – Chekhov’s ‘Uncle Vanya’
Franchot Tone's long-lost 1957 film of Chekhov's great drama helps reveal deep parallels between the actor/director and the Russian playwright.
Read More »Blu-ray Review: ‘Jules and Jim – The Criterion Collection’
I can't help but highly recommend this Criterion release.
Read More »DVD Review: ‘Quicksand’ (Digitally Restored)
Mickey Rooney's 1950 'Quicksand' has received a restoration that should interest film buffs of the era.
Read More »Remembering Robin Williams – One Film That Helped Change My Life
Because of seeing 'Dead Poet's Society' when I did, I stopped myself from making what would have been the biggest mistake of my life.
Read More »Blu-ray Review: ‘Foreign Correspondent – The Criterion Collection’
A more straightforward political thriller than one might expect from Hitchcock.
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