Friday, March 20 2009
An Auteur’s Touch of Evil
The auteur is dead, long live the auteur: Orson Welles and Touch of Evil, 50 years on.
Friday, February 29 2008
The John Frankenheimer Collection
The rather complex ideological issues and unique sense of aesthetics that Frankenheimer infused in his films can be fully appreciated in this collection.
Tuesday, February 27 2007
The Dean Martin Double Feature (1960)
These films are perfect for a rainy weekend at home; almost four hours of light nonsense you won’t have to think about at all.
Thursday, April 14 2005
My Sister Eileen (1955)
It is cinematic cotton candy, dissolving the moment it hits the tongue.
Thursday, February 24 2005
Hello Down There (1969)
Having failed to hold onto small-town American values during the late '60s mod explosion, the nuclear family man here flees to the bottom of the sea.
Monday, July 12 2004
The Manchurian Candidate: Special Edition (1962)
The Manchurian Candidate throws into horrific relief a chaotic sense of U.S. national identity.
