Kent Conrad

An atmospheric slow burn about family dissolution and some weird mind control monster living in the water.

Maverick director Abel Ferrera’s black and white film about philosophy, the nature of evil, and New York doctoral candidates biting necks.

One of Stallone’s last major successes of the ’90s, this sci-fi action satire finally comes to 4K.

The cult classic that deserves as wide an audience as possible comes to 4K UHD.

A gory, sometimes goofy but often actually scary return to the genre is a hidden gem in the Raimi catalog.

While not as inventive as its predecessor, this very late sequel is still entertaining and cheerfully morbid.

An elliptical, unnerving film about infidelity, love, marriage and the sacrifices couples make for each other, even their sanity.

This 1999 documentary features a Midwest filmmaker who has more ambition than talent and dedicated as much to beer as to cinema.

This pair of comedy-horror kung fu films bring plenty of questionable laughs with unquestionably impressive martial arts action.

Two brothers on the run hide out with a construction crew that gets targeted by the Yakuza, ending in a wildly stylized finale.

Fifteen years later, The Strangers still impresses as a gritty suspense thriller with more on its mind than base thrills.

Jason Voorhees gets back to basics of wearing a hockey mask and killing people in this all-right remake.

The sequel to Pitch Black expands the universe while continuing to be an engaging action sci-fi thriller.

This coffee table book tells the story, in words and copious pictures, of the making of this unique sci-fi action thriller.

A majorly successful series of ’60s Japanese cinema tells yakuza stories in an around the inmates of a notorious prison.

The Garden of Earthly Delights, by Hieronymus Bosch, is one of the most famous pieces of art in the history of the Western world. It’s an enormous and enormously detailed painting that covers three huge wood panels. There are the smaller side panels, and a larger center. The left panel is the Garden of Eden,…

This gritty and gripping gangster story tells about how being an FBI informant helped bolster Whitey Bulger’s criminal empire.

An anthology that goes through the history of Donald Duck comics and shows why he and Uncle Scrooge became unlikely comic book mainstays.

This third collection of Atlas comics, the predecessor to Marvel, brings together early stories of rocketry and space adventure.

Orson Welles film noir about a poor, simple sailor trapped in the machinations of vindictive rich people is a beautiful, convoluted mess.

First time on Blu-ray, this film explores the terror of post-war Japan and imprisonment for crimes necessary to survive.

Welcome to giallo, Italian murder mysteries with stylish direction, quirky detectives, brutal violence, and copious nudity.

Hitchcock’s screwball comedy about a married couple who find they weren’t married starts promisingly but never gets off the ground.

A satirical Western that has some good performances, but could stand to be either more sincere, or funnier.

Nathan Heller, fictional detective solving real life crimes, is on the hunt for the missing half of a ransom payment.

An enormously expensive modern musical, the movie that financially destroyed American Zoetrope is beautifully made and rather ill-conceived.

A tight, intricate concert that highlights Gabriel’s past achievements, with a complete performance of the best-selling “So” album.

Shrouded in tragedy, this adaptation of a comic book about revenge from beyond the grave gets a great 4K release.

A spare, dark novel about a Chicago cabbie who works at night, and accidentally gets involved with two separate murders.

Bert I. Gordon’s noirish ghost story gets a lavish special edition Blu-ray, including footage restoration and the film’s own MST3K episode.

A tight, taut war film with some dynamite performances that explores the frustrations and rewards of being a man in command.

Collecting the last 10 issues of Venus, a comic that starts out science fiction romance and becomes gruesome horror.

Two disillusioned revolutionaries are accidentally thrust into a new political fight, when all they want is to rob a bank.

Lush production of the stage play, it’s beautifully filmed and wonderfully acted, and filled with characters impossible to like.

The Ring (2002) might be one of the most influential horror movies of the new century. Based on the Japanese Ringu, the tone, atmosphere, and techniques were widely copied for movies for most of the decade. There’s a low body count, and an emphasis on creeping terror and mystery that we can see throughout the…

Guy Maddin’s second feature about a love triangle at the end of WWI is as dream-like and bizarre as his first.

Two films featuring a trio of Hong Kong’s actress elite that are long on spectacle and weirdness, short on sense-making.

Billy Wilder’s adaptation of an Agatha Christie play boasts great performances, taut pacing, and smart humor throughout.

An ambitious story stomped on by a studio makes this interesting thriller less than it could have been.

Perplexing drama about a prospector who strikes it rich, but eventually implodes his family with greed and rage.

This adaptation of a stage play is a dark satire about Japanese life in the early ’60s.

Containing the complete saga of Farscape, this release is a wild ride for newcomers and old fans alike.

A quirky crime thriller made in Tarantino’s wake, this decent film doesn’t quite have the chops to match up.

A dark, violent Western that pits two angry men against each other, with grit and plenty of gun fights.

Fantagraphics are releasing hardcover reprints of Atlas Comics, a precursor to Marvel, starting with horror book Adventures into Terror.

A belated follow-up to Mask of Zorro misses the mark on several levels, including humor, thrills, and the lead’s chemistry.

Aliens mercilessly hunt down local yokels in this micro-budgeted homage to sci-fi and old Westerns.

This prequel to the Silence of the Lambs is engaging and ridiculously well cast, though nowhere nearly as impactful.

An unusually successful modern horror thriller set in the ‘70s has scares, creepiness, and a surprising number of human touches.

A surprisingly fun follow-up that runs with the original’s premise in unique new directions, including an ass-kicking nun.