Kent Conrad

Filled with cliches but told remarkably well, this silent romantic comedy prizes storytelling and good direction over originality.

Can you spend five and a half hours talking about one film? For reals fans of The Thing, the answer is, “yes, please.”

It failed to launch Brian Bosworth as an action star, but this over-the-top actioner is a crass, violent delight.

Cary Grant is a gangster trying to get out of the life, but who unknowingly falls for another gangster’s girl.

Fun pre-Hayes code semi-musical comedy about romantic misadventures in ’30s Paris and Venice.

Despite a clever movie-in-a-movie set-up, this horror film feels like it doesn’t want to do the horror parts.

This strait-laced adaptation of the long-running comic strip is earnest, maybe too much so, but delivers actions and fun.

Miike’s hard-edged yakukza film about loyalty and misplaced commitment contains not just violence, but the quieter aspects of gangster life.

Tales of Donald Duck’s Scottish ancestor Andold and more in this collection of duck stories by Italian artist Marco Rota.

Osgood Perkins finds dozens of ways of keeping a single location interesting in this creepy supernatural horror thriller.

Another worthy collection of comic stories taken from the Disney Afternoon TV shows, with a particular standout Talespin adventure.

This elliptical dream-like film that straddles multiple genres is beautifully shot but has a story that is hard to grasp onto.

This ’70s TV-movie anthology of horrors stories written by Twilight Zone alum Richard Matheson moves deftly from sentiment to terror.

Three quality made-for-TV movies based on classics Frankenstein, Dracula, and Jekyll & Mr. Hyde from the creator of Dark Shadows.

This grim thriller about a vampiric killer ironically bites off more than it can chew, while being constantly fascinating.

Documenting Peter Gabriel’s experiment with rearranging his music for orchestra, this excellent concert video was filmed in 2010 in Italy.

Collection of horror-tinged stories from Amazing Detective Cases and Men’s Adventures might be the most entertaining Atlas Comics anthology yet.

Meticulous crafted, aesthetically gorgeous, this spiritual follow-up to Nightmare Before Christmas suffers from a woefully underdeveloped script and mediocre songs.

First feature film written by Twilight Zone creator Rod Serling is about the personal cost of just doing business.

Collecting two classic comics and two modern mini-series by controversial comic artist whose graphic, challenging art continues to push boundaries.

Covering both T. Rex’s Marc Bolan and an album tribute to his songs, this documentary deftly introduces the dreamwalking songwriter.

A cold, mirthless thriller about a dangerous gangster ruthlessly investigating the death of his brother, regardless of the cost.

Mitchum and Russell (and Vincent Price) gallivant in a movie that is half bleak noir, half bizarre resort town comedy and romance.

This enigmatic thriller about human interaction and the intersection of online and real life is taut, frightening and strange.

A new collection of a short-lived comic book series from 1954 of tales of crime and police action.

Clint Eastwood’s iconic cop faces down a creature of pure malevolence using the system’s rules to protect him from justice.

Another fine collection of the consistently Krazy Sunday strips of one of the great American comics.

Perhaps the most unorthodox biopic ever, Better Man features British pop star Robbie Williams as a monkey. It works.

A ’60s powerhouse of songwriting dispersed before their biggest hit, but their story does not end there.

’90s Japanese film about parolee finding a new life is an odd mix of comedy, drama, and occasional brutal violence.

A charged spy action thriller tries to act clever while being pretty dumb.

It’s a tasteful and interesting rendition of a fantastic concert by an oddball artist.

Dune: Part Two is an amazing spectacle.

A collection of four historically themed films from Shaw Brothers productions is heavy on the chopsocky, light on the real history.

Fourth in this archival series by Fantagraphics, this volume collects eight issues of grim, violent stories of war.

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.