Mat Brewster

Kino Lorber Studio Classics presents three more lesser-known noirs in a nice collector’s box.

Here’s another five cool things.

Arrow Video does a great job of presenting this controversial ’80s classic.

Kino Lorber presents this nice collection of westerns from the 1940s.

I love me some boutique movie labels.

The beast is man.

An extraordinary movie about how women suffer both during and after the war.

This week we take a deep dive into Italian horror for my cool things.

Enjoy some cool things I watched this week.

A beautiful, sweet adaptation of the Jane Austen classic.

I’m so very thrilled that sets like this continue to come out.

Strap yourselves in for I’ve got some cool things to show you.

Cool things, I’ve got your cool things right here.

Kino Lorber Studio Classics presents two versions of this realistic depiction of lost love and Italian life.

Kino Lorber presents three lesser-known Stanwyck films.

My movie theme for April was films from the 1930s, here are six cool ones.

My house might be a wreck and my yard is a jungle, but I’m still watching some cool movies.

At a time when our cinemas are filled with gigantic blockbusters it is nice to sit down with a couple of intimate dramas.

Here are the cool things I consumed this week.

Alien meets The Abyss meets The Poseidon Adventure in this underwhelming disaster/monster movie.

Arrow Video has outdone themselves with this Italian Exorcist knock-off.

It was a rough day and so instead of talking about cool things I’m listening to John Prine.

It’s a week full of gangsters, cool and otherwise.

Another week of self-isolation, another week of cool things.

A good cast and beautiful visual style can’t save a bad script.

Despite its flaws, King Kong remains a wonderful spectacle and a bonafide classic.

After a week off, I’m back with many cool things.

Foreign Film February comes to and end with a lot of very American movies and the conclusion of a terrific French series.

A spooky premise and an excellent set of extras can’t save this trilogy of films from getting hung up on.

There’s a little bit for everyone – Stephen King fans, French film buffs, Italian horror fans, arthouse nerds – in this week’s cool things.

Henri-Georges Clouzot tale of doomed love works like a film nor in a melodrama setting.

Another week, more cool things.

Foreign Film February is off to a great start.

I’m not one prone to hyperbole but Deadly Manor might be the stupidest movie I’ve ever seen.

Arrow Video presents this late entry into the slasher genre that spends too much time developing character when it should be chopping up bodies with an axe.

January was a great month for cool things. Here’s hoping February has just as many.

Happy Chinese New Year, everybody.

A movie I loved as a kid as depreciated a great deal over the years.

Watching “An American in Paris” on the big screen was an exceptional experience and one I fully recommend.

This week I dig deep into French director Jean-Pierre Melville’s films and we mourn the loss of a great drummer.

Another week filled with cool new things.

It was really hard to just pick five, but never fear.

A film so bad the guys at Mystery Science Theater 3000 called it “pretty good.”

Paul Schrader’s directorial debut gets a nice new release from Kino Lorber.

A sluggish, limp and completely uninteresting Elmore Leonard adaptation.

Volume 3 of this ongoing collection features four lesser films from the Universal Horror archives which will thrill any fan.

A loving portrait of country living, and a life full of regrets.

A low budget, low frills, completely ridiculous, and totally awesome early ’80s masterpiece.

Alec Guinness (with a Scottish brogue) squares off with John Mills in this military drama.

An incredible feat of filmmaking that left me breathless and confused.