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Criterion Announces February 2025 Releases

Coming in February: King Lear, Jean-Luc Godard's radical anti-adaptation of Shakespeare; Crossing Delancey, a love letter to 1980s Manhattan directed by Joan Micklin Silver; Drugstore ...
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Play Misty for Me 4K UHD Is the Pick of the Week

There are two very important reasons (among others) why Clint Eastwood's classic 1971 shocker Play Misty for Me is historical. ...
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Seven Samurai 4K UHD Is the Pick of the Week

I lived for several years in Bloomington, Indiana while my wife pursued her graduate-school dreams. Bloomington is a strange little ...
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2025 GRAMMY Award Film-related Nominees Announced

The 2025 GRAMMYs, officially known as the 67th GRAMMY Awards, will be held at Los Angeles' Crypto.com Arena on Sunday, ...
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Godzilla (1954) 4K UHD Is the Pick of the Week

I have to admit, I hadn't seen any of the Godzilla films (except for Roland Emmerich's disastrous 1998 remake) nor ...
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TCM Classic Cruise Returns in 2025 Sailing from Port Canaveral, FL on October 8 Aboard the Disney Magic

 After a sold-out event in 2024, the TCM Classic Cruise will set sail from October 8-13, 2025, aboard the Disney Magic. Next ...
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Daiei Gothic: Japanese Ghost Stories Is the Pick of the Week

We are three days away from Halloween and this week brings us a slew of horror packages in all shapes ...
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AFI Fest 2024 Presented by Canva Announces Grand Jury Award Winners

The American Film Institute (AFI) announced today the Grand Jury Award winners and Special Mentions for AFI FEST 2024 presented ...
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Lost on a Mountain In Maine Is in Theaters on November 1st

Lost on a Mountain in Maine tells the inspiring true story of 12-year-old Donn Fendler, who becomes separated from his ...
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Laufey’s A Night at the Symphony: Hollywood Bowl Coming to Cinemas and IMAX Dec 6

GRAMMY-winning Icelandic-Chinese artist Laufey announces the cinematic release of her debut concert film, Laufey’s A Night at the Symphony: Hollywood ...
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Hellraiser: Quartet of Torment Is the Pick of the Week

The Hellraiser franchise is obviously not the most consistent saga of horror cinema, but each of the movies (even the ...
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Criterion Announces January 2025 Releases

Coming in January: The Mother and the Whore, the long-unavailable 1970s magnum opus from Jean Eustache; Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling, a ...
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A Nightmare on Elm Street is the Pick of the Week

While watching A Nightmare on Elm Street this weekend, I came to realize that it truly is one of, if ...
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Image Comics’ NYCC 2024 Panel Lineup & Programming

Image Comics will return to New York Comic Con this year with a show-stopping lineup of can’t-miss panels. Each of ...
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Toei Animation Brings Fan Celebration of Dragon Ball, One Piece, and Digimon to New York Comic Con 2024

Legendary anime studio Toei Animation returns to New York Comic Con (“NYCC”) this year with a triple celebration of Dragon ...
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Turner Classic Movies Announces 16th Annual TCM Classic Film Festival Dates for April 24-27, 2025

Turner Classic Movies’ (TCM) signature fan-favorite event, TCM Classic Film Festival, will return to Hollywood, CA on Thursday, April 24 through Sunday, ...
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I Walked with a Zombie / The Seventh Victim: Produced by Val Lewton is the Pick of the Week

The great Val Lewton, Ukrainian-American novelist, film producer, and screenwriter, was the OG pillar of the less-is-more technique of the ...
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Paramount Home Entertainment to Release I Love Lucy: The Complete Series for the First Time on Blu-ray

In October 1951, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz debuted the first episode of what was to become one of the ...
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The Blob (1988) Is the Pick of the Week

Over the last year, I've been getting into 1950s science fiction films. I'm talking monster movies. I'm talking Godzilla and ...
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U2’s ‘How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb’ Newly Remastered 20th Anniversary Edition Out November 22

To mark the 20th anniversary of U2’s critically-acclaimed eight-time Grammy-winning album How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb, Interscope Records has ...
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Los Angeles Comic Con 2024 Programming Highlights

LA Comic Con 2024 returns to the Los Angeles Convention Center from October 4-6, 2024. Tickets are currently on sale ...
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The Cure Release New Single “Alone”

THE CURE will release their long-awaited new album, SONGS OF A LOST WORLD, on November 1st. The album, their 14th ...
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Toei Animation and Fathom Events Present World Dub Premiere of Dragon Ball DAIMA Series

Since the unveiling of “Dragon Ball DAIMA” nearly a year ago, worldwide fan fervor has exploded for the newest series ...
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Happiness Is the Pick of the Week

New Jerseyan Todd Solondz is the anti-Woody Allen, meaning that although his characters on the outside are people with intellect, ...
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The West Wing: The Complete Series Coming to Blu-ray on October 1

Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment will be releasing The West Wing: The Complete Series for the first time ever on ...
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50th Anniversary Chain Saw Box of Texas Chain Saw Massacre Arrives This October

Dark Sky Selects proudly presents The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 50th Anniversary Chainsaw Edition. This multi-disc set will include the ...
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Torso Is the Pick of the Week

We are getting ever so close to spooky season, and I am here for it. Every October, I watch as ...
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Criterion Announces December 2024 Releases

Coming in December: No Country for Old Men, Joel and Ethan Coen's riveting West Texas borderlands noir, and Eastern Condors, Sammo Hung's bazooka blast ...
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The Criterion Closet Is Going Mobile

The Criterion Closet is going mobile. In celebration of their 40th anniversary, Criterion has built a replica of their famous ...
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The Stepfather 4K UHD Is the Pick of the Week

The Stepfather (1987), directed by Joesph Ruben, is one of the hidden crown jewels of horror cinema, one that elevated ...
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Veep: The Complete Series Coming to Blu-ray October 22

Just in time for one of the biggest political elections of all time, Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment will be ...
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Star Trek: ​Lore War Crossover Event Arrives March 2025

The single most devious mind in the universe has won. Commander Data’s evil brother, Lore, has used the Orb of ...
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Palm Springs International Film Festival Returns Jan. 2-13, 2025

Celebrating its 36th anniversary, the Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) will return January 2-13, 2025. The Festival's culturally diverse program presents ...
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Newport Beach Film Festival to Kick Off 25th Anniversary With World Premiere of Simon West’s “Old Guy”

Celebrating its 25th anniversary, Newport Beach Film Festival (NBFF) announces the World Premiere of Old Guy as the 2024 Opening ...
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AFI Announces World Premiere of Robert Zemeckis’ “Here” As Centerpiece Gala at AFI Fest Presented by Canva

The American Film Institute (AFI) announced today that the World Premiere of Robert Zemeckis’ HERE has been selected as the ...
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Repo Man Is the Pick of the Week

Alex Cox's Repo Man is one of those films I'd heard about for years. I'd had it on my to-watch ...
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Real Life Is the Pick of the Week

The great Albert Brooks (one of my filmmaking heroes) is perhaps cinema's most influential proprietor of angry, uncomfortable comedy, one ...
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TCM Presents Limited Series “Making Change: The Most Significant Political Films of All Time”

Turner Classic Movies (TCM) announced that Making Change: The Most Significant Political Films of All Time, a nine-week limited series ...
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Albert King & Stevie Ray Vaughan’s In Session (Deluxe Edition) to Be Released in Entirety for the First Time

Craft Recordings is proud to announce a Deluxe Edition release of In Session, the legendary collaboration between blues icons Albert ...
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Not a Pretty Picture Is the Pick of the Week

I'm a nerd. Whenever I start to write something, I often check its accuracy. I'm not talking about historical dates, ...
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Criterion Announces November 2024 Releases

Coming in November: Funny Girl, a musical screen debut for the ages, directed by William Wyler; Paper Moon, one of American cinema’s unlikeliest criminal ...
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Brief Encounters / The Long Farewell: Two Films by Kira Muratova Is the Pick of the Week

As a dedicated film buff (and feminist), I always appreciate films about women by women. Doing a little bit of ...
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Paul McCartney and Wings: One Hand Clapping – Rare Documentary & Bonus Features Coming to Cinemas Worldwide Beginning September 26

Trafalgar Releasing and Mercury Studios announced today an opportunity for audiences to step back in time to 1974 and witness ...
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The Criterion Collection Announces CC40 – Celebrating Forty Years

This monumental forty-film box set celebrates forty years of the Criterion Collection by gathering an electrifying mix of classic and ...
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Bill and Ted’s Most Triumphant Trilogy Is the Pick of the Week

I purchased my first computer when I was just out of college. I'd previously used broken-down machines, and leftovers from ...
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Billy Strings’ Highly Anticipated New Studio Album “Highway Prayers” Out September 27 on Reprise Records

Highway Prayers, the highly anticipated new studio album from GRAMMY Award-winning singer, songwriter and musician Billy Strings, will be released September 27 on Reprise ...
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Maestro Media Celebrates Disney’s Donald Duck’s 90th Anniversary with New Board Game: Donald Duck: Happy Camper

In celebration of Donald Duck’s 90th Anniversary, Maestro Media announces Donald Duck: Happy Camper,  its first collaboration with Disney to bring fans ...
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Election 4K UHD Is the Pick of the Week

Version 1.0.0 In my opinion, 1999 was the second-best year in Hollywood history, behind 1939. There were so many now ...
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Paramount+ Reveals Official Main Title Sequence for the Upcoming Series Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

During the TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES panel earlier today at San Diego Comic Con, Paramount+ revealed the ...
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Doctor Who, Superheroes Landing at Comic-Con Museum

Today at its Comic-Con panel, Comic-Con Museum announced its next two headline exhibits, The Myth of Superheroes  (world premiere) and ...
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