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Macbeth (1948) Blu-ray Review: Orson Welles Gets Shakespearean

By Mat Brewster | Jun 27, 2024

William Shakespeare was one of the greatest writers in the English language. Macbeth is arguably his greatest play. Orson Welles ...

Never Open That Door Blu-ray Review: Two Stories of Humanity Against Inhumanity

By Davy | Jun 26, 2024

Film noir is universal. It reaches all over the world. The United States isn't the only country that can produce ...

The Case of the Bloody Iris 4K UHD Review: A Typically Stylish Giallo

By Kent Conrad | Jun 25, 2024

The Case of the Bloody Iris exemplifies the appeal of the giallo completely. Giallo is the Italian precursor to the ...

Sympathy for the Underdog Blu-ray Review: Crime Takes a Holiday

By Steve Geise | Jun 25, 2024

Director Kinji Fukasaku began a string of memorable 1970s yakuza films with this newly restored gem. The film follows a ...

Mr. and Mrs. Smith (1941) Blu-ray Review: Hitchcock Comedy, for Better or Worse

By Kent Conrad | Jun 25, 2024

There's an underrated aspect of Hitchcock's films, and that is their comedy. The comedy tends to be ironic, and based ...

Act of Violence (1948) Blu-ray Review: Terrific Film Noir with Heart

By Mat Brewster | Jun 25, 2024

A trench-coated figure hobbles toward us in shadow. The New York City skyline hovers over him at an odd angle. ...

Dune Part Two Blu-ray Review: Will the Prophecy Be Fulfilled?

By Gordon S. Miller | Jun 25, 2024

Director/co-writer Denis Villeneuve continues his adaptation of Frank Herbert’s novel with Dune Part Two, an interplanetary political epic that equals ...

The Boys in the Boat Blu-ray Review: Wasted Potential and Talent

By Rons Reviews | Jun 25, 2024

Legendary actor and inconsistent director George Clooney brings the #1 New York Times Bestselling Non-Fiction novel to the big screen ...

Book Review: Suffrage Song: The Haunted History of Gender, Race and Voting Rights in the U.S. by Caitlin Cass

By Darcy Staniforth | Jun 24, 2024

The saying “Those who don’t learn history are doomed to repeat it” gets thrown around in a lot of different ...

Cat Ballou Blu-ray Review: The End of the Western

By Kent Conrad | Jun 24, 2024

When I talk to people younger than myself about Westerns, the first name they generally mention is "Clint Eastwood." What ...

Into the Wild Blu-ray Review: The Lost Boy

By David Wangberg | Jun 23, 2024

Sean Penn’s adaptation of Into the Wild was what initially inspired me to then read the book on which it’s ...

Tribeca 2024 Review: Satisfied

By Steve Geise | Jun 23, 2024

Filled with Renée Elise Goldsberry’s self-recorded archival clips, this new documentary traces her meteoric ride on the Hamilton express at ...

From the Couch Hole: It’s Time to Bring This Ship Into the Shore

By Shawn Bourdo | Jun 23, 2024

Previously on FTCH, Frankie went to Hollywood in a Ferrari during a purple rain. The crime story was about the ...

Eight Men Out Blu-ray Review: We’re Talking Baseball…Scandals, and Say It Ain’t So, Joe!

By Joe Garcia III | Jun 22, 2024

Bottom of the ninth, writer/director John Sayles steps to the plate. He takes a big swing and hits a home ...

Book Review: Walt Disney’s Donald Duck “The Old Castle’s Secret” by Carl Barks

By Gordon S. Miller | Jun 21, 2024

Walt Disney’s Donald Duck “The Old Castle's Secret” is Volume 6 in Fantagraphics’ The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library. The ...

American Fiction Blu-ray Review: Will Be Talked About for Years to Come

By Davy | Jun 21, 2024

There are some movies that just come and go, meaning that you watch them once and move on. Cord Jefferson's ...

Team America: World Police 4K UHD Review: Pulls the Right Strings

By Greg Hammond | Jun 21, 2024

From Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the creators of the long-running TV series South Park (328 episodes between 1997 - ...

Querelle Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Man in Every Port

By Jack Cormack | Jun 20, 2024

In director Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s Querelle (1982; adapted from a book by Jean Genet), a Belgian sailor, Querelle (Brad Davis), ...

Book Review: Mark Twain’s War Prayer, Illustrated by Seymour Chwast

By Shawn Bourdo | Jun 20, 2024

By the end of his life, Mark Twain (1835-1910) had made and lost fortunes many times over. He had suffered ...

Tribeca 2024 Review: Luther: Never Too Much

By Steve Geise | Jun 20, 2024

Luther Vandross built a recording career on love songs featuring his unforgettable voice, but director Dawn Porter takes a deep ...

South Park: Bigger, Longer, & Uncut 4K UHD Review: Still Funny but Aging Rapidly

By Greg Hammond | Jun 20, 2024

South Park: Bigger, Longer, & Uncut, directed by Trey Parker, and written by Parker, Matt Stone, and Pam Brady, is ...

Remembering Gene Wilder Blu-ray Review: A Loving Portrait of the Man, the Myth, and the Legend

By Davy | Jun 19, 2024

Gene Wilder, legendary Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning actor, writer, and filmmaker was one of the geniuses of his generation. A versatile, ...

Tribeca 2024 Review: Desire: The Carl Craig Story

By Steve Geise | Jun 19, 2024

Widely regarded as one of the key figures and champions of the Detroit EDM scene, Carl Craig is both a ...

Chinatown 4K UHD Review: Noir Gold; or “The point is, the girl dies”

By Jack Cormack | Jun 18, 2024

As a masterpiece, Chinatown needed its two main creators, screenwriter Robert Towne (who won the movie’s sole Oscar) and director ...

Thunderheart Blu-ray Review: A Gritty Neo-Western

By Joe Garcia III | Jun 18, 2024

Thunderheart (1992) was directed by Michael Apted (Gorillas in the Mist), written by John Fusco (Young Guns I & II) ...

All That Breathes Blu-ray Review: A Profound, Lyrical Film

By Davy | Jun 17, 2024

I also appreciate cinematic stories about the relationships between humans and wildlife, where our bonds are much stronger than we ...

Welcome Back, Kotter: The Complete Series DVD Review: A Funny Show Even When Dealing with Serious Topics

By Gordon S. Miller | Jun 17, 2024

Welcome Back, Kotter is a reference to Gabe Kotter (co-creator Gabe Kaplan, whose life and stand-up material inspired the show), ...

From the Couch Hole: Keep the Vampires from Your Door

By Shawn Bourdo | Jun 16, 2024

Previously on FTCH, Furiosa met with the Idea Man to say, "Please let me get what I want." That included ...

Tribeca 2024 Review: Soldiers of Song

By David Wangberg | Jun 15, 2024

Ryan Smith’s Soldiers of Song starts off as if we’re about to watch a trailer for the documentary that’s going ...

Tribeca 2024 Review: Hacking Hate

By Gordon S. Miller | Jun 15, 2024

Simon Klose's Hacking Hate is a compelling documentary that is more chilling than any horror movie as it explores online ...

Tribeca 2024 Review: Shelf Life

By Gordon S. Miller | Jun 14, 2024

Documentarian Ian Cheney's Shelf Life is an anthological look at cheese, a food item so ubiquitous that many take it ...

Monk: Season Six Blu-ray Review: A Particularly Winning Season

By Davy | Jun 14, 2024

As I have mentioned in reviews of past seasons of Monk (2002-2009), there is a formula and familiarity there, but ...

Book Review: Prince Valiant Vol. 28: 1991-1992 by Hal Foster, John Cullen Murphy, and Cullen Murphy

By Steve Geise | Jun 14, 2024

Twenty years into his reign on Prince Valiant, replacement artist John Cullen Murphy and his son and writer Cullen Murphy ...

Tribeca 2024 Review: Pirópolis

By David Wangberg | Jun 13, 2024

From the film’s opening shot to the final haunting minutes, Nicolás Molina’s Pirópolis grabs your attention, immerses you into the ...

The Burglars Blu-ray Review: Some Great Action Set Pieces

By Mat Brewster | Jun 13, 2024

The Burglars opens with a long, mostly silent, jewel heist. It is reminiscent of a similar scene in Jules Dassin's ...

Tribeca 2024 Review: They All Came Out to Montreux

By Steve Geise | Jun 12, 2024

How did a tiny Swiss lakeside town become the site of a legendary music festival? Why is it called the ...

Saigon (1948) Blu-ray Review: Alan Ladd & Veronica Lake’s Last Film Together

By Mat Brewster | Jun 12, 2024

During World War II and for about a decade after, there were a slew of American movies set in exotic ...

Book Review: Stan Mack’s Real Life Funnies: The Collected Conceits, Delusions, and Hijinks of New Yorkers from 1974 to 1995

By Steve Geise | Jun 11, 2024

For over two decades, cartoonist Stan Mack contributed weekly comic strips to the Village Voice recounting his overheard observations of ...

Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths Movie Review: When Worlds Collide

By Gordon S. Miller | Jun 11, 2024

Previously intended to be a movie that connected the DC Animated Universe Justice League and Justice League Unlimited TV series ...

Tribeca 2024 Review: Boys Go to Jupiter

By Steve Geise | Jun 11, 2024

In Julian Glander’s candy-colored, CG-animated vision of suburban Florida, slacker friends co-exist with odd sentient creatures and an orange juice ...