Posts Tagged ‘Kino Lorber’
The Last Man on Earth Blu-ray Review: A Classic Adaptation of Richard Matheson’s Celebrated Novel
This is hands-down one of the more memorable apocalyptic thrillers ever made.
Read MoreBack Street Blu-ray Review: Suffer the Silk
One of the most sumptuous, and unironically campy, soap operas I’ve seen.
Read MoreThe Fortune Cookie Blu-ray Review: The Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship
Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon got their start together in this entertaining Billy Wilder feature, now available on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber.
Read MoreUnion Pacific Blu-ray Review: The Great Train Epic
It is a western, it is a train movie, and it is also a racing film.
Read MoreNo Time For Love Blu-ray Review: No Time for Colbert and MacMurray
This is a fine, funny film.
Read MoreThunderbolt Blu-ray Review: A Snooze-fest of Sound and Shadow
It feels like Sternberg strove to create a balls-out weird experience but something or someone held him back.
Read MoreShenandoah Blu-ray Review: Indifference in a Time of War
If you can turn off questions about standing idly by while a war over slavery is fought, then I suspect you will enjoy this film a lot more than I did.
Read MoreThe Gilded Lily Blu-ray Review: Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray’s First Team-Up
It is well worth watching; it just lacks that extra spark that makes a good film great.
Read MoreAlias Nick Beal Blu-ray Review: A Faustian Noir
It’s the filmmaking that really makes this film into something special.
Read MoreIcy Breasts Blu-ray Review: A Cool French Noir
Icy Breasts works because it isn’t overly flashy.
Read MoreShe Done Him Wrong Blu-ray Review: But This Film Will Do You Right
If you love classic film, and want to see something bold but subtle, then you should add this to your collection.
Read MoreMomma’s Man Blu-ray Review: A True American Independent Original
A quietly sublime and unassuming portrait of desperate adulthood and hard lessons.
Read MoreVariety (1983) Blu-ray Review: A Revealing Character Study of a Woman Rediscovering Herself
A moody and very provocative depiction of female obsession and sexuality.
Read MoreRaid on Rommel Blu-ray Review: Raids Other Films for Ideas
It says something about Richard Burton’s star power that he still had a career after this stinker.
Read MoreTony Curtis Collection Blu-ray Review: Charming
Kino Lorber presents three mid-tier films from the great actor, and it is great to finally have them on Blu-ray.
Read MoreWestern Classics I Blu-ray Review: Dust, Grit and Cowboys A-Plenty
Kino Lorber presents this nice collection of westerns from the 1940s.
Read MoreFive Cool Things and Lovecraft Country
I love me some boutique movie labels.
Read MoreBeanpole Blu-ray Review: Love and Suffering in Post-War Russia
An extraordinary movie about how women suffer both during and after the war.
Read MoreFilm Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema II Blu-ray Review: Three Little-known Noirs Well Worth Your Time
I’m so very thrilled that sets like this continue to come out.
Read MoreBarbara Stanwyck Collection Blu-ray Review: Not Barb’s Best
Kino Lorber presents three lesser-known Stanwyck films.
Read MoreCanyon Passage Blu-ray Review: Where the Scalps Fly Like Toupees… Only Not Quite
A moody, colorful western from a director who changed horror movie history.
Read MoreWater and Sugar: Carlo Di Palma – The Colours of Life DVD Review
An affectionate, if not entirely in-depth document on a truly influential cinematographer.
Read MoreThe Magic Sword Blu-ray Review: Dragons, Princesses, and Basil Rathbone
A film so bad the guys at Mystery Science Theater 3000 called it “pretty good.”
Read MoreBlue Collar Blu-ray Review: Workingman’s Blues
Paul Schrader’s directorial debut gets a nice new release from Kino Lorber.
Read MoreStick Blu-ray Review: Burt Reynolds Should Have Stuck to Acting
A sluggish, limp and completely uninteresting Elmore Leonard adaptation.
Read MoreA Sunday in the Country Blu-ray Review: A Day in the Life
A loving portrait of country living, and a life full of regrets.
Read MoreShe (1984) Blu-ray Review: Post Apocalyptic Nonsense
A low budget, low frills, completely ridiculous, and totally awesome early ’80s masterpiece.
Read MoreHitchcock: British International Pictures Collection Blu-ray Review: Becoming a Master
Five early Hitchcock films come to Blu-ray from Kino Lorber and show the Master of Suspense learning his craft.
Read MoreCharley Varrick Blu-ray Review: No Country For Walter Matthau
Don Siegel’s 1973 crime thriller is yet one more reason to love Walter Matthau.
Read MoreWoman in Hiding Blu-ray Review: Worth Looking For
Ida Lupino stars in this excellent melodrama with noir trappings.
Read MoreThe Man Between Blu-ray Review: Out of The Third Man’s Shadow
Excellent film noir from Carol Reed might not be as good as “The Third Man,” but it isn’t too far off either.
Read MoreSeven Days to Noon Blu-ray Review: A Very Good Drama
This post-war thriller might not be a white-knuckler, but its attention to detail and observations on humanity make it quite thrilling.
Read MoreNaked Alibi Blu-ray Review: Gloria Grahame Steals the Show
Gloria Grahame elevates a pretty decent film noir into something you must see.
Read MoreLa Marseillaise Blu-ray Review: Viva La Revolution!
Jean Renoir’s telling of the French Revolution is more history lesson than dramatic film, but it is well worth watching.
Read MoreHercules in the Haunted World Blu-ray Review: Sword & Sandals Meets Horror
Mario Bava infuses the tired Hercules film with his own sense of style, creating something unique and really fun.
Read MoreIda Lupino: Filmmaker Collection Blu-ray Review: Trailblazing
This four-disk set from Kino Lorber demonstrates what a huge talent Ida Lupino was.
Read MoreUn Coeur En Hiver Blu-ray Review: A Man Without Feelings
In a cinematic landscape filled with emotionless psychopaths, it is thrilling to find one who is a nice guy.
Read MoreDogtooth Blu-ray Review: Takes the Theme of Bad Parenting to an All-time High
Director Yorgos Lanthimos crafts a disturbingly hilarious portrait of twisted family life.
Read MoreThis Magnificent Cake! Blu-ray Review: This Magnificent Movie!
A beautifully crafted anthology and one worthy of an Oscar nomination in the animated short films category.
Read MoreChained for Life (2019) Movie Review: Unchained Filmmaking
A darkly funny and scathing examination on how Hollywood treats disability.
Read MoreFists in the Pocket Is the Pick of the Week
A darkly funny 1965 slap in the face to family values headlines a week of releases.
Read MoreThe Koker Trilogy Is the Pick of the Week
The late master Kiarostami’s influential trilogy rounds out a week of stellar new releases.
Read MoreBe Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blache DVD Review: Returning a Chapter to Cinema History
The story of the most important woman in film you have never heard of.
Read MoreAttack of the Robots (1966) Blu-ray Review: Eddie Constantine Lays His Cards on the Table
Redemption Films brings Jess Franco’s campy cult Eurospy spoof to Blu-ray, including an uncredited aural contribution by yours truly.
Read MoreThe Mountain (2019) Movie Review: Worth Exploring
Jeff Goldblum and Tye Sheridan excel in Rick Alverson’s intriguing period piece.
Read MoreThe Milky Way (1969) Blu-ray Review: Surrealistic Satire
A Pilgrim’s Progress through Catholic history as seen through the satiric lens of Luis Bunuel.
Read MoreDeath in the Garden Blu-ray Review: Well Worth Watching
A decisive critique of capitalism, fascism, and the Catholic Church.
Read MoreThe BRD Trilogy Is the Pick of the Week
Fassbinder’s classic trilogy stands out during a week of notable releases.
Read MoreGone to Earth / The Wild Heart Blu-ray Review: One Story Cut Twice
Powell and Pressburger’s melodrama is beautiful to look at but a bit old-fashioned to watch.
Read MoreThirst (2009) Blu-ray Review: A Wicked Love Story
A stylish, disturbing, and super cool tale of vampirism from one of the finest Korean directors alive.
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