From the furious climax of Don Siegel's spectacular 1958 The Lineup, one of the crown jewels of Sony's new and very welcome Film Noir Classics I set. The getaway car taking…
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Over at The Auteurs', some reflections on one of the biggest DVD events of the year: Eureka!/Masters of Cinema's epic boxset of all of Fritz Lang's Dr. Mabuse films. A…
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What tumultuous, nay, can we say even even revolutionary event, could compel the elusive and brilliant Self-Styled Siren to reveal her true, or, rather, her civilian identity? You know it's…
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Parts #1 and #2: Here and here. Farber: "Good coarse romantic-adventure nonsense, exploiting the expressive dead-pans of Robert Mitchum and Jane Russell, a young man and a young woman who would…
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I know what at least some of you are thinking. You're thinking, what does the blogger behind "Some Came Running" and his Lovely Wife do of an autumn weekend? Well,…
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A DVD release of Goffredo Alessandrini's 1942 We the Living, from Ayn Rand's novel, just appeared, and natch Big Hollywood has a worshipful review. Although I am loath to use…
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