DVD Review: I’ll Be Seeing You (1944)
Released at the end of 1944, “I’ll Be Seeing You” was inspired by the popular song from the 1938 Broadway play “Right This Way.” The...
DVD Review: Since You Went Away (1944)
There is a scene in “Since You Went Away,” David O. Selznick’s sweeping epic, where a soldier (Robert Walker) is on a train as his girl...
DVD Review: Sam Peckinpah’s “Junior Bonner” with Steve McQueen
Steve McQueen’s iconic presence in the title role, Sam Peckinpah’s direction, a supporting cast that includes Ida Lupino, Robert Preston,...
DVD Review: Take the Money and Run (1969) is Woody Allen’s first screen triumph
Kino Lorber’s blu ray release of Woody Allen’s “Take the Money and Run” allows us to clearly see the foundation of Allen’s “early, funny”...
DVD Review: The Champion-The Story of America’s First Film Town
During cinema’s early days at the turn of the 20th century, two locations were most noted for moving picture production. One, of course,...
DVD Review: Beggars of Life (1928)
“But I guess it’s about even when you boil it down. Even them people in feather beds ain’t satisfied – we’re all beggars of life.” --...