

DVD Review: The Last Command (1955)
Kino’s release, on blu ray, of a beautifully restored print of the Republic Pictures western “The Last Command” finally makes available...


DVD Review: El Paso (1949)
Another one of the most interesting releases from Kino Lorber’s classics division, “El Paso” is a post-war western made for the usually...


TCM to show Mabel Normand silent feature
"The Extra Girl" Directed by F. Richard Jones. Story by Mack Sennett Cast: Mabel Normand, Ralph Graves, George Nicholls, Anna Hernandez,...


DVD Review: Mamie Van Doren Noir Collection
Often as film buffs venture down bypaths away from the established classics, they encounter happy discoveries in the realm of B movies,...


DVD Review: Old Ironsides (1926)
One of the frustrations regarding the 1926 silent epic “Old Ironsides,” now available on blu ray from KINO, is the exclusion of Dorothy...


Book Review: In Search of Lost Films by Phil Hall
Usually this space is reserved for the latest books on film history, but I just acquired this one from 2016 and believed its importance...


DVD Review: Made For Each Other (1939)
For a film that wavers between lighthearted comedy and heavy drama, “Made For Each Other” needed actors that could maintain that often...


DVD Review: Nothing Sacred (1937)
One of those movies that somehow slipped into the public domain and became widely available, “Nothing Sacred” once found its way on...


Cinema Revisited: A Free Soul (1931)
A Free Soul Directed by Clarence Brown. Cast: Clark Gable, Norma Shearer, Lionel Barrymore, Leslie Howard, James Gleason. Released...


Revisiting the Sundance Kid as Robert Redford Announces His Retirement from Movie Acting.
With the release of what has been announced as Robert Redford’s final film – the pleasant-but-unremarkable “Old Man With a Gun” – it...

