DVD Review: Maborosi (1995)
Director Hirokazu Kore-eda brings Teru Miyamoto’s story to the screen, via a screenplay by Yoshihisa Ogita. It is a film of masterful...
Book Review: Side By Side: Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis on TV and Radio
Michael J. Hayde’s new book from Bear Manor that chronicles and examines the Martin and Lewis comedy team’s phenomenal success on radio...
Cinema Revisited: Feet First (1930), Harold Lloyd’s first full talkie
Feet First Directed by Clyde Bruckman and Harold Lloyd. Cast: Harold Lloyd, Barbara Kent, Robert McWade, Lillian Leighton, Henry Hall,...
DVD Review: A Bill of Divorcement (1932), Katharine Hepburn’s film debut
A Bill of Divorcement Directed by George Cukor. Cast: John Barrymore, Katharine Hepburn, Billie Burke, David Manners, Paul Cavanaugh,...
DVD Review: I Walk Alone (1947)
I Walk Alone Directed by Byron Haskin. Cast: Burt Lancaster, Lizabeth Scott, Wendell Corey, Kirk Douglas, Kristine Miller, George...
Book Review: Gale Storm – A Biography and Career Record
There are a handful of showbiz biographers that one can always comfortably trust. They get their facts straight, they appreciate their...
Book Review: Henry Brandon: King of the Bogeymen
The best biographies on film performers are benefited by the sort of deep research that unearths a variety of fascinating information...
Kino Lorber celebrates the First Women Filmmakers
In anticipation of a major blu ray release, Kino Lorber, along with the Library of Congress has scheduled two theatrical presentations...
Cinema Revisited: Grand Canyon (1949)
Grand Canyon Directed by Paul Landres. Cast: Richard Arlen, Mary Beth Hughes, Reed Hadley, James Millican, Olin Howard, Grady Sutton,...
DVD Review: Charley Chase – The Hal Roach Talkies Volume One
Most mainstream DVD releases are corporate affairs, capitalizing on what is popular in our immediate culture. Others have a sense of...