

DVD Review: Desert Fury (1947)
For some time, those interested in film noir have sought after “Desert Fury” to be released on DVD. It has now been restored, and...


Book Review: Clarence Brown: Hollywood’s Forgotten Master.
Gwenda Young’s thorough and fascinating biography on MGM film director Clarence Brown goes a long way in making sure his contribution is...


The Current Cinema: Stan & Ollie (2018)
Film bios of vintage favorites are usually notorious failures. Inaccuracies abounding, lackluster performances, even the most basic...


DVD Review: Tell Them Willie Boy is Here (1969)
After having been blacklisted for 20 years, his last film being “Force of Evil” (1948), filmmaker Abraham Polonsky wrote and directed...


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...


Vintage TV Binging: “The Trouble With Father” (1950-1955)
TV comedies of the 1950s brought us timeless classics like “The Phil Silvers Show” (“You’ll Never Get Rich”), “I Love Lucy,” and “The...

