After nearly 50 years, Orson Welles’ long lost project “The Other Side of The Wind” will be finally released. The film, which has been described as a “satirical mockumentary” focuses on the end of Classic Hollywood and the emergence of the New Hollywood era and features an amazing cast of filmmakers […]
John Huston
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On December 13th, Criterion Collection will release John Huston’s 1950 film noir THE ASPHALT JUNGLE in an all new high-definition BluRay edition. BUY FROM AMAZON Synopsis: In a smog-choked city somewhere in the American Midwest, an aging criminal mastermind, newly released from prison, hatches a plan for a million-dollar jewel […]
On August 16th, Warner Archive will release the 1971 Revisionist Western MAN IN THE WILDERNESS on BluRay. BUY FROM AMAZON Decades before Alejandro G. Iñárritu gave audiences The Revenant, Richard C. Sarafian (Vanishing Point, Lolly-Madonna XXX) directed this film that was also based on the events in the life of […]
In the town of Stockton California, Billy Tully (Stacy Keach) is an over the hill ex-boxer who lives alone in a dumpy little apartment and drinks too much. Since leaving the ring and getting divorced Tully has been working as a laborer on farms in the valley picking onions and […]
An old fashioned sepia toned Paramount Pictures logo at the start of Roman Polanski’s 1974 Neo Noir masterpiece Chinatown acts as a cinematic portal that sends us back into the past. The romantic horns of “Love Theme From Chinatown (The Main Title) by composer Jerry Goldsmith are enchanting as the […]
One of my personal favorite movies from the 1970s, Roman Polanski’s crime-mystery neo-noir Chinatown is hitting Blu Ray April 3rd! Set in the late 1930s, Jack Nicholson plays J.J. “Jake” Gittes, a Los Angeles gumshoe who is hired to keep tabs on Hollis Mulwray an engineer for the cities’ Department […]
Director John Huston’s 1948 masterpiece The Treasure of The Sierra Madre is a morality tale disguised as an adventure film. It opens in 1920s Mexico, the town of Tampico. Fred C. Dobbs (Humphrey Bogart) casually asks any American he sees to take him for a meal (look for a cameo […]