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| 23 Jun 2019 |
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| A Case for a Rookie Hangman |
| One of the Czech New Wave's strangest (and yet still modestly accessible) films, A Case for a Rookie Hangman is Pavel Juráček's take on Jonathan Swift brewed with healthy bits of Lewis Carroll and Franz Kafka. The bold and compelling result is released by Second Run in a new restoration, reviewed here by clydefro. |
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| 20 Jun 2019 |
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| 19 Jun 2019 |
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| Under Fire |
| Nick Nolte is superb as a photojournalist covering the Nicaraguan revolution in 1979 in Roger Spottiswoode's electrifying 1983 political thriller, Under Fire. Slarek takes a detailed look at one of his very favourite films on Eureka's excellent new Blu-ray release. |
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| 19 Jun 2019 |
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| 17 Jun 2019 |
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| The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne |
| Maggie Smith excels in this character portrait of a lonely woman in the 1950s whose impoverished and religious life has thwarted her modest emotional ambitions. Camus breaks out the hidden whiskey reviewing Indicator’s new Blu-ray of The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne… |
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| 14 Jun 2019 |
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| 13 Jun 2019 |
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| 12 Jun 2019 |
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| No Orchids for Miss Blandish |
| In his first review for the site for many months, Gort returns to grapple with a film that's still getting scathing reviews 70 years after it was first shocked critics and outraged moralists. Now you can see what the fuss was about thanks to Indicator's typically excellent Blu-ray release. |
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| 10 Jun 2019 |
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| 6 Jun 2019 |
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| 6 Jun 2019 |
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| Marlene Dietrich & Josef von Sternberg Blu-ray box set in August |
| Indicator has announced the August release of a belter of a box set featuring six Paramount features directed by Josef von Sternberg and starring Marlene Dietrich: Morocco, Dishonored, Shanghai Express, Blonde Venus, The Scarlett Empress and The Devil is a Woman. |
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| 4 Jun 2019 |
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| The Andromeda Strain |
| A small town New Mexico is almost completely wiped out by an alien organism and four scientists are recruited to locate the virus and find a way to combat it in Robert Wise's superb film adaptation of Michael Crichton's 1969 novel. Slarek revisits a favourite sf movie on Arrow's excellent new Blu-ray. |
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| 2 Jun 2019 |
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| John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum |
| I took the first John Wick extremely seriously. Someone killed his dog so people had to die (I can live with that). In Chapter 2, things got a little highfalutin but in Parabellum, the absurd became wildly comic. Camus revels in the delirium of cinematic violence. |
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| 31 May 2019 |
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| 27 May 2019 |
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| Bellman and True |
| Bernard Hill plays a computer expert who is strongarmed into aiding a bank robbery in the Bellman and True, Richard Loncraine's strangely overlooked crime drama from 1987. Slarek finds much to admire in the film, and even more on Indicator's new Blu-ray release. |
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| 27 May 2019 |
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| Who? |
| Director Jack Gold made a few big screen additions to his CV as well as all the exceptional TV work he was most famous for. Who? was a 70s film this reviewer caught early and it made quite the impression. Camus returns to Cold War paranoia… |
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| 23 May 2019 |
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| The Woman in the Window |
| A desperate act of self-defence sees a mild-mannered college professor fighting for his freedom as a murder investigation closes in around him in Fritz Lang's 1944 film noir classic. Slarek slides into the shadows to discuss the film, Eureka's new Blu-ray and that one, slightly controversial twist... |
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| 21 May 2019 |
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| The White Reindeer |
| Mirjami Kuosmanen is mesmerising as a witch supernatural abilities of transformation and immense seductive power over men in Erik Blomberg's captivating Finnish folk tale. In his first review for the site, SilverBlueSnow salutes the film and Eureka's recent Blu-ray release. |
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| 19 May 2019 |
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| The Snake Pit |
| Olivia de Havilland gives a dynamite performance as a young woman confined toi an asylum for reasons that will only become clear over time in Anatole Litvak's ground-breaking 1948 The Snake Pit. Slarek is still playing catch-up with reviews, but absolutely couldn't let this fine Indicator Blu-ray pass him by. |
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| 13 May 2019 |
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| The Big Clock |
| Ray Milland is a magazine editor who finds himself forced to investigate a case in which he is the mystery prime suspect in John Farrow's criminally unseen blend of thriller, character comedy and film noir. Slarek sleeks into the shadows and revisits the film on a fine Arrow Academy Blu-ray. |
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| 12 May 2019 |
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| Dragonwyck |
| Once Hitchcock’s Rebecca hit big, there was suddenly an enthusiasm for like-minded tales of Gothic melodrama. With a similar plot, Dragonwyck kick-starts the directorial career of Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Camus lights a candle… |
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| 7 May 2019 |
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| Cujo |
| A mother and her child become trapped in the car by a rabid St. Bernard dog in Lewis Teague's tense and tightly economical adaptation of one of Stephen King's darkest novels. Slarek revisits a favourite creature horror on one of Eureka's best featured Blu-ray releases yet. |
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| 4 May 2019 |
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| The Triple Echo |
| Michael Apted is that rare director whose work straddles diverse genres and takes in documentaries as well as dramatic features. His first film is narratively slight but compelling. Camus goes AWOL in search of a place of sanctuary… |
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| 4 May 2019 |
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| Wild Rose |
| Every decade or so, an actor comes along who is so truthful in their performance, so startling, oozing charisma even when behaving badly, you want to scream their name from the rooftops. Camus salutes Jessie Buckley as Wild Rose… |
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