As Cinema Goes Corporate and Hollywood Flails, Rebellion and Rebirth are in the air
Looking back on the films of the 1970s from a five-decades-hence per...
Riveting Italian Docudrama Depicts one of the Most Polarizing Trials in U.S. History
DIRECTED BY GIULIANO MONTALDO/ITALIAN/1971
BLU-RAY STREET DATE: MAY...
How Millennials Can Save America and the World
DIRECTED BY JOSHUA TICKELL & REBECCA HARRELL TICKELL/2021
DVD STREET DATE: MAY 10, 2022/GREENWICH (VIA...
Colonialism Collides with Early Technicolor in Bygone Period Epic
DIRECTED BY ALBERT S. ROGELL/1930
BLU-RAY STREET DATE: MAY 10, 2022/KINO CLASSICS
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Noir Great Robert Siodmak Returns to Germany for Anti-Nazi Murder Tale
DIRECTED BY ROBERT SIODMAK/GERMAN/1957
BLU-RAY STREET DATE: MARCH 29, 2022/KINO CL...
DIRECTED BY ROBERT SIODMAK/GERMAN/1930
BLU-RAY STREET DATE: MARCH 15, 2022/KINO CLASSICS
Whether by coincidence or design, Kino Lorber’s recent issue...
years spent living in a Hare Krishna community in the 1980s through occasional, ultimately short-lived re-entries into the pop music scene in the 90s and 2000s. There are enough video materials still extant to provide some visual insight into Poly’s experiences later in life, after she had receded from the public spotlight.
Lydia Lunch: The War is Never Over functions effectively as an audio-video “greatest hits” collection for the artist’s core fanbase and admirers, and an engaging introduction or re-acquaintance (as in my case) with those who may be new to or only partially familiar with her work.
Kino Lorber’s edition of Lilies of the Field looks to be about as definitive of a presentation as this landmark film is likely to get in the foreseeable future, and as such, it’s an essential addition to any collection of Sidney Poitier’s finest work on screen.
