DVD: Slightly Scarlet (1956)
Slightly Scarlet is a strange amalgam that shouldn’t work so well, being part noir, melodrama, and crime film, and yet everything hums…
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BR: Escape from Women’s Prison / Le evase – Storie di sesso e di violenze / Violez les otages (1978)
Reportedly one of the most infamous women in prison (WIP) films, Giovanni Brusadori’s lone feature film is far removed from the U.S. poster art…
BR: Big Fix, The (1978)
Roger L. Simon adapted his novel and probably retained the same tonal shifts which suggest both the author and director Jeremy Paul Kagan wanted to play with the private detective formula…
BR: Becky Sharp (1935)
Set just prior to the Battle of Waterloo, Thackeray’s story follows Becky Sharp (Miriam Hopkins) from her graduation from a starchy girl’s school to the men with whom she eyes, ensnares, and the hard times…
Film: It Must Schwing! The Blue Note Story (2018)
Film: Excellent Transfer: n/a Extras: n/a Label: n/a Region: n/a Released: n/a Genre: Documentary / Jazz / Blue Note Synopsis: Detailed portrait and homage to the founders of Blue Note Records, Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff. Special Features: n/a Review: Although the history of the iconic jazz label has been chronicled in prior films, […]
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