Frank Sinatra: The Detective and The First Deadly Sin
Sinatra the cop: reviews of The Detective (1968) on Blu from Twilight Time + The First Deadly Sin (1980) from Warner Home Video.
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Leni Riefenstahl’s Nuremberg Trilogy (1933-1935) + Stuart Schulberg’s Nuremberg: Its Lessons for Today (1948)
Reviews of Leni Riefenstahl’s trio of Nuremberg films made for the Nazi party – Victory of the Faith (1933) via Archive.org, Triumph of the Will (1934) + Day of Freedom (1935) on Blu via Synapse Films – and Stuart Schulberg’s sobering Nuremberg: Its Lessons for Today (1948).
A Film Noir Trio: House of Bamboo (1955), Street with No Name (1948), and Cry Vengeance (1954)
Reviews of 3 unique film noirs: Sam Fuller’s House of Bamboo (Twilight Time), William Keighley’s The Street with No Name (Fox), and Mark Stevens’ Cry Vengeance (Olive Films).
The Horrors of Stalingrad
Reviews of two films featuring very distinct perspectives of a brutal WWII battle: the German 2003 documentary series Stalingrad (Synapse Films), and the 1949 Soviet propaganda epic The Battle of Stalingrad / Stalingradskaya bitva (Icestorm).
Grim January and Absolute Beginners (1986)
January’s grim tally of suddenly deceased, and a review of Julien Temple’s musical version of Colin MacInnes’ classic novel Absolute Beginners (1986), new on Blu from Twilight Time.
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