As Hollywood films grow blunter and duller, Frank Borzage’s delicate humanism feels more alive and urgent than ever.
This all-star courtroom thriller is also an underrated study of a master artist’s social demons, embodying the very essence of the auteur theory.
This lively, melancholic, quite prescient Humphrey Bogart film receives a sturdy restoration and an excellent audio commentary.
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