This lasting work of existential horror has been given an audio commentary that serves as a veritable seminar on British cinema.
Barry Forshaw has made a career out of studying the dames, pistols, machismo, and glistening city streets that define crime fiction.
A class can be taught comparing British and American manners using only Kind Hearts and Coronets and The Family Jewels.
This 1949 Ealings Studios comedy remains an interesting dissection of the pathologies of the British class system.
Alberto Cavalcanti’s contribution might be the finest single episode to appear in any horror anthology film.
Two classics of early British horror have been thoughtfully doubled-up on a DVD release that should be on any fright fan’s shelf.