If the film is undoubtedly Sirk’s giddiest trash entertainment, it’s also the shallowest example of his less-heralded humanist acuity.
Paramount’s newly remastered 4K transfer ensures that the film looks better than it ever has on home video.
The Blu-ray boasts an exciting transfer of one of Douglas Sirk’s most visually resplendent films.
This stellar presentation of a beautifully nasty Samuel Fuller gem also boasts a rich, efficient supplements package.
This Blu-ray release illustrates how Lubitsch aided the resistance, as only he could: with dignity, always dignity.
The films of Frank Tashlin, Jerry Lewis, and Hope and Crosby all worked the same territory, ZAZ just took it as far as it would go without snapping.
Once the film’s fanatics find out that this edition is mostly a gussied-up replay of the previous one, the shit’ll really hit the fan.
House of Bamboo has some of the most stunning examples of widescreen photography in the history of cinema.
Ugly American noir hero seeks single Japanese female companion for subtly homoerotic love triangle.
Perhaps unjustly, To Be or Not to Be’s wit continues to be overshadowed by its touchy plot.
It’s good to have To Be or Not to Be on DVD, but it deserved more in the extras department.
Frank Borzage positions his romanticism as a contribution to Hollywood’s anti-fascist crusade.