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One of the many frustrations for fans of vintage cartoons has been their spotty availability on home video. Companies…
HOLLYWOOD VS. SABOTEURS AND…
Hollywood started fighting the Nazis before America did…but two films are seldom, if ever, mentioned in accounts of this…
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SHOW BOAT (Criterion Collection) Show Boat is one of the landmarks of American musical theater, and director…
‘ALL ABOUT EVE,’ ‘PETER…
While the giants of the media world slug it out on streaming platforms, smaller concerns (and one division of…
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When it comes to Hal Roach comedy shorts it’s impossible for me to be objective. It’s not that I…
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My family and I love film festivals, but I never dreamed of staging one myself. That idea emanated from…
