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An Essential: The Asphalt Jungle

Sep 14, 2018 0

The Asphalt Jungle is the film that made director John Huston the father of Jean-Pierre Melville and the grandfather of Michael Mann and Steven Soderbergh. It was from this mean little film that the fundamental […]

RUBY GENTRY’s Steamy Southern Showcase

Sep 6, 2018 0

Ruby Gentry has very little in the way of ambiguity. Directed by King Vidor, released on Christmas day in 1952, this hothouse southern drama seethes with frank sexuality and melodramatic tension. Set primarily in the […]

200 Motels: Sex, Weird, Rock-N-Roll

Sep 5, 2018 0

“Ladies and gentlemen, you can go mad on the road. That is precisely what this film is all about.” Frank Zappa and Tony Palmer shared directing duties on 1971’s 200 Motels, now available from MVD […]

Lest Ye Be Judged: JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG

Sep 4, 2018 0

Guest Contributor – Lauren Humphries-Brooks In the opening credits of Stanley Kramer’s 1961 film Judgment at Nuremberg, now on Blu-ray from Kino-Lorber, the camera lingers on an image of the swastika atop the Deutsches Stadion, as the […]

No Laughing Matter: HARRY AND WALTER GO TO NEW YORK

Aug 24, 2018 0

It’s never a good sign when a promotional essay reads almost like an apology or an excuse for the film it’s supposed to be touting. But such is the case with Julie Kirgo’s piece on […]

No Heads are Better than 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag

Aug 23, 2018 0

Tommy (Joe Pesci) is a mobster tasked with the title eight heads that are stuffed into a duffel bag, a treasure meant for a mob boss who wants to make sure that his dirty work […]

“You’re Welcome Here Anytime” – Remembering Robert Osborne

by Jill Blake in Featured 5

by Jill Blake, Senior Editor Five years ago this May, I had the honor of sitting in on one of Robert Osborne’s shoots for TCM. I had recently attended a screening of Seven Brides for [...]

The 8 Most Cinematic Duran Duran Music Videos Of All Time

Apr 15, 2016 6

When my big sister and I were growing up the 80s, I was pretty much at her mercy when it came to … everything. And without a doubt, her biggest rule was: no cartoons. At [...]
5 Reasons The Beatles’ 1964 Washington D.C. Concert Kicks Ass

Feb 11, 2016 6

52 years ago today, on a frigid February afternoon, The Beatles played their first ever concert in the United States at the Washington D.C. Coliseum, to a sold out audience. The energy of that performance is as riveting [...]
Top 5 Films Never Nominated for an Oscar

Feb 19, 2015 4

With the Academy Awards just around the corner, all of us (nominees and fans alike) can get whipped up into a froth over who should win. And while the nominees who DON’T get to pick [...]
5 Ways the Jimmy Stewart / Henry Fonda Bromance Will Ruin Your Life

May 20, 2015 4

Today is James Maitland Stewart’s birthday, and in case you didn’t know, the Retro Set is a huge Stewart fan. (Don’t believe us? Check out his tag.) And in celebration of the birthday boy (it’s his 107th), [...]
The 5 Most Ridiculous “Condemned” Movies of All Time

Mar 17, 2016 3

Between 1933 to 1980, the Catholic Legion of Decency gave a “condemned” rating to a total of 148 movies. Some are hardly uprising (A Clockwork Orange wasn’t exactly family film), while others … well. See for yourself [...]

An Essential: The Asphalt Jungle

RUBY GENTRY’s Steamy Southern Showcase

200 Motels: Sex, Weird, Rock-N-Roll

Lest Ye Be Judged: JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG

No Laughing Matter: HARRY AND WALTER GO TO NEW YORK

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An Essential: The Asphalt Jungle

RUBY GENTRY’s Steamy Southern Showcase

200 Motels: Sex, Weird, Rock-N-Roll

Lest Ye Be Judged: JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG

No Laughing Matter: HARRY AND WALTER GO TO NEW YORK

No Heads are Better than 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag

“You’re Welcome Here Anytime” – Remembering Robert Osborne

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The 8 Most Cinematic Duran Duran Music Videos Of All Time

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Top 5 Films Never Nominated for an Oscar

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The 5 Most Ridiculous “Condemned” Movies of All Time