The story of an identical twin, possessed by the soul of his murdered brother, on a mission to see his killer brought to justice doesn’t exactly sound like the premise of a musical comedy. But […]
A word of explanation: this started off as a simple review of the recent Blu-ray release of Sydney Pollack’s The Way We Were. That seminal ’70s sobber has enjoyed a terrific transfer from Twilight Time–one […]
Despite studying film for more than a decade, I had never seen Robert Altman’s Nashville (1975). This should not be interpreted as a disclosure of neglect or ignorance. Instead, it was because I felt like […]
Hollywood has all the earmarks of a bona-fide, tangible city: its sun kissed sloping hillsides and stretching curves of blue coast; its whimsical architecture that blends neoclassicism, deco and Moorish sensibilities with carefree abandon; the […]
January-February are famous “dump months”; the time when the studios quietly release their share of dogs to little or no fanfare. And as the calendar shows, we have just entered the “dump” zone. Big Studios […]
The Warner Archive Collection recently released two box sets of Danny Kaye’s greatest films. During the 1940s, Kaye had an uninterrupted string of critically and financially successful films, four of which are available in Danny […]
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