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I was fortunate to enjoy a wonderful weekend at the first-ever Palm Springs Classic Science Fiction Film Festival this year. This inaugural sci-fi event was held at the Camelot Theatres in Palm Springs, where six months previously I had attended the Arthur Lyons Film Noir Festival.Both festivals were expertly produced and hosted by Alan K. Rode, and it's safe to say that, thanks to Alan's great work, I'm a convert to the Palm Springs festival experience! It's a relaxed and congeni...
Read moreOur story so far: on September 5, 1949, Life magazine published a cover story entitled Comedy's Greatest Era, by James Agee. Virtually overnight, twenty years after its heyday ended, great silent comedy as a genre was rediscovered and placed on a pedestal that's been revisited by each ensuing generation. Agee's article crowned four Kings of Silent Comedy; we previously looked at Chaplin, Keaton, and Lloyd; in this concluding article, we'll turn to the one that's frequently cited as a...
Read moreAcademy Award winning film The Brave One (1956) makes its Blu-ray debut on April 26th from VCI. Originally released on DVD by the studio in 2003, The Brave One boasts the distinction of winning an Oscar for its screenplay (written by Dalton Trumbo). VCI has also announced a repackage of Burke's Law - Season 1 in a complete set on April 5th. The series originally came out in two volumes back in 2008....
Read moreShout! Factory has announced an April 19th release date for Daniel Boone - Season 1. Shout Factory looks to be taking up licensing on the title. Individual seasons were originally released through Liberation Entertainment in 2006, and a complete series set debuted via 20th Century Fox in 2014. The 6-disc set contains all 29 episodes in the first season of the popular Western drama. Bonus features are still to be determined. It is unknown when th...
Read moreThe Film Detective has announced the release of the 1952 film noir Kansas City Confidential on Blu-Ray on January 25th.The stellar cast includes John Payne, Coleen Gray and Preston Foster as well as three of the best bad guys to ever grace the silver screen: Neville Brand, Lee Van Cleef and Jack Elam. The new transfer will be an upgrade from the Film Chest release that came out in 2011.
Read moreWarner Archive has announced the release of the 1956 film noir, The Wrong Man, on Blu-Ray as part of their Archive Collection. Released on DVD through Warner in 2004, this marks the first time the Alfred Hitchcock mystery has received HD treatment. The stellar cast includes Henry Fonda and Vera Miles. The Wrong Man will be available here at ClassicFlix on February 9th and adds to the total of over 1,600 Warner Archive tit...
Read moreWinter is coming, which means hot beverages and baked goods, but it can also mean grey, dreary weather. What better way to cure the winter blues than by watching a cheerful movie? I've gathered a small selection of silent films guaranteed to make you feel all warm and gooey inside. Enjoy!That Certain Thing (1928)Director Frank Capra's distinct touch is all over this charming little romantic comedy about a would-be gold-digger (Viola Dana) and the rich ...
Read moreWhat better way to welcome the future than by revisiting the past? Inspired by some of your favorite classic television shows, we've assembled some tips on how to ring in the New Year the right way.Get your New Year's resolutions squared away: Let's start, as more discussions of vintage TV should, with Davey & Goliath. In addition to producing the 15-minute stop-motion animation shorts we saw in reruns for years, the Lutheran Church of America created...
Read moreFilm buffs take sides over many genres: B-westerns, horror films, the works of Maria Montez or Lum and Abner. Slapstick is another divider, and the division is stark. To the anti's, slapstick is lowbrow, unimaginative, and unfunny. To its fans, slapstick, done by experts, is a comic exaggeration of the extremes of human behavior, fitting the definition of comedy as bad things happening to other people.A buff who scrupulously avoids slapstick must forego the pleasures of Chaplin's ...
Read moreCriterion announced Vittorio De Sica's Bicycle Thieves and John Frankenheimer's Manchurian Candidate will be available on DVD and Blu-Ray in March. Originally released on DVD via Criterion in 2007, this marks the debut of Bicycle Thieves on Blu. The Manchurian Candidate receives its introduction into the Criterion Collection. It originally dropped on DVD and Blu-ray via MGM with the Blu released in 2011. Both will be single-disc Bl...
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