Despite some amusing moments, it was embarrassingly underwhelming for me, and I concur with those denouncing GREEN BOOK as this year's CRASH . It was a forgettable DRIVING MISS DAISY -esque feel-good race relations film whose background leading up to the awards was already full of issues, not the le...

A life in pictures for one of the immortals: https://www.oscars.org/sites/oscars/files/pal_joey.jpg https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D0GNheJX4AAqkss.jpg:large https://www.oscars.org/sites/oscars/files/a_special_umbrella.jpg https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D0GPECEX0AAPiUy.jpg http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qZ9Lvx4...

Stanley Donen, the last living director of the glorious Golden Age of Hollywood, has left us at 94. From choreographing the famous 'Alter Ego' dance number for Gene Kelly in COVER GIRL (1944) to TWO FOR THE ROAD and BEDAZZLED in 1967, he contributed some of the most unabashed joyful and memorable mo...

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Now for the early titles in their March lineup!

A Woman of Affairs (1928)

FINALLY! Now restore all her silents and give us a box-set like the von Sternberg/Dietrich set.

I love that the French release of the 4K-restored SEVEN CHANCES came with THE RAILRODDER. I hope the Eureka or Flicker Alley release will include it too whenever they get around to it.

Another forum mentioned that their 2019 Flicker Alley calendar mentions Pudovkin's THE END OF ST. PETERSBURG and STORM OVER ASIA in addition to MOTHER. I'm not sure whose calendar is more accurate or if there's only one, but this is lovely news if true.

" I was hoping they would get to release a major Pickford this year since SPARROWS and MY BEST GIRL have been being restored for over a year now, but alas...." SPARROWS was released previously in a 3 disc set from Milestone: https://www.amazon.com/Rags-Riches-Collection-Films-Pickford/dp/B008I3Q0FK...

According to Nitrateville moderator Mike Gebert: The titles in the [2019 Flicker Alley] calendar are: Melies: Fairy Tales in Color, Der Hund von Baskerville, Flying Clipper, The Man Who Laughs , The City Without Jews, Fragment of an Empire , Spring Night, Summer Night, Trapped!, 3D Rarities Vol. 2, ...

So no ROSITA, RAMONA, or Pudovkin boxset (mentioned over a year ago) this year. Oh well. I was hoping they would get to release a major Pickford this year since SPARROWS and MY BEST GIRL have been being restored for over a year now, but alas.

City Girl is an odd blind spot, since I've owned it forever, two different copies in fact. Sometimes something seems too important for casual viewing and so it never gets viewed . (This may offer some insight into the creation of Watch That Movie Night.) This is the same reason why there are many o...

Very impressive, Mike! At first glance, the only thing that stood out in terms of what's missing would be Eisenstein's sensational STRIKE, Dovzhenko's ZVENIGORA and ARSENAL, Pudovkin's CHESS FEVER and MOTHER, Hitchcock's DOWNHILL (paired with THE LODGER on Criterion's release), and some Mary Pickfor...

This is literally a treasure trove of film history in one amazing collection, but it's only been released in France (for obvious reasons) thus far (and 2015 at that). I would love if someone could pick this up and provide English subtitles, as the restoration work for these looks immaculate. This d...

It's just been announced KINO Studio Classics will be releasing these classic British silents:

Underground (1928) – 4/23/19
Shooting Stars (1928) – 4/23/19
The Informer (1929) – 4/23/19

These had all only been BFI Region B releases until now. Wonderful news for wonderful films.

This is literally a treasure trove of film history in one amazing collection, but it's only been released in France (for obvious reasons) thus far (and 2015 at that). I would love if someone could pick this up and provide English subtitles, as the restoration work for these looks immaculate. This de...

https://www.amazon.fr/Fianc%C3%A9es-folie-Combo-Blu-ray-DVD/dp/B07MCW61NM/ref=sr_1_3?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1549417700&sr=1-3&keywords=seven+chances https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXCG52odKeo I'm in awe. Cohen does it again. Dear Eureka (Masters of Cinema), please get on this ASAP. Love, Legions of Kea...

https://www.amazon.fr/The-Man-Who-Laughs-Blu-ray/dp/B07MMP3LVQ?SubscriptionId=AKIAIY4YSQJMFDJATNBA&tag=bluraycom05-21&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B07MMP3LVQ&m= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVEY9mhp4a0 I wonder when this and THE GOLEM may get released in the US. Many resto...

I wonder if Flicker Alley still plans to release restored editions of Pudovkin’s MOTHER (1926), THE END OF ST. PETERSBURG (1927) and STORM OVER ASIA (1928) as was indicated over a year ago on Silent Era.

TCM had STREET ANGEL tonight in a fairly poor print, which reminds me we're still waiting for Fox to release the Borzage/Gaynor/Farrell silent trio (already restored via Carlotta) in the United States. :( I have the Murnau & Borzage at Fox box set, and there is the issue with the image on the Fox D...

TCM had STREET ANGEL tonight in a fairly poor print, which reminds me we're still waiting for Fox to release the Borzage/Gaynor/Farrell silent trio (already restored via Carlotta) in the United States.

On the January 29 episode of the Warner Archive podcast, George Feltenstein responded to a NitrateVille member's inquiry regarding THE CROWD and THE WIND , stating that plans for future release (presumably BD like THE BIG PARADE ) are underway, but that nothing more could be said. The suggestion is ...

I wonder why they would work on THE WIND but not THE SCARLET LETTER ? The same director, the same star, both late silent masterpieces, both owned by Warner. In any case, I'm not holding my breath, unless they disregard the fact that they won't have a good return on investment (as was the case with ...

I wonder why they would work on THE WIND but not THE SCARLET LETTER ? The same director, the same star, both late silent masterpieces, both owned by Warner. In any case, I'm not holding my breath, unless they disregard the fact that they won't have a good return on investment (as was the case with T...

In the January 29 episode of the Warner Archive podcast, George Feltenstein responded to my letter inquiring about Region 1/Region A availability of King Vidor's THE CROWD and THE WIND starring LILLIAN GISH, that plans are underway, but that nothing more could be said. The suggestion is that the ti...

I finally watched LITTLE ANNIE ROONEY with the Gladbach score and I must say my fears (after reading the disapproving remarks about his score) diminished almost immediately during my viewing experience. The dance scene in the middle featured a strange turn in the score that felt off, but other than ...

I just watched LITTLE ANNIE ROONEY with the Gladbach score and I must say my fears (after reading the disapproving remarks about his score) diminished almost immediately during my viewing experience. The dance scene in the middle had a strange turn in the score that felt off, but other than that, th...

And I agree that Walter Pidgeon is arguably the most effective sleeping pill Hollywood ever put on the big screen.

Filmstruck had a Greer Garson retrospective briefly before it closed down. They all had 3 stars from Maltin, they all had Walter Pidgeon who is movie Sominex to me... is there a case for anything with Greer Garson in it after Mrs. Miniver ? Excuse me? :? https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTEz...

I say, Bravo, Maliejandro, even though in this case I can't go there, as I like Myrna in most of her decades or phases. I love the scenes where she skewers the male ego. There are a lot of them, but she doesn't use a steamroller, as Bette or Joan might, which makes it all the sweeter. She often pla...

I wish the rest of Jean Arthur's celebrated screwball/romantic comedies would get the BD treatment sooner than later. I'm thinking of HISTORY IS MADE AT NIGHT, EASY LIVING, THE TALK OF THE TOWN, and THE MORE, THE MERRIER.

According to the new Criterion Collection New Year's drawing, we can confirm that, at the very least, SWING TIME will be released in 2019, which was an LD title for Criterion way back when, and could suggest a box set of restored Astaire/Rogers films on BD. It would only make sense since I doubt SWI...