Clydefro Jones
clydefro really loves movies, particularly the old black and white ones some of you might not realize exist, and he's always excited to try to explain why
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My Content
My Neighbor Totoro
The beloved Studio Ghibli classic makes its Blu debut in the U.S. courtesy of Disney...
The Murderer Lives at 21
A deliciously playful whodunnit from director Henri-Georges Clouzot, not yet so entirely dark and bitter in his debut...
Billy Liar
A British classic comes to Blu-ray for the first time in a 50th Anniversary edition...
Lincoln
Daniel-Day Lewis channels Honest Abe for Spielberg in this really quite good lesson in history and politics...
Polish Cinema Classics Volume II
More Polish delights from Second Run, as films by Wajda, Zanussi and Marczewski make up this second volume
Killing Them Softly
A largely neglected gem from last year reminds clydefro of another low-key, Boston-set crime drama
Silent Souls
A poetic Russian road movie dealing with death and ancient rituals comes to us via Zeitgeist Films
Wreck-It Ralph
Oddly enough, clydefro seems to identify with a destructive character who lives in a trash heap...
La Poison
A dark French treat from Sacha Guitry and Masters of Cinema, starring Michel Simon as a husband at wit's end...
The Insider
Michael Mann's Oscar-nominated throwback to the paranoid thrillers of the 70s gets a welcome BD upgrade...
The Confrontation (Fényes szelek)
The first color feature from Miklos Jancso gets a beauty of a transfer from Second Run
Pixar Short Films Collection Vol. 2
A second collection of the wonderful short films produced by Pixar is given a belated look by clydefro...
The Blue Angel (Masters of Cinema)
The celebrated first pairing of Josef von Sternberg and Marlene Dietrich is given the Masters of Cinema treatment...
Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best
A pair of misfits play guitar and kiddie instruments as they travel cross-country in this quirky comedy from O-scope
Maîtresse
Bulle Ogier and Gerard Depardieu star in this odd but great Barbet Schroeder film, out now and uncut on Blu from the BFI...
The Brasher Doubloon (Fox Cinema Archives)
A somewhat rare noir featuring the Philip Marlowe character finally gets a disc - clydefro reviews the MOD title
The Man in the White Suit
Alec Guinness dresses sharply in this Ealing classic, directed by Alexander Mackendrick and now on Blu-ray...
It Always Rains on Sunday
Ealing goes dark with this Robert Hamer stab at noirish social drama, now on Blu-ray for the first time ...
The Muppet Christmas Carol (20th Anniversary Edition)
The Muppets' take on the Dickens classic, starring Michael Caine as Scrooge, makes its Blu-ray debut...
Elena
Filled with subtle suspense, the latest from Andrey Zvyagintsev, director of The Return, comes to DVD in the states.
Casa de Lava
Second Run DVD brings the beguiling Casa de Lava to disc. It's part Tourneur's I Walked with a Zombie but all Pedro Costa.
Ed Wood
A reminder that Tim Burton plus Johnny Depp was once worth celebrating...
Cleopatra (Masters of Cinema)
Claudette Colbert is a rather suggestive Queen of Egypt, romancing Caesar and Antony, under Cecil B. DeMille's direction...
The Salt of Life
Gianni Di Gregorio's follow-up to his utterly charming Mid-August Lunch hits DVD in the US via Zeitgeist Films
Jaws
Jaws hits high definition. Is it safe to get the Universal Blu-ray? ...
