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Studio Vaults Open—On DVD

  • By Leonard Maltin
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  • April 25, 2013 12:00 AM
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  • 19 Comments
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Many of the major studios no longer want to be in the DVD (or Blu-ray) business; they’d rather stream or download their films. There are some notable exceptions, however, and they spell good news for serious buffs and collectors.
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More: Journal, DVD and VOD, Warner Archives, 20th Century Fox, MOD, Olive Films, Criterion, Kino Lorber, Twilight Time, Turner Classic Movies

DISCOVERING ANOTHER 'LES MISÉRABLES'

  • By Leonard Maltin
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  • December 28, 2012 1:00 AM
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I grew up on the 1935 Hollywood version of 'Les Misérables' that starred Fredric March and Charles Laughton, and I still think of it fondly. I also like the Claude Lelouch film of 1995, a variation on Victor Hugo’s novel with Jean-Paul Belmondo in the leading role. But I just viewed an epic three-part French adaptation from 1934 that’s in a class by itself.
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More: Journal, Criterion, Raymond Bernard, Les Miserables (1934)

Movie Logos I Love

  • By Leonard Maltin
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  • November 28, 2012 8:35 PM
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  • 6 Comments
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If you’ve seen 'Skyfall,' you’ve witnessed the wrong-headed update of the venerable MGM logo, zooming out from the iris of Leo the Lion’s eye! Apparently no one reminded the powers that be that “just because you can doesn’t mean you should.”
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More: Journal, Criterion, RKO Radio Pictures, Pathé, Paramount Pictures

From Renoir To Ellington: Scanning Recent DVDs

  • By Leonard Maltin
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  • March 12, 2012 1:07 AM
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I haven’t been able to keep up with Twilight Time’s limited-edition DVD and Blu-ray releases since the company launched last year, so it’s ironic that the first disc I’ve spent real time with—Jean Renoir’s 'Swamp Water' (1941)—benefits least from the label’s innovative offering of isolated music tracks. That feature is much more valuable in other Twilight Time releases with scores by Bernard Herrmann, Franz Waxman, Hugo Friedhofer, et al., as well as 'Picnic', which I’ll discuss in a moment.
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More: Film Music on CD, DVD Reviews, Twilight Time, Criterion, Warner Bros.

Film History On A Platter—DVD reviews

  • By Leonard Maltin
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  • August 15, 2011 4:30 AM
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If you believe major studio spokespeople, the DVD business is dying, to be replaced by downloading and cloud storage of films and TV shows. But the business-related news stories that repeatedly state these facts don’t take account of smaller companies like Criterion, Flicker Alley, and Kino that cater to film buffs and still provide a valuable product that can’t be replicated online.

The recent Criterion release of People on Sunday (1929) is a perfect example. This legendary German silent film was made on a shoestring by a collective that included such future directors of note as Robert Siodmak, Edgar G. Ulmer, Billy Wilder, and Fred Zinnemann, as well as cinematographer Eugen Schüfftan. It is a beguiling (and utterly disarming) film about four acquaintances who escape from the city to enjoy a—

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More: DVD Reviews, Criterion, Flicker Alley, Kino

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