Tag: cornelwilde
Now Streaming: NO BLADE OF GRASS, Anarchy in the U.K.
Cornel Wilde's post-apocalyptic vision of John Christopher's novel is heavy-handed, hyper-hysterical, and highly entertaining. Now streaming on Criterion Channel.
Blu-ray Review: LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN Hypnotizes
Murder. Neglect. Jealousy. Oppression. Obsession. These themes collide in Leave Her to Heaven, the oddly sunny drama-turned-film noir directed by John M. Stahl from the book by Ben Ames Williams. I say "oddly sunny" because it's a deceptive opening: the...
Blu-ray Review: Criterion's THE NAKED PREY Upgrades the Wild Wilde Life
Cornel Wilde is a colonialist running for his life in 1965’s The Naked Prey, a film he also produced and directed. The more one knows about the life and career of Wilde, the more unique, and therefore special, The Naked Prey becomes. Unshackled...
Criterion in October 2018: SISTERS, SHAMPOO, THE PRINCESS BRIDE, Fassbinder and More
The Criterion Collection certainly walks its own path in making films available on Blu-ray. In October 2018, for example, traditionally a month when distributors focus on horror titles, Criterion will be issuing only one thriller that might fall into that...
Now on Blu-ray: ROAD HOUSE, BEWARE! THE BLOB, FIXED BAYONETS!, & MY BODYGUARD From Kino
A curious quartet of Blu-rays recently appeared from Kino Lorber Studio Classics. Today I'm looking at Road House (1948), Beware! The Blob, Fixed Bayonets!, and My Bodyguard. Each film is interesting it its own way and all are worth owning....
Learning From The Masters Of Cinema: Cornel Wilde's THE NAKED PREY
Celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, The Naked Prey remains the only film directed by Cornel Wilde to be widely available, a situation that based on this example, is a lamentable state of affairs indeed. An incredibly physical actor, who was...
