Over the past seven years, composer Ben Model has used Kickstarter to fund the digital restoration and release of rare silent films through his DVD
Tag: Bottom Shelf
Hello out there in Internet-land, Your friendly neighborhood curator of the Bottom Shelf was recently invited to return to the Forgotten Filmcast by Todd Liebenow to
As Droopy would say, “Ya know, what? I’m happy.” It’s only January, but the Warner Archive Collection has announced an upcoming release that is a
For the release week of January 21st : Garv’s Pick of the Week: Ulzana’s Raid [Blu-ray / Kino Lorber]: This brutal Robert Aldrich film, which
Lost Weekend-type boozing and edge-of-your-seat suspense combine in Black Angel, a forgotten noir mystery that deserves to be better remembered. Based upon a novel by
For the release week of January 14th : Garv’s Pick of the Week: The Great McGinty [Blu-ray / Kino Lorber]: Preston Sturges was the wittiest screenwriter
While comedy short subjects were a staple of the movie-going experience in the 1930s and 40s, most short comedies (beyond those of The Three Stooges)
2019 was an above-average year for the movies, but of all the films that I attended theatrically, I found Rian Johnson’s Knives Out to be
For the release week of January 7th : Garv’s Pick of the Week: Holiday [Blu-ray / Criterion]: Two years prior to The Philadelphia Story, Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn
If you are only familiar with Roscoe “Fatty”Arbuckle in relation to the Hollywood scandal that destroyed his career (despite his innocence), you are missing out
Salutations, disc devotees, Since new release titles are scant over the next two Tuesdays (Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve respectively), my “Garv’s Pick of
Few films have been released more times on video than Sergio Leone’s Westerns. Still, it is welcome news that Kino Lorber Studio Classics will release
