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Posted: **Sat Feb 15, 2020 1:29 am**

Old Boyfriends is a real rarity—as in, I don't believe it's ever been on home video. A new (but not "restored") print has been making the rounds lately, and I caught it in NY. TBH, I thought it was just OK. There's an entertaining heel turn by John Belushi, but Talia Shire (the lead) didn't do much for me. It's usually discussed as a female-centric film in more ways than one (it's the only theatrical feature directed by Altman collaborator Joan Tewkesbury)—but oddly it was written by the Schrader brothers.

Posted: **Thu Feb 20, 2020 8:10 pm**

The three titles in the Stanwyck Collection are Internes Can't Take Money (1937), The Great Man's Lady (1942), and The Bride Wore Boots (1946).

Posted: **Thu Feb 20, 2020 8:12 pm**

Which are the non-Sirk and noir(ish) titles from Universal’s previous Stanwyck DVD box. I guess they might release those and the Lady Gambles solo because they’re more likely to sell on their own

Posted: **Sat Feb 22, 2020 4:07 am**

captveg wrote: Thu Feb 20, 2020 8:10 pm The three titles in the Stanwyck Collection are Internes Can't Take Money (1937), The Great Man's Lady (1942), and The Bride Wore Boots (1946).

I was really hoping for No Man of Her Own. But maybe KL doesn't have access to that one.

Posted: **Sat Feb 22, 2020 5:12 am**

Isn’t that with Olive as they release the DVD?

Posted: **Mon Feb 24, 2020 10:33 pm**

The 1930s Universal film being released 5/19 is Alice in Wonderland (1933).

Posted: **Tue Feb 25, 2020 6:53 pm**

And the 1980s Universal film being released on 5/26 is All Night Long (1981).

Posted: **Wed Feb 26, 2020 7:21 am**

captveg wrote: Tue Feb 25, 2020 6:53 pm And the 1980s Universal film being released on 5/26 is All Night Long (1981).

The plot description for this took me on a wild ride

Executive George Dupler loses his temper and is demoted to the night manager at a 24 hour drugstore. After he suggests to his teenage son Freddie that he stop having an affair with suburban housewife Cheryl Gibbons, who is a distant cousin, Cheryl tries to seduce George. At home, in front of his mother, Freddie accuses his dad of stealing his girl, because he found Cheryl serving George a meal in the middle of the night, while her husband Bobby was on duty at the fire station. George then separates from his wife Helen, quits his job, moves into a warehouse, and asks Cheryl to move in with him.

Posted: **Tue Mar 10, 2020 8:12 pm**

Song of Norway and The Last Valley transfer info from KLI:

"The SONG OF NORWAY master was a 2K scan of the 2.0 stereo 35mm IP (Interpositive, Intermediate Positive). We were originally told the IP was in bad shape, but after some tests we confirmed that it was actually in very good shape, so we went ahead with the transfer. This transfer looks very good and sounds great. We created the 5.1 Surround for our release using the 2.0 stereo as source.

The 35mm IP for THE LAST VALLEY was unfortunately is horrible shape, but we knew there were a couple of good surviving prints maybe available to us, including a Joe Dante one. We scanned Mr. Dante's print and a better one in 2K, mixed and matched the two prints to create the best available Best Lite and spent dozens (if not hundreds) of hours on color correction and cleanup. The overall transfer looks good and sounds very good and I think the fans of the film will be happy with the release.

The original camera negative is 65mm. No one know if its in good or bad shape. All major studios require 65mm to be scanned only in 8K, so the cost of those transfers would've been low to mid six figures and potentially high. And no one in their right mind would spend anything close to that."

Posted: **Thu Mar 12, 2020 9:09 pm**

KL really love Frank Perry: Diary of a Mad Housewife coming soon

Posted: **Mon Mar 16, 2020 8:16 pm**

Just announced for 6/9/20

Deanna Durbin Collection I - 100 Men and a Girl (1937), Three Smart Girls Grow Up (1939), It Started with Eve (1941)

Posted: **Mon Mar 16, 2020 8:21 pm**

captveg wrote: Mon Mar 16, 2020 8:16 pm Just announced for 6/9/20

Deanna Durbin Collection I - 100 Men and a Girl (1937), Three Smart Girls Grow Up (1939), It Started with Eve (1941)

Shame they couldn't squeeze Christmas Holiday in

Posted: **Mon Mar 16, 2020 8:22 pm**

captveg wrote: Mon Mar 16, 2020 8:16 pm Just announced for 6/9/20

Deanna Durbin Collection I - 100 Men and a Girl (1937), Three Smart Girls Grow Up (1939), It Started with Eve (1941)

Posted: **Mon Mar 16, 2020 8:23 pm**

Ha, I was just gonna say, hasn't domino already been through enough?

Posted: **Tue Mar 17, 2020 4:11 am**

Domino, you will be pleased to hear that they have 9 Durbin films and plan to release two more volumes of 3 films each!

Posted: **Thu Mar 19, 2020 4:34 pm**

domino harvey wrote: Wed Feb 26, 2020 7:21 am
captveg wrote: Tue Feb 25, 2020 6:53 pm And the 1980s Universal film being released on 5/26 is All Night Long (1981).
The plot description for this took me on a wild ride
Executive George Dupler loses his temper and is demoted to the night manager at a 24 hour drugstore. After he suggests to his teenage son Freddie that he stop having an affair with suburban housewife Cheryl Gibbons, who is a distant cousin, Cheryl tries to seduce George. At home, in front of his mother, Freddie accuses his dad of stealing his girl, because he found Cheryl serving George a meal in the middle of the night, while her husband Bobby was on duty at the fire station. George then separates from his wife Helen, quits his job, moves into a warehouse, and asks Cheryl to move in with him.

It's a really hysterical film. Hackman is just wonderful in it.

Posted: **Thu Mar 19, 2020 4:37 pm**

domino harvey wrote: Thu Mar 12, 2020 9:09 pm KL really love Frank Perry: Diary of a Mad Housewife coming soon

What I'm really curious about with this one is whether or not they include the scenes Perry specifically shot for TV presentations.
A lot of the Universal TV masters burned in the '08 fire, and at least one Blu Ray uses footage from a taped-to-VHS copy (Two-Minute Warning)

I really want to know what kind of issues are keeping Play it as it Lays from being released. Along with Remember My Name, two of
Anthony Perkins' very best films are in sad home video legal limbos but can be exhibited on 35mm.

Posted: **Fri Mar 20, 2020 3:58 pm**

Coming June 9th!

WESTERN CLASSICS I

When the Daltons Rode (1940)
Audio Commentary by Toby Roan

The Virginian (1946)
Audio commentary by Lee Gambin & Rutanya Alda

Whispering Smith (1948)
Audio Commentary by Simon Abrams

Posted: **Fri Mar 20, 2020 4:12 pm**

Whispering Smith is one of the worst westerns ever made

Posted: **Fri Mar 20, 2020 7:27 pm**

Beaver reviews Supernatural (1933)

Posted: **Mon Mar 23, 2020 4:51 am**

Siodmak's the Suspect announced!

Posted: **Mon Mar 23, 2020 1:43 pm**

L.A. wrote: Fri Mar 20, 2020 7:27 pm Beaver reviews Supernatural (1933)

Any fans of this one? It sounds pretty great to me, but I'm not sure about a blind buy. When I take a moment to notice the diminishing space in my basement, I find I have to justify those to myself more and more these days.

Posted: **Mon Mar 23, 2020 3:21 pm**

I enjoyed it

Posted: **Mon Mar 23, 2020 4:13 pm**

Thanks Domino!

Posted: **Fri Apr 03, 2020 6:08 pm**

Coming to DVD and Blu-ray June 9th from Kino Lorber and the Hungarian National Film Institute!

My 20th Century (1989)
Written and directed by Ildikó Enyedi

Awarded the Camera dOr for best first feature at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival, Hungarian trailblazer Ildikó Enyedis My Twentieth Century is a luminous, unconventional fairy tale. Two twins, Lili the anarchist and Dora, a luxurious woman of loose morals (both played by the young Polish actress Dorotha Segda), are separated as young girls. Their lives proceed on opposing tracks until their paths reconnect on the Orient Express with Mr. Z. (Tarkovsky mainstay Oleg Yankovsky) who loves them jointly. Defiantly in pursuit of happiness and in retreat from the mass murdering century, they are all entranced by Thomas Edisons inventions and drunk on the miracle of existence. Among the greatest of cinematic debuts, My Twentieth Century introduced the world to Enyedi (On Body and Soul), who remains a vital, distinctive artist into the 21st century.

Special features:
*New 4K restoration by the Hungarian National Film Institute
*Audio commentary with director Ildikó Enyedi and DP Tibor Máthé (Hungarian with optional English subtitles)
*Booklet essay by curator and writer Dorota Lech (Blu-ray only)
*Interview with Enyedi by filmmaker Peter Strickland (courtesy of Second Run)
*Introduction by Ildikó Enyedi
*Trailer

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