This week’s new releases include everything from a 50th anniversary edition of a timeless family favorite to Mae West masterpieces, recent theatrical offerings, TV favorites, Hollywood favorites featuring iconic stars, and so much more! Let’s welcome in July with these…
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Legendary actress Mae West is celebrated in nine new releases from Kino Lorber that showcase her work at the height of her popularity in the 1930s and ’40s. Available on June 29th, these titles are: Night After Night (1932) Retired…
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From a boxed set celebrating an icon of the French New Wave to Hallmark Channel favorites, there’s Blu-rays and DVDs for every taste now available. Take a look! The Complete Films of Agnès Varda Fifteen-disc set of cinematic masterpieces from…
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A woman approaches a building, greets men outside, enters. A common occurrence. But when that walk is Mae West’s, the arrival of Maudie into Night After Night is transgressive. West’s entrance into film guaranteed the influence she’d already built on…
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No 1930s actress made audiences laugh–and censors cringe–like Mae West. Guest writer Emma Alsop lists five reasons that movie fans should check out West’s early ’30s pre-Production Code comedies and examines the secrets behind her success.
Read more →November 25, 1940: Voiced by Mel Blanc, Woody Woodpecker laughs his way into cartoon fame in the Andy Panda short Knock Knock. November 26, 1942: Taking advantage of Allied landings that put the North African city in the news, Warner…
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