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‘Merrily We Go to Hell’ – Sylvia Sidney and Fredric March spiral on Criterion Channel

!Featured, based on a short story, Blu-ray, Classic Movie, Criterion, Criterion Channel, Criterion Collecton, Directed by Women, drama, DVD, Hollywood Classic, pre-code, socially aware cinema, SVOD 03/22/2023 Sean Axmaker

Dorothy Arzner’s daring pre-code romantic drama delves into open marriage and alcoholism during Prohibition.

John Wayne and Montgomery Clift in the 1948 western classic by Howard Hawks

‘Red River’ – the great cattle drive epic on Prime Video, Paramount+ and MGM+

!Featured, Academy Award nominee, Amazon Prime Video, Blu-ray, Classic Movie, Criterion, DVD, Essential Viewing, Free, Hollywood Classic, Hoopla, MGM+, National Film Registry, Paramount+, SVOD, western 03/13/2023 Sean Axmaker

John Wayne and Montgomery Clift star in Howard Hawks’ classic western, which reimagines ‘Mutiny on the Bounty’ as a frontier epic.

The original ‘The Killers’ on Criterion Channel

!Featured, Academy Award nominee, based on a short story, Blu-ray, caper, Classic Movie, Criterion, Criterion Channel, DVD, Essential Viewing, film noir, Hollywood Classic, National Film Registry, SVOD, thriller 03/01/2023 Sean Axmaker

Burt Lancaster and Ava Gardner becames stars in Robert Siodmak’s 1946 film noir classic, a caper twisted by betrayal, based on a story by Ernest Hemingway.

Leaving soon: The 1936 ‘Show Boat’ with Irene Dunne and Paul Robeson on HBO Max

!Featured, adapted from the stage, Blu-ray, Classic Movie, Criterion, drama, DVD, HBO Max, Hollywood Classic, Musical, National Film Registry, SVOD 02/18/2023 Sean Axmaker

James Whale directs the second and best screen adaptation of the classic musical of a floating paddlewheel playhouse in the 19th century Deep South.

‘Wings of Desire’ – Angels over Berlin on HBO Max and Criterion Channel

!Featured, Blu-ray, Cannes winner, Criterion, Criterion Channel, Cult Movies, drama, DVD, Essential Viewing, European Film Awards, fantasy, Film Independent Spirit Awards, HBO Max, International Cinema, Romance, SVOD 02/14/2023 Sean Axmaker

“There are angels over the streets of Berlin” in the lyrical romantic fantasy from filmmaker Wim Wenders.

‘The Earrings of Madame de…’ – Max Ophuls’ romantic classic on HBO Max and Criterion Channel

!Featured, Academy Award nominee, based on a novel, Blu-ray, Criterion, Criterion Channel, drama, DVD, HBO Max, International Classics, Romance, Sight & Sound 100 Greatest Films of All Time, SVOD 02/13/2023 Sean Axmaker

Danielle Darrieux, Charles Boyer, and Vittorio De Sica star in this elegant drama of romance as an elaborate dance played out in a society where appearances are everything. It placed in the number 90 spot in the 2022 Sight & Sound Greatest Films of All Time poll.