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Charlton Heston and Janet Leigh in the film by Orson Welles

‘Touch of Evil’ – Orson Welles on the border on Criterion Channel

!Featured, based on a novel, Blu-ray, Classic Movie, Criterion Channel, Cult Movies, DVD, film noir, Hollywood Classic, Mystery, National Film Registry, SVOD, thriller 03/06/2023 Sean Axmaker

Charlton Heston and Janet Leigh star in Orson Welles’ baroque border town murder mystery, a sleazy, grimy, jittery, and ultimately dazzling work of cinematic magic.

Orson Welles is Harry Lime on Carol Reed's classic

Continental noir: ‘The Third Man’ on Criterion Channel

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Joseph Cotten and Orson Welles star in Carol Reed’s continental film noir set in the rubble of post-war Vienna. It placed in the 2022 Sight & Sound poll of the greatest films ever made.

Last chance: Ingrid Bergman gets ‘Gaslight’ed on HBO Max

!Featured, Academy Award, based on a play, Blu-ray, Classic Movie, drama, DVD, Essential Viewing, HBO Max, Hollywood Classic, National Film Registry, psychological drama, suspense, SVOD 11/19/2022 Sean Axmaker

George Cukor entered Hitchcock territory with this shadowy tale of suspense and madness set in the gas-lit glow and cobblestone quaintness of Victorian London. The film also inspired the term “gaslighting.”

‘Me and Orson Welles’ on Criterion Channel and Kanopy

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Zac Efron plays a high school teen in 1937 who gets cast in a play by Orson Welles in this enourmously entertaining mix of fiction and history directed by Richard Linklater.

Blu-ray: Orson Welles’ ‘The Magnificent Ambersons’ on Criterion

Academy Award nominee, Blu-ray, Classic Movie, Criterion, Criterion Collecton, DVD, Essential Viewing, National Film Registry 12/11/2018 Sean Axmaker 2 Comments

The Magnificent Ambersons (Criterion, Blu-ray, DVD) How did it take so long for the sophomore feature from Orson Welles to finally get its Blu-ray debut? I don’t need an answer, I’m just thrilled that it’s finally here, and in such a beautiful edition. The magnificence of The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) is apparent from the first […]