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Indicator Blu-rays: England in the ’60s

Posted on June 27, 2018April 1, 2023 by Kenneth George Godwin

Adrift in the place he came from but no longer belongs in in Jack Gold's The Reckoning (1969)

Recent Blu-ray editions from Indicator in the UK call attention to a couple of interesting but largely forgotten movies from the ’60s: Sidney Lumet’s John le Carre adaptation The Deadly Affair (1966) and Jack Gold’s The Reckoning.

Dr. Seuss’ Nightmare: The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T (1953)

Posted on June 20, 2018December 10, 2022 by Kenneth George Godwin

Mr. Zabladowski (Peter Lind Hayes) and Heloise Collins (Mary Healy) confront the musical despot Dr. Terwilliker (Hans Conried) in Dr. Seuss' The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T (1953)

Indicator’s Blu-ray finally does justice to The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T (1953), Dr. Seuss’ nightmarish musical plunge into childhood anxieties.

The early films of Sydney Pollack

Posted on January 24, 2018January 25, 2024 by Kenneth George Godwin

Major Falconer (Burt Lancaster) and his men arrive at the Medieval castle in Sydney Pollack's Castle Keep (1969)

In his early work, Sydney Pollack explored various genres from a distinctly literary perspective before becoming a maker of prestige, middlebrow Hollywood entertainments; excellent Blu-ray presentations of his best features – Castle Keep (1969), They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? (1969) and Jeremiah Johnson – reveal a promise not entirely fulfilled in a long career.

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Indicator Blu-rays: England in the ’60s

Dr. Seuss’ Nightmare: The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T (1953)

The early films of Sydney Pollack

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