domino harvey wrote: Thu Aug 15, 2013 12:44 am Captains Courageous Every so often the Oscars actually manage to nominate a film in this category [Best Picture] that does represent the best Hollywood has to offer. This is top of the line entertainment-- well-made, cleverly written, handsomely filmed, and sharply realized. I haven't read the Kipling book this adapts but the filmed adaptation is one of the best coming of age films I've ever seen, with a truly spoiled little shit in Freddie Bartholomew who takes so long to come around that his inevitable transformation is all the more convincing for the time put into building what needs to be torn down. Spencer Tracy's Portuguese sailor is a little hammy at times, no doubt, but he's also filled with a fine comic spirit and sentiment that doesn't always register in some of Tracy's more workman like performances. It's easy to see why he walked away with the Oscar, even though it was no doubt yet another prize awarded for the character over the performance. Much easier to swallow than him winning again next year for Boys Town at least!
FrauBlucher wrote: Wed Mar 11, 2026 4:49 pm
So far these....
King Richard and the Crusaders
20,000 Years in Sing Sing
Monogram Matinee Vol 2...Louisiana and Song in the Range
Crack-Up
Captains Courageous
Private Benjamin
I expect some kind of animation to round out this months announcements
Kinda surprised Private Benjamin didn’t get picked up by Arrow or one of the other non-Criterion labels, is there no Goldie Hawn fan base anymore? (I hope so, I want Butterflies Are Free on Blu)
domino harvey wrote: Wed Mar 11, 2026 6:10 pm
They’re… still announcing titles. Now George Stevens: A Filmmaker’s Journey on UHD including new bonus interviews with Scorsese, Nolan, and Del Toro
That's a random choice for a 4k lol, it has less than 1,000 ratings on IMDB.
It's funny (not funny) that Warners' archives and video division are probably about to be merged into Paramount (if not closed altogether), and the releases of canonical silent films George Feltenstein promised around the turn of the century are never coming to fruitiion.
Not particularly, clearly Flicker Alley is picking up the mantle on these as they go into the public domain. Feltenstein must be assumed to have been bread crumbing the silent fans but knowing there was no work actually being done on the classics.
Well, right, some will be coming out via other labels now (and some already have), but it's still the case that after hinting at releases of Greed, The Wind, etc., etc. in nearly every interview going back to the early DVD era, it's pretty clear those are never happening. Warners made it through several epochs of the home-video era without doing anything with some of what at one point would be considered some of their flagship legacy features. I do wonder if Feltenstein or others at Warners made the perfect the enemy of the good and were waiting on some sort of perfect restoration that never arrived.
Some highlights...
- Lots of John Ford coming. The ones that have been most requested
- 125 titles currently being worked on
- "Our net revenue for our business is significantly higher than last year"
FrauBlucher wrote: Wed Mar 18, 2026 12:03 am
- Lots of John Ford coming. The ones that have been most requested
The five in the John Ford box + Wings of Eagles + Plough and the Stars + the Rising of the Moon … what else is there (assuming Long Voyage Home is with Criterion)
FrauBlucher wrote: Wed Mar 18, 2026 12:03 am
- Lots of John Ford coming. The ones that have been most requested
The five in the John Ford box + Wings of Eagles + Plough and the Stars + the Rising of the Moon … what else is there (assuming Long Voyage Home is with Criterion)
Flesh and The Fugitive were released by WAC on DVD
FrauBlucher wrote: Wed Mar 18, 2026 12:03 am
- "Our net revenue for our business is significantly higher than last year"
I mean this means cost-cutting not necessarily higher sales...right?
The context in which Feltenstein was speaking, and strictly for WAC, is that revenues being up “significantly” year over year has given them the opportunity to increase output. So, working on 150 titles is equivalent to 2 years of releases which is very exciting
Just checked my emails and saw that WB Classics got in touch with me in response to one of my questions asking for The Fugitive, The Informer, The Black Watch and Sgt Rutledge. They responded that The Black Watch isn’t their film but the rest and and they “hope to release them in the future.”
Silly me for not realising that The Black Watch is a Fox title before asking that.
domino harvey wrote: Mon Mar 09, 2026 3:36 pm
MovieZyng has all preorders receiving an extra 10% off, making any WA preorders about $22. They're also going to be doing a WA sale later this month (presumably 4 for $49) that will include all titles released before 2026
I seem to recall them indicating awhile ago that the sales would not be so cheap going forward
domino harvey wrote: Mon Mar 09, 2026 3:36 pm
MovieZyng has all preorders receiving an extra 10% off, making any WA preorders about $22. They're also going to be doing a WA sale later this month (presumably 4 for $49) that will include all titles released before 2026
I seem to recall them indicating awhile ago that the sales would not be so cheap going forward
