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My Favorite Non-Christmas Christmas Films
Most film columnists start writing their Christmas pieces around August, churning out their memories of It’s a Wonderful Life (which is a story in itself – this generation has no idea that the film was considered an oddity and a flop until Jimmy Stewart mentioned it on The Tonight Show and, as it was in the public domain and available for cheap airings, it has since been considered a “classic”) and other routine movies that just happen to tell a Christmas like story. Movies like Miracle on 34th Street and Christmas in Connecticut still hold up and there are others I’m sure that do as well, but few movies that are singularly about Christmas float my boat. I’ve seen them a million times and most are creaky. Here are my favorite Christmas movies, a list my successful and thoughtful brother calls Christmas Movies for People Who Aren’t Enamored with Christmas Movies. [Read on here…]
- DVD
- Bluray Disc
- View from the Cheap Seats
- Bud Elder
- Twilight Time
- Olive Films
- Warner Archive
- It's a Wonderful Life
- Pocketful of Miracles
- Lady for a Day
- The Man Who Knew Too Much
- 3 Godfathers
- Comfort and Joy
- The Thin Man
- Gremlins
- The Digital Bits
- The Apartment
- The Show Around the Corner
- Popeye
- The Sting
- Robert Redford
- Mark Altman
- The Maltese Falcon
- The Black Bird
- Mary Hartman Mary Hartman
- Fernwood 2 Nite
- America 2 Nite
- The Way We Were
- Jayne Eyre
- Oliver!
- Royal Flash
- George Washington Slept Here
- Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger
- The Golden Voyage of Sinbad
- The Horn Blows at Midnight
- Twilight's Last Gleaming
- A New Leaf
- The Bells of St Mary's
- Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
- Riot
- Darla Z's Christmas 'Round the World
- Sooners
- Sugar Bowl!
Criterion March, new Twilight Time and a digital cautionary tale from Amazon & Disney
Morning, folks!
Criterion has just announced their March Dual Format BD/DVD release slate, and here’s what’s coming: David Gordon Green’s George Washington (Cat #152 – due 3/11), Errol Morris’ A Brief History of Time (Cat #699 – 3/18), Akira Kurosawa’s The Hidden Fortress (Cat #116 – 3/18), Paul Sorrentino’s The Great Beauty (Cat #702 – 3/25), Ingmar Bergman’s Persona (Cat #701 – 3/25) and Fred C. Newmeyer and Sam Taylor’s The Freshman (Cat #703 – 3/25). [Read on here…]
- The Digital Bits
- Bill Hunt
- Bluray Disc
- Criterion March Dual Format release slate
- George Washington
- A Brief History of Time
- The Hidden Fortress
- Persona
- The Great Beauty
- The Freshman
- Twilight Time
- The Golden Voyage of Sinbad
- Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger
- Royal Flash
- Amazon Instant Video streaming service
- Disney
- Prep & Landing 2
- pulled access to purchased digital titles
- Buyer beware