To see the movies I have on DVD go to Movies on DVDs.
1951 Abbot and Costello Meet the Invisible Man
1951 The African Queen / Bogart,
1999 All About My Mother; Almodovar
1964 The Americanization of Emily / James Garner
1977 Annie Hall / Allen, Keaton
Anywhere But Here / Sarandon, Portman
1944 Arsenic and Old Lace / Grant
1960 The Apartment / Lemmon
1973 Bang the Drum Slowly
1941 The Bank Dick / WC Fields
1987 Barfly; Rourke
1938 The Big Broadcast of 1938 / WC Fields
The Big Chill
1967 Bonnie and Clyde
1980 Breaker Morant / Beresford
1979 Breaking Away
1960 Breathless
1942 The Bride of Frankenstein / Elsa Lanchester
1942 Casablanca
Chaplin at Essanay Studios. Four shorts.
1914 Chaplin at Keystone
Chicken Run
1945 Children of Paradise
1928 The Circus
1931 City Lights / Chaplin
1995 The Color of Night / Jane Marsh
1959 Compulsion / Orson Wells; ~Leopold and Loeb
1937 Confession
1939 Confessions of a Nazi Spy
The Conversation / Hackmann
1967 Cool Hand Luke / Newman
1981 Das Boot
David Copperfield / WC Fields
1978 The Deer Hunter
1941 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1964 Dr. Strangelove
Ed and His Dead Mother; Buscemi
1994 Ed Wood; Depp
1963 8 1/2
Emo Phillips Live at the Hasty Pudding
1981 Eyewitness
Ferris Buehler's Day Off
1958 The Fly
1972 Frenzy / Hitchcock
1995 Funny Bones; Oliver Platt
Galaxy Quest
1999 Go / Sarah Polley
1935 Gold Diggers of 1935; Fields
1925 The Gold Rush / Chaplin
1937 Grand Illusion
1938 The Great Dictator / Chaplin
1996 Hamlet / two tapes
1998 Happiness
2001 The Holocaust / 6 hours on the History Channel
1952 High Noon
1998 Hillary and Jackie
1961 The Hustler
1944 I Dood It; Red Skelton
International House; Fields, et al.
1934 It's a Gift / Fields
2000 Joe Gould's Secret; S. Tucci
2001 Just Melvin / HBO; child molester
1933 King Kong
1983 The King of Comedy / DeNiro, Lewis
1950 La Ronde
1994 The Last Seduction / Fiolentino
1940 The Letter; Bette Davis
Let's Talk about Sex
1944 Lifeboat; Hitchcock
1941 The Maltese Falcon
The Man on the Flying Trapeze / WC Fields
Michaelangelo
1935 Midsummer Night's Dream
1931 The Millionaire
1936 Modern Times / Chaplin
1958 Mon Oncle / see Children of Paradise
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch / WC Fields
1999 The Muse / Albert Brooks
Mutiny on the Bounty / Laughton
My Little Chickadee
1999 Never Been Kissed / Drew Barrymore
1943 Never Give a Sucker an Even Break / Fields
1935 A Night at the Opera / Marx Bros
1939 Ninotchka; Garbo
1993 Remains of the Day
1934 Old Fashioned Way / WC Fields
also The Dentist (1932)
1947 Out of the Past
1942 Panama Hattie; Red Skelton
1973 Paper Moon
1973 Papillion
1986 Peggy Sue Got Married; K. Turner
1947 The Perils of Pauline
1986 Pretty in Pink
1935 Princess Tam-Tam; Josephine Baker
1960 Psycho
1936 The Public Pays / see Dr. Strangelove
1929 Queen Kelly / Von Stroheim, Swanson
also A Trip to the Moon (1902)
1998 The Red Violin
1994 The Road to Wellville
1938 Room Service / Marx Bros
1941 Sergeant York
1956 The Seventh Seal
1999 The Sex Monster; Muriel Hemingway
1960 Shoot the Piano Player; Truffaut
1934 Six of a Kind / WC Fields; see billiards scene.
1973 The Sting
1982 Sophie's Choice
1946 The Stranger / Welles, Robinson
1941 Suspicion / Hitchcock
Swimming Naked
1949 Shadow of a Doubt / Hitchcock
1993 Tender Mercies
1954 Them
1949 The Third Man
1933 Tillie and Gus / WC Fields
1965 The Tomb of Ligeia / Vincent Price, but good anyway.
1983 Tootsie
1964 Topkapi
1999 Topsy Turvy
1948 Treasure of the Sierra Madre / two tapes
True Crime
The Trouble with Harry
1969 The Valley of Gwangi
1948 The Wake of the Red Witch; John Wayne
Who Am I? / Jackie Chan
1999 The Winslow Boy
2001 Wit / HBO; Emma Thompson as cancer victim
1942 Yankee Doodle Dandy /
also Every Sunday / Garland
1961 Yojimbo
The Year of Living Dangerously
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man / WC Fields
1934 You're Telling Me / WC Fields
also The Pharmacist (1934)
Not on DVD.
The Age of Innocence (1993)
Starring: Michelle Pfeiffer, Daniel Day-Lewis
Director: Martin Scorsese
Synopsis: Deliberately paced, bittersweet romance set
among 19th century New York City gentry. With its polished
production values and controlled performances, this is liked
by fans of intellectual, heady relationship studies.
Runtime: 133 minutes --
MPAA Rating: PG --
Genres: Classic, Drama, Romance
reel 26.50
Anywhere but Here (1999)
Starring: Susan Sarandon, Natalie Portman
Director: Wayne Wang
Synopsis: Quiet, yet pleasant, mother/daughter drama
taken from Mona Simpson novel. Slow to start, and slightly
predictable, but good performances, touching script
outweigh these problems. Perfectly suited for "chick flick"
fans.
Runtime: 115 minutes --
MPAA Rating: PG-13 --
Genre: drama
Bang the Drum Slowly (1973)
Starring: Robert De Niro, Michael Moriarty
Director: John Hancock
Synopsis: Sentimental drama tracing two baseball players'
evolving friendship. This Hollywood-style heart-tugger got
critical acclaim for its lead and supporting performances.
Guaranteed to please fans of emotionally potent tearjerkers.
Runtime: 98 minutes --
MPAA Rating: NR --
Genre: drama
The Big Chill (1983)
Starring: William Hurt, Kevin Kline
Director: Lawrence Kasdan
Synopsis: Once-radical college friends reunite. With its
fast-moving camera but slowly unfolding narrative, strong
cast and Motown soundtrack, this is a gem for fans of rich
character development, intelligent talk fests.
Runtime: 103 minutes --
MPAA Rating: R --
Genre: drama
The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Starring: Else Manchester, Boris Karloff, Colin Clive
Director: James Whale
Synopsis: Darkly witty sequel about mad doctor building a
mate for his monster. This favorite of critics is still capable
of providing heart-thumping jolts for fans of classic horror.
Runtime: 75 minutes --
MPAA Rating: NR --
Genres: Classic, Cult, Horror, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
not on dvd
Breaking Away (1979)
Starring: Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid
Director: Peter Yates
Synopsis: Teenagers adapt to life after high school in this
low-key, acclaimed, bittersweet comedy/drama. Amiable
sleeper remains joyous fare for those seeking colorful,
endearing characters, a realistic drama with comic
undertones.
Runtime: 100 minutes --
MPAA Rating: PG --
Genres: Comedy, drama
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Casablanca (1942)
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman
Director: Michael Curtiz
Reel Snapshot: Much-loved, WWII-flavored story of intrigue and love teaming Bogart
and Bergman as ill-fated lovers. Critically acclaimed, it's considered the ultimate
classic. A must-see for fans of drama, romance, and suspense.
Runtime: 102 minutes --
Rating: PG --
Genre: Classic, Drama, Romance, Suspense
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The Color of Night (1994)
Bruce Willis, Jane Marsh
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Directed by Richard Rush
Synopsis: Psychiatrist becomes target of murderer in this
noirish mystery. Fans of the genre who like wild plot twists
may enjoy; may not be steamy enough for the late-night
cable crowd.
Runtime: 140 minutes --
MPAA Rating: R --
Genres: Mystery, Suspense
The Conversation (1974)
Starring: Gene Hackman, John Cazale
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Synopsis: Watergate-era thriller about reclusive surveillance
expert who gets emotionally attached to a case. Must-see
for '70s film buffs. Suspense fans who enjoy gradual
build-up, subtly unfolding storyline love the tension.
Runtime: 113 minutes --
MPAA Rating: PG --
Genres: Classic, Cult, Drama, Mystery, Noir, Suspense
David Copperfield 1935, 70, or 99?
Galaxy Quest (1999)
Starring: Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver
Director: Dean Parisot
Synopsis: Campy, simplistic sci-fi spoof about has-been
actors in Star Trek-like TV show aiding helpless aliens.
Self-aware humor, absurd adventure should satisfy genre
fans, families seeking intergalactic laughs, undemanding
entertainment.
Runtime: 102 minutes --
MPAA Rating: PG --
Genres: Comedy, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
OK, so I can't be expected to tape
only classics. This is somewhat amusing.
reel 16.
Hilary and Jackie (1998)
Starring: Emily Watson, Rachel Griffiths
Director: Anand Tucker
Synopsis: Acclaimed drama examines famed cellist's tragic
life and her intense, conflicted relationship with flutist sister.
Must-see for fans of thought-provoking, character-driven
drama, classical music lovers for powerhouse performances,
engrossing, poignant story, richly evocative soundtrack.
Runtime: 120 minutes --
MPAA Rating: R --
Genres: Drama, Music
Country of Origin: United Kingdom
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The King of Comedy (1982) Reel001201 Not on DVD.
Starring: Robert De Niro, Jerry Lewis
Director: Martin Scorsese
Reel Snapshot: Much-acclaimed, little-seen black comedy/satire about talk-show
host and his obsessed fan. Critics, cult film fans loved the performances, biting satire.
Excellent fare for hardened cynics seeking bleak, ultra-misanthropic tone.
Runtime: 101 minutes --
Rating: PG --
Genre: Classic, Comedy, Cult, drama
Vincent Canby did not think highly of this film. I thought he
missed the point. I thought the emotional payoff for the
movie came in the scene (not shown) that followed the END of
the movie. Specifically, DeNiro's character would have had
to at last face the self deception that had allowed him to
carry on up to that point.
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Modern Times (1936)
Starring: Charlie Chaplin, Paulette Goddard
Director: Charlie Chaplin
Reel Snapshot: Silent comedy/satire about machine-age modern living. With its
well-balanced mixture of humor and melodrama, plus the usual Chaplin pathos, this
pleases lovers of classics and Chaplin nuts.
Runtime: 87 minutes --
Rating: G --
Genre: Classic, Comedy
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
Starring: Charlie Chaplin, Martha Raye
Director: Charlie Chaplin
Synopsis: Black comedy about charming bank teller merrily
marrying and murdering rich women. Critics considered it far
ahead of its time. A darkly comic treat for classics buffs,
social satire fans.
Runtime: 123 minutes --
MPAA Rating: NR --
Genres: Comedy, Cult, Suspense
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Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
Starring: Charles Laughton, Clark Gable
Director: Frank Lloyd
Reel Snapshot: Classic adventure/drama about long-suffering crew rebelling against
their tyrannical captain. Its tense character interplay, fiery performances, make it a
must-see for fans of stark interpersonal drama, action-packed high seas adventures.
Runtime: 132 minutes --
Rating: NR --
Genre: Action, Classic, drama
A Passage to India (1984)
Starring: Alec Guinness, Judy Davis
Director: David Lean
Synopsis: Critically acclaimed, epic-length, handsome
melodrama about young Englishwoman's adventures in
India. Faithful adaptation of novel is appreciated by fans of
lush period pieces who enjoy subtle script, leisurely pace.
Runtime: 163 minutes --
MPAA Rating: PG --
Genre: drama
The Red Violin (1999)
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Greta Scacchi
Director: Francois Girard
Synopsis: A violin's "life" is followed across three centuries
and five continents in this lush, music-rich drama.
Alternately cliched and commanding, Violin will delight
classical music fans and non-mainstream film devotees.
Runtime: 128 minutes --
MPAA Rating: Not Rated --
Genres: Drama, Foreign, Indie, Music
Country of Origin: France
Language: French
Sabotage (1936)
Starring: Sylvia Sidney, Oscar Homolka
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Synopsis: Acclaimed Hitchcock thriller about theater
cashier's suspicion that her husband is a terrorist. Fun
viewing for classics fans, suspense lovers who like their
tension mixed with doses of dry humor.
Runtime: 81 minutes --
MPAA Rating: NR --
Genres: Classic, Drama, Mystery, Suspense
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
Starring: Joseph Cotten, Teresa Wright
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Synopsis: Americana-tinged mystery about young woman
who begins to suspect beloved uncle of murder. More
appealing to classics buffs than whodunit fans with its
earnest characterizations, portrait of small-town tranquility.
Runtime: 108 minutes --
MPAA Rating: PG --
Genres: Classic, Drama, Mystery, Noir, Suspense
The New York Times TV Guide says: "His favorite; ours too."
Suspicion (1941)
Starring: Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Synopsis: Taut, suspenseful thriller about wealthy woman
who suspects her playboy husband is trying to murder her.
Hitchcock fans and those who enjoy subtle suspense will
savor this well-acted, tension-building nail-biter.
Runtime: 99 minutes --
MPAA Rating: NR
Genres: Classic, Mystery, Noir, Suspense
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The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1932)
Starring: Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Otto Wernicke
Director: Fritz Lang
Reel Snapshot: While committed to insane asylum, Mabuse runs criminal empire.
Second part (originally released together) of film based on Jacques' novel was banned
by Nazis. Great for Expressionist film buffs.
Runtime: 126 minutes --
Rating: NR --
Genre: Action, Classic, Drama, Foreign, Silent
Country of Origin: Germany
Language: German
Them! (1954)
Starring: James Whitmore, Edmund Gwenn
Director: Gordon Douglas
Synopsis: Atomic test-created giant ant mutations run
amok in 50s sci-fi classic. Classic horror/sci-fi enthusiasts
will be drawn in by intelligent script, building tension, and
acclaimed, though dated, special effects.
Runtime: 93 minutes --
MPAA Rating: NR --
Genres: Action, Cult, Horror, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
The Third Man (1949)
Starring: Joseph Cotten, Orson Welles
Director: Carol Reed
Synopsis: Haunting thriller about novelist searching for
presumed-dead friend among ruins of postwar Vienna. Its
tension-packed plot, stunning photography won acclaim
from critics. A must-see for noir fans, classic thriller lovers.
Runtime: 104 minutes --
MPAA Rating: NR --
Genres: Classic, Drama, Mystery, Noir, Suspense
Country of Origin: United Kingdom
The Tomb of Ligeia (1964)
Starring: Vincent Price, Elizabeth Shepherd
Director: Roger Corman
Synopsis: Robert Towne adapted this creepy Poe story
about a man obsessed with his dead wife. Often overlooked
B-movie horror classic is a must for genre fans.
Runtime: 82 minutes --
MPAA Rating: PG --
Genres: Cult, Horror
not on dvd
Tootsie (1982)
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange
Director: Sydney Pollack
Synopsis: Much-loved, widely appealing tale tracing
changes in N.Y.C. actor's life when he dresses as woman to
land job. With its bravura performances, and
thought-provoking, intelligent script, this thrills
comedy/romance/drama fans.
Runtime: 116 minutes --
MPAA Rating: PG --
Genres: Classic, Comedy, Romance
The Trouble with Harry (1955)
Starring: Edmund Gwenn, John Forsythe
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Synopsis: Residents of small Vermont town have big
problem - a dead body that won't stay put. Breezy black
comedy amply entertains genre fans with quirky story,
Natwick, MacLaine's delightful performances.
Runtime: 90 minutes --
MPAA Rating: PG --
Genres: Classic, Comedy, Suspense
True Crime (1999)
Starring: Clint Eastwood, James Woods
Director: Clint Eastwood
Synopsis: Slow-moving, subtle mystery/drama follows
washed-up newspaper reporter's attempts to exonerate an
innocent death-row convict. Eastwood fans should enjoy his
performance, dramatic insight, but those expecting
fast-paced suspense should investigate elsewhere.
Runtime: 127 minutes --
MPAA Rating: R --
Genres: Drama, Suspense
Who Am I? (1998)
Starring: Jackie Chan, Michelle Ferre
Directors: Jackie Chan, Benny Chan Muk-Sing
Synopsis: Polished Hong Kong action/thriller about
amnesiac kung-fu commando hunted by his treacherous
ex-employers. Despite an uneven plot, low comedy quotient,
this has enough inventive action to satisfy Chan fans.
Runtime: 120 minutes --
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Genres: Action, Foreign, Martial Arts, Thriller
Country of Origin: Hong Kong
Language: Cantonese
Last updated September 26, 2001.