Classic Cinema Zone

A new digital restoration of the classic 1968 musical Funny Girl will open the 2013 TCM Classic Film Festival with a world premiere at the festival’s Opening Night Gala tonight. … Read Full Post

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment recently announced a slate of classic movies to be released on Blu-ray for the first time. Selected through their Voice Your Choice campaign, Fox allowed classic movie buffs to vote on what they would like to see restored and released based on movies in their catalog from the 1930s to the 1960s. For each decade, Fox decided to release the top two picks due to an overwhelming response. … Read Full Post

In further celebration of their 100th anniversary, Universal Studios will release

This past Thursday, Turner Classic Movies opened its third annual film festival with an all-star red carpet affair to showcase Cabaret (1972), which had been recently restored for its 40th anniversary. … Read Full Post

After the bank of Gila Springs is robbed by Ace Alton and his gang, and Sheriff Frank Hammond, son of Marshal Jim Hammond, is killed. The Marshal sends for the Range Busters, to come and restore order to the town.

A bizarre take on vampirism, this 1993 Mexican horror-fantasy tells of an alchemist who creates a scarab-like device that will give its user eternal youth and even restore life to the dead…but at a chilling price.

With the resurgence of celebrity chefs on the food network and elsewhere, “crap archivist” Alan Scherstuhl of LA Weekly brings us a delightful thrift-store find – the forgotten David Wade , … Read Full Post

Our offer of these classic films on commercial DVD, mostly from the Warner Archive Collection, has been received very well, and in order to move the last few dozen remaining titles, they are now priced at only $17.25 each – about 15% the usual retail price. Since there is only one (or in a few cases, two) of each available, you’ve got to act fast. All profits go to support this site. (You’ll be purchasing from my store on Amazon Marketplace, which is called Writer890′s store.) These are sealed in plastic, and make great Holiday gifts for classic movies fans or people you want to introduce to the genre. Every one of these movies is one which has been requested many times over the years, and most have only been available on DVD for a few months or less!

Unseen since the film’s first release, 25 minutes of long-thought-lost footage found in Argentina was restored and added to director Fritz Lang’s silent science-fiction masterwork.