Around the Blogosphere This Week

Miscellaneous bits of news and fun stuff from around the Internet...

...Kino Lorber Studio Classics has announced the Dark Side of Cinema XXV collection, coming to Blu-ray on April 8th. The three titles in the set are THE FLAME (1947), CITY THAT NEVER SLEEPS (1953), and HELL'S HALF ACRE (1954). The set will include two commentary tracks by Heath Holland and one by Imogen Sara Smith.

...Kevin Costner's HORIZON: AN AMERICAN SAGA - CHAPTER 2 (2025) will have its U.S. premiere at the Santa Barbara Film Festival next month.

...Film historian J.B. Kaufman's January "Movie of the Month" is THEY CALL IT SIN (1932) with Loretta Young and George Brent.

...Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye of the Marvel films) has announced a memoir, MY NEXT BREATH, which will include the story of his near-fatal snowplow accident two years ago.

...I might check out FLIGHT RISK (2025), starring Mark Wahlberg and Michelle Dockery. The "terror in the air" theme sounds a bit reminiscent of JULIE (1955) or AIRPORT 1975 (1974). This isn't DOWNTON ABBEY star Dockery's first time in an airplane thriller; a decade ago she costarred in NON-STOP (2014), which I thoroughly enjoyed revisiting last year. Here's a FLIGHT RISK review from Frank Scheck at The Hollywood Reporter. A trailer is here.

...Toby Roan reviews the Warner Archive Collection Blu-ray release of JOURNEY INTO FEAR (1943) at The Hannibal 8.

...New cookbook alert: BAKING FOR TWO from America's Test Kitchen will be published in February 2025.

...CineSavant Glenn Erickson has just reviewed Kino Lorber's release of THE COURT-MARTIAL OF BILLY MITCHELL (1955), and his colleague Charlie Largent takes a look at Kino Lorber's new 4K release of HATARI! (1962).

...I enjoyed Samantha Richardson's survey of films which debuted in 1945 at her blog Musings of a Classic Film Addict.

...Attention Southern Californians: The American Cinematheque has announced a five-film nitrate festival which is coming to the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood next month. I've purchased tickets for PORTRAIT OF JENNIE (1948) and ROPE (1948). The other films in the series are MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS (1944), GONE TO EARTH (1950), and THE UNHOLY THREE (1930). (The only reason I didn't choose MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS, one of my favorite films, is it's one of the films I've seen on screen most frequently over the course of my life!)

...Last week I shared reminisces regarding film historian Donna Hill, who passed away unexpectedly in late December. Here's another tribute, from the Classic Movie Blog Association.

...For additional recent links of interest to classic film fans, please visit my January 18th column.

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