Around the Blogosphere This Week

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

...In what's sure to be some of the best release news of the year, the Criterion Collection has announced the company will be releasing the screwball comedy classic MIDNIGHT (1939) on Blu-ray in June 2025.

...Last summer I mentioned the upcoming book EXPECT GREAT THINGS! HOW THE KATHARINE GIBBS SCHOOL REVOLUTIONIZED THE WORKPLACE FOR WOMEN by Vanda Krefft, author of THE MAN WHO MADE THE MOVIES: THE METEORIC RISE AND TRAGIC FALL OF WILLIAM FOX. The book was just published and I ordered it. Based on a quick flip through it, it looks fascinating,

...Fantastic news from Kino Lorber: Dates have now been announced for the Audie Murphy Collections IV and V. Collection IV will be out on May 27th, with Set V due out June 24th. The May set will feature THE KID FROM TEXAS (1950), THE CIMARRON KID (1952) and DRUMS ACROSS THE RIVER (1954), with the June set including WALK THE PROUD LAND (1956), SEVEN WAYS FROM SUNDOWN (1960), and BULLET FOR A BADMAN (1964).

...James L. Neibaur reviews a new two-film Blu-ray set containing Audie Murphy in APACHE RIFLES (1964) and Rod Cameron in PANHANDLE (1948). The latter film is a particular favorite of mine.

...ViaVision Imprint Films in Australia has announced some interesting new boxed sets featuring the films of David Lean and Carroll Baker, plus a Shakespeare collection.

...Michael Lyons of Cartoon Research celebrates the 75th anniversary of Disney's CINDERELLA (1950). Additionally, it was just announced that Leonard Maltin and Mario Cantone will introduced a 75th anniversary CINDERELLA screening at next month's TCM Classic Film Festival. I'll have more on the latest TCMFF announcements here soon.

...For my fellow Jason Statham fans, here's the trailer for his latest film, A WORKING MAN (2025), due out at the end of March 2025.

...Miyazaki's PRINCESS MONONOKE (1997) will be shown in IMAX theaters in late March.

...At Riding the High Country, Colin reviews John Wayne in THE SONS OF KATIE ELDER (1965).

...The Warner Archive Collection just announced April Blu-ray titles, which will include SPRINGFIELD RIFLE (1952), LILI (1952), and SIDE STREET (1950). And announced for June: Looney Tunes Collector's Vault Volume 1.

...The problem of disc rot in Warner Bros. DVDs released from 2006-08 has long been known to classic film collectors, but it's been nice to see some recent media coverage of the problem. Here's an article by Scharon Harding for Ars Technica. I've sadly had to replace several discs because of this problem.

...Glenn Erickson has reviewed the Kino Lorber Blu-ray release of THE KILLER IS LOOSE (1956) with Joseph Cotten and Wendell Corey.

...Here's Thomas Doherty on the history of Technicolor for The Hollywood Reporter.

...Next month at the UCLA Film and Television Archive's Billy Wilder Theater a 35mm screening of Jean Harlow in BOMBSHELL (1933) will be accompanied by a discussion between former Los Angeles Times film critics Kenneth Turan and Justin Chang. Turan has a brand-new book I've previously mentioned here, LOUIS B. MAYER AND IRVING THALBERG: THE WHOLE EQUATION, published by Yale University Press. I admire both Turan and Chang's work and hope to attend.

...Coming to the Billy Wilder March 29th: A screening of the documentary THE AUTOMAT (2021) with director Lisa Hurwitz and famed restaurateur Alice Waters.

...Notable Passing: Oscar-winning producer Stanley R. Jaffe (KRAMER VS. KRAMER) has passed away at the age of 84.

...For additional recent links of interest to classic film fans, please visit my March 8th column.

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