Otto Preminger

On Sunday, look for Otto Preminger's Laura , This Gun for Hire (starring glamour queen Veronica Lake), Kiss of Death , and The Asphalt Jungle , another classic heist film, this one from John Huston. Read More

Jerry Lewis is about to receive perhaps the most eloquent advocacy he's received on his own shores for decades, in the form of a new book on his work by Chris Fujiwara (critic for the BOSTON PHOENIX , editor of UNDERCURRENT, and previously the author of the definitive studies of both Jacques Tourneur and Otto Preminger ). Read More

The New York Times has its Holiday Preview issue this week, which means no DVD column — the world will somehow have to do without my thoughts on Sony's new Sam Fuller set until next week. Read More