Tag: John Frankenheimer

The Holcraft Covenant | Blu-ray Review

Prior to the success of the Jason Bourne franchise, which kicked off with Doug Liman’s The Bourne Identity in 2012, (a fifth entry in...

The Criterion Collection: The Manchurian Candidate | Blu-ray Review

As we go through another round of sensationalized presidential campaigns with various candidates claiming altruism in the name of power, John Frankenheimer's classic political thriller The...

The Challenge | Blu-ray Review

John Frankenheimer ended a three year hiatus following his 1979 environmental horror/creature feature Prophecy with a commendable martial-arts effort, The Challenge (1982). Starring Scott...

52 Pick-Up | Blu-ray Review

Smack dab in the middle of his fourth decade as a filmmaker, auteur John Frankenheimer would release what would stand as one of his...

Criterion Collection: Seconds | Blu-ray Review

Selected for the Main Comp at the Cannes Film Festival in 1966, John Frankenheimer’s Seconds is a grim, nightmarish thriller that embodies many distinctive...

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2026 César Awards: Carine Tardieu’s ‘The Ties That Binds Us’ Lands Best Film

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2026 Berlin International Film Festival – Checklist of Our Coverage

IONCINEMA.com’s Chief Film Critic Nicholas Bell reviewed the entire...