‘The Lady From Shanghai’ Blu-ray due next week

Mill Creek Entertainment will issue a value-priced The Lady From Shanghai Blu-ray on March 17. The disc carries a suggested list price of $14.98. It is being offered for pre-order on Amazon.com for $8.99 and on DeepDiscount for $7.99. The upcoming Mill Creek release is half the list price of the TCM Vault issue from […]

‘F for Fake’ Blu-ray due out in October from Criterion

UPDATED: Orson Welles’ 1975 appearance on NBC’s Tomorrow with Tom Snyder will also be included in the Criterion set. According to the Paley Center, Welles discussed opening night of “The Cradle Will Rock”; why he no longer lives in the United States; his outsider status; why he is hated by some people; his career as […]

Complete ‘Around the World with Orson Welles’ coming to Blu-ray, DVD

Updated 4.2.15: B2MP hopes to release the set later this year. _________ By RAY KELLY The list of Orson Welles films coming to Blu-ray keeps getting better and better. The California-based B2MP Inc. will release all six episodes of Around the World with Orson Welles, which he wrote and directed for Britain’s ITV channel in […]

Beatrice Welles interview – Part 2: Orson Welles early ‘autobiography’ found, art exhibit planned, ‘Othello’ on Blu-ray, and fate of ‘Chimes at Midnight’

By RAY KELLY Beatrice Welles’ decision to put more than 70 items belonging to her late father, Orson Welles, on the auction block later this month drew national attention when it was announced Monday. Most of the items were found in two trunks, which had been left unopened for nearly 50 years. She detailed the […]

Review roundup: ‘The Lady From Shanghai’ on Blu-ray

Updated on June 4, 2014: TCM Shop has not only put out an improved version of The Lady from Shanghai on Blu-ray, there is also an exchange program for those who have already purchased the previous version. If interested, call the TCM Shop at (888) 982-6746 and tell them you want to exchange your copy. […]