Watch Dave Davies perform "Death of a Clown" on Beat Club, 1967

New on Video: "The Thin Man Goes Home" Blu-ray

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William Powell and Myrna Loy reunite as amateur sleuths Nick and Nora Charles in this penultimate 5th entry to the beloved, long-running series of mystery comedies that began a decade earlier. Outlaws come and go in Nick and Nora’s lives. Now it’s time to meet the in-laws. The debonair sleuths leave little Nicky Jr. at boarding school, grab Asta and head to Nick’s boyhood home of Sycamore Springs. Of course, wherever they go, murder has a way of showing up on the doorstep. Nick can show off his gumshoe talents for his parents when an artist is killed. And he’ll do it without customary liquid inspirations… because Nick is on the wagon. Formats: Blu-ray. 

Extras: Classic M-G-M Robert Benchley short “Why, Daddy?,” classic M-G-M Tex Avery cartoon “Screwball Squirrel,” original theatrical trailer. 

Listen to "Right Where I Belong" by Brian Wilson and Jim James

A tune from the soundtrack to the new Brian Wilson documentary "Long Promised Road." Not a bad melody, but it sounds like Brian's vocal was recorded over the phone. Not good. 

Watch the trailer for "DC Super Pets"

Krypto and friends in an animated film out in May.

 

New on Video: "Citizen Kane" The Criterion Collection 4K UHD

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In the most dazzling debut feature in cinema history, 25-year-old writer-producer-director-star Orson Welles synthesized the possibilities of sound-era filmmaking into what could be called the first truly modern movie. In telling the story of the meteoric rise and precipitous fall of a William Randolph Hearst–like newspaper magnate named Charles Foster Kane, Welles not only created the definitive portrait of American megalomania, he also unleashed a torrent of stylistic innovations -- from the jigsaw-puzzle narrative structure to the stunning deep-focus camera work of Gregg Toland -- that have ensured that "Citizen Kane" remains fresh and galvanizing for every new generation of moviegoers to encounter it. 
Formats: 4-disc 4K UHD/Blu-ray combo and 3-disc Blu-ray, with new 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack. In the 4K UHD edition: One 4K UHD disc of the film is presented in Dolby Vision HDR and three Blu-rays with the film and special features 
Extras: Three audio commentaries: from 2021 featuring Orson Welles scholars James Naremore and Jonathan Rosenbaum, from 2002 featuring filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich, and from 2002 featuring film critic Roger Ebert; "The Complete Citizen Kane,” (1991), a rarely seen feature-length BBC documentary; new interviews with critic Farran Smith Nehme and film scholar Racquel J. Gates; new video essay by Orson Welles scholar Robert Carringer; new program on the film’s special effects by film scholars and effects experts Craig Barron and Ben Burtt; interviews from 1990 with editor Robert Wise, actor Ruth Warrick, optical-effects designer Linwood Dunn, Bogdanovich, filmmakers Martin Scorsese, Henry Jaglom, Martin Ritt, and Frank Marshall, and cinematographers Allen Daviau, Gary Graver, and Vilmos Zsigmond; new documentary featuring archival interviews with Welles; interviews with actor Joseph Cotten from 1966 and 1975; "The Hearts of Age," a brief silent film made by Welles as a student in 1934; television programs from 1979 and 1988 featuring appearances by Welles and Mercury Theatre producer John Houseman; program featuring a 1996 interview with actor William Alland on his collaborations with Welles; selection of The Mercury Theatre on the Air radio plays featuring many of the actors from "Citizen Kane"; trailer. 

Pop Culture Roundup: Dave Frishberg, John Buscema, Comicon Museum

ITEM! "Schoolhouse Rock" composer Dave Frishberg is dead at 88.

ITEM! The great John Buscema illustrates "The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad" for Dell Comics. 

ITEM! San Diego's new Comicon Museum is opening to the public.

Hot Trax '71: Charley Pride, Redbone, Rod Stewart and more!

New records on the charts 50 years ago this week.

Listen to the Hot Trax '71 playlist on Spotify.

Charley Pride - Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'

Lee Michaels - Can I Get a Witness

Richard Harris - My Boy

Rod Stewart - (I Know) I'm Losing You

Ray Stevens - Turn Your Radio On

Redbone - The Witch Queen of New Orleans

Jefferson Airplane - Pretty as You Feel