It’s both interesting and somewhat unfortunate that John Schlesinger’s Midnight Cowboy is invariably linked to its status as the first, and only, X-rated film to win an Academy Award for Best Picture.

George Carlin: Commemorative Collection is soaked in its titular subject’s timelessness, and ultimately is a must-have for all fans of comedy and comedy history.

The first Pacific Rim was an exhaustingly awesome movie that knew it was kind of dumb and didn’t care. Pacific Rim Uprising has little idea just how stupid it is.

Directly inspired by the 1947 musical Brigadoon, the second installment of Herchell Gordon Lewis’ Blood Trilogy was brought to the screen in 1964.

Tarkovsky’s final film, 1986’s The Sacrifice, is a literal departure.

Dubbed the “Kuleshov Effect,” there are directors who’ve used that audience tendency to project meaning by using non-actors in their productions. Perhaps no filmmaker has used Kuleshov’s experiment to better effect than master director Robert Bresson.

It’s fascinating to contrast how American and European film culture differs when it comes to depicting government corruption.

Say the name Joseph Beuys to any well-versed artlover and odds are good one particular image will immediately come to mind: the iconic photograph of the German artist playing tug of war with a coyote.

If someone wanted to know where they should start with Shout!’s many MST3K box sets, The Singles Collection would top our list.