Too Late Blues
(Olive, $25)
The second feature from modern cinema auteur John Cassavetes all but disappeared following its 1962 release, said The New York Times. “Although it isn’t a perfect film,” now is the time to recognize it. Bobby Darin and a “heartbreakingly vulnerable” Stella Stevens star as jazz musicians in an ill-fated affair.
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Maverick: The Complete First Season
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James Garner is “utterly believable as a rakish, smooth-talking, good-natured gambler” in the late-1800s West, said MySanAntonio.com. In his first hit series, which debuted in 1957, the actor easily remained the center of attention even after he and Jack Kelly started trading off leading-man duties in alternating episodes.
New York Stories
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“Three iconic directors”—Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, and Woody Allen—each contributed a short film about New York City to this 1989 theatrical release, said EW.com. Of the three, “only Scorsese sticks the landing”—with a story, starring Nick Nolte and Rosanna Arquette, about an artist obsessing over his studio assistant.
