The Manchurian Candidate (Criterion region 1 DVD)

Fear of a 'Red Planet'! John Frankenheimer's 1962 Cold War paranoia thriller is a stone-cold classic ever to be produced by a major American film studio. Starring Frank Sinatra (arguably his best feature film performance), Angela Lansbury, English actor Laurence Harvey and Janet Leigh (Psycho). This is that rare film that takes aim at the frenzy of the McCarthy era while also being suffused with its Cold War paranoia. The Manchurian Candidate remains potent to this day. This Criterion 4K remastered edition is loaded with interesting special features including a piece with doumentary filmmaker Errol Morris discussing his appreciation for the film.