Alias Nick Beal - BLU-RAY

The story of Faust gets a film noir twist in this tale of Joseph Foster (Thomas Mitchell), a straight-arrow district attorney waging war on his city's criminal element while eyeing the governor's mansion. He gets some unexpected assistance from the mysterious Nick Beal (Ray Milland), who leads Foster down a road of corruption and prostitution. Is Beal simply a bad influence, or could he something more supernaturally sinister? With Audrey Totter, George Macready, Fred Clark, Geraldine Wall. 93 min. Standard; Soundtrack English; Subtitles English; audio commentary; theatrical trailer.

A mind-bending thriller where grief, paranoia, and parallel worlds collide. After the death of their son in a car accident, Ana and Pablo decide to move to the mountain to open a country guesthouse. Their best friends have come over from the city for the opening dinner, but something goes wrong. Strange Northern Lights leaves them isolated, while one of their friends, Guille, suffers a kind of attack and tells an alternative version of their lives. They will take Guille for crazy at first, but little by little, they will begin to consider if what he says can be real.

Powerful performances by Edward G. Robinson and Burt Lancaster drive this screen adaptation of the Arthur Miller stage drama. Robinson is Joe Keller, a successful arms manufacturer who may have been responsible for sending defective parts to the military during World War II, and surviving son Chris (Lancaster), whose brother was killed in combat, sets out to find the truth. Louisa Horton, Mady Christians, Howard Duff also star. 94 min. Standard; Soundtrack English; Subtitles English; audio commentary; theatrical trailers.