The Cobweb 08/23/25

William Gibson’s multi-character soap about a psychiatric clinic has a severe case of Caligari Syndrome: the doctors need more counseling than do the patients. Richard Widmark leads an impressive cast (Lauren Bacall, Charles Boyer, Gloria Grahame, Lillian Gish, John Kerr, Susan Strasberg, Oscar Levant, Paul Stewart) as everybody goes crazy over various manias, staff rivalries, and the biggest issue of Our Times: who will choose the new curtains for the clinic library?   Director Vincente Minnelli keeps it all running smoothly enough, considering the psychic strain placed on the narrative line. It looks great, remastered in HD. On Blu-ray from The Warner Archive Collection.
08/23/25