No Strings, No Connections

This much-linked-to Fred Kaplan article gives a good explanation of why WB has joined Criterion at the top of the classics-on-DVD game, as well as why early Technicolor looks better than any color process that came after. But the best news comes in this sidebar, which reveals that the films of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers are finally on their way: "Five later this year, five next year."