Peter Lorre's big English-language breakthrough role came in 1934's The Man Who Knew Too Much, which director Alfred Hitchcock later remade with James Stewart in the lead. My attachment to Peter Lorre accounts for a lot of why I prefer the original over the remake. The cold, reptilian indifference that he radiates is pure malevolent magic. I've become more and more fond of Hitch's early British work of late.

Criterion's new Blu-ray restoration is stellar, and a great example of why they do early 20th Century film restoration better than just about anyone. I'm glad to see the Restoration Demonstration extra feature come back into the fold especially (alongside about 20 minutes of Guillermo del Toro talking Hitch).