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Release: July 14, 2015

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Photographer Sebastiao Salgado embarks on the discovery of pristine territories and of grandiose landscapes as part of a huge photographic project which is a tribute to the planet's beauty.

Release: January 8, 2013

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Product Description Prepare yourself for an unparalleled sensory experience. Filmed over a period of almost five years and in twenty-five countries, SAMSARA explores the wonders of the world from sacred grounds to industrial sites, looking into the unfathomable reaches of man's spirituality and the human experience. Photographed entirely in 70mm and transferred to 4K digital projection format, SAMSARA's mesmerizing images of unprecedented clarity illuminate the links between humanity and the rest of nature, showing how our life cycle mirrors the rhythm of the planet. Neither a traditional documentary nor a travelogue, SAMSARA is a guided meditation on the current of interconnection that runs through all of our lives. Review Filmed over five years, in locations in 25 countries, it is the kind of experience you simply sink into. --Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times A ridiculously ambitious cinematic experiment, a poetic and impressionistic visual essay shot entirely on 70mm film under exceptionally difficult conditions in dozens of locations scattered across five continents. --Andrew O Hehir, Salon.com SAMSARA is gorgeous --Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune Product details Aspect Ratio ‏

Release: September 14, 2021

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Bright young lieutenants Jeb Stuart and George Armstrong Custer are assigned to Kansas Territory to guard the Santa Fe Trail. There, they clash with the fanatical abolitionist John Brown. On a more romantic side, they also vie for the hand of 'Kit Carson' Holliday. But the pursuit of Brown leads the army to the pivotal battle at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, which strikes the spark that hastens the Civil War.

Release: December 5, 2017

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Progressive Dutch couple Martin Verfondern and Margo Pool had only one dream to live off the land, far from the constraints and complications of the city. But, when they arrive in the crumbling Spanish village of Santoalla, the foreigners challenge the traditions of the town s sole remaining family, igniting a decade-long conflict that culminates in Martin s mysterious disappearance. This expertly crafted true crime film follows Margo as she unravels the puzzle surrounding the strange happenings as she remains true to the ambitions that first drew her and Martin to Santoalla in the first place. Top From the Brand Reviews Santoalla

Release: April 26, 2022

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Vinegar Syndrome specializes in the masterful restoration and distribution of cult, horror, and erotic films from the 1960s-90s. Rookie cop Sam Staziak (Daniel Quinn, Wild At Heart) has a unique gift: he is a Scanner, which gives him the power to read the thoughts of others, and also to inflict great bodily harm...and death. To repress his abilities, he takes a medication designed to keep Scanners sane and rational and from exacting harm on others. When a mad scientist named Karl Glock (Richard Lynch, Invasion USA) begins using mind control to murder police officers, Sam realizes that only he and his unique gift can put an end to the mayhem and uncover the identity and diabolical motives of this bloodthirsty madman... The first true sequel to David Cronenberg's 1980 horror classic, producer Pierre David's (Videodrome) first foray into directing, SCANNER COP, is a tense and bloody mix of gruesome body horror and action packed police thriller. Never released on disc in the US, Vinegar Syndrome proudly brings this mid 90s direct-to-video hit to Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD, newly restored from its 35mm original camera negative and featuring a brand new extended making of documentary with it's cast and crew. Bonus Features: 1. Region Free 4k Ultra HD / Blu-ray combo 2. Newly scanned & restored in 4k from its 35mm original negative 3. 4k UHD presented in High-Dynamic-Range 4. "Outside the Law: The Scanner Cop Revolution - Part One" - extended making-of documentary featuring interviews with: producer/director Pierre David, actress Hilary Shepard, actor Mark Rolston, actor Richard Grove, special effects artist Ted Haines, special effects artist James Rohland, stunt coordinator Jeff Pruitt, director (Scanner Cop II) Steve Barnett and screenwriter (You're Next) Simon Barrett 5. Original promotional video 6. Commentary track by the We Hate Movies Podcast 7. Reversible cover artwork 8. English SDH subtitles Top About this item Similar From the Brand Reviews Scanner Cop [4k Ultra HD / Blu-ray Set]

Release: April 26, 2022

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Vinegar Syndrome specializes in the masterful restoration and distribution of cult, horror, and erotic films from the 1960s-90s. Sam Staziak (Daniel Quinn, Wild At Heart), the Scanner Cop, had hoped that he could resume a normal life. When other Scanners in the Los Angeles area are being attacked, literally left drained of life, Sam is forced back into action in a desperate attempt to stop a mad Scanner named Volkin who is determined to become the most powerful - and ruthless - of his kind. But as Sam sets out to put an end to the ever increasing carnage gripping the city, he also finds himself in a personal crisis after his long estranged mother reappears, and becomes the focus of Volkin's growing rage. Pervasively twisted and astonishingly gory, Steve Barnett's SCANNER COP II: THE SHOWDOWN does everything in its power to up the ante in terms of the Scanners' series violence and creative death sequences, with an array of extremely grisly and often 'explosive' demises courtesy of special effects wizard, John Carl Buechler (Mausoleum). Vinegar Syndrome is overjoyed to bring this unforgettable final chapter in the Scanners saga to Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD, newly restored from its 35mm original camera negative and featuring a brand new extended making of documentary with it's cast and crew. Bonus Features: 1. Region Free 4k Ultra HD / Blu-ray combo 2. Newly scanned & restored in 4k from its 35mm original negative 3. 4k UHD presented in High-Dynamic-Range 4. Commentary track with director Steve Barnett 5. "Outside the Law: The Scanner Cop Revolution - Part Two" - extended making-of documentary featuring interviews with: director Steve Barnett, producer Pierre David, actor Patrick Kilpatrick, actress Khrystyne Haje, actor Stephen Mendel, composer Richard Bowers, special effects artist Jeff Farley, makeup effects artist Tom Irvin, special effects artist James Rohland and screenwriter (You’re Next) Simon Barrett 6. Original trailer 7. Reversible cover artwork 8. English SDH subtitles Top About this item Similar From the Brand Reviews Scanner Cop II: The Showdown [4k Ultra HD / Blu-ray Set]

Release: March 27, 2018

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With SCANNERS, David Cronenberg plunges us into one of his most terrifying and thrilling sci-fi worlds. After a man with extraordinary and frighteningly destructive telepathic abilities, is nabbed by agents from a mysterious rogue corporation, he discovers he is far from the only possessor of such strange powers, and that some of the other scanners have their minds set on world domination, while others are trying to stop them. A trademark Cronenberg combination of the visceral and the cerebral, this phenomenally gruesome and provocative film about the expanses and limits of the human mind was the Canadian director's breakout hit in the United States. BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES -New, restored 2K digital film transfer, supervised by director David Cronenberg, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray -THE SCANNERS WAY, a new documentary by Michael Lennick on the film s special effects, featuring interviews with Cronenberg's collaborators -MENTAL SABOTEUR a new interview with actor Michael Ironside -THE EMPHEMEROL DIARIES, a 2012 interview with actor and artist Stephen Lack -Excerpt from a 1981 interview with Cronenberg on the CBC's THE BOB MCLEAN SHOW -New, restored 2K digital transfer of Stereo (1969), Cronenberg's first feature film -Trailer and radio spots -PLUS: An essay by critic Kim Newman

Release: April 26, 2022

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Vinegar Syndrome specializes in the masterful restoration and distribution of cult, horror, and erotic films from the 1960s-90s. Before becoming known for their over-the-top action spectacles, Cannon Films dabbled in the early 80s slasher craze, producing a handful of original slice n' dice classics, two of which are presented here on 4K UHD for the first time, from Vinegar Syndrome! Pieter Fales is a renowned psychiatrist who is unable to reconcile his relationship with his teenage daughter, Alison. Julie, one of Pieter's patients, is a successful advice columnist in the midst of a messy divorce, who has also started receiving threatening letters. When a black clad, scissors wielding killer begins murdering people in Julie's life, she begins to suspect that her unknown writer and this mystery assailant might be one and the same... Taking strong stylistic cues from the giallo genre, director David Paulsen's (Savage Weekend) SCHIZOID, is a delirious whodunit headlined by cult film superstar, Klaus Kinski (Nosferatu the Vampyre), alongside Donna Wilkes (Angel), Marianna Hill (Messiah of Evil), and an early appearance from Christopher Lloyd (Back to the Future), all amplified with a throbbing electronic score by Craig Huxley and presented here from a stunning new 4K restoration! When Susan was a little girl, she rejected the Valentine of a lovestruck classmate. Decades later, she's come to the hospital for a routine medical examination. But when her x-rays seem to show something unusual, Susan finds herself trapped in a bizarre medical nightmare, made all the worse as her vengeful childhood valentine, disguised among the hospital staff, begins murdering everyone in his path as a means of proving his undying 'romantic' obsession... With its exceptionally colorful cinematography by Nicholas Josef von Sternberg (Slaughterhouse Rock) and otherworldly sense of surrealism, trailblazing Israeli filmmaker Boaz Davidson's (The Last American Virgin) sole foray into horror cinema, X-RAY (aka Hospital Massacre) is a slasher like no other and has been freshly restored in 4K from its 35mm original camera negative, allowing its one-of-a-kind weirdness to be experienced as never before. Bonus Features: 1. 3-disc Set: 2 4K Ultra HDs and 1 Region A Blu-ray 2. 4K UHDs presented in High-Dynamic-Range 3. Newly scanned & restored in 4K from their 35mm original camera negatives 4. "Shooting by March" - a brand new interview with Schizoid writer/director David Paulsen 5. "Hide the Scissors" - a brand new interview with Schizoid actress Donna Wilkes 6. "Blood in the Jacuzzi" - a brand new interview with Schizoid makeup artist Erica Ueland 7. "A Wellesley Graduate" - a brand new interview with Schizoid actress Flo Lawrence 8. "Ultra Violet Vengeance: The Talent & Technicians of X-Ray" - a brand new making-of documentary featuring interviews with the cast and crew of X-Ray 9. "Bad Medicine" - an archival interview with X-Ray director Boaz Davidson 10. Original theatrical trailer for Schizoid 11. Inside cover artwork 12. English SDH subtitles

Release: April 23, 2024

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Featuring cinema’s most celebrated names in film music, SCORE: A FILM MUSIC DOCUMENTARY offers a candid look into how composers developed, and continue to develop, some of the most iconic scores in history.

Release: June 27, 2017

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In the glitzy, glittering futuristic world of 1994, music is king -- and the man who controls it is all-powerful malicious mogul Mr. Boogalow. Now he has his eye on two fresh-faced young singers, Alphie and Bibi, who score a hit at his WorldVision Song Festival and fall under the irresistible spell of fame, money, and temptation. As Bibi becomes a mammoth superstar, will Alphie be able to save her soul before it s too late? Jammed with songs that will stay in your head for days, this cult classic musical blast directed by 80s cult legend Menahem Golan (The Delta Force, Enter the Ninja) and starring Catherine Mary Stewart (The Last Starfighter, Night of the Comet, Nightflyers) is a rocking, rolling, pop-tastic midnight hit like no other. Once you ve taken a bite of The Apple, you will never be the same! Now see this amazing film from a brand new HD master! Special Features: Audio Commentary by Star Catherine Mary Stewart, moderated by Film Historian Nathaniel Thompson | On Camera Interview with Star Catherine Mary Stewart, Deleted Scene Still Gallery, Original Theatrical Trailer

Release: January 22, 2013

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SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN tells the incredible true story of Rodriguez, the greatest ?70s rock icon who never was.

Release: February 6, 2024

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The untold story of the legendary artist behind the beloved '80s show The Secret City. Commander Mark Kistler helped shape a pivotal era of instructional programming for kids in the pre-youtube world, teaching 3D drawing before CGI.

Release: November 18, 2025

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In 2003, eight Rhode Island artists created a secret apartment inside the busy Providence Place Mall and lived there for four years, sneaking in furniture, tapping into the mall’s electricity, constructing walls, and even smuggling in more than two tons of cinderblock, filming everything along the way. More than just a wild prank, the apartment became a deeply personal expression of defiance against local gentrification, and a boundary-pushing work of public/private art in which large-scale charitable art projects were planned, including, finally, a 750 square-foot middle finger to The Man. Featuring never-before-seen footage of the space and revealing the participants for the first time, SECRET MALL APARTMENT is more than just a bonkers true story. Documentarian Jeremy Workman (The World Before Your Feet, Lily Topples the World) delivers a poignant exploration of a group of artists who discovered their purpose within the most commercial and improbable places.

Release: May 19, 2020

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The nuts and bolts of the irresistibly danceable music called Tejano are pop, rock, polka, R&B and Latin influences. To millions of fans, there's another vital ingredient: the dynamic singer Selena. Selena is the vibrant story of the Grammy -winning singer whose life ended at its creative peak. Pulsating with Selena's voice on the soundtrack, the film is bracingly authentic. In the title role, Jennifer Lopez powerfully captures the warmth and electricity of a beloved entertainer. Edward James Olmos, Jon Seda and others also shine in "a poignant, heartwarming movie that deserves a standing ovation" (Jules Peimer, WKDM-RADIO/NEW YORK).

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IMAX cameras follow Africa’s wildlife migrations across the Serengeti ecosystem.

Release: December 16, 2025

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Portrait of Andy Kaufman's wild genius, legacy, and unseen footage--told by those who knew him best. A deep dive into comedy's greatest enigma. FROM THE FILMMAKERS BEHIND UNCUT GEMS AND WONT YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR? LIFE IS A BEAUTIFUL AND CONFUSING PERFORMANCE THANK YOU VERY MUCH traces the life and career of legendary performance artist Andy Kaufman, exploring the enigmatic legend's gonzo, boundary-shattering comedy which provoked and often outraged audiences. The film reveals a nuanced understanding of what drove the mercurial performer, who inspired an entire generation of offbeat comedians and entertainers after him. The film includes rare, never before seen footage and audio recordings that shed new light on Kaufman's creative process; including newly uncovered archival footage and intimate recollections of friends, colleagues, and family members, and interviews with Kaufman's closest collaborators such as Bob Zmuda, Lynne Margulies, Steve Martin, Danny DeVito, and Marilu Henner. THANK YOU VERY MUCH excavates the all-too-short life and career of a comedy iconoclast whose impact is felt all the more today with the blurring of artifice and reality that defines our present age. Cast & Crew Actors: Lynne Margulies Danny DeVito Steve Martin Bob Zmuda Andy Kaufman Director: Alex Braverman Producer: Joe Plummer Producer: Alex Braverman Producer: Lauren Belfer Producer: Rick Rubin Producer: Benny Safdie Producer: Josh Safdie Top About this item Similar From the Brand Reviews Thank You Very Much

Release: March 10, 2020

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Millions of years ago incredible forces ripped apart the Earth’s crust creating our seven continents – each with its own distinct climate, its own distinct terrain and its own unique animal life. From the colourful paradise of South America to the scorching heat of Africa, Seven Worlds: One Planet showcases the true character of each continent in turn and reveals just how it has shaped all life there. Be surprised by unexpected stories. Marvel at iconic landscapes. And be awestruck by spectacular wildlife. Seven Worlds, One Planet is an eye-opening journey around a world you thought you knew.

Release: March 10, 2020

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Millions of years ago incredible forces ripped apart the Earth’s crust creating our seven continents – each with its own distinct climate, its own distinct terrain and its own unique animal life. From the colourful paradise of South America to the scorching heat of Africa, Seven Worlds: One Planet showcases the true character of each continent in turn and reveals just how it has shaped all life there. Be surprised by unexpected stories. Marvel at iconic landscapes. And be awestruck by spectacular wildlife. Seven Worlds, One Planet is an eye-opening journey around a world you thought you knew.

Release: March 10, 2020

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Millions of years ago incredible forces ripped apart the Earth’s crust creating our seven continents – each with its own distinct climate, its own distinct terrain and its own unique animal life. From the colourful paradise of South America to the scorching heat of Africa, Seven Worlds: One Planet showcases the true character of each continent in turn and reveals just how it has shaped all life there. Be surprised by unexpected stories. Marvel at iconic landscapes. And be awestruck by spectacular wildlife. Seven Worlds, One Planet is an eye-opening journey around a world you thought you knew. Product details MPAA rating : NR (Not Rated) Product Dimensions : 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 5.6 ounces Item model number : BRE757756 Media Format : 4K Run time : 14 hours Release date : March 10, 2020 Actors : Various

Release: March 10, 2020

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The next landmark series from BBCs Natural History Unit, narrated by Sir David Attenborough. Millions of years ago incredible forces ripped apart the Earths crust creating our seven continents each with its own distinct climate, its own distinct terrain and its own unique animal life. From the colourful paradise of South America to the scorching heat of Africa, Seven Worlds: One Planet showcases the true character of each continent in turn and reveals just how it has shaped all life there. Be surprised by unexpected stories. Marvel at iconic landscapes. And be awestruck by spectacular wildlife. Seven Worlds, One Planet is an eye-opening journey around a world you thought you knew.

Release: March 10, 2020

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The next landmark series from BBCs Natural History Unit, narrated by Sir David Attenborough. Millions of years ago incredible forces ripped apart the Earths crust creating our seven continents each with its own distinct climate, its own distinct terrain and its own unique animal life. From the colourful paradise of South America to the scorching heat of Africa, Seven Worlds: One Planet showcases the true character of each continent in turn and reveals just how it has shaped all life there. Be surprised by unexpected stories. Marvel at iconic landscapes. And be awestruck by spectacular wildlife. Seven Worlds, One Planet is an eye-opening journey around a world you thought you knew.

Release: March 10, 2020

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The next landmark series from BBCs Natural History Unit, narrated by Sir David Attenborough. Millions of years ago incredible forces ripped apart the Earths crust creating our seven continents each with its own distinct climate, its own distinct terrain and its own unique animal life. From the colourful paradise of South America to the scorching heat of Africa, Seven Worlds: One Planet showcases the true character of each continent in turn and reveals just how it has shaped all life there. Be surprised by unexpected stories. Marvel at iconic landscapes. And be awestruck by spectacular wildlife. Seven Worlds, One Planet is an eye-opening journey around a world you thought you knew.

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Jean-Michel Cousteau guides a 3D underwater exploration of sharks and the ocean environments they inhabit.

Release: January 20, 2026

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Deemed a prodigy as a young boy, the pressure to succeed that marked his upbringing ultimately pushed Australian pianist David Helfgott (Geoffrey Rush) to emotional collapse. This passionate film, driven by Rush's masterful, Academy Award-winning effort, chronicles Helfgott's difficult relationship with his demanding father (Armin Mueller-Stahl), and his long and triumphant road back to public performance. Noah Taylor, Lynn Redgrave, Googie Withers, John Gielgud also star. 105 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English.

Release: May 7, 2019

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Starting in 1999, Claude Lanzmann made several films that could be considered satellites of SHOAH, comprised of interviews conducted in the 1970s that didn’t make it into the final, monumental work. In the last years of the late director’s life, he decided to devote a film to four women from four different areas of Eastern Europe with four different destinies, each finding herself improbably alive after war’s end: Ruth Elias from Ostravia, Czechoslovakia; Paula Biren from Lodz, Poland; Ada Lichtman from further south in Krakow; and Hannah Marton from Cluj, or Kolozsvár, in Transylvania. Survivors of unimaginable Nazi horrors during the Holocaust, they tell their individual stories and become crucial witnesses to the barbarism they experienced. Each possesses a vivid intelligence and a commitment to candor that make their accounts of what they suffered through both searing and unforgettable.

Release: March 24, 2020

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Sicilian photographer Letizia Battaglia began a lifelong battle with the Mafia when she first dared to point her camera at a brutally slain victim. A woman whose passions led her to abandon traditional family life and become a photojournalist in the 1970s—the first female photographer to be employed by an Italian daily newspaper—Battaglia found herself on the front lines during one of the bloodiest chapters in Italy’s recent history. She fearlessly and artfully captured everyday Sicilian life—from weddings and funerals to the grisly murders of ordinary citizens—to tell the narrative of how the community she loved in her native Palermo was forced into silence by the Cosa Nostra. Weaving together Battaglia’s striking black-and-white photographs, rare archival footage, classic Italian films, and the now 84-year-old’s own memories, Shooting the Mafia paints a portrait of a remarkable woman whose bravery and defiance helped expose the Mafia’s brutal crimes.

Release: March 8, 2022

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An inspiring, emotional journey, the first documentary from the creators of WAR ROOM features amazing, true stories.

Release: August 26, 2014

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The undersea kingdom of Seatopia is threatened when Japan starts atomic testing near Tokyo and they fear for the survival of their civilization. The angry Seatopians send their secret weapon Megalon to destroy Tokyo and eliminate the human race. But earth still has a chance when the sleeping Godzilla is rudely awakened It becomes a titanic tag team of apocalyptic dimensions with Godzilla and robot superhero Jet Jaguar versus Megalon and Gigan in an all-out rumble to determine earth's fate!

Release: December 16, 2025

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Portrait of Andy Kaufman's wild genius, legacy, and unseen footage--told by those who knew him best. A deep dive into comedy's greatest enigma. FROM THE FILMMAKERS BEHIND UNCUT GEMS AND WONT YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR? LIFE IS A BEAUTIFUL AND CONFUSING PERFORMANCE THANK YOU VERY MUCH traces the life and career of legendary performance artist Andy Kaufman, exploring the enigmatic legend's gonzo, boundary-shattering comedy which provoked and often outraged audiences. The film reveals a nuanced understanding of what drove the mercurial performer, who inspired an entire generation of offbeat comedians and entertainers after him. The film includes rare, never before seen footage and audio recordings that shed new light on Kaufman's creative process; including newly uncovered archival footage and intimate recollections of friends, colleagues, and family members, and interviews with Kaufman's closest collaborators such as Bob Zmuda, Lynne Margulies, Steve Martin, Danny DeVito, and Marilu Henner. THANK YOU VERY MUCH excavates the all-too-short life and career of a comedy iconoclast whose impact is felt all the more today with the blurring of artifice and reality that defines our present age. Cast & Crew Actors: Lynne Margulies Danny DeVito Steve Martin Bob Zmuda Andy Kaufman Director: Alex Braverman Producer: Joe Plummer Producer: Alex Braverman Producer: Lauren Belfer Producer: Rick Rubin Producer: Benny Safdie Producer: Josh Safdie Top About this item Similar From the Brand Reviews Thank You Very Much

Release: June 22, 2021

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There has never been a filmmaker like Marlon Riggs (1957–1994): an unapologetic gay Black man who defied a culture of silence and shame to speak his truth with resounding joy and conviction. An early adopter of video technology who had a profound understanding of the power of words and images to effect change, Riggs employed a bold mix of documentary, performance, poetry, music, and experimental techniques in order to confront issues that most of Reagan-era America refused to acknowledge, from the devastating legacy of racist stereotypes to the impact of the AIDS crisis on his own queer African American community to the very definition of what it is to be Black. Bringing together Riggs’s complete works—including his controversy-inciting queer landmark Tongues Untied and Black Is . . . Black Ain’t, his deeply personal career summation—The Signifyin’ Works of Marlon Riggs traces the artistic and political evolution of a transformative filmmaker whose work is both an electrifying call for liberation and an invaluable historical document. TWO-BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES • New high-definition digital masters of all seven films, with uncompressed stereo soundtracks • Four new programs featuring editor Christiane Badgley; performers Brian Freeman, Reginald T. Jackson, and Bill T. Jones; filmmakers Cheryl Dunye and Rodney Evans; poet Jericho Brown; film and media scholar Racquel Gates; and sociologist Herman Gray • Long Train Running: The Story of the Oakland Blues (1981), Riggs’s graduate thesis film • Introduction to Riggs, recorded in 2020 and featuring filmmakers Vivian Kleiman and Shikeith, and Ashley Clark, curatorial director of the Criterion Collection • I Shall Not Be Removed: The Life of Marlon Riggs (1996), a documentary by Karen Everett that features interviews with Riggs; Kleiman; filmmaker Isaac Julien; African American studies scholar Barbara Christian; several of Riggs’s longtime friends and collaborators; and members of his family • English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing • PLUS: An essay by film critic K. Austin Collins ETHNIC NOTIONS Marlon Riggs brings viewers face-to-face with the insidious images that have shaped America’s racial mythologies, in his first major work, a brilliant and disturbing deconstruction of the ways in which anti-Black stereotypes have permeated nearly every aspect of popular culture. Through razor-sharp historical analysis including interviews with historians and folklore scholars, powerfully deployed imagery, and narration by actor Esther Rolle, Ethnic Notions illuminates, with devastating clarity, how dehumanizing caricatures of Black people—seen everywhere from children’s books to films to household products—have been used to uphold white supremacy and to justify slavery, segregation, and the continuing oppression of African Americans. In its refusal to look away from racism’s ugliest manifestations, this Emmy-winning documentary has become an essential text for understanding the origins of American racial violence. TONGUES UNTIED Made, in Marlon Riggs’s own words, to “shatter the nation’s brutalizing silence on matters of sexual and racial difference,” this radical blend of documentary and performance defies the stigmas surrounding Black gay sexuality in the belief that, as long as shame prevails, liberation will never be possible. Through music and dance, words and poetry by such pathbreaking writers as Essex Hemphill and Joseph Beam—and by turns candid, humorous, and heartbreaking interviews with queer African American men—Tongues Untied gives voice to what it means to live as an outsider in both a Black community rife with homophobia and a largely white gay subculture poisoned by racism. A lightning rod in the conservative culture wars of the 1980s that incited a right-wing furor over public funding for the arts, the film has lost none of its resonance in its unapologetic, life-affirming declaration that “Black men loving Black men is the revolutionary act.” AFFIRMATIONS Marlon Riggs expresses the hopes, dreams, and desires of gay Black men in this ode to queer African American empowerment. Built around outtakes of interview and protest footage from Tongues Untied, Affirmations begins as a candid, sex-positive confessional about first-time penetration and evolves into a rousing chorus of calls for freedom, recognition, and inclusion. ANTHEM “Pervert the language.” Made at a time when Marlon Riggs was three years into living with HIV and the motto “Silence=Death” was the queer community’s defiant response to the antigay policies of the Reagan era, this experimental music video employs a mix of poetry, African beats, and provocative imagery—sexual, political, and religious—in order to challenge and redefine prevailing images of Black masculinity. Led by the liberated dancing of the filmmaker himself, Anthem is a bold vision of queer revolution, proclaiming “Every time we kiss we confirm the new world coming.” COLOR ADJUSTMENT What does the American dream look like? Where do Black Americans fit into it? And what is television’s role in shaping our views of racial progress and the idealized American family? Picking up where the groundbreaking Ethnic Notions left off, this pioneering work of media studies by Marlon Riggs presents a complicated, challenging, and nuanced view of evolving racial attitudes as reflected in popular programs such as Amos ’n’ Andy, Julia, All in the Family, Good Times, Roots, and The Cosby Show. Narrated by Ruby Dee and featuring interviews with actors Diahann Carroll, Tim Reid, and Esther Rolle, African American historian Henry Louis Gates Jr., and producer Norman Lear, among others, Color Adjustment looks beyond the whitewashed, middle-class mythologies peddled by prime-time entertainment to track the ways in which Black Americans have been assimilated into a new but no less harmful racial narrative. NON, JE NE REGRETTE RIEN (NO REGRET) Through music, poetry, and courageous self-disclosure, five HIV-positive gay Black men (among them poet and performance artist Assotto Saint) discuss their individual confrontations with AIDS, illuminating their journeys through the fear, shame, and stigma that accompanied the disease at the height of the epidemic toward healing, acceptance, and truth. In Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien (No Regret), director Marlon Riggs tells stories of self-transformation in which a once unmentionable “affliction” is forged into a tool of personal and communal empowerment. BLACK IS . . . BLACK AIN’T Made with an urgency imparted by the knowledge that he was nearing the end of his life, Marlon Riggs’s final film—completed after his death of AIDS by a group of his devoted collaborators—is a wide-ranging consideration of a question that had long been central to his work: What does it mean to be Black? Using his mother’s gumbo recipe as a metaphor for the diversity of the African American experience, Riggs travels the country, seeking insights from leading thinkers like Angela Davis, Henry Louis Gates Jr., bell hooks, and Barbara Smith as well as ordinary people—young and old, rich and poor, rural and urban, gay and straight—all grappling with the numerous, often contested definitions of Blackness that have shaped their lives. Punctuated by footage of a dying Riggs directing his crew and delivering parting wisdom from his hospital bed, Black Is . . . Black Ain’t breaks down the divides of class, colorism, patriarchy, and homophobia as it issues a stirring appeal for unity. Top About this item Similar From the Brand Reviews The Signifyin' Works of Marlon Riggs (The Criterion Collection) (Ethnic Notions/Tongues Untied/Affirmations/Anthem/Color Adjustment/Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien (No Regret)/Black Is . . . Black Ain’t)

Release: June 22, 2021

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There has never been a filmmaker like Marlon Riggs (1957–1994): an unapologetic gay Black man who defied a culture of silence and shame to speak his truth with resounding joy and conviction. An early adopter of video technology who had a profound understanding of the power of words and images to effect change, Riggs employed a bold mix of documentary, performance, poetry, music, and experimental techniques in order to confront issues that most of Reagan-era America refused to acknowledge, from the devastating legacy of racist stereotypes to the impact of the AIDS crisis on his own queer African American community to the very definition of what it is to be Black. Bringing together Riggs’s complete works—including his controversy-inciting queer landmark Tongues Untied and Black Is . . . Black Ain’t, his deeply personal career summation—The Signifyin’ Works of Marlon Riggs traces the artistic and political evolution of a transformative filmmaker whose work is both an electrifying call for liberation and an invaluable historical document. TWO-BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES • New high-definition digital masters of all seven films, with uncompressed stereo soundtracks • Four new programs featuring editor Christiane Badgley; performers Brian Freeman, Reginald T. Jackson, and Bill T. Jones; filmmakers Cheryl Dunye and Rodney Evans; poet Jericho Brown; film and media scholar Racquel Gates; and sociologist Herman Gray • Long Train Running: The Story of the Oakland Blues (1981), Riggs’s graduate thesis film • Introduction to Riggs, recorded in 2020 and featuring filmmakers Vivian Kleiman and Shikeith, and Ashley Clark, curatorial director of the Criterion Collection • I Shall Not Be Removed: The Life of Marlon Riggs (1996), a documentary by Karen Everett that features interviews with Riggs; Kleiman; filmmaker Isaac Julien; African American studies scholar Barbara Christian; several of Riggs’s longtime friends and collaborators; and members of his family • English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing • PLUS: An essay by film critic K. Austin Collins ETHNIC NOTIONS Marlon Riggs brings viewers face-to-face with the insidious images that have shaped America’s racial mythologies, in his first major work, a brilliant and disturbing deconstruction of the ways in which anti-Black stereotypes have permeated nearly every aspect of popular culture. Through razor-sharp historical analysis including interviews with historians and folklore scholars, powerfully deployed imagery, and narration by actor Esther Rolle, Ethnic Notions illuminates, with devastating clarity, how dehumanizing caricatures of Black people—seen everywhere from children’s books to films to household products—have been used to uphold white supremacy and to justify slavery, segregation, and the continuing oppression of African Americans. In its refusal to look away from racism’s ugliest manifestations, this Emmy-winning documentary has become an essential text for understanding the origins of American racial violence. TONGUES UNTIED Made, in Marlon Riggs’s own words, to “shatter the nation’s brutalizing silence on matters of sexual and racial difference,” this radical blend of documentary and performance defies the stigmas surrounding Black gay sexuality in the belief that, as long as shame prevails, liberation will never be possible. Through music and dance, words and poetry by such pathbreaking writers as Essex Hemphill and Joseph Beam—and by turns candid, humorous, and heartbreaking interviews with queer African American men—Tongues Untied gives voice to what it means to live as an outsider in both a Black community rife with homophobia and a largely white gay subculture poisoned by racism. A lightning rod in the conservative culture wars of the 1980s that incited a right-wing furor over public funding for the arts, the film has lost none of its resonance in its unapologetic, life-affirming declaration that “Black men loving Black men is the revolutionary act.” AFFIRMATIONS Marlon Riggs expresses the hopes, dreams, and desires of gay Black men in this ode to queer African American empowerment. Built around outtakes of interview and protest footage from Tongues Untied, Affirmations begins as a candid, sex-positive confessional about first-time penetration and evolves into a rousing chorus of calls for freedom, recognition, and inclusion. ANTHEM “Pervert the language.” Made at a time when Marlon Riggs was three years into living with HIV and the motto “Silence=Death” was the queer community’s defiant response to the antigay policies of the Reagan era, this experimental music video employs a mix of poetry, African beats, and provocative imagery—sexual, political, and religious—in order to challenge and redefine prevailing images of Black masculinity. Led by the liberated dancing of the filmmaker himself, Anthem is a bold vision of queer revolution, proclaiming “Every time we kiss we confirm the new world coming.” COLOR ADJUSTMENT What does the American dream look like? Where do Black Americans fit into it? And what is television’s role in shaping our views of racial progress and the idealized American family? Picking up where the groundbreaking Ethnic Notions left off, this pioneering work of media studies by Marlon Riggs presents a complicated, challenging, and nuanced view of evolving racial attitudes as reflected in popular programs such as Amos ’n’ Andy, Julia, All in the Family, Good Times, Roots, and The Cosby Show. Narrated by Ruby Dee and featuring interviews with actors Diahann Carroll, Tim Reid, and Esther Rolle, African American historian Henry Louis Gates Jr., and producer Norman Lear, among others, Color Adjustment looks beyond the whitewashed, middle-class mythologies peddled by prime-time entertainment to track the ways in which Black Americans have been assimilated into a new but no less harmful racial narrative. NON, JE NE REGRETTE RIEN (NO REGRET) Through music, poetry, and courageous self-disclosure, five HIV-positive gay Black men (among them poet and performance artist Assotto Saint) discuss their individual confrontations with AIDS, illuminating their journeys through the fear, shame, and stigma that accompanied the disease at the height of the epidemic toward healing, acceptance, and truth. In Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien (No Regret), director Marlon Riggs tells stories of self-transformation in which a once unmentionable “affliction” is forged into a tool of personal and communal empowerment. BLACK IS . . . BLACK AIN’T Made with an urgency imparted by the knowledge that he was nearing the end of his life, Marlon Riggs’s final film—completed after his death of AIDS by a group of his devoted collaborators—is a wide-ranging consideration of a question that had long been central to his work: What does it mean to be Black? Using his mother’s gumbo recipe as a metaphor for the diversity of the African American experience, Riggs travels the country, seeking insights from leading thinkers like Angela Davis, Henry Louis Gates Jr., bell hooks, and Barbara Smith as well as ordinary people—young and old, rich and poor, rural and urban, gay and straight—all grappling with the numerous, often contested definitions of Blackness that have shaped their lives. Punctuated by footage of a dying Riggs directing his crew and delivering parting wisdom from his hospital bed, Black Is . . . Black Ain’t breaks down the divides of class, colorism, patriarchy, and homophobia as it issues a stirring appeal for unity. Top About this item Similar From the Brand Reviews The Signifyin' Works of Marlon Riggs (The Criterion Collection) (Ethnic Notions/Tongues Untied/Affirmations/Anthem/Color Adjustment/Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien (No Regret)/Black Is . . . Black Ain’t)

Release: January 6, 2026

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The true story of mixed martial arts and UFC fighter Mark Kerr (Dwayne Johnson), whose obsession with greatness made him a legend — and nearly cost him everything. An epic about the courage to fight for something greater than victory.

Release: January 6, 2026

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The true story of mixed martial arts and UFC fighter Mark Kerr (Dwayne Johnson), whose obsession with greatness made him a legend — and nearly cost him everything. An epic about the courage to fight for something greater than victory.

Release: September 13, 2016

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"Cecil B. DeMille s thought-to-be-lost 1915 silent film The Captive, is a found treasure. Set during the Balkan Wars, The Captive tells the story of Sonia (Blanche Sweet, The Woman in White), a young woman living in Montenegro and left to care for her younger brother Milos (Gerald Ward, The Warrens of Virginia) and the family farm when older brother Marko (Page Peters, Davy Crockett) goes off to battle. Unable to handle the day-to-day tasks following her brother s tragic death, help comes in the form of Mahmud Hassan (House Peters, Prisoners of the Storm) a captured Turk nobleman now a prisoner of war. Tasked with helping Sonia, their initial frosty relationship soon melts into love. As the war rages on Sonia, Mahmud and Milos will face near-insurmountable obstacles in their quest for a better life amidst the hell of war. Directed by Cecil B. DeMille (The Ten Commandments, The Buccaneer) from a screenplay written by DeMille and Jeanie Macpherson (based on her play), the wartime romantic drama The Captive features supporting performances by Jeanie Macpherson (The Girl of the Golden West), Theodore Roberts (The Ten Commandments), William Elmer (The Devil and Miss Jones) and features a musical score newly composed by Lucy Duke."

Release: February 17, 2026

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Highlighted by magnetic performances from Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson, this moving and offbeat music biodrama-based on a 2008 documentary-tells the true story of Lightning & Thunder, a Neil Diamond tribute band formed by Mike and Claire Sardina. The somewhat unexpected success they achieved in the 1990s is surpassed only by Mike and Claire's amazing love story, which saw them stick together though good times and bad. With Michael Imperioli, Jim Belushi, Ella Anderson, King Princess. 133 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English; audio commentary; featurettes; extended performances.

Release: May 9, 2023

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From its first release at an underground theater in Paris, this account of France’s occupation under the Nazi regime has been acclaimed as one of the most moving and influential films ever made. Director Marcel Ophuls interviewed the residents of Clermont-Ferrand who remembered the occupation, as well as government officials, writers, farmers, artists, and German veterans. Here, in their own words, is the story of how ordinary citizens and leaders alike behaved under military siege. Originally refused by French TV, the film garnered international success and acclaim – including an Oscar nomination for Best Documentary – while shattering the myth of an undivided and universally resistant France under the Vichy government. A triumph of on-the-ground filmmaking, The Sorrow and the Pity (1969) remains gripping, appalling, and exhilarating for its unflinching view of humanity. Special Features: • Marcel Ophuls Visual History (40 minutes, courtesy of Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, ©2017 A.M.P.A.S.) • Re-release trailer

Release: April 25, 2023

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From the legendary Bruce Campbell (star of The Evil Dead and Bubba Ho-Tep) and horror maven Sean S. Cunningham (director of Friday the 13th and DeepStar Six) comes an unrelenting assault of extraterrestrial terror: Terminal Invasion. Inside an isolated airport, seven anxious passengers learn that their charter flight has been grounded by a blizzard. The unhappy passengers are soon stunned into silence by the arrival of Jack Edwards (Campbell), a convicted murderer escorted by two guards. But these soon prove to be the least of the passengers’ problems, as they realize that some members of the group are not who, or what, they seem. Fasten your seatbelts for a pulse-pounding sci-fi thrill ride, co-starring Chase Masterson (TV’s Star Trek: Deep Space Nine). Special Features: • Audio Commentary by Director Sean S. Cunningham and Executive Producer Chuck Simon • Alien Custom Test • Optional English Subtitles

Release: November 26, 2024

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An unassuming young man floods the American wine market with fake vintages valued in the millions in this humorous and suspenseful tale of an ingenious con on the eve of the 2008 stock market crash.

Release: September 20, 2022

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South: Ernest Shackleton and the Endurance Expedition (1919) is the original documentary of the greatest epic in the history of exploration, produced by Shackleton and Frank Hurley. When Shackleton set sail on the Endurance on August 8, 1914, he planned a brave attempt to cross the continent of Antarctica via the South Pole. But within a day’s travel, the Endurance was trapped in unusually heavy pack ice. What followed is one of the most spectacular adventure stories ever—an unbelievable tale of courage and survival. The crew drifted on ice floes for months before landing on the completely deserted Elephant Island. With no chance for rescue, Ernest Shackleton and five of his men made a 850-mile journey in an open boat with only a sextant to guide them across the roughest seas in the world. Made newly relevant with the 2022 discovery of the Endurance at the bottom of the Weddell Sea – this Milestone Films release of South is newly restored in 2K by the BFI National Archive with the original tints and toning and a new orchestral score by Neil Brand performed by Covent Garden Sinfonia, making this Blu-ray release one to cherish. Special Features: -Audio commentary by film historian Luke McKernan (2002) -Audio recordings of Ernest Shackleton -Departure of Shackleton’s British Antarctic Expedition from Lyttelton, New Zealand (1908, 8 minutes) -Antarctic Expedition: Sir George Newnes’ Farewell to Officers and Crew (1 minute) -Shackleton: South Georgia Birds (1920, 13 minutes) -Shackleton’s Boat Journey (1999, 31 minutes, Produced by Harding Dunnett and John Bardell for the James Caird Society) -Southward on the Quest (1922 excerpt, 8 minutes) Top About this item Similar From the Brand Reviews South: Ernest Shackleton and the Endurance Expedition

Release: September 28, 2021

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How can one rock band be successful, underrated, hugely influential, and criminally overlooked all at the same time? Take a musical odyssey through five weird and wonderful decades with brothers Ron and Russell Mael, celebrating the inspiring legacy of Sparks: your favorite band's favorite band.

Release: September 28, 2021

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How can one rock band be successful, underrated, hugely influential, and criminally overlooked all at the same time? Take a musical odyssey through five weird and wonderful decades with brothers Ron and Russell Mael, celebrating the inspiring legacy of Sparks: your favorite band's favorite band.

Release: December 16, 2025

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Portrait of Andy Kaufman's wild genius, legacy, and unseen footage--told by those who knew him best. A deep dive into comedy's greatest enigma. FROM THE FILMMAKERS BEHIND UNCUT GEMS AND WONT YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR? LIFE IS A BEAUTIFUL AND CONFUSING PERFORMANCE THANK YOU VERY MUCH traces the life and career of legendary performance artist Andy Kaufman, exploring the enigmatic legend's gonzo, boundary-shattering comedy which provoked and often outraged audiences. The film reveals a nuanced understanding of what drove the mercurial performer, who inspired an entire generation of offbeat comedians and entertainers after him. The film includes rare, never before seen footage and audio recordings that shed new light on Kaufman's creative process; including newly uncovered archival footage and intimate recollections of friends, colleagues, and family members, and interviews with Kaufman's closest collaborators such as Bob Zmuda, Lynne Margulies, Steve Martin, Danny DeVito, and Marilu Henner. THANK YOU VERY MUCH excavates the all-too-short life and career of a comedy iconoclast whose impact is felt all the more today with the blurring of artifice and reality that defines our present age. Cast & Crew Actors: Lynne Margulies Danny DeVito Steve Martin Bob Zmuda Andy Kaufman Director: Alex Braverman Producer: Joe Plummer Producer: Alex Braverman Producer: Lauren Belfer Producer: Rick Rubin Producer: Benny Safdie Producer: Josh Safdie Top About this item Similar From the Brand Reviews Thank You Very Much

Release: July 30, 2024

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In a bitter divorce settlement from her billionaire husband Rupert Mannion (Anthony Head), Rebecca Welton (Hannah Waddingham) becomes the new owner of AFC Richmond, a struggling British English Premier League football team. She's assisted by her garden gnome Director of Communications (and later Director of Football Operations) Leslie Higgins (Jeremy Swift), who formerly worked for her husband. Her first order of business is to fire the team's current manager and replace him with American football coach Theodore "Ted" Lasso (Jason Sudeikis). Formerly a small-time coach from Wichita Kansas, Ted and his friend, assistant Coach Beard (Brendan Hunt) cross the pond to take up the management of the team's long, albeit modest history. Although he is nationally ridiculed for doing something so stupid, Ted works to change the team's profound mediocrity. Richmond is about to change the way they're doing things, from now on, it's the Lasso way. All 3 seasons of the Emmy-award winning series are available in this boxset which includes a double sided BELIEVE poster Included as a Gift-With-Purchase, While Supplies Last. Quantities Limited.

Release: March 25, 2014

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Supplemental disc collecting commentary, interviews, documentaries, and behind-the-scenes material covering the making of Zodiac and the real-life investigation behind the film.

Release: January 8, 2019

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Over the last two decades, a rise in physical attacks and verbal assaults on Jews has been recorded in many countries across Europe. At the same time an increasingly fractured world has exposed deep political, social, and racial division, especially in France. SPIRAL is the story of how a cycle of fear, hatred, and violence has taken hold. In portraying the resurgence of anti-Semitism in France and in the wider world, the film trains its gaze on individuals, witnesses on all sides of the conflicts that have fueled this escalation.

Release: September 10, 2018

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Spitfire is the epic tale of the world's most famous fighter plane, told by the last surviving veterans who flew her in the white heat of combat.

Release: October 28, 2025

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Japanese language, English subtitles, high definition, Region A disc. If you’re lucky enough to make it out of Seikou Girls’ Academy, they say it’ll make you a wise wife and a gentle mother. Yeah, right. In these harrowing halls, most students survive by keeping their heads down or having them smashed in! Out of all the academy’s gangs, there’s none more terrifying than O-Michi (Miki Sugimoto) and the Stormbreakers. But when a mysterious transfer student (Reiko Ike) steps on O-Michi’s turf, the ensuing gang war reveals a trail of blood that leads straight back to the school itself! Director Norifumi Suzuki (School of the Holy Beast) rings the morning bell at the very first Terrifying Girls’ High School! This introductory course into the world of pinky violence is chock full of violence, suspense, and oodles of ladies! Presented in the original Japanese language with English Subtitles!

Release: March 26, 2019

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Laurel and Hardy, one of the world's greatest comedy teams, set out on a variety hall tour of Britain in 1953. Diminished by age and with their golden era as the kings of Hollywood comedy now behind them, they face an uncertain future. As the charm and beauty of their performances shines through, they re-connect with their adoring fans. Even as the tour becomes a hit, Stan and Ollie can't quite shake the specter of Laurel and Hardy's past; the long-buried ghosts, coupled with Oliver's failing health, start to threaten their precious partnership. A portrait of the most tender and poignant of creative marriages, they are aware that they may be approaching their swan song, trying to rediscover just how much they mean to each other.

Release: January 19, 2021

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Melissa Lucio was the first Hispanic woman sentenced to death in Texas. For ten years she has been awaiting her fate, and she now faces her last appeal. This Blu-ray includes 5.1 DTS-HD MA, 2.0 DTS-HD MA, 5.1 surround sound, 2.0 stereo and English subtitles for the deaf and hearing-impaired.

Release: January 1, 2017

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Prepare To Step Into History! Stereographs: 3D Portals To The Past Presents Episode One: Photographs From The American Civil War Era Volume One in 3-Dimensions . Travel Back In Time & Immerse Yourself In These Amazing Images From The American Civil War Era. Explore The Past As Never Before As Helicon Digital Arts Presents Hundreds Of Incredible Stereoscopic Images Restored & Enhanced For High Definition Viewing! See These Images Brought To Life With Music & Sound Effects In Full Motion 3-D. Available For The First Time Ever On 3D Blu-ray. A 3DTV, Appropriate 3D Glasses & A 3D Blu-ray Player Are Required For 3D Viewing. This Disc Will Play In 2D on Non-3D Televisions.