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Cohen Film Collection presents the new 4K restoration of Jaques Rivette's ambitious two-part historical epic starring Sandrine Bonnaire. For Joan the Maid: The Battles, the first installment of his ambitious yet restrained two-part study, director and co-screenwriter Rivette surveys the revelatory period where Joan met with royalty, joined the army, and led the French into battle against the English. As Joan, Sandrine Bonnaire gets at the reality behind the legend, showing the matter-of-fact courage of a teenage girl. Joan the Maid: The Prisons, the second part of Rivette's diptych, brought leading lady Bonnaire a César Award nomination for her powerful performance, as she plays out windows in the final two years of Joan's life, from the battlefield victory, to prison life, to the stake. Bonus Content Disc 1 - Joan the Maid: Part 1 - The Battles Original Trailer Restoration Trailer Disc 2 - Joan the Maid: Part 2 - The Prisons Original Trailer

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A man becomes obsessed with a mysterious woman in Istanbul in this hypnotic, dreamlike meditation on desire and memory.

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France released, Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C : it WILL NOT play on regular DVD player. You need Blu-Ray DVD player to view this Blu-Ray DVD: LANGUAGES: French ( DTS-HD Master Audio ), French ( Mono ), English ( Subtitles ), French ( Subtitles ), SPECIAL FEATURES: Cast/Crew Interview(s), Featurette, Interactive Menu, Remastered, Scene Access, Trailer(s), SYNOPSIS: Those five are unemployed penniless workers. Together they win 100,000 Francs with the national lottery. Instead of sharing the money, they buy a ruin and build an open-air cafe. But difficulties come to split their friendly group apart: former wife, police tracking one of them (Spanish republican refugee), jealousy... ...They Were Five (1936) ( La belle équipe )

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A Chris Marker double bill. 'La Jetee' is a science fiction short that takes a man from the future back to his childhood in pre-apocalypse Paris. His ability to make contact with a woman he once glimpsed may be humanity's last hope. The film makes use of still pictures to tell almost the entire story. It won first prize at the 1963 Trieste Film Festival and was the inspiration behind Terry Gilliam's 'Twelve Monkeys'. Whilst 'Sans Soleil' is Marker's landmark avant-garde documentary which compiles exotic footage from across the globe to provide a collage of 'the dreams of the human race'. A fictionalised cameraman provides commentary on the images through the letters he writes to a woman.

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The bright sun of the French Riviera is deceptive in this languorously alluring exercise in slow-burn suspense from thriller specialist Jacques Deray and legendary screenwriter Jean-Claude Carrière. Ten years after their breakup, one of European cinema’s most iconic real-life couples, Alain Delon and Romy Schneider, reunited for this film, bringing a palpable erotic chemistry to their performances as the bronzed and beautiful vacationers whose blissed-out summer holiday on the Côte d’Azur is interrupted by the arrival of an old acquaintance (Maurice Ronet) and his eighteen-year-old daughter (Jane Birkin)—unleashing a gathering tidal wave of sexual tension, jealousy, and sudden violence. A paragon of 1960s modernist cool thanks to effortlessly chic clothes and a loungy Michel Legrand score, La piscine dives deep to reveal sinister undercurrents roiling beneath its seductive surfaces. BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES New, restored 4K digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack The Swimming Pool: “First Love Never Dies,” the English-language version of the film Fifty Years Later, a 2019 documentary by Agnès Vincent-Deray featuring actors Alain Delon and Jane Birkin, screenwriter Jean-Claude Carrière, and novelist Jean-Emmanuel Conil New interview with scholar Nick Rees-Roberts on the film’s cinematic and aesthetic legacy Archival footage featuring Delon, Birkin, actors Romy Schneider and Maurice Ronet, and director Jacques Deray Alternate ending Trailers New English subtitle translation PLUS: An essay by film critic Jessica Kiang

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Before his convention-shattering debut, Breathless, had even premiered, Jean-Luc Godard leapt into the making of his second feature, a thriller that would tackle the most controversial subject in France: the use of torture in the Algerian War. Despite his lack of political convictions, photojournalist Bruno Forestier (Michel Subor) is roped into a paramilitary group waging a shadow war in Geneva against the Algerian independence movement. Anna Karina (in her first collaboration with Godard, whose camera is visibly besotted with her) is beguiling as the mysterious woman with whom Forestier becomes infatuated. Banned for two and a half years by French censors for its depiction of brutal tactics on the part of the French government and the Algerian fighters alike, Le petit soldat finds the young Godard already retooling cinema as a vehicle for existential inquiry, political argument, and ephemeral portraiture—in other words, as a medium for delivering “truth twenty-four times per second.” BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES • High-definition digital restoration, approved by cinematographer Raoul Coutard, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack • Interview with director Jean-Luc Godard from 1965 • Interview with actor Michel Subor from 1963 • Audio interview with Godard from 1961 • New English subtitle translation • PLUS: An essay by critic Nicholas Elliott Top About this item Similar From the Brand Reviews Le petit soldat (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]

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Le Pont du Nord (1981) is an entrancing puzzle film with the city of Paris as a continually shifting game board. It is one of director Jacques Rivettes most mysterious and haunting works, a dark companion piece to Celine and Julie Go Boating (1974). Marie (Bulle Ogier, L'amour Fou, Maitresse) has just been released from prison, and encounters the paranoid loner Baptiste (Pascale Ogier, Full Moon in Paris). They follow Marie's ex-lover Julien (Pierre Clementi) and his talismanic briefcase as Paris begins to open up to them as a series of enigmatic clues. The city is a labyrinth of possibilities but no certainties, a place of fantastical fables (here be dragons) and the brute realities of the street. Shot on luminous 16mm at exclusively outdoor locations by the great cinematographers William Lubtchansky (Shoah Every Man for Himself, Regular Lovers) and Caroline Champetier (Holy Motors), Le Pont du Nord is surreal, gorgeous and heartbreaking, and is surely one of Rivettes greatest works.

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1 About Us For almost 20 years, Shout! Factory has redefined what it means to be an entertainment company for fans, by fans. Through its beginnings lovingly releasing and reviving beloved cult films and classic TV series, Shout! cultivated an uncanny ability to rediscover great content and applied these skills to producing and distributing fan-driven new releases that set the bar for independent entertainment.

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“BRAVO” say critics about an entertainer’s tell-all memoir chronicling her days in the cabaret act Barry Nichols and Les Girls. “Libel!” cries another of Les Girls, setting in motion a talons- and fact-baring litigation that proves Les Girls will be girls and that Cole Porter movie musicals will always sparkle. Gene Kelly plays Nichols, and Mitzi Gaynor, Golden Globe Best Actress winner Kay Kendall and Taina Elg are the femmes in this George Cukor-directed romp that won a Best Costume Design Osca and another Golden Globe for Best Comedy/Musical. Among the highlights: a ribald “Ladies in Waiting” and a hepcat parody of The Wild One called “Why Am I So Gone About That Gal?” You’ll be so gone about Les Girls.

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In season three, when we reconnect with the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise, still under the command of Captain Pike, they face the conclusion of season two’s harrowing encounter with the Gorn.

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Jane Birkin and Geraldine Chaplin star as theatre troupe members who are invited by a mysterious playwright/director to perform in a strange mansion. As the rehearsal progresses, secrets are revealed and the line between fiction and reality blurs. Special Features: -Audio commentary track by Director Emeritus, New York Film Festival & Professor of Film and Media Studies, Columbia University Richard Peña -Re-release Trailer

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The Lover - The sensual film adaptation of the autobiographical bestselling novel of the same name by Marguerite Duras, for the first time in 4K Ultra HD with Dolby Vision and HDR10. Bonus Materials: 2-Disc Limited Collector's Edition Mediabook — remastered in 4K Ultra HD with Dolby Vision and HDR10 and also on Blu-ray. Included is a 24-page booklet as well as Making-of; Interview with novelist Marguerite Duras and Jean-Jacques Annaud; Unreleased Scenes; Image Galleries: "Set Shots"; "The Locations"; "Marguerite Duras and Jane March"; Original theatrical trailer and an Instrumental trailer.

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Robert Bresson’s masterpiece of cinematic tension, A Man Escaped, follows the harrowing true story of a French Resistance fighter imprisoned by the Gestapo during World War II. Facing a looming death sentence in the supposedly impenetrable Montluc fortress, he relies on unwavering resolve and the repurposing of everyday objects to methodically fashion a way out. Renowned for its rigorous attention to detail, ascetic visual style, and revolutionary use of sound, this quintessential prison-break thriller remains one of the most gripping and influential works of French cinema.

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Mika (Isabelle Huppert) is the head of a Swiss chocolate company and insists on dispensing a surprisingly potent blend of hot chocolate and sedatives to her family. Married for the second time to her concert-pianist husband Andre, the two live with their son Guillaume, who clearly shares none of his father's musical talent. Into their lives steps a young woman born on the same day as Guillaume and, as we learn, was almost switched at birth with him. Does her prolific talent at the piano hint at a deeper connection? And will there be enough chocolate to go around? Bonus Content: Feature-length audio commentary by critics Wade Major and Andy Klein 2014 Re-release Trailer

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This underwater documentary showcases coral reefs and sea life with immersive photography and educational narration.

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*This listing is for the standard edition version and does NOT come with a limited edition slipcase!* Four more trailblazing classics from the dawn of Québec’s cinematic revolution BETWEEN SWEET AND SALT WATER (Entre la mer et l'eau douce) – Leaving his rural hometown for the trials and tribulations of success in the city, young folksinger Claude (Orders star Claude Gauthier) begins a charged romance with waitress Geneviève (Dead Ringers’ Geneviève Bujold). Legendary filmmaker Michel Brault’s celebrated fiction feature debut transposed the intimacy and immediacy of his vérité work and brought new legitimacy to independent cinema in Québec. WHERE ARE YOU? (Où êtes-vous donc?) – Coming together across an extended road trip to Montréal, Christian, Georges, and Mouffe each forge a unique path in the face of an increasingly consumerist society. Filmmaker Gilles Groulx’s follow-up to The Cat in the Bag is an intoxicating formal kaleidoscope that pushes cinematic language to its limits. GENEVIÈVE – Traveling to Québec City for a winter carnival, teenagers Geneviève (Bujold) and Louise (A Woman in Transit's Louise Marleau) experience the joys and disillusionment of a young love affair with Bernard (Bernard Arcand) in Michel Brault’s first collaboration with Bujold. FABIENNE (Fabienne sans son jules) – Restless with local celebrity and longing for a lead role in a film, free-spirited chanteuse Fabienne (famed Québécois singer Pauline Julien) relentlessly pursues an offscreen Jean-Luc Godard in this early short from Jacques Godbout (YUL 871). Bonus Features: 1. Region Free Blu-ray 2. Scanned and restored in 2K from the 35mm interpositives 3. New Between Sweet and Salt Water audio commentary featuring author/professor André Loiselle 4. New interview with former Cinémathèque québécoise director Robert Daudelin on Where Are You? and the films of Gilles Groulx 5. Geneviève Bujold: Art = Life (2018, 5 min.) – A tribute to Michel Brault starring Bujold 6. Theatrical trailers for Between Sweet and Salt Water, Where Are You?, and the three features from The Other New Wave, Vol. 1 7. Booklet featuring a new essay by author Ralph Elawani and a new interview with Godbout by film programmer Marc Lamothe 8. Reversible cover artwork The Other French New Wave Vol. 2 [Blu-ray] The Other French New Wave Vol. 2 Similar From the Brand Questions Reviews

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Across nearly thirteen hours, two theater groups and a gallery of wanderers drift through post-1968 Paris in Rivette’s sprawling puzzle-box epic.

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Robert Mitchum solidified his tough-guy persona In this archetypal film noir directed with memorable style by Jacques Tourneur (Cat People). He plays Jeff Bailey, a one-time private investigator walking the straight and narrow of small-town life...until an acquaintance from his past pulls him back into the troubles he'd left behind. Build my gallows high, baby, Bailey sneers as events stack up against him. With dialogue like that and much more, OUT OF THE PAST builds its reputation high.

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Robert Mitchum solidified his tough-guy persona In this archetypal film noir directed with memorable style by Jacques Tourneur (Cat People). He plays Jeff Bailey, a one-time private investigator walking the straight and narrow of small-town life...until an acquaintance from his past pulls him back into the troubles he'd left behind. Build my gallows high, baby, Bailey sneers as events stack up against him. With dialogue like that and much more, OUT OF THE PAST builds its reputation high.

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Everything you want in a film noir you’ll find in OUT OF THE PAST (1947). A tenacious detective (Robert Mitchum) spinning his wheels to make good. A drop-dead beauty (Jane Greer) up to no good, and moneyed mobster (Kirk Douglas) with a shark’s grin, plus double-crosses, fall guys, shadowy rooms and bleak souls. Mitchum solidified his tough-guy persona In this archetypal film noir directed with memorable style by Jacques Tourneur (Cat People, I Walked with a Zombie). He plays Jeff Bailey, a one-time private investigator walking the straight and narrow of small-town life….until an acquaintance from his past pulls him back into the troubles he’d left behind. “Build my gallows high, baby,” Bailey sneers as events stack up against him. With dialogue like that and much more OUT OF THE PAST builds its reputation high. Presented with commentary by Author/Film-Noir Specialist James Ursini.

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Jacques Deray (The Outsider) directed this gritty seventies action-classic featuring an iconic cast which includes Jean-Louis Trintignant (The Conformist), Ann-Margret (52 Pick-Up), Roy Scheider (Marathon Man), Angie Dickinson (Dressed to Kill), Michel Constantin (The Cop), Umberto Orsini (Violent City) and Ted de Corsia (The Killing) as they battle each other for their lives from the back alleys of downtown Los Angeles to the posh mansions of Beverly Hills. Trintignant is a hit man imported from Paris to kill L.A.’s biggest mafia boss. His unknown employer: the mafia boss’s own son and the son’s beautiful wife (Dickinson). Having done his job, the hit man looks for his reward. It comes, in the form of another hit man (Scheider), sent in to kill him and thus remove any links to the murder. Sexy Ann-Margret is Trintignant’s only ally as he and Scheider play a murderous game of cat-and-mouse. Nail-biting suspense, exciting high-speed chases and one of the most unique and climactic gun battles ever filmed are only part of The Outside Man, boasting an ultra-cool score by Michel Legrand (The Thomas Crown Affair). This special edition includes both the English and French versions of the 1970s thriller. Special Features: • Newly Restored – From 4K Scan of the 35mm Original Camera Negative • NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historians Howard S. Berger, Steve Mitchell and Nathaniel Thompson • Includes the Uncut Versions of THE OUTSIDE MAN (In English) and UN HOMME EST MORT (In French) • Theatrical Trailers (Both Versions) • Two Dual-Layered BD50 Discs • Optional English Subtitles

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From Jacques Defray, the legendary director of The Swimming Pool, Borsalino, The Outside Man and Flic Story. Screen legend Jean-Paul Belmond (Le Professional, Le Doulas) stars as Commissaries Philippe Jordan, a rogue French detective in Marseille infiltrating a network of drug traffickers and their crime boss, Saver Meccacci (Henry Silva, Shark's Machine, Code of Silence). Two of the film’s best features are the terrific color photography by Xavier Schwarzenegger (Veronica Voss, Lili Marleen) and the musical score by composer extraordinaire Enno Morricone (For a Few Dollars More, The Sicilian Clan). The stellar cast includes Cheeky Kayo (La Femme Nikita), Roger Dumas (That Man from Rio), Michel Robin (Amelie) and Jean-Claude Dreyfus (Delicatessen). Special Features: -Audio Commentary by Film Historian Sam Dhegihan -Theatrical Trailer Top About this item Similar From the Brand Reviews The Outsider aka Le Marginal [Blu-ray]

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One of the original critics turned filmmakers who helped jump-start the French New Wave, Jacques Rivette (La belle noiseuse) began shooting his debut feature in 1957, well before that cinema revolution officially kicked off with The 400 Blows and Breathless. Ultimately released in 1961, the rich and mysterious Paris Belongs to Us offers some of the radical flavor that would define the movement, with a particularly Rivettian twist. The film follows a young literature student (Betty Schneider) who befriends the members of a loose-knit group of twentysomethings in Paris, united by the apparent suicide of an acquaintance. Suffused with a lingering post World War II disillusionment while evincing a playful temperament, Rivette s film marked the provocative start to a brilliant directorial career. BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES - New 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack - New interview with Richard Neupert, author of A History of the French New Wave Cinema - Jacques Rivette s 1956 short film Le coup du berger, featuring cameos by fellow French New Wave directors Claude Chabrol, Jean-Luc Godard, and François Truffaut - New English subtitle translation - PLUS: An essay by critic Luc Sante

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Four young people fall in and out of love (and sex) with each other while figuring out their lives in Paris. From acclaimed director Jacques Audiard, based on stories by Adrian Tomine.

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The great Jacques Demy (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg) directed this masterful retelling of the classic children's tale. Set in the Middle Ages, the divided town of Hamelin tries in vain to rid itself of the Black Plague. Music legend Donovan plays a mysterious musician who arrives in town promising to rid the town of their rat infestation by playing his magical flute, but the townspeople cannot put aside their personal agendas and ask the piper to help them with other deeds, as the town s petty and greedy leader, the sublimely creepy Donald Pleasence (Halloween) attempts to take advantage of their new savior. With great music and spectacular costumes and sets, The Pied Piper is a fascinating take on a familiar legend. Wonderfully shot by Peter Suschitzky (The Empire Strikes Back) and featuring a splendid cast that includes John Hurt (Alien), Jack Wild (Oliver!), Peter Vaughan (Straw Dogs), Roy Kinnear (How I Won the War), Michael Hordern (The Bed Sitting Room), Cathryn Harrison (Black Moon) and Diana Dors (A Kid for Two Farthings). Special Features: Trailers

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Jacques Tati’s gloriously choreographed, nearly wordless comedies about confusion in an age of high technology reached their apotheosis with PlayTime. For this monumental achievement, a nearly three-year-long, bank-breaking production, Tati again thrust the lovably old-fashioned Monsieur Hulot, along with a host of other lost souls, into a baffling modern world, this time Paris. With every inch of its superwide frame crammed with hilarity and inventiveness, PlayTime is a lasting record of a modern era tiptoeing on the edge of oblivion. 4K UHD SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES 4K digital restoration, with 3.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack One 4K UHD disc of the film and one Blu-ray with the special features Introduction by actor and comedian Terry Jones Three selected-scene commentaries, by film historian Philip Kemp, theater director Jérôme Deschamps, and Jacques Tati expert Stéphane Goudet Like Home, a visual essay by Goudet “Tativille,” a 1967 television program featuring an interview with Tati from the set of PlayTime Beyond “PlayTime,” a short documentary featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the production Interview with script supervisor Sylvette Baudrot Audio interview with Tati from the U.S. debut of PlayTime at the 1972 San Francisco International Film Festival Tati Story, a short film by Goudet on the life and career of Tati “Monsieur Hulot’s Work,” a 1976 television program about Tati’s beloved character Cours du soir (1967), a short film written by and starring Tati Alternate English-language soundtrack PLUS: An essay by critic Jonathan Rosenbaum

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Jacques Tati’s gloriously choreographed, nearly wordless comedies about confusion in an age of high technology reached their apotheosis with PlayTime. For this monumental achievement, a nearly three-year-long, bank-breaking production, Tati again thrust the lovably old-fashioned Monsieur Hulot, along with a host of other lost souls, into a baffling modern world, this time Paris. With every inch of its superwide frame crammed with hilarity and inventiveness, PlayTime is a lasting record of a modern era tiptoeing on the edge of oblivion. 4K UHD SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES 4K digital restoration, with 3.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack One 4K UHD disc of the film and one Blu-ray with the special features Introduction by actor and comedian Terry Jones Three selected-scene commentaries, by film historian Philip Kemp, theater director Jérôme Deschamps, and Jacques Tati expert Stéphane Goudet Like Home, a visual essay by Goudet “Tativille,” a 1967 television program featuring an interview with Tati from the set of PlayTime Beyond “PlayTime,” a short documentary featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the production Interview with script supervisor Sylvette Baudrot Audio interview with Tati from the U.S. debut of PlayTime at the 1972 San Francisco International Film Festival Tati Story, a short film by Goudet on the life and career of Tati “Monsieur Hulot’s Work,” a 1976 television program about Tati’s beloved character Cours du soir (1967), a short film written by and starring Tati Alternate English-language soundtrack PLUS: An essay by critic Jonathan Rosenbaum

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Four-year-old Ponette (Victoire Thivisol) loses her mother (Marie Trintignant) in a tragic automobile accident. Her father (Xavier Beauvois) passes her along to an aunt and then to a boarding school. Believing that life cannot simply stop, Ponette continues to yearn for her mom. She speaks to her, she waits for her, she looks for her. Uncertainly but stubbornly, she tries to bring her mother back. This heartbreaking drama from director Jacques Doillon was named one of the Best Foreign Language Films of the year by the New York Film Critics Circle and the National Board of Review. Special Features: -Audio commentary by film historian Samm Deighan -Trailer

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A PROPHET details the gritty prison career of nineteen-year-old Malik. Arriving at the jail, he is cornered by the leader of the ruling Corsican gang and forced to carry out a number of dangerous missions including drug trafficking and brutal hits.

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Set amid the Lebanese Civil War, Saab’s fiction feature debut centers the unlikely bond formed between Karim, a forty-something painter, and Samar, a teenager who grew up in war-torn Beirut. Bonus Features: 1. Two Newly Restored Short Films by Saab: Children of War (1976); Lebanese Hostages of Their City (1982) 2. Re-Release Trailer 3. A booklet with a new essay by critic Cici Peng

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Two outcasts are drawn together by crime and passion in this early tour de force from director Jacques Audiard. Carla (Emmanuelle Devos, who won a César Award for her performance) is an unappreciated, hard-of-hearing employee at a nondescript construction company. Her lonely life gets a jolt of excitement when she hires a new assistant: Paul (Vincent Cassel), an ex-con who soon enlists her (and her lip-reading ability) in a risky scheme. With visceral camera work and sound design, Audiard immerses viewers in the duo’s increasingly turbulent world, blending noir conventions with complex character development for a thriller of unique depth and emotion. DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES New 4K digital restoration, supervised and approved by director Jacques Audiard and director of photography Mathieu Vadepied, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack New afterword by Audiard Audio commentary with actors Vincent Cassel and Emmanuelle Devos Program about the making of the film featuring interviews with Audiard, Vadepied, and coscreenwriter Tonino Benacquista Interview with composer Alexandre Desplat Deleted scenes featuring commentary by Audiard Trailer New English subtitle translation PLUS: An essay by film scholar Ginette Vincendeau Top About this item Similar From the Brand Reviews Read My Lips (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]

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Two outcasts are drawn together by crime and passion in this early tour de force from director Jacques Audiard. Carla (Emmanuelle Devos, who won a César Award for her performance) is an unappreciated, hard-of-hearing employee at a nondescript construction company. Her lonely life gets a jolt of excitement when she hires a new assistant: Paul (Vincent Cassel), an ex-con who soon enlists her (and her lip-reading ability) in a risky scheme. With visceral camera work and sound design, Audiard immerses viewers in the duo’s increasingly turbulent world, blending noir conventions with complex character development for a thriller of unique depth and emotion. DIRECTOR-APPROVED 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES New 4K digital restoration, supervised and approved by director Jacques Audiard and director of photography Mathieu Vadepied, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features New afterword by Audiard Audio commentary with actors Vincent Cassel and Emmanuelle Devos Program about the making of the film featuring interviews with Audiard, Vadepied, and coscreenwriter Tonino Benacquista Interview with composer Alexandre Desplat Deleted scenes featuring commentary by Audiard Trailer New English subtitle translation PLUS: An essay by film scholar Ginette Vincendeau Top About this item Similar From the Brand Reviews Read My Lips (The Criterion Collection) [4K UHD]

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Paris, 1880. 40 year-old Rodin (Vincent Lindon) finally receives his first state commission, “The Gates of Hell,” which will include “The Kiss” and “The Thinker,” two of his most famous creations. Constantly working, he shares his life with his lifelong partner, Rose (Séverine Caneele) and his mistress, the young Camille Claudel (Izïa Higelin,) the gifted student who becomes his assistant and a talented sculptor in her own right during a decade of passion, mutual admiration and creative collaboration. Following their painful break up, Rodin continues to work relentlessly while facing both the rejection and enthusiasm provoked by the sensuality and originality of his sculptures. Top About this item Similar From the Brand Reviews Rodin

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RUST AND BONE is an extraordinary story of survival and salvation from the acclaimed, award-winning director of A Prophet.

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Product Description After traveling the world alongside migrating birds (Winged Migration) and diving the oceans with whales and manta rays (Oceans), Jacques Perrin and Jacques Cluzaud return to more familiar ground: the lush green forests and megafauna that emerged across Europe following the last Ice Age. Winter had gone on for 80,000 years when in a relatively short period of time the ice retreated, the landscape metamorphosed, the cycle of seasons was established, and the beasts occupied their new kingdom. It was only later that man arrived to share this habitat, first tentatively as migratory hunter/gatherers, then making inroads in the forest as settled agriculturalists, and later more dramatically via industry and warfare. With it's exceptional footage of animals in the wild, Seasons is the awe-inspiring and thought-provoking tale of the long and tumultuous shared history that inextricably binds humankind with the natural world. Review Critics' Pick. A Beauty...Entrancing. --Alan Scherstuhl, Village Voice Truly beautiful. Captures the poetry, humor and drama of wildlife --Deborah Young, The Hollywood Features some of the most breathtaking nature photography this side of BBC s Planet Earth miniseries. --Peter Debruge, Variety

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A shadowy mystery of doubles, secrets and murder unfolds when identity itself becomes unstable.

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When a brilliant scientist (Sandrine Bonnaire) discovers that her father did not die accidentally but was murdered by a family friend, she swears vengeance. However, she soon finds herself deeply embroiled in a mystery of lust and intrigue. And when she discovers the truth about her father, it threatens to shake her very foundations in this fascinating thriller. Special Features: • Audio commentary track by Director Emeritus, New York Film Festival & Professor of Film and Media Studies, Columbia University Richard Peña • Re-release Trailer

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Brad Pitt stars in the soaring adventure and incredible true story of an Austrian prisoner of war who is transformed by his friendship with the young Dalai Lama.

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

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Arriving at an ancient chateau for their honeymoon, young newlyweds come to realise that they are the prey of the resident vampires... Beautifully macabre, with ravishing cinematography from Jean-Jacques Renon, and a thrilling jazz-rock score by Acanthus, The Shiver of the Vampires is regarded as one of Rollin’s greatest films.

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Jean Rollin’s third feature film, 1971’s The Shiver of the Vampires (Le Frisson des vampires), established themes and visual motifs to which he would return throughout his career, blending horror, eroticism, fairy tale, and surrealism to create his unique cinema of the fantastique. Arriving at a decrepit chateau for their honeymoon, young newlyweds undergo a series of surreal and sinister encounters, and come to realise that they are the prey of the resident vampires... With performances from Sandra Julien (I Am Frigid... Why?) and Marie-Pierre Castel (Lips of Blood), ravishing cinematography from Rollin’s regular collaborator Jean-Jacques Renon, and a thrilling jazz-rock score by Acanthus, The Shiver of the Vampires is regarded as one of Rollin’s greatest films.

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After more than thirty years of service as a top naval aviator, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Tom Cruise) is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot. Yet, Maverick must confront the ghosts of his past when he returns to TOPGUN to train a group of elite graduates and comes face to face with Lt. Bradshaw (Miles Teller), the son of his former wingman "Goose". Bitter rivalries ignite as the pilots prepare for a specialized mission which will require the ultimate sacrifice from those chosen to fly it. Top About this item Similar From the Brand Reviews Top Gun: Maverick [Blu-ray]

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In this stylish heist noir from director Jacques Deray, master director of the French crime film, five men tied to businesses with varying degrees of legality pool their money to go in on one huge narcotics deal that can set them up for life - and test their loyalties. Restored in 2K from a 4K scan of the surviving 35MM interpositive (the negative is lost), the film boasts stunning black and white photography, supported by a lush and memorable score. Deray assembled an impressive cast of stars, including Charles Vanel (WAGES OF FEAR), Michel Auclair (THE DAY OF THE JACKAL), future director José Giovanni (TWO MEN TO KILL) who also co-wrote the film, and Jean Rochefort, in a brilliant casting against type from his largely comedic roles up until then. This rediscovered crime thriller is sure to please fans of classic film noir. Special Features: • The Score of SYMPHONY FOR A MASSACRE - an evaluation of the film by François Guérif, screenwriter and film noir historian, along with Jean Rochefort biographer Jean-Philippe Guerand (28 minutes) • Re-release trailer Top About this item Similar From the Brand Reviews Symphony for a Massacre [Blu-ray]

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From Claude Chabrol, the legendary director of Les Bonnes Femmes, Line of Demarcation, Les Biches, Le Boucher and L’Enfer, comes this suspenseful drama starring the great Stéphane Audran (The Twist, Babette’s Feast), Jacques Charrier (The Seven Deadly Sins, The Oldest Profession) and Walther Reyer (Tiger of Bengal, Journey to the Lost City). Albin Mercier (Charrier), a failed and disillusioned journalist, is sent to Germany to cover an event. There, he meets a successful writer (Reyer) who’s happily married to a Frenchwoman named Hélène (Audran). Bitterly jealous, yet besotted with the beautiful Hélène, he decides to ruin the couple’s lives. This cunning critique of the bourgeoisie was beautifully shot by the great Jean Rabier (Purple Noon, Elevator to the Gallows). Special Features: -Brand New 4K Restoration -NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian Kat Ellinger -Optional English Subtitles -Dual-Layered BD50 Disc -Trailers

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Jacques Becker’s (Le Trout) Touches Pas Au Grimsby occupies a significant part in French cinema history; it exerted a huge influence on subsequent directors such as Jean-Pierre Melville (Le Doulas), Henri Vermeil (The Sicilian Clan) and Claude Sautee (Classed Toups Risqué). Max (Jean Gabon, Port of Shadows) is an aging gangster who manages to pull off his final heist, a spectacular gold bullion robbery at Olly airport. All is well until Max’s former girlfriend Joys (Jeanne Moreau, Viva Maria! ) tips off a rival gangster, Angelo (Lion Ventura, Rizzio Sur La Chou). Angelo kidnaps Max’s partner and best friend and threatens to kill him unless Max hands over the loot from his robbery. Touches Pas Au Grimsby was the birth the French policer, a European transposition of the fantastic American gangster films and film noirs of the 1940s. Based on a book by Albert Simon in (Cold Sweat) and beautifully shot in striking black-and-white by Pierre Montage (Hi-Jack Highway). Special Features: -Audio Commentary by Film Critic Nick Pinkerton -Interview with filmmaker Jean Becker -Interview with actress Jeanne Moreau -Interview with Professor/Film Critic Guenette Vincentia -Theatrical Trailer

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Two-disc set includes: Rhine Virgin (La Vierge Du Rhin) (1953)When the Germans invaded in 1940, Strasbourg shipping company head Jacques Ledru (Jean Gabin) went missing... but his wife Geneviève (Elina Labourdette) and his partner Maurice (Renaud Mary) did very well collaborating and managing the business. After a dozen years, he resurfaced under an assumed name, looking for payback-if they don't deal with him first. Gilles Grangier's compelling take on the Phillipe Nord novel co-stars Andrée Clément, Nadia Gray. 82 min. In French with English subtitles. BW/Rtg: NR The Beast Is Loose (Le Fauve Est Lâché) (1959)Gangster-turned-Resistance hero Paul Lamiani (Lino Ventura) was just trying to make a quiet life as a restaurateur when his nation called again. However, they were looking for him to set up old comrade Raymond Maroux (Paul Frankeur) for alleged theft of intel-and he'd have a three-way battle with his government handlers and crooks who also want the documents. Effective spy story, completed by Claude Sautet after the credited Maurice Labro walked off, co-stars Estella Blain, Nadine Alari. AKA: "The Tiger Attacks." 98 min. In French with English subtitles. BW/Rtg: NR Trapped By Fear (Les Distractions) (1960)Paris journalist Paul Frapier (Jean-Paul Belmondo) would have done anything for Laurent Porte (Claude Brasseur), the Algerian War brother-in-arms who saved his life. He'd get to prove it-perhaps to his everlasting regret-when Laurent begs his help going on the run after being involved in the accidental homicide of a cop. Jacques Dupont's scenic, suspenseful drama also stars Alexandra Stewart, Sylva Koscina, Eva Damien, Mireille Darc. 101 min. In French with English subtitles. BW/Rtg: NR The Passion Of Slow Fire (La Mort de Belle) (1961)Geneva professor Stéphane Blanchon (Jean Desailly) shrugged when his overbearing spouse (Monique Mélinand) offered board to pretty American student, and friend's daughter, Belle Shermann (Alexandra Stewart). There was nothing to shrug off the day that Belle was found strangled on the premises-and his protestations of innocence came up against a community's rush to judgment. Edouard Molinaro's take on the Georges Simeon novel, adapted by Jean Anouilh, co-stars Jacques Monod. 91 min. In French with English subtitles. BW/Rtg: NR Standard and Widescreen; Soundtrack: French; Subtitles: English; audio commentary; theatrical trailers.

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The angelically beautiful Catherine Deneuve was launched to stardom by this dazzling musical heart-tugger from Jacques Demy. She plays an umbrella-shop owner’s delicate daughter, glowing with first love for a handsome garage mechanic, played by Nino Castelnuovo. When the boy is shipped off to fight in Algeria, the two lovers must grow up quickly. Exquisitely designed in a kaleidoscope of colors, and told entirely through lilting songs by the great composer Michel Legrand, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg is one of the most revered and unorthodox movie musicals of all time. 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES New 4K digital restoration, undertaken by Ciné-Tamaris and approved by Mathieu Demy, director Jacques Demy’s son, with 5.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack Alternate uncompressed monaural soundtrack One 4K UHD disc of the film and one Blu-ray with the film and special features Once Upon a Time . . . “The Umbrellas of Cherbourg,” a 2008 documentary Interview with film scholar Rodney Hill French television interview from 1964 featuring Jacques Demy and composer Michel Legrand discussing the film Archival audio interviews with Legrand and actor Catherine Deneuve at the National Film Theatre in London Demonstration of the 2013 restoration Trailer PLUS: An essay by critic Jim Ridley

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The incomparable Charlotte Rampling (45 Years, The Night Porter) gives one of her most acclaimed performances in Francois Ozon's mesmerizing tale of loss and grief. For many years, Marie (Rampling) and Jean (Bruno Cremer) have happily spent their vacations together at their country house. One day at the beach, Marie naps in the sand while Jean goes for a swim. When she awakens, he is gone. Did he drown? Did he run off? Distraught, Marie notifies the authorities. But after an extensive search, no body is found, and Marie is left in a painful limbo, unable to properly grieve for her lost love. Special Features: -Audio commentary by director Francois Ozon -Audio commentary by film historian Kat Ellinger -Interview with star Charlotte Rampling -Trailer

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Inspired by the backstage Hollywood musicals of the 1930s, this later period Rivette recounts the adventures of three young women (Nathalie Richard, Marianne Denicourt, Laurence Côte) in Paris, each at a turning point in her life – and with a musical number (or two)! Special Features: • Audio commentary track by Richard Peña, Director Emeritus, New York Film Festival & Professor of Film and Media Studies, Columbia University • Re-release Trailer