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This documentary explores the thrill-seeking myth and difficult reality of daredevil icon Evel Knievel through archive footage and testimony.

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This drama fictionalizes the relationship between novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald and journalist Sheilah Graham during the writer's troubled later years.

Release: April 5, 2022

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Benjamin Franklin explores the revolutionary life of one of the 18th century's most consequential and compelling personalities, whose work and words unlocked the mystery of electricity and helped create the United States. Franklin's 84 years (1706-1790) spanned an epoch of momentous change in science, technology, literature, politics, and government―fields he himself advanced through lifelong commitments to societal and self-improvement. Producers: Ken Burns, David Schmidt. Author: Dayton Duncan. Narrator: Peter Coyote

Release: April 5, 2022

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Benjamin Franklin explores the revolutionary life of one of the 18th century's most consequential and compelling personalities, whose work and words unlocked the mystery of electricity and helped create the United States. Franklin's 84 years (1706-1790) spanned an epoch of momentous change in science, technology, literature, politics, and government―fields he himself advanced through lifelong commitments to societal and self-improvement. Producers: Ken Burns, David Schmidt. Author: Dayton Duncan. Narrator: Peter Coyote

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A glossy biopic tracing the rise of famed bandleader Benny Goodman from struggling clarinetist to swing-era icon.

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Through archival audio interviews and rare images, pin-up icon Bettie Page tells her own life story after decades of seclusion.

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The true story of artist Margaret Keane, whose haunting paintings became a sensation while her husband falsely claimed credit for the work.

Release: June 27, 2023

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The miraculous story of the once and future heavyweight champion of the world. Fueled by an impoverished childhood, Foreman channels his anger into becoming the World Heavyweight Champion, followed by a near-death experience that takes him from the ring to the pulpit. But when he sees his community struggle, he reclaims his title, becoming the oldest and most improbable heavyweight champion ever.

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Several eccentric investors foresee the 2008 housing crash and bet against the American financial system, exposing deep corporate fraud.

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Convicted murderer Robert Stroud transforms himself into a noted bird expert while serving a long prison sentence.

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The story of Boston gangster Whitey Bulger and his corrupt alliance with the FBI, which allowed him to dominate the city's underworld.

Release: August 18, 2023

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Every era has it's visionaries, and 'BlackBerry,' co-written by Director Matt Johnson and Producer Matthew Miller, investigates the brilliance of the individuals that invented the world's first smartphone. Recounting the Canadian company's humble yet chaotic rise to market dominance, 'BlackBerry' is a darkly comedic telling of the tragic tale of a Canadian company that revolutionized the way we communicate, before swiftly plummeting into obsolescence. It's 1996, and Mike Lazaridis (Jay Baruchel) and his business partner and best friend Douglas Fregin (Matt Johnson) are on the edge of creating the world's first smartphone. Unfortunately for them, they are less business savvy than they are tech, and struggle to keep their company, Research in Motion, afloat. Everything changes when cunning businessman Jim Balsillie (Glenn Howerton) agrees to join the company, bringing with him the money and experience needed to create and sell a prototype of their invention. Seemingly overnight the three men revolutionize the way people work, communicate, and connect. Celebrities, politicians, and businessmen are now addicted to their Blackberrys. The company's value skyrockets, yet within a few short years shady business dealings, personal grievances, and, perhaps most dangerously, the iPhone, threaten the company's incredible success.

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The true story of boxer Vinny Pazienza, who made a remarkable comeback after a near-fatal car accident.

Release: May 28, 2024

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Celebrate the life and music of an icon who inspired generations through his message of love, peace, and unity. In One Love, discover Bob Marley's powerful story of overcoming adversity and the journey behind his revolutionary music that changed the world. Top About this item Similar From the Brand Reviews Bob Marley: One Love [Blu-ray]

Release: May 28, 2024

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Celebrate the life and music of an icon who inspired generations through his message of love, peace, and unity. In One Love, discover Bob Marley's powerful story of overcoming adversity and the journey behind his revolutionary music that changed the world.

Release: November 22, 2024

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Experience the extraordinary true story of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, now available on Blu-ray and DVD. Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin. brings to life the gripping true account of a pastor and theologian forced to confront an unthinkable choice: uphold his unwavering commitment to peace or risk everything by joining a daring plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler. As he navigates the perilous intersection of faith, morality, and resistance, Bonhoeffer’s courage and sacrifice emerge with timeless power; challenging audiences to consider what faith demands in the face of evil. Bring home Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin. Special Edition today and immerse yourself in a story of moral courage that continues to inspire generations.

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Depression-era outlaws Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow become doomed folk heroes in a trail of robberies and violence.

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Arthur Penn's landmark film follows the Depression-era outlaw lovers as fame, violence, and tragedy engulf their crime spree.

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Ron Kovic’s journey from patriotic Marine to antiwar activist becomes a searing portrait of trauma, disillusionment, and conscience.

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Woody Guthrie's early years as a Dust Bowl troubadour are chronicled in this richly shot portrait of an American folk legend.

Release: April 28, 2026

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*This listing is for the standard edition version and does NOT come with a limited edition slipcase!* “Boxcar” Bertha Thompson (Barbara Hershey, The Last Temptation of Christ), a transient young woman living in the American south in the 1930s, rides the rails bouncing from job to job and town to town, often leaving dishonest men in her wake. She eventually comes across “Big” Bill Shelly (David Carradine, Death Race 2000), a hard working laborer turned union organizer. They quickly develop a romantic relationship and, along with two friends—Rake Brown (Barry Primus, New York, New York) and Von Morton (Bernie Casey, Hit Man)—begin an old fashioned crime spree, robbing banks and trains, and becoming fast enemies of both the railway company and local law enforcement. The sophomore narrative feature for Martin Scorsese, who also co-edited the film, BOXCAR BERTHA bears not only many of the hallmarks of his filmography to come but those of producers Roger and Julie Corman as well. Adapted from the book Sister of the Road: The Autobiography of Boxcar Bertha, Scorsese’s film combines elements of true crime grit with the style, and excesses, expected in drive-in exploitation pictures of the 1970s. Long overlooked in the filmography of one of American, and world, cinema’s greatest filmmakers, Cinématographe is proud to bring Martin Scorsese’s BOXCAR BERTHA to 4K UHD for the first time in the world, from a new restoration supervised by Scorsese himself. Bonus Features: 1. 2-Disc Set: 4K Ultra HD + Region A Blu-ray 2. 4K UHD presented in Dolby Vision High-Dynamic-Range 3. Newly scanned & restored in 4K from its 35mm original camera negative 4. New audio commentary by film critic Adrian Martin 5. "A New Talent" - a new video interview with Ian Christie, editor of Scorsese on Scorsese 6. "Any Way You Can" - a new video interview with actor Barry Primus 7. "What Price a Crucifix Tree: Female Protagonists and the Suffering Servants of Scorsese" - a new video essay by film historian Daniel Kremer 8. "Trailers from Hell" - Julie Corman and Chris Wilkinson on Boxcar Bertha 9. Turner Classic Movies introduction to the film by Ben Mankiewicz, featuring interview footage with producer Roger Corman 10. Gallery of rarely seen storyboards for the film, drawn by Martin Scorsese 11. English SDH subtitles

Release: April 28, 2026

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*This listing is for the standard edition version and does NOT come with a limited edition slipcase!* “Boxcar” Bertha Thompson (Barbara Hershey, The Last Temptation of Christ), a transient young woman living in the American south in the 1930s, rides the rails bouncing from job to job and town to town, often leaving dishonest men in her wake. She eventually comes across “Big” Bill Shelly (David Carradine, Death Race 2000), a hard working laborer turned union organizer. They quickly develop a romantic relationship and, along with two friends—Rake Brown (Barry Primus, New York, New York) and Von Morton (Bernie Casey, Hit Man)—begin an old fashioned crime spree, robbing banks and trains, and becoming fast enemies of both the railway company and local law enforcement. The sophomore narrative feature for Martin Scorsese, who also co-edited the film, BOXCAR BERTHA bears not only many of the hallmarks of his filmography to come but those of producers Roger and Julie Corman as well. Adapted from the book Sister of the Road: The Autobiography of Boxcar Bertha, Scorsese’s film combines elements of true crime grit with the style, and excesses, expected in drive-in exploitation pictures of the 1970s. Long overlooked in the filmography of one of American, and world, cinema’s greatest filmmakers, Cinématographe is proud to bring Martin Scorsese’s BOXCAR BERTHA to 4K UHD for the first time in the world, from a new restoration supervised by Scorsese himself. Bonus Features: 1. 2-Disc Set: 4K Ultra HD + Region A Blu-ray 2. 4K UHD presented in Dolby Vision High-Dynamic-Range 3. Newly scanned & restored in 4K from its 35mm original camera negative 4. New audio commentary by film critic Adrian Martin 5. "A New Talent" - a new video interview with Ian Christie, editor of Scorsese on Scorsese 6. "Any Way You Can" - a new video interview with actor Barry Primus 7. "What Price a Crucifix Tree: Female Protagonists and the Suffering Servants of Scorsese" - a new video essay by film historian Daniel Kremer 8. "Trailers from Hell" - Julie Corman and Chris Wilkinson on Boxcar Bertha 9. Turner Classic Movies introduction to the film by Ben Mankiewicz, featuring interview footage with producer Roger Corman 10. Gallery of rarely seen storyboards for the film, drawn by Martin Scorsese 11. English SDH subtitles

Release: November 28, 2023

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In Boyfriends and Girlfriends (aka My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend) Rohmer uses the amorous misadventures of two girlfriends in the Paris suburbs to test the old proverb “les amis de mes amis sont mes amis” (“the friends of my friends are my friends”) in the final episode of his “Comedies and Proverbs” series. Taking an identifiable stab at a yuppie(ish) set, Rohmer’s witty Shakespearean roundelay involves the buttoned-up Blanche (Emmanuelle Chaulet, in a superb debut) and the free-spirited Lea (Sophie Renoir), and their current amours. The pair are tempted by each other’s love interests, testing both their friendship and their understanding of matters of the heart. Special Features: • Audio commentary by film historian Adrian Martin • Trailer

Release: July 28, 2026

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*This listing is for the standard edition version and does NOT come with a limited edition slipcase!* Harold (Leonard Fray, Fiddler on the Roof) is turning 32 and his friend Michael (Kenneth Nelson, Off-Broadway’s The Fantasticks) is hosting a party for him in his Upper East Side apartment in New York City. The party guests—Emory (Cliff Gorman, All That Jazz), Donald (Frederick Combs), Bernard (Reuben Greene, Mikey and Nicky), Hank (Laurence Luckinbill, Such Good Friends), Larry (Keith Prentice, Cruising) and “Cowboy Tex” (Robert La Tourneaux), who is also Harold’s gift from Michael—all arrive to Michael’s apartment. Like Harold and Michael, the party guests are all gay men. That is, until Michael’s straight friend Alan (Peter White, TV’s All My Children) unexpectedly crashes the party. As the night gets longer, and the guests get more inebriated, the festivities turn darker and raw emotions surface. Adapted for the screen by Mart Crowley from his groundbreaking play of the same name, THE BOYS IN THE BAND is a pivotal film in the early career of director William Friedkin, released just a year shy of The French Connection, which would award him an Oscar for Best Director. The ensemble cast of the controversial Off-Broadway play reprised their roles on screen, many acting on camera for the first time. THE BOYS IN THE BAND is often regarded as one of the first films from a major studio to explicitly feature openly gay characters, with Crowley’s colorful language fueled text offering profanities that many moviegoers hadn’t heard in a film prior. Cinématographe is proud to bring this essential landmark of queer cinema to 4K UHD for the first time in the world, from a brand new 4K restoration of its original camera negatives. Bonus Features: 1. 2-Disc Set: 4K Ultra HD + Region A Blu-ray 2. 4K UHD presented in Dolby Vision High-Dynamic-Range 3. Newly scanned and restored in 4K from its 35mm original camera negative 4. New audio commentary with writer and professor Farrah Freibert 5. Archival audio commentary with director William Friedkin 6. "Your Place In the World" - a new video interview with actor, and original Boys In the Band cast member, Laurence Luckinbill 7. "Something Important to Say" - a new video interview with film historian Mark Harris 8. "Take It or Leave It" - a new video interview with entertainment journalist Michael Musto 9. "Who Is She? Who Was She? Who Does She Hope To Be? The Boys In the Band Past Present and Future" - a new video essay by film historian Daniel Kremer 10. "Friedkin Uncut" - a feature length documentary from 2018, covering Friedkin's career 11. Turner Classic Movies introduction to the film by Ben Mankiewicz and Mario Cantone 12. English SDH subtitles The Boys in the Band [4K UHD + Blu-ray Set] The Boys in the Band 4K UHD Set Similar From the Brand Questions Reviews

Release: July 28, 2026

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*This listing is for the standard edition version and does NOT come with a limited edition slipcase!* Harold (Leonard Fray, Fiddler on the Roof) is turning 32 and his friend Michael (Kenneth Nelson, Off-Broadway’s The Fantasticks) is hosting a party for him in his Upper East Side apartment in New York City. The party guests—Emory (Cliff Gorman, All That Jazz), Donald (Frederick Combs), Bernard (Reuben Greene, Mikey and Nicky), Hank (Laurence Luckinbill, Such Good Friends), Larry (Keith Prentice, Cruising) and “Cowboy Tex” (Robert La Tourneaux), who is also Harold’s gift from Michael—all arrive to Michael’s apartment. Like Harold and Michael, the party guests are all gay men. That is, until Michael’s straight friend Alan (Peter White, TV’s All My Children) unexpectedly crashes the party. As the night gets longer, and the guests get more inebriated, the festivities turn darker and raw emotions surface. Adapted for the screen by Mart Crowley from his groundbreaking play of the same name, THE BOYS IN THE BAND is a pivotal film in the early career of director William Friedkin, released just a year shy of The French Connection, which would award him an Oscar for Best Director. The ensemble cast of the controversial Off-Broadway play reprised their roles on screen, many acting on camera for the first time. THE BOYS IN THE BAND is often regarded as one of the first films from a major studio to explicitly feature openly gay characters, with Crowley’s colorful language fueled text offering profanities that many moviegoers hadn’t heard in a film prior. Cinématographe is proud to bring this essential landmark of queer cinema to 4K UHD for the first time in the world, from a brand new 4K restoration of its original camera negatives. Bonus Features: 1. 2-Disc Set: 4K Ultra HD + Region A Blu-ray 2. 4K UHD presented in Dolby Vision High-Dynamic-Range 3. Newly scanned and restored in 4K from its 35mm original camera negative 4. New audio commentary with writer and professor Farrah Freibert 5. Archival audio commentary with director William Friedkin 6. "Your Place In the World" - a new video interview with actor, and original Boys In the Band cast member, Laurence Luckinbill 7. "Something Important to Say" - a new video interview with film historian Mark Harris 8. "Take It or Leave It" - a new video interview with entertainment journalist Michael Musto 9. "Who Is She? Who Was She? Who Does She Hope To Be? The Boys In the Band Past Present and Future" - a new video essay by film historian Daniel Kremer 10. "Friedkin Uncut" - a feature length documentary from 2018, covering Friedkin's career 11. Turner Classic Movies introduction to the film by Ben Mankiewicz and Mario Cantone 12. English SDH subtitles The Boys in the Band [4K UHD + Blu-ray Set] The Boys in the Band 4K UHD Set Similar From the Brand Questions Reviews

Release: June 25, 2024

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The Boys in the Boat is a sports drama based on the#1 New York Times bestselling non-fiction boo written by Daniel James Brown. The film, directed by George Clooney, is about the 1936 University of Washington rowing team that competed for gold at the Summer Olympics in Berlin. This inspirational true story follows a group of underdogs at the height of the Great Depression as they are thrustinto the spotlight and take on elite rivals from around the world.

Release: June 14, 2016

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A film full of warmth and sensitivity, The Brave One is story about the friendship of a boy and a bull. Gitano or Gypsy is the name the boy gives the bull whose life he saves during a storm. The animal follows him around like a puppy until the legal owners spirit the mature Gitano away to do battle with top matador Fermin Rivera in the Plaza de Mexico bullring in Mexico City. The boy protests in vain at the cruelty of the arena and finally secures a "pardon" for his pet signed by the President of Mexico, but he is too late. The bullfight continues. What follows is such a display of courage that the crowd calls for the "undulto" a demand that the bull be allowed to live. Based on a true incident, the film earned a "Best Story" Academy Award® for Robert Rich - who, much to the embarrassment of the Academy, turned out to be blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo.

Release: September 25, 2018

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Frankenstein builds the perfect woman (and lives to regret it) in this tantalizing marriage of horror, romance, and unbridled passion! Rock legend Sting plays the cunning scientist and Jennifer Beals (Flashdance, The L Word) lends her dramatic presence as his supreme, sublime creation. This sumptuously gothic tale, inspired by the indelible themes and characters originally brought to life by Mary Shelley, follows Frankenstein’s creations as they search for their place in the world: the gorgeous Eva by declaring her independence, and her grotesque intended mate Viktor (Clancy Brown, Highlander) by learning self-worth from a compassionate circus dwarf (David Rappaport, Time Bandits). Can Dr. Frankenstein survive when the monster returns to claim his intended? Alive with brilliant photography and lavish costumes. The Bride invites you to a wedding night you’ll never forget. " NEW Audio Commentary With Director Franc Roddam NEW Interview With Director Franc Roddam NEW Interview With Actor Clancy Brown TV Spot " Top About this item Similar From the Brand Reviews The Bride [Blu-ray]

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Errol Morris profiles physicist Stephen Hawking, exploring his life, work, and ideas about the universe.

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Jane Campion's luminous period drama portrays the brief, passionate romance between poet John Keats and Fanny Brawne.

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This lyrical period drama imagines the inner lives and struggles of the Brontë siblings in the Yorkshire moors.

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This documentary follows famed horse trainer Buck Brannaman, whose humane methods and hard-won wisdom transform both horses and the people who handle them.

Release: July 22, 2014

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This biopic follows Buddy Holly's rise from Lubbock musician to pioneering rock-and-roll star.

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This intimate documentary portrait captures author William S. Burroughs reflecting on his life, work, and strange cultural legacy.

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The charming outlaw pair flee the American West for Bolivia in this funny, melancholy, and iconic revisionist western.

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The life of White House butler Cecil Gaines unfolds against decades of American political and civil-rights change.

Release: May 27, 2024

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From Alejandro Monteverde, award-winning director of Sound of Freedom, comes the powerful epic of Francesca Cabrini, an Italian immigrant who arrives in New York City in 1889 and is greeted by disease, crime, and impoverished children. Cabrini sets off on a daring mission to convince the hostile mayor to secure housing and healthcare for society's most vulnerable. With broken English and poor health, Cabrini builds an empire of hope unlike anything the world had ever seen. Bring Francesca’s powerful mission into your home when you own Cabrini on DVD and Blu-ray. This cinematic masterpiece stars Cristiana Dell'Anna and John Lithgow.

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The rise of Chess Records is dramatized through the lives of Etta James, Muddy Waters, Leonard Chess, and other musical legends.

Release: February 7, 2017

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A boxing match in Brooklyn; life in postwar Bosnia and Herzegovina; the daily routine of a Nigerian midwife; an intimate family moment at home with the director: Kirsten Johnson weaves these scenes and others into her film Cameraperson, a tapestry of footage captured over her twenty-five-year career as a documentary cinematographer. Through a series of episodic juxtapositions, Johnson explores the relationships between image makers and their subjects, the tension between the objectivity and intervention of the camera, and the complex interaction of unfiltered reality with crafted narrative. A work that combines documentary, autobiography, and ethical inquiry, Cameraperson is a moving glimpse into one filmmaker s personal journey and a thoughtful examination of what it means to train a camera on the world. DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES - New high-definition digital master, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack - Making Cameraperson, a new program featuring director Kirsten Johnson, producers Marilyn Ness and Danielle Varga, and editors Nels Bangerter and Amanda Laws - In the Service of the Film, a roundtable conversation with Johnson, producer Gini Reticker, and sound recordists Wellington Bowler and Judy Karp - Excerpts from two 2016 film festival talks with Johnson, including one between her and filmmaker Michael Moore - The Above, a 2015 short film by Johnson - Trailer - PLUS: An essay by filmmaker Michael Almereyda and reprinted writings by Johnson

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Truman Capote's immersion in the brutal Clutter family murder case inspires In Cold Blood but takes a mounting psychological toll on the celebrated writer.

Release: January 8, 2019

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Product Description Based on the arresting true story of the Executioner of Emsland, The Captain follows a German army deserter, Willi Herold (Max Hubacher), after he finds an abandoned Nazi captain's uniform in the final weeks of World War II. Emboldened by the authority the uniform grants him, he amasses a band of stragglers who cede to his command despite the suspicions of some. Citing direct orders from the Fuhrer himself, he soon takes command of a camp holding German soldiers accused of desertion and begins to dispense harsh justice. Increasingly intoxicated by the unquestioned authority, this enigmatic imposter soon discovers that many people will blindly follow the leader, whomever that happens to be. Simultaneously a historical docudrama and sociological examination with undertones of the absurd, The Captain presents fascism as something of a game to be played by those most gullible and unscrupulous. Review NYT Critic's Pick Astonishing. A harrowing World War II psychodrama. --Jeannette Catsoulis, The New York Times Hollywood will be hard-pressed to come up with a more horrifying film this year than writer-director Robert Schwentke's The Captain... A brave and uncompromising indictment of human nature, Teutonic or otherwise … Absurdist burlesque … Hardly the kind of penitent, play-it-safe war movie we so often get from Germany: grim, TV-funded costume dramas that get caught up in all the period-correct pageantry while respectfully distancing themselves from the past. Few and far between are the movies … that actually implicate modern viewers in the evil, which is precisely what makes The Captain such a remarkable film. --Peter DeBruge, Variety Chilling and yet, at times, almost farcical...Unnerving and surreal...A psychological exploration of fascism's roots in the cowardly human heart...Max Hubacher's performance is a masterful physical feat. --April Wolfe, The Village Voice

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When Somali pirates hijack an American cargo ship, Captain Richard Phillips must fight to protect his crew and survive.

Release: April 5, 2011

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Two-time Academy Award® Winner Kevin Spacey delivers a “bravura performance” (The New Yorker ) in this “uproarious, riveting and wickedly hilarious” (Elle) film inspired by a true story. Spacey stars as Jack Abramoff, the real-life Washington power player who resorted to jaw-dropping levels of fraud and corruption. High-rolling excess and outrageous escapades are all in a day’s work for Abramoff, as he goes to outrageous lengths to promote the Indian gambling industry, earning him the nickname “Casino Jack.” But when Jack and his womanizing protégé Michael Scanlon (Barry Pepper) enlist a dimwitted business partner (Jon Lovitz) for an illegal scheme, they find themselves ensnared in a web of greed and murder that explodes into a worldwide scandal.

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An American military officer helps organize Israel's early defense forces while navigating politics, war, and his strained personal life.

Release: December 9, 2025

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Frank didn't go to flight school... Frank didn't go to medical school... Frank didn't go to law school... because Frank's still in high school! Inspired by the true story of a brilliant young master of deception and the FBI agent hot on his trail. Directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks. Frank W. Abagnale, Jr. Successfully passes himself off as a pilot, a lawyer and a doctor all before his 21st birthday!

Release: September 13, 2022

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Based on the true nail-biting mission that captivated the world. An international team of elite divers is mobilized to rescue a boys soccer team trapped in a cave by rising floodwaters.

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This dramatized chronicle follows Hilly Kristal and the rise of the legendary New York club that helped launch punk rock.

Release: May 6, 2014

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A naive insurance salesman heads to a Midwestern convention and is swept into a weekend of strange friendships, temptations, and comic misadventures.

Release: June 8, 2021

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Product Description **GORGEOUS HD RESTORATION RELEASED FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER ON BLU RAY IN NORTH AMERICA** International superstar Maggie Cheung (In the Mood for Love) embodies tragic screen siren Ruan Lingyu, in this unconventional biopic by Hong Kong New Wave master Stanley Kwan (Rouge). Praised for her moving and emotive onscreen presence, Ruan’s private life, which was frequent fodder for the vicious Shanghai tabloids, began to mirror the melodramas which brought her fame, culminating in her suicide at age 24. Kwan and Cheung paint a kaleidoscopic yet intimate portrait of the ill fated actress, deftly blending lush period drama, archival footage, and metatextual documentary sequences of Cheung reflecting on Ruan’s legacy. The result is, much like the films of Ruan Lingyu themselves, “tender, vivid and almost overwhelmingly moving” (Time Out). Bonus features include, Stanley Kwan 2021 Introduction, Stanley Kwan Interview, Hong Kong Cinema Expert Paul Fonoroff Interview, Booklet with new essay by Aliza Ma, Programmer of The Metrograph Theatre Review Winner - Silver Bear, Best Actress - Berlin Int'l. Film Festival Winner - Silver Hugo, Best Director - Chicago Int'l. Film Festival Winner - Silver Hugo, Best Actress - Chicago Int'l. Film Festival Winner - Best Cinematography - Golden Horse Film Festival Winner - Best Leading Actress - Golden Horse Film Festival Winner - Special Jury Award - Golden Horse Film Festival Winner - Best Cinematography - Hong Kong Film Awards Winner - Best Art Direction - Hong Kong Film Awards - --- One of the indisputably great Chinese works of the past decade and Kwan's most thrilling, concentrated and dazzling achievement. - Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune [Center Stage's] radical break with traditional narrative structure, all the more striking in that it emerges from one of the most commercial industries in the world, is clear evidence of the challenge the new wave directors such as Kwan and his contemporaries Wong kar-wai and Ann Hui, were issuing to the Hong Kong film industry rooted in generic formulas and visual titillation. Like a Chinese box, the film’s various layers slip inside one another, the parts resonating through the whole and interacting in complex and innovative ways. - Dean Bowman, Eye for Film A masterpiece by Stanley Kwan, the greatest Hong Kong film I’ve seen. - Jonathan Rosenbaum Tender, vivid and almost overwhelmingly moving. --Time Out The self-aware drama moves at the hypnotic pace of an elusive dream―above all, in spectacularly staged musical scenes, set in a night club, merging sinuous and languid dances with high-stakes emotional battles. - Richard Brody, The New Yorker [I]n his 1991 masterpiece, Center Stage, Stanley Kwan turns what could easily be dismissed as postmodern gimmickry into something strange and unclassifiable, an ever-shifting framework that refracts almost every biographical insight the movie puts forth. - Andrew Chan, Four Columns An overwhelmingly moving tribute to the popular Hong Kong actress Ruan Ling-yu of the 1930s. Grade: A - Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews Center Stage has justifiably earned its reputation as a classic of the Hong Kong New Wave. --Tony Williams, Senses of Cinema Top Similar From the Brand Reviews Center Stage

Release: December 13, 2016

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The American Ballet Company is not for the fainthearted, it's for the most gifted and beautiful ballet dancers alive. But you'll need more than mere physical prowess and determination to succeed. You'll need to deliver the goods at CENTER STAGE. Jonathan Reeves (Peter Gallagher, American Beauty), the ballet company's owner is evaluating this young tight-knit group of students as they face the growing pains of their ambitions, romances and heartbreaks which prove to be both invigorating and difficult. The results are a celebration of beauty, bodies, and ballet.