Search

$6.99

Description

An outrageous cross-country road race draws a gallery of eccentrics, cheats, and speed freaks in this all-star comedy.

Release: March 14, 2017

$7.99

Description

Product description Canoa: A Shameful Memory (Criterion) is a powerful Mexican docudrama—historic, unsettling, and essential for world cinema collectors. Review One of Mexico’s best-regarded works of political cinema, Canoa: A Shameful Memory reimagines a real-life incident that had occurred just eight years before its release, when a group of urban university employees on a hiking trip were viciously attacked by residents of the village of San Miguel de Canoa, who had been manipulated by a corrupt priest into believing the travelers were communist revolutionaries. Intercutting footage from a fictional documentary about the village with gruesome scenes of the crime itself, director Felipe Cazals produced a daring commentary on the climate of violence and repression in Mexico during that era, including the military’s infamous massacre of demonstrating students in Tlatelolco, Mexico City. With its gritty newsreel style, Canoa is a visceral expression of horror as well as an important historical document. DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES -New, restored 4K digital transfer, supervised by director Felipe Cazals, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack -New introduction by filmmaker Guillermo del Toro -New conversation between filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón and Cazals -Trailer -New English subtitle translation -PLUS: An essay by critic Fernanda Solórzano

$6.99

Description

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.

$6.99

Description

Rejected for military service during World War II, Steve Rogers volunteers for a secret experiment that transforms him into Captain America and sends him into battle against Hydra.

$6.99

Description

Rejected from military service, Steve Rogers becomes a super-soldier and battles Hydra during World War II.

Release: March 27, 2018

$6.99

Description

Nicolas Cage, Penelope Cruz, Christian Bale and John Hurt star in the breathtaking romance, Captain Corelli's Mandolin. Captain Antonio Corelli (Cage) is an Italian officer whose company of soldiers is sent to Cephallonia, a beautiful Greek island untouched by war. A free spirit with a passion for music and romance, Corelli is enchanted by Cephallonia and its people - especially Pelagia (Cruz), the gorgeous, proud daughter of the island's doctor (John Hurt). Engaged to a local fisherman (Christian Bale), Pelagia resists Corelli's attentions, but the kind and charming captain weakens her defenses. Surrendering their hearts, Corelli and Pelagia begin a heated affair. However, before love can grow, the war crashes on Cephallonia's shores, forcing Corelli and Pelagia to make dangerous sacrifices for country and home...and risk losing each other forever.

Release: October 25, 2016

$6.99

Description

Viggo Mortensen (The Lord of the Rings series) stars in the New York Times Critics' Pick, Captain Fantastic, about an unconventional man who raises his six children in the forest of the Pacific Northwest, isolated from society. When he is forced to bring his family out of seclusion and into the world, this leads to a confrontation with his father-in-law (Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon), who wants his grandchildren to have a normal life. Now Ben must question if his methods are the best for his family. Rolling Stones raves, "Viggo Mortensen is magnificent. A career best work." Top About this item Similar From the Brand Questions Reviews Captain Fantastic [Blu-ray] Captain Fantastic [Blu-ray]

Release: June 11, 2019

$6.99

Description

Marvel Studios' CAPTAIN MARVEL takes you on a spectacular adventure from the 199s, tracing the path of Carol Danvers (Brie Larson) as she becomes one of the most powerful heroes in the universe. When a galactic war reaches Earth, she meets young agent Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) at the center of a maelstrom, leading to her ultimate destiny as an Avenger!

Release: June 11, 2019

$7.99

Description

Marvel Studios' CAPTAIN MARVEL takes you on a spectacular adventure from the 199s, tracing the path of Carol Danvers (Brie Larson) as she becomes one of the most powerful heroes in the universe. When a galactic war reaches Earth, she meets young agent Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) at the center of a maelstrom, leading to her ultimate destiny as an Avenger!

Release: February 1, 2018

$6.99

Description

TRA-LA-LAA! DreamWorks Animation presents the hysterically heroic comedy, Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie! George and Harold are fourth-grade BFFs who love dreaming up funny pranks. One day, they accidentally hypnotize their principal into believing he's a dimwitted hero named Captain Underpants. But when the new schoolteacher turns out to be a disgraced scientist bent on ridding the world of laughter, George, Harold and Captain Underpants must band together to stop his evil agenda! Bonus Content: The Really Cool Adventures of Captain Underpants Motion Comic The Captain Underpants Guide to Being a Hero The Professor Poopypants (Totally Original and Supercool) Guide to Being a Villain Missing Underpants: The Deleted Scenes of Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie Captain Underpants Lyric Video by ""Weird Al"" Yankovic ""A Friend Like You"" Lyric Video by Andy Grammer Tighty-Whitey Q&A with the Stars - Part 1 Tighty-Whitey Q&A with the Stars - Part 2 Kevin Hart and Ed Helms Surprise Fans Lunch Lady PSA with Kristen Schaal Sock Puppets Real Stars Gallery Theatrical Traile The World of DreamWorks Animation Theatrical Trailer Top About this item Similar From the Brand Reviews Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie [Blu-ray]

Release: September 12, 2017

$6.99

Description

TRA-LA-LAA! DreamWorks Animation presents the year's most hysterically heroic comedy, Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie! George and Harold are fourth-grade BFFs who love dreaming up funny pranks. One day, they accidentally hypnotize their principal into believing he's a dimwitted hero named Captain Underpants. But when the new schoolteacher turns out to be a disgraced scientist bent on ridding the world of laughter, George, Harold and Captain Underpants must band together to stop his evil agenda! Bonus Content: Includes 4K UHD, Blu-ray and a digital copy of Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (Subject to expiration. Go to NBCUCodes.com for details.) Features High Dynamic Range (HDR10) for Brighter, Deeper, More Lifelike Color The Really Cool Adventures of Captain Underpants Motion Comic The Captain Underpants Guide to Being a Hero The Professor Poopypants (Totally Original and Supercool) Guide to Being a Villain Missing Underpants: The Deleted Scenes of Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie Captain Underpants Lyric Video by "Weird Al" Yankovic "A Friend Like You" Lyric Video by Andy Grammer Tighty-Whitey Q&A with the Stars - Part 1 Tighty-Whitey Q&A with the Stars - Part 2 Kevin Hart and Ed Helms Surprise Fans Lunch Lady PSA with Kristen Schaal Sock Puppets Real Stars Gallery Theatrical Traile The World of DreamWorks Animation Top About this item Similar From the Brand Reviews Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie - Hero Edition 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital

Release: April 28, 2026

$7.99

Description

When spoiled Harvey Cheyne (Freddie Bartholomew) is suspended from boarding school, his businessman father (Melvyn Douglas) takes him to Europe on a business trip. When the rebellious lad falls overboard from the steamship, he is saved from death by humble fisherman Manuel Fidello (Spencer Tracy) and forced by the captain of the fishing schooner (Lionel Barrymore) to become a low-ranking member of the ship's crew alongside the captain's own son (Mickey Rooney).

$6.99

Description

A single mother held hostage by an escaped convict finds an unlikely path toward grace and survival.

$6.99

Description

Based on a true story, a single mother kidnapped by an escaped murderer fights to survive while helping her captor confront his conscience.

$6.99

Description

A small-town newspaper editor risks everything to expose organized crime’s grip on his community.

Release: July 31, 2018

$7.99

Description

Cardcaptor Sakura Movie 2 The Sealed Card Blu-Ray is a side story that takes place during the TV series. When all returns to nothing, will the forlorn heart remain true? With all fifty-two Clow Cards captured, Sakura should be looking forward to a summer of freedom, yet Syaoran’s last words linger in her heart still. Meanwhile, the demolition of Eriol Hiiragizawa’s former home reveals a threat both new and yet familiar. Will Sakura be able to return Syaoran’s feelings? Or will the hope of something pure be swallowed by the fear of lonely nothingness?

Release: November 4, 2014

$6.99

Description

Cardcaptor Sakura The Movie Cardcaptor Sakura The Movie

Release: July 2, 2019

$6.99

Description

Sakura continues to work on capturing new Clear Cards, though the cards and her staff of dreams are still a mystery. She's determined to learn about the mysterious figure that keeps appearing in her dreams, but they continue to confuse her. And she still has to worry about school, her friends, and her feelings for Syaoran! Right when she thinks she has it all together, a new friend's shocking secret may finally bring the mystery of the cards to light. Bonus Content: Disc 1 - Cardcaptor Sakura Clear Card - Part Two: Textless Songs

Release: July 2, 2019

$6.99

Description

Sakura continues to work on capturing new Clear Cards, though the cards and her staff of dreams are still a mystery. She's determined to learn about the mysterious figure that keeps appearing in her dreams, but they continue to confuse her. And she still has to worry about school, her friends, and her feelings for Syaoran! Right when she thinks she has it all together, a new friend's shocking secret may finally bring the mystery of the cards to light. Bonus Content: Disc 1 - Cardcaptor Sakura Clear Card - Part Two: Textless Songs

Release: June 22, 2021

$6.99

Description

Written by John Hughes, the legendary screenwriter of National Lampoon’s Vacation, Mr. Mom, Pretty in Pink, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and Home Alone, comes this hilarious film with maximum comedy at minimum wage! The town con (Frank Whaley, The Doors) and the town beauty (Jennifer Connelly, The Hot Spot) team up to outwit a half-wit pair of would-be burglars, real-life brothers Durmot Mulroney (Young Guns) and Kieran Mulroney (Nowhere to Run). Whaley stars as Jim Dodge, a smooth-talking small-town guy with a knack for putting up a front―but no talent for holding down a job. But Jim’s life suddenly takes a turn for the fantastic when he finds himself locked inside the local department store one night with Josie McClellan (Connelly), the daughter of the town’s wealthiest citizen, and two bumbling criminals. Directed by television veteran Bryan Gordon (Curb Your Enthusiasm) and co-starring Barry Corbin (My Science Project), William Forsythe (Raising Arizona) and comedy legend John Candy (Spaceballs) in an unbilled cameo. Special Features: -NEW Audio Commentary by Chicago Critics Film Festival Producer Erik Childress -Theatrical Trailer

$6.99

Description

Fresh out of prison, former drug kingpin Carlito Brigante tries to go straight, but his past and his crooked friends keep pulling him back into the New York underworld.

Release: October 12, 2021

$6.99

Description

From Brian De Palma, the director of Scarface, comes the critically acclaimed crime thriller Carlito's Way. Oscar® winner Al Pacino gives an electrifying performance as former drug kingpin Carlito Brigante, who is sprung from prison by his high-powered attorney (Academy Award® winner Sean Penn). He stuns the New York underworld by vowing to go straight from a history of violence, but his plans are undermined by misguided loyalties and an outmoded code of honor. In a life-or-death battle, Carlito takes on the relentless forces that refuse to let him go. Co-starring John Leguizamo and Luis Guzmán, Carlito's Way is a powerful, action-packed ride all the way to its explosive conclusion. Bonus Content: Includes 4K UHD, Blu-ray and a digital copy of Carlito's Way (Subject to expiration. Go to NBCUCodes.com for details.) Features HDR10+ for Brighter, Deeper, More Lifelike Color Deleted Scenes The Making of Carlito's Way De Palma on Carlito's Way Original Promotional Featurette Theatrical Trailer Brian De Palma on Carlito's Way

$7.99

Description

Season 4 of the television series Star Trek Next Generation continues the story with new conflicts, character developments, and expanding storylines.

$7.99

Description

A true-crime podcaster returns to her hometown for the holidays and finds herself investigating a string of supernatural murders tied to a local legend.

Release: July 22, 2025

$7.99

Description

Amid the sexual revolution and social upheaval of the early 1970s, acclaimed director Mike Nichols delivered a zeitgeist-defining examination of American mores. Sharply written by Jules Feiffer, this acerbic drama flashes through more than twenty years in the lives of two college buddies (Jack Nicholson and Art Garfunkel) whose casual chauvinism is all fun and games—until it’s not. As the women who suffer and see through the friends’ insecure posturing, Candice Bergen, Ann-Margret, Rita Moreno, Carol Kane, and Cynthia O’Neal form an extraordinary ensemble that gives the film its soul. So controversial it became embroiled in an obscenity case that went all the way to the Supreme Court, Carnal Knowledge remains startling for its unnervingly frank look at postwar masculinity. 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and

$6.99

Description

A bullied teenage girl discovers telekinetic powers and unleashes them in a devastating act of revenge.

Release: November 1, 2011

$6.99

Description

Lightning McQueen and Mater head overseas for the World Grand Prix, where Mater gets entangled in an international spy caper.

$6.99

Description

Mater and Lightning McQueen become entangled in an international spy mission during the World Grand Prix.

Release: September 10, 2019

$7.99

Description

From the creators of Cars comes a new, laugh-out-loud, heart-warming adventure geared for the entire family. Star racecar Lightning McQueen (Owen Wilson) and the incomparable tow truck Mater (Larry the Cable Guy) take their friendship on the road from Radiator Springs to exciting new places when they head overseas to compete in the first-ever World Grand Prix to determine the world's fastest car. But the road to the championship is filled with plenty of potholes, detours and hilarious surprises when Mater gets caught up in an intriguing adventure of his own: international espionage!

Release: June 15, 2015

$6.99

Description

From the creators of CARS and TOY STORY 3 comes a new, laugh-out-loud, heartwarming adventure geared for the entire family. Star race car Lightning McQueen (Owen Wilson) and the incomparable tow truck Mater (Larry the Cable Guy) take their friendship on the road from Radiator Springs to exciting new places when they head overseas to compete in the first-ever World Grand Prix to determine the world's fastest car. But the road to the championship is filled with plenty of potholes, detours and hilarious surprises when Mater gets caught up in an intriguing adventure of his own: international espionage! Experience all the fast-paced fun with an "all-car" cast -- plus enjoy two hilarious short films, "Air Mater" and "Hawaiian Vacation." It's turbocharged action and thrills and "even better than before," raves Peter Travers of Rolling Stone.

Release: June 8, 2021

$6.99

Description

An exciting, lighthearted Gallic adventure starring Jean-Paul Belmondo as an 18th-century Parisian thief who quits the outlaw Malichot's (Marcel Dalio) gang and becomes the highwayman known as "Cartouche." Together with the beautiful Gypsy (Claudia Cardinale) he loves and the rest of their rabble, Cartouche passes his ill-gotten gains along to the less fortunate, much to the displeasure of his former boss. With Jean Rochefort; co-written and directed by Philippe de Broca. 116 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: French; Subtitles: English; audio commentary; documentary; theatrical trailer. In French with English subtitles. Top About this item Similar From the Brand Reviews Cartouche

Release: October 11, 2011

$6.99

Description

Marcello Mastroianni (Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow) portrays the handsome lover Casanova pitted against a thoroughly modern woman. This is a legendary hero often depicted in movies, but this time he is portrayed with a slightly different problem - the only time he's "in the mood" is when he feels that he is in danger. His job as NATO officer offers plenty of opportunity for his sexual arousal problems to be assuaged. 1965 - Color - 90 minutes - 1.72:1 - Italian with English Subtitles.

Release: January 28, 2025

$7.99

Description

*This listing is for the standard edition version and does NOT come with a limited edition slipcase!* Fresh out of prison, a broken man reluctantly takes a job to kill three men, but changes his mind when some gangsters target the same men. He then tries to find out why the men are being targeted in the first place. Bonus Features: 1. Fighting Spirit - New video essay by TokyScope author Patrick Macias 2. Bitter Little World - New video talk by Black Caesars and Foxy Cleopatras author Odie Henderson 3. 16 page booklet with a new essay by writer, filmmaker and film programmer Steve Macfarlane

Release: August 12, 2025

$7.99

Description

"Ghost therapist" Dr. James Harvey (Bill Pullman) and his daughter Kat (Christina Ricci) arrive at drafty, old Whipstaff Manor. Its greedy owner, Carrigan Crittenden (Cathy Moriarty), has hired Dr. Harvey to exorcise the house's apparitions: a friendly but lonely young ghost named Casper, who's just looking for a friend, and his outrageous uncles Stretch, Stinkie and Fatso (The Ghostly Trio). If the plan works, she and Dibs (Eric Idle), her partner-in-slime, can get their hands on the manor's fabled treasure. Meanwhile, Casper has found a kindred spirit in Kat, but The Ghostly Trio will not tolerate "fleshies" in their house. With hilarious antics and dazzling special effects from many of the creators of Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Jurassic Park, Casper is a mile-a-minute adventure comedy for the whole family. Bonus Content: Includes 4K UHD, Blu-ray and a digital copy of Casper (Subject to expiration. Go to NBCUCodes.com for details.) Features Dolby Vision and HDR10 for Brighter, Deeper, More Lifelike Color Revealing Casper Deleted Scene Original Theatrical Shorts Feature Commentary with Director Brad Silberling "Penguin for Your Thoughts" Cartoon Classic Deleted Scenes Feature Commentary with Director Brian Silberling Top About this item Similar From the Brand Reviews Casper - 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital

$6.99

Description

A friendly young ghost tries to help a grieving girl and her paranormal therapist father in a haunted mansion full of troublemaking spirits.

Release: August 14, 2018

$7.99

Description

Hailed by critics as a masterpiece, CASUALTIES OF WAR is based on the true story of a squad of soldiers caught in the moral quagmire of wartime Vietnam. Witness to a vile crime, Private Eriksson (Michael J. Fox) is forced to stand alone against his fellow soldiers and commanding officer Sergeant Meserve (Sean Penn), a powerful and charismatic man pushed over theedge of barbarism by the terror and brutality of combat. With sweeping scope, action and raw power,master filmmaker Brian DePalma creates a devastating and unforgettable tale of one man's quest for sanity and justice amidst the chaos of war.

$6.99

Description

A young girl, her cat, and an eccentric burglar become entangled in a stylish Parisian mystery involving gangsters and a priceless statue.

Release: September 20, 2016

$6.99

Description

The first of the horror films producer Val Lewton (The Body Snatcher, I Walked with a Zombie) made for RKO Pictures redefined the genre by leaving its most frightening terrors to its audience s imagination. Simone Simon (La bête humaine) stars as a Serbian émigré in Manhattan who believes that, because of an ancient curse, any physical intimacy with the man she loves (Kent Smith) will turn her into a feline predator. Lewton, a consummate producer-auteur who oversaw every aspect of his projects, found an ideal director in Jacques Tourneur (Out of the Past), a chiaroscuro stylist adept at keeping viewers off-kilter with startling compositions and psychological innuendo. Together, they eschewed the canned effects of earlier monster movies in favor of shocking with subtle shadows and creative audio cues. One of the studio s most successful movies of the 1940s, Cat People raised the creature feature to new heights of sophistication and mystery. BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES - New, restored 2K digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack - Audio commentary from 2005 featuring film historian Gregory Mank, with excerpts from an audio interview with actor Simone Simon - Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows, a 2008 feature-length documentary that explores the life and career of the legendary Hollywood producer - Interview with director Jacques Tourneur from 1977 - New interview with cinematographer John Bailey about the look of the film - Trailer - PLUS: An essay by critic Geoffrey O Brien

Release: August 30, 2022

$7.99

Description

A remake of the 1942 Jacques Tourneur horror/noir classic, Cat People stars Nastassja Kinski as Irena, a beautiful young woman who discovers love for the first time only to find that the experience brings tragic consequences. The tremendous passion of this woman's first romantic love is so strong, however, it bypasses the chaos around her—including the extraordinary demands of her brother (Malcolm McDowell, A Clockwork Orange)—as it pushes her on to her own bizarre destiny. Directed by Paul Schrader (Hardcore, American Gigolo, Affliction), this erotic fantasy about the passion and terror surrounding this first love also stars John Heard (Awakenings), Annette O'Toole (48 Hrs.), Ruby Dee (Do the Right Thing) and Lynn Lowry (Shivers). Bonus Content: 4K Scan from the Original Camera Negative Audio Commentary with Director Paul Schrader Audio Commentary with Paul Schrader Interview with Actors Malcolm McDowell, Nastassja Kinski, Annette O'Toole, John Heard, and Lynn Lowry, Composer Giorgio Moroder and Paul Schrader Cat People: An Intimate Portrait On the Set with Paul Schrader Special Makeup Effects by Tom Burman Matte Paintings Filmmaker Robert Wise On the Producer of the Original Cat People, Val Lewton TV Spot Theatrical Trailer Photo Gallery ]]>

$7.99

Description

After saving a cat, a schoolgirl is drawn into the whimsical and perilous world of the Cat Kingdom.

Release: October 18, 2016

$6.99

Description

Stephen King's Cat's Eye (BD) ]]>

Release: August 13, 2013

$6.99

Description

As a government orbital weapon spirals out of control, scientists and soldiers scramble to stop a global catastrophe before the device destroys Earth.

Release: December 9, 2025

$7.99

Description

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: December 12, 2023

$6.99

Description

After years of being sheltered from the human world, the Turtle brothers set out to win the hearts of New Yorkers and be accepted as normal teenagers through heroic acts. Their new friend April O’Neil helps them take on a mysterious crime syndicate, but they soon get in over their heads when an army of mutants is unleashed upon them.

Release: September 13, 2022

$7.99

Description

Academy Award® nominee Edward James Olmos (1988, Best Actor, Stand and Deliver) and Maria Conchita Alonso (Colors) star in this emotional drama about a couple trying to make their business work and the mysterious drifter who comes into their lives and changes them completely. Nick (Arie Verveen, The Thin Red Line) appears in Joe (Olmos) and Betty’s (Alonso) Jersey City fish store while running away from the cops. The couple takes Nick in, and he inspires Joe and ignites passions in Betty. Neither Nick nor Betty want to hurt Joe, but their sexual attraction may be too strong to deny. When Joe and Betty’s son, Danny (Steven Schub, The Thirteenth Floor), returns home after failing as a stand-up comedian, he sees what is going on and wants Nick out. CAUGHT is a gripping drama filled with powerful performances. Top About this item Similar From the Brand Reviews Caught [Blu-ray]

Release: March 2, 2021

$7.99

Description

Comedy legend Bob Hope (The Ghost Breakers) once again teams up with his “Road to” co-star Dorothy Lamour (My Favorite Brunette) in this hilarious comedy directed by David Butler (Road to Morocco). Hope plays gun-shy movie star Don Bolton who, despite his concerted efforts to avoid the draft, nevertheless gets caught in it. Despite being the worst of soldiers, Don ends up being hailed as a hero and then looks to win the heart of the colonel’s gorgeous daughter (Lamour). Beautifully shot in glorious black-and-white by the great Karl Struss (Sunrise) and co-starring Eddie Bracken (Hail the Conquering Hero).

Release: January 16, 2024

$7.99

Description

A woman begins to suspect that her ailing husband is plotting murder, but his sudden death leaves her trapped inside a deadly scheme she cannot easily explain.

Release: May 21, 2024

$7.99

Description

Having blazed a trail for African filmmakers to tell their own stories on-screen, Senegalese auteur Ousmane Sembène took his career-long project—to unlock cinema’s potential as a vehicle for social change—in increasingly urgent and provocative directions in the 1970s. Searing critiques of colonialism, political corruption, patriarchal arrogance, and religious indoctrination, his three features from this decade—the radical call to resistance Emitaï, the wickedly subversive satire Xala, and the controversial historical epic Ceddo—confirmed his standing as a fearless truth-teller for whom the camera was the ultimate weapon in the fight against oppression in all its forms. THREE-BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES New 4K digital restorations of all three films, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks New conversation between Mahen Bonetti, founder and executive director of the African Film Festival, and writer Amy Sall The Making of “Ceddo,” a 1981 documentary by Paulin Soumanou Vieyra New English subtitle translations PLUS: An essay by film scholar Yasmina Price EMITAÏ With revolutionary outrage, Ousmane Sembène chronicles a period during World War II when French colonial forces in Senegal conscripted young men of the Diola people and attempted to seize rice stores for soldiers back in Europe. As the tribe’s patriarchal leaders pray and make sacrifices to their gods, the women in the community refuse to yield their harvests, incurring the French army’s wrath. With a deep understanding of the oppressive forces that have shaped Senegalese history, Emitaï explores the strains that colonialism places upon cultural traditions and, in the process, discovers a people’s hidden reserves of rebellion and dignity. XALA An adaptation of Ousmane Sembène’s own 1973 novel, Xala is a hilarious, caustic satire of political corruption under an inept patriarchy. On the night of his wedding to his third bride, government official El Hadji (Thierno Leye) is rendered impotent and begins to suspect that one of his other wives has placed a curse on him. After seeking a cure from a local marabout, El Hadji must face the possibility that he deserves the infliction for his part in embezzling public funds and for helping to keep Senegal under French control. Adeptly combining elements of African folklore and popular cinema, Sembène indicts the hubris, entitlement, and opportunism of male authority figures. CEDDO In precolonial Senegal, members of the Ceddo (or “outsiders”) kidnap Princess Dior Yacine (Tabata Ndiaye) after her father, the king, pledges loyalty to an ascendant Islamic faction that plans to convert the entire clan to its faith. Attempts to recapture her fail, provoking further division and eventual war between the animistic Ceddo and the fundamentalist Muslims, with Christian missionaries and slave traders from Europe also playing a role in the conflict. Banned in Senegal upon its release, Ceddo is an ambitious, multilayered epic that explores the combustible tensions among ancient tradition, religious colonization, political expediency, and individual freedom.

Release: January 11, 2022

$7.99

Description

The Danish Dogme 95 movement that struck world cinema like a thunderbolt began with The Celebration, the international breakthrough by Thomas Vinterberg, a lacerating chamber drama that uses the economic and aesthetic freedoms of digital video to achieve annihilating emotional intensity. On a wealthy man’s sixtieth birthday, a sprawling group of family and friends convenes at his country estate for a celebration that soon spirals into bedlam, as bombshell revelations threaten to tear away the veneer of bourgeois respectability and expose the traumas roiling beneath. The dynamic handheld camera work, grainy natural lighting, cacophonous diegetic sound, and raw performance style that would become Dogme hallmarks enhance the shattering visceral impact of this caustic indictment of patriarchal failings, which swings between blackest comedy and bleakest tragedy as it turns the sick soul of a family inside out. DIRECTOR-APPROVED TWO-BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES 2K digital restoration, approved by director Thomas Vinterberg, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack Audio commentary from 2005 featuring Vinterberg New interview with Vinterberg Two early short films by Vinterberg: Last Round (1993) and The Boy Who Walked Backwards (1995) The Purified, a 2002 documentary about Dogme 95, featuring interviews with Vinterberg and filmmakers Søren Kragh-Jacobsen, Kristian Levring, and Lars von Trier Program in which Vinterberg discusses the real-life inspiration for the film Documentaries featuring members of the cast and crew at the film’s premiere in Copenhagen and reflecting back on the production ADM:DOP, a 2003 documentary profile of cinematographer Anthony Dod Mantle Deleted scenes, with optional audio commentary by Vinterberg Trailer PLUS: An essay by critic and author Michael Koresky

Release: July 14, 2015

$6.99

Description

CELLAR DWELLER The promising career of a horror comic book artist ends in a fiery death when he confronts the bloody carnage of his own imagination in his studio. Years later, an ardent devotee of the artist’s work becomes a resident in his house, now an art academy, unaware that her imagination has revived the grotesque murderer of the past...and that she may be the next victim. CATACOMBS For over 400 years, the curse of the Abbey at San Pietro was kept a secret. Buried deep beneath the monastery lies the Beast of the Apocalypse. The power of evil is unleashed when an American priest and a beautiful young schoolteacher uncover the unholy terror of a diabolical spell cast centuries ago. Now, it will take the ultimate sacrifice to stop the curse that will not be denied.