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Product Description During WWII SS officer Kurt Gerstein tries to inform Pope Pius XII about Jews being sent to extermination camps. Young Jesuit priest Riccardo Fontana helps him in the difficult mission to inform the world. Review A political thriller of suspense and subtlety. Costa-Gavras has wanted to make Amen for nearly four decades, and it was worth the wait. --Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times Riveting...Amen is a must-see. --Andrew Sarris, New York Observer

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John Travolta is Sam, a misguided museum guard who loses his job, then tries to get it back at gunpoint. Dustin Hoffman is Max, TV reporter taken hostage with schoolchildren when Sam locks down the museum. It’s a desperate move for Sam, a career move for Max. Now on the inside of an exclusive, Max must give Sam’s story a heroic spin, keep a cynical network anchor (Alan Alda) at bay, and above all, keep America watching. Top About this item Similar From the Brand Reviews Mad City [Blu-Ray]

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Product Description Costa-Gavras (Z) puts the United States' involvement in South American politics under the microscope in this arresting thriller. An urban guerilla group, outraged at the counterinsurgency and torture training clandestinely organized by the CIA in their country (unnamed in the film), abducts a U.S. official (The Wages of Fear's Yves Montand) to bargain for the release of political prisoners; soon the kidnapping becomes a media sensation, leading to violence. Co-written by Franco Solinas (The Battle of Algiers), the electrifying State of Siege piercingly critiques the American government for helping institute foreign dictatorships while also asking difficult questions about the efficacy of radical violent acts to oppose such regimes. Review Costa-Gavras (Z) puts the United States’ involvement in South American politics under the microscope in this arresting thriller. An urban guerilla group, outraged at the counterinsurgency and torture training clandestinely organized by the CIA in their country (unnamed in the film), abducts a U.S. official (The Wages of Fear’s Yves Montand) to bargain for the release of political prisoners; soon the kidnapping becomes a media sensation, leading to violence. Cowritten by Franco Solinas (The Battle of Algiers), the electrifying State of Siege piercingly critiques the American government for helping institute foreign dictatorships while also asking difficult questions about the efficacy of radical violent acts to oppose such regimes.

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Chuck Workman is best known for creating unforgettable Oscar montage sequences and for his award-winning documentaries. In What is Cinema? he demonstrates his command of cinematic language, creating a visual essay out of clips from films that pushed the boundaries of the art form and gave us ideas of what the future might hold.