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Release: April 19, 2016

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Product Description Marleen Gorris' winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film centers on an elderly woman recalling her life in a small Dutch village after World War II on her deathbed. Antonia's reminiscences show how her independent ways often rankled her neighbors and how she passed his attitude on to her artist daughter and musical prodigy granddaughter. With Willeke Van Ammelrooy, Els Dottermans, Jan Decleir. 102 min. In Dutch with English subtitles. Review WINNER - Best Foreign Language Film - Academy Awards® WINNER - People's Choice Award - Toronto Int'l Film Festival WINNER - Audience Award and Best Screenplay - Chicago Int'l Film Festival WINNER - Best Director - Hamptons Film Festival WINNER - Best Director and Best Actress - Nederlands Film Festival NOMINATED - Best Film Not in the English Language - BAFTA Awards NOMINATED - Outstanding Release - GLAAD Media Awards OFF

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The devoted wife of a celebrated painter must rediscover her own identity as his dementia worsens and long-buried tensions surface.

Release: January 8, 2019

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Product Description **RELEASED FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER ON BLU RAY IN NORTH AMERICA** **FEATURING ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEES CLIVE OWEN (CLOSER), IAN MCKELLEN (LORD OF THE RINGS), JUDE LAW (COLD MOUNTAIN), AND ACADEMY AWARD WINNER RACHEL WEISZ (THE CONSTANT GARDENER), AS WELL AS PAUL BETTANY (THE AVENGERS), NIKOLAJ COSTER-WALDAU (GAME OF THRONES), AND MICK JAGGER.** **MUSIC BY LEGENDARY OSCAR-NOMINATED COMPOSER AND GOLDEN GLOBE WINNER, PHILIP GLASS** In 1930s Berlin, homosexual Max (Clive Owen) sleeps with German officer Wolf (Nikolaj Waldau), only to see him killed by his fellow Nazis the next morning. Fleeing with his boyfriend, Rudy (Brian Webber), Max is eventually caught and forced to beat his partner to death on a train to prove they have no connection. He's then sent to Dachau concentration camp and meets Horst (Lothaire Bluteau), a proud gay man also bound for the camp. Despite their harsh surroundings, the two fall in love. Bonus features included Cast and Crew Interviews, Mick Jagger music video Streets of Berlin, Behind the Scenes footage, and new essay written by Steven Alan Carr. Review WINNER - Prix de la Jeunesse - Cannes Film Festival NOMINATED - Outstanding Film - GLAAD Media Awards WINNER - Best Feature - Torino Int'l. Gay & Lesbian Film Festival WINNER - Best Actor - Gijon Int'l. Film Festival --- Martin Sherman's play about the persecution of gays in Nazi Germany makes its transition to the big screen with triumphant results. The acting is superb and the ingenious score by Phillip Glass adds a haunting, surreal texture to director, Sean Mathias opulent, Greenaway-esque production. - Stephen Holden, The New York Times [Screenwriter] Martin Sherman's harrowing concentration camp drama about the Nazi persecution of homosexuals still has some power to unsettle...Bent has earned its place in cultural history. --Film Threat The film is a punch in the gut and a kiss on the lips... - Mark Savlov, Austin Chronicle Director Sean Mathias has made a very stylized yet substantive movie about the plight of homosexuals in the Holocaust. --Spirituality & Practice Top Similar From the Brand Reviews Bent

Release: June 7, 2016

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Swedish master Ingmar Bergman penned this loving tribute to his parent's epic romance. In 1909, poor, idealistic theology student Henrik Bergman falls in love with Anna Åkerbloom, the intelligent, educated daughter of a rich family in Uppsala. After their wedding Henrik becomes a priest in the north of Sweden. Urbane Anna can't stand living in the rural county and grows increasingly restless. She returns to Uppsala and the couple's love and commitment are put to the test.

Release: June 23, 2026

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*This listing is for the standard edition version and does NOT come with a limited edition slipcase!* Taciturn Kakunoshin, renowned for his formidable skills both with a sword and in the game of go, embodies the purest ideals of the samurai code. But when his unwavering honesty is exploited, he is framed by his own clan for a theft he did not commit. Disgraced and forced to become a ronin, he survives as a humble seal maker, quietly supporting his grown daughter while burying the wounds of betrayal. Years later, when a case of missing gold pulls him into a new web of intrigue, Kakunoshin finally uncovers the truth behind his long-buried downfall. With the real culprit exposed, the restraint that once defined him shatters. The go board flips, and a hellstorm of righteous vengeance follows. Acclaimed director Kazuya Shiraishi’s first entry in the genre “is not only a great return to form reminiscent of the golden age of samurai cinema" (Asian Movie Pulse), but an elegant, ferocious epic destined to be hailed as a new classic. Bonus Features: 1. Making of featurette 2. 16-page booklet with essay by film writer Hayley Scanlon

Release: March 24, 2026

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*This listing is for the standard edition version and does NOT come with a limited edition slipcase!* The Caravana Rolidei rolls into town with the Gypsy Lord at the mike: he does magic tricks, the erotic Salomé dances, and the mute Swallow performs feats of strength. A young accordion player is completely enamored of Salomé, and he begs to come along. The Gypsy Lord shrugs, and the accordionist and his pregnant wife, Dasdô, join the troupe. Television is their enemy as they go from the coast deep into the Amazon. Salomé lets the accordion player sleep with her once, with Dasdô’s knowledge. He’s moon-struck. Then, after Dasdô’s baby is born and financial disaster hits the troupe, the accordionist must choose between seeing his wife, a prostitute, and leaving the caravan. Presented in a new 4K restoration. Bonus Features: 1. Making of featurette 2. Introduction by producer Lucy Baretto 3. 16-page booklet with essay by film journalist Rafa Sales Ross Top About this item Similar From the Brand Reviews Bye Bye Brazil [Blu-ray]

Release: January 28, 2025

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*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: 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: June 16, 2020

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Product Description **GORGEOUS HD RESTORATION RELEASED FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER ON BLU RAY AND DVD IN NORTH AMERICA** **STARRING ROMY SCHNEIDER (SISSI TRILOGY)** Newly restored from the original film elements, this 2-disc double feature of classic romantic dramas, Cesar Et Rosalie and Les Choses De La Vie, directed by Palme d'Or-nominated auteur Claude Sautet, and starring legendary actress Romy Schneider Sissi trilogy) are now being released for the first time on Blu Ray. Les Choses De La Vie: Pierre (Michel Piccoli) is involved in a terrible car accident. Fatally injured, he sees his life pass before his eyes. Only now does he realize the importance of all the details of existence, the pleasures and sorrows that together makeup life's happiness. Romy Schneider is his demanding mistress, and Lea Massari his ex-wife in this 1969 Claude Sautet feature. Cesar Et Rosalie: Cesar and Rosalie (Romy Schneider) live a comfortable life together until David, Rosalie's old flame, returns and ignites Cesar's jealousy and Rosalie's indecision. Unexpectedly, it is Rosalie who is in the way of Cesar and David's new friendship. Bonus features include Cesar Et Rosalie documentary Symphonie Metallique, Les Choses De La Vie featurette Serenade for Three, and booklet with new essay by author David N. Meyer. Review Winner - Best Foreign Actor - David di Donatello Awards Nominated - Palme d'Or - Cannes Film Festival Winner - Prix Louis Delluc --- ...it presents not one but two unusually good performances: by Montand, as a scrap-metal dealer with international connections, and by Romy Schneider as the woman who loves him sometimes and lives with him sometimes, not always at the same sometimes. [W]e ve had a good time and enjoyed... the way Romy Schneider can make a half-shy smile into the suggestion of unimaginable carnal possibilities. - Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times Featuring another expressive, vibrant score from Philippe Sarde, opening the film with a beat promising the tone of a thriller, as well as Jean Boffety's (The Things of Life; Je t'aime je t'aime) articulate framing (featuring plenty of handsome close-ups, particularly of Schneider in her custom made Yves Saint Laurent wardrobe), Cesar and Rosalie stays adamantly, wonderfully true to its complexities. - Nicholas Bell, Ion Cinema Romy Schneider... has never been more calmly beautiful. --Roger Greenspun, The New York Times Sautet and his frequent writing partner, Jean-Loup Dabadie, were masters of the intricately triangulated menage-a-trois, as in the delightful Cesar and Rosalie (1972), where bohemian cartoonist Sami Frey and wealthy businessman Yves Montand become unlikely BFFs while competing for the see-sawing affections of their mutual mistress (Schneider). - Scott Foundas, Variety ...a beautifully understated performance from Piccoli which manages to extract a whole lifetime of meaning from a simple gesture like lighting a cigarette, and to illuminate the film's meticulously detailed naturalistic surface. - Time Out ...a remarkable portrait of the compromises of marriage and the fickle stirrings of the human heart, structured as an intricate narrative jigsaw: Gone Girl avant la lettre. - Scott Foundas, Variety Should be considered a high priority for cinephiles. --Mike D'Angelo, The Village Voice

Release: June 16, 2020

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Product Description **GORGEOUS HD RESTORATION RELEASED FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER ON BLU RAY AND DVD IN NORTH AMERICA** **STARRING ROMY SCHNEIDER (SISSI TRILOGY)** Newly restored from the original film elements, this 2-disc double feature of classic romantic dramas, Cesar Et Rosalie and Les Choses De La Vie, directed by Palme d'Or-nominated auteur Claude Sautet, and starring legendary actress Romy Schneider Sissi trilogy) are now being released for the first time on Blu Ray. Les Choses De La Vie: Pierre (Michel Piccoli) is involved in a terrible car accident. Fatally injured, he sees his life pass before his eyes. Only now does he realize the importance of all the details of existence, the pleasures and sorrows that together makeup life's happiness. Romy Schneider is his demanding mistress, and Lea Massari his ex-wife in this 1969 Claude Sautet feature. Cesar Et Rosalie: Cesar and Rosalie (Romy Schneider) live a comfortable life together until David, Rosalie's old flame, returns and ignites Cesar's jealousy and Rosalie's indecision. Unexpectedly, it is Rosalie who is in the way of Cesar and David's new friendship. Bonus features include Cesar Et Rosalie documentary Symphonie Metallique, Les Choses De La Vie featurette Serenade for Three, and booklet with new essay by author David N. Meyer. Review Winner - Best Foreign Actor - David di Donatello Awards Nominated - Palme d'Or - Cannes Film Festival Winner - Prix Louis Delluc --- ...it presents not one but two unusually good performances: by Montand, as a scrap-metal dealer with international connections, and by Romy Schneider as the woman who loves him sometimes and lives with him sometimes, not always at the same sometimes. [W]e ve had a good time and enjoyed... the way Romy Schneider can make a half-shy smile into the suggestion of unimaginable carnal possibilities. - Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times Featuring another expressive, vibrant score from Philippe Sarde, opening the film with a beat promising the tone of a thriller, as well as Jean Boffety's (The Things of Life; Je t'aime je t'aime) articulate framing (featuring plenty of handsome close-ups, particularly of Schneider in her custom made Yves Saint Laurent wardrobe), Cesar and Rosalie stays adamantly, wonderfully true to its complexities. - Nicholas Bell, Ion Cinema Romy Schneider... has never been more calmly beautiful. --Roger Greenspun, The New York Times Sautet and his frequent writing partner, Jean-Loup Dabadie, were masters of the intricately triangulated menage-a-trois, as in the delightful Cesar and Rosalie (1972), where bohemian cartoonist Sami Frey and wealthy businessman Yves Montand become unlikely BFFs while competing for the see-sawing affections of their mutual mistress (Schneider). - Scott Foundas, Variety ...a beautifully understated performance from Piccoli which manages to extract a whole lifetime of meaning from a simple gesture like lighting a cigarette, and to illuminate the film's meticulously detailed naturalistic surface. - Time Out ...a remarkable portrait of the compromises of marriage and the fickle stirrings of the human heart, structured as an intricate narrative jigsaw: Gone Girl avant la lettre. - Scott Foundas, Variety Should be considered a high priority for cinephiles. --Mike D'Angelo, The Village Voice

Release: March 9, 2021

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Product Description An epic war story of World War II. Scientist Dr. Barnes Wallis believes World War II can be shortened by destroying the Ruhr dams, thus paralyzing the enemy's industrial nerve center. In spite of the difficulties caused by the critical situation at the time, he works steadily to perfect a special bomb of his own invention for the purpose. Air Ace Wing Commander Guy Gibson is chosen to form, train and lead the hand-picked squadron. Flying at tree-top level they cross the Rhine and attack the first dam - Moehne. The bombers seem unable to maintain the accuracy essential for success - then suddenly the masonry begins to crumble. The final attack scene inspired the attack on the Death Star in the first Star Wars film Review Nominated - Special Effects - Academy Awards Nominated - Best Film - BAFTA Awards Nominated - Best British Film - BAFTA Awards Nominated - Best British Screenplay - BAFTA Awards --- The Dam Busters...does a great job capturing the little details of squadron life, especially the nervous hours preceding a dangerous mission. The structure, look, and even some of the dialogue of the finale was echoed more than 20 years later for the attack on the Death Star in Star Wars. - Stuart Galbraith IV, DVD Talk One of the truly great war films. - Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews Michael Anderson'sThe Dam Busters is an inherently inspiring true story, told in a reassuringly straightforward manner. There's no cloying sentimentality or self-congratulatory worthiness here, just honest British endeavour, innovation and determined stiff upper-lipped-ness. Excellent. A triumph of British ingenuity, the story The Dam Busters served to highlight the best of the war effort in a wonderfully celebratory fashion. --James Dennis, Screen Anarchy This is a motion picture which must be seen. Redgrave as Dr. Wallis turns in one of the finest performances you'll see this year, anywhere. Richard Todd and the rest of the supporting cast are also excellent. - Brigid Murnaghan, The Village Voice The production is a personal triumph for Michael Anderson. Michael Redgrave, particularly, gives a vividly human portrayal of Dr Barnes Wallis the scientist while Richard Todd makes a distinguished showing as Guy Gibson the RAF commander. - Variety Director Michael Anderson's The Dam Busters (1955) has a strong claim to be the greatest British war film ever made. --Ian Freer, The Telegraph

Release: January 27, 2026

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*This listing is for the standard edition version and does NOT come with a limited edition slipcase!* An epic war story of World War II. Scientist Dr. Barnes Wallis believes World War II can be shortened by destroying the Ruhr dams, thus paralyzing the enemy's industrial nerve center. In spite of the difficulties caused by the critical situation at the time, he works steadily to perfect a special bomb of his own invention for the purpose. Air Ace Wing Commander Guy Gibson is chosen to form, train and lead the hand-picked squadron. Flying at tree-top level they cross the Rhine and attack the first dam - Moehne. The bombers seem unable to maintain the accuracy essential for success - then suddenly the masonry begins to crumble. The final attack scene inspired the attack on the Death Star in the first Star Wars film. Bonus Features: 1. The Making of The Dam Busters 2. Commentary Track with film historians Howard S. Berger and Steve Mitchell 3. Widescreen edition of the film 4. Sir Barnes Wallis Documentary 5. 617 Squadron Remembers 6. Footage of the Bomb Tests 7. The Dam Busters Royal Premiere 8. Restoration comparison 9. The Dam Busters Trailer

Release: January 27, 2026

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*This listing is for the standard edition version and does NOT come with a limited edition slipcase!* An epic war story of World War II. Scientist Dr. Barnes Wallis believes World War II can be shortened by destroying the Ruhr dams, thus paralyzing the enemy's industrial nerve center. In spite of the difficulties caused by the critical situation at the time, he works steadily to perfect a special bomb of his own invention for the purpose. Air Ace Wing Commander Guy Gibson is chosen to form, train and lead the hand-picked squadron. Flying at tree-top level they cross the Rhine and attack the first dam - Moehne. The bombers seem unable to maintain the accuracy essential for success - then suddenly the masonry begins to crumble. The final attack scene inspired the attack on the Death Star in the first Star Wars film. Bonus Features: 1. The Making of The Dam Busters 2. Commentary Track with film historians Howard S. Berger and Steve Mitchell 3. Widescreen edition of the film 4. Sir Barnes Wallis Documentary 5. 617 Squadron Remembers 6. Footage of the Bomb Tests 7. The Dam Busters Royal Premiere 8. Restoration comparison 9. The Dam Busters 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!* Somewhere high in the Alps, a lone rider makes his way along a hidden path and reaches a small village, tucked away between the steep mountains. This stranger goes by the name of Greider; nobody knows where he’s from and, met with blatant distrust, nobody wants him in the village. The sons of Old Brenner, the village patriarch who holds the entire community under his threatening, violent ways, would have chased him away if Greider hadn’t given them a fistful of gold coins. Greider introduces himself as a photographer, and Brenner’s sons provide him with shelter for the winter at the house of widow Gader and her young daughter, Luzi. Soon to be married to her sweetheart, Lukas, Luzi is full of trepidation as the big day draws near because, in this valley, a wedding comes with a terrible tradition. And whoever opposes this tradition will be subjected to a merciless punishment. In the depths of winter, the village is cut off by snowfall and barely a ray of sunlight reaches the valley. A tragic accident leads to the death of one of Brenner’s beloved sons. When another son is mysteriously killed, it’s clear this is not a coincidence: the time has come for Brenner’s family to pay, and Greider plans to settle a score long forgotten by everyone but him. Bonus Features: 1. Making-of Featurette 2. Deleted Scenes 3. 16-page essay by filmmaker Phillip Escott

Release: August 25, 2026

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*This listing is for the standard edition version and does NOT come with a limited edition slipcase!* The fates of an unlucky pig farmer, a feisty home-owner defending her property, a lovestruck busboy, a disenchanted rich girl, and an American expat pursuing the Chinese Dream converge and collide as thousands of dead pigs are found floating down the Huangpu River, towards a modernizing Shanghai in Cathy Yan's (BIRDS OF PREY) debut feature. Bonus Features: 1. Commentary with director Cathy Yan 2. Behind the scenes footage

Release: July 7, 2020

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A grieving Irish father and his estranged American son embark on a road trip to scatter ashes, confronting the pain that has divided them.

Release: October 29, 2024

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*This listing is for the standard edition version and does NOT come with a limited edition slipcase!* This thrilling two-disc set features a double dose of hyperbolic heist movie mayhem directed by the great Kinji Fukasaku (Battles Without Honor and Humanity, Battle Royale), restored to HD, and, for the first time ever, available on Blu Ray in North America. Fukasaku's 1964 breakthrough WOLVES, PIGS AND MEN finds three brothers pitted against each other as rivals in the Yakuza underworld. Jiro, alongside his girlfriend Mizuhara, devises a scheme to rob his younger brother Sabu's gang. However, when the eldest brother Kuroki learns of this, he seeks to conspire against them to take it all for himself in a treacherous nightmare of unbridled violence. While lesser known, 1976’s VIOLENT PANIC: THE BIG CRASH wreaks havoc across the streets of Japan with stylishly nihilistic aplomb. After expe

Release: October 29, 2024

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*This listing is for the standard edition version and does NOT come with a limited edition slipcase!* This thrilling two-disc set features a double dose of hyperbolic heist movie mayhem directed by the great Kinji Fukasaku (Battles Without Honor and Humanity, Battle Royale), restored to HD, and, for the first time ever, available on Blu Ray in North America. Fukasaku's 1964 breakthrough WOLVES, PIGS AND MEN finds three brothers pitted against each other as rivals in the Yakuza underworld. Jiro, alongside his girlfriend Mizuhara, devises a scheme to rob his younger brother Sabu's gang. However, when the eldest brother Kuroki learns of this, he seeks to conspire against them to take it all for himself in a treacherous nightmare of unbridled violence. While lesser known, 1976’s VIOLENT PANIC: THE BIG CRASH wreaks havoc across the streets of Japan with stylishly nihilistic aplomb. After expert bank-robber Takashi's big job is foiled, he goes on the lam. Trailed by the police, his lover, his partner-in-crime’s brother, and countless others, Takashi becomes the target of a manhunt filled with twists, double-crosses, and explosive action that gives the 70’s car chase genre a run for its money. Bonus Features: 16 page booklet with New essay by film critic Kenji Fujishima Wolves, Pigs and Men: 1. Audio commentary by Japanese cinema expert Jasper Sharp 2. Interview with Fukasaku biographer Sadao Yamane 3. Interview with co-screenwriter Junya Sato 4. Interview with Producer Tatsu Yoshida Violent Panic: The Big Crash: 1. Audio commentary by Japanese cinema expert Jasper Sharp 2. Fast, Furious, Fukasaku video essay by Tokyoscope author Patrick Macias Top About this item Similar From the Brand Reviews Ferocious Fukasaku: Two Films By Kinji Fukasaku [Blu-ray]

Release: December 10, 2019

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Product Description **GORGEOUS 4K RESTORATIONS RELEASED FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER IN NORTH AMERICA** **TWO FILMS PRESENTED IN A 2-DISC SET, PACKED WITH BONUS FEATURES** After more than two decades of exile in Hollywood, master filmmaker Fritz Lang triumphantly returned to his native Germany to direct this lavish two-part adventure tale from a story he co-authored almost forty years earlier - The Tiger of Eschnapur and The Indian Tomb. Called to India by the Maharajah of Eschnapur, architect Harald Berger (Paul Hubschmid) falls in love with beautiful temple dancer Seetha (Debra Paget), who is promised to the Maharajah. Their betrayal ignites the ruler's wrath, and the lovers are forced to flee into the desert for a series of spectacular adventures. Featuring breathtaking location photography and nail-biting suspense, this epic is highlighted by Paget's erotic temple dance, a battle to the death with a man-eating tiger, sandstorms, a cave of lepers, and a bloody palace rebellion. Together these films provide a cinematic link between classic silent serials and the modern action thrills of Indiana Jones and The Mummy. Previously available in America as Journey to the Lost City, a radically condensed 90-minute version, these exotic masterpieces are presented in this 2-disc boxed set newly restored to their original splendor. Bonus features include audio commentaries by film historian David Kalat, The Indian Epic documentary, Debra Paget, For Example, a video essay by Mark Rappaport, and 20-page booklet with an essay by film scholar Tom Gunning. Review A sweeping adventure filled with tigers, snakes, romance and the camp-connoisseur favorite Debra Paget, these two movies marked Lang's return to German film production after more than two decades in Hollywood, although both were shot and set in India. [M]ore than three hours of expressionistic color and wild plot developments await. - Ben Kenigsberg, The New York Times Perhaps Lang's most open-aired use of color, and wonderful, late-period entertainment. --Jeffrey Anderson, Combustible Celluloid Visually striking adventure film, in beautiful color. - Michael Grost, Classic Film and Television Exciting, exotic and imaginative epic. --Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews [A]n utterly glorious late testimonial and summative work from one of cinema's titans. - Roderick Heath, Film Freedonia Packed with romance, action and humour, Der Tiger also features some solid performances, especially from Swiss actor Paul Hubschmid, and is an all-round success. --Michael Ewins, E-film Blog

Release: October 20, 2015

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Product Description One of Eric Rohmer's most renowned films, FULL MOON IN PARIS was originally released in 1984 to universal acclaim. Heralded as "a small masterpiece" and "the very best of Rohmer" by The New York Times, it is the story of Louise (Pascale Ogier), a young interior designer bored with her life in the sleepy suburbs with her live-in boyfriend Remi, an architect by trade and a homebody by nature. Eager to lead the life of an independent socialite in the city, Louise arranges to move back into her Paris apartment during the week. Balancing a steady boyfriend in the suburbs with a best friend, Octave (Fabrice Luchini), who makes plain his interest in her, and a bad boy musician who catches her eye at a party, eventually even the sophisticated and aloof Louise cannot untangle herself from the emotional realities of her various romantic encounters. Review Winner - Best Actress - Venice Film Festival Official Selection - Venice Film Festival Official Selection - Toronto International Film Festival --- Ranks with the very best of Rohmer. Enlightened self-deception is the system in this tiny universe, and it's invigoratingly comic to behold. --The New York Times It's as elegant and incisive a comedy of manners as ever from Rohmer. --Time Out London

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!* When working actor Takashi receives a jarring call from the police, he is forced to reconnect with his estranged father of 20 years, Yohji — an esteemed academic slipping rapidly into dementia. As Takashi attempts to piece together the mystery of Yohji’s missing wife and the fractured life his father now inhabits, their reunion uncovers long-buried tensions and unspoken grief, forcing Takashi to trace the past of his father that he has long refused to accept. Unfolding as a meditation on loss — of time, identity, and familial closeness never fully grasped — GREAT ABSENCE is a “delicately devastating” (Variety) award-winning drama from rising star director Kei Chikaura that navigates the fragile terrain of memory, estrangement, and the quiet devastations of aging. Bonus Feature: Interview with director Kei Chikaura

Release: February 24, 2026

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*This listing is for the standard edition version and does NOT come with a limited edition slipcase!* On an unforgiving, snow-swept frontier, a group of bloodthirsty bounty hunters, led by the vicious Loco (Klaus Kinski) prey on a band of persecuted outlaws who have taken to the hills. Only a mute gunslinger named Silence (Jean-Louis Trintignant) stands between the innocent refugees and the corrupt bounty hunters. But, in this harsh, brutal world, the lines between right and wrong are not always clear, and good does not always triumph. Featuring superb photography and a haunting score from maestro Ennio Morricone, director Sergio Corbucci’s bleak, brilliant and violent vision of an immoral, honorless West is widely considered to be among the best and most influential Westerns ever made. Bonus Features: 1. Austin Fisher on The Great Silence 2. Howard Hughes & Richard Knew Audio Commentary 3. Mike Siegel Audio Commentary 4. Alex Cox Live Audio Commentary at The Hollywood Theatre 5. Cox on Corbucci: filmmaker and author Alex Cox (Repo Man) surveys Sergio Corbucci's career and how The Great Silence fits within the maestro's oeuvre. 6. Western, Italian Style: 1968 documentary on Italian westerns includes prime behind-the-scenes footage of The Great Silence. 7. Two alternate endings restored in 2K and with sound, including the option to play one of the alternate endings with Alex Cox's commentary. One of the alternate endings has never been seen before and another has never been released with sound. 8. Booklet with essays by Nick Newman, Elena Lazic, and Filipe Furtado. 9. The Great Silence original theatrical trailer restored in 2K. 10. The Great Silence 2018 theatrical trailer. 11. Italian and English language versions.

Release: June 5, 2018

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Product Description **RELEASED FOR THE FIRST TIME ON BLU RAY IN NORTH AMERICA ON THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF ITS ORIGINAL RELEASE** On an unforgiving, snow swept frontier, a group of bloodthirsty bounty hunters, led by the vicious Loco (Klaus Kinski Nosferatu, For a Few Dollars More) prey on a band of persecuted outlaws who have taken to the hills. As the price on each head is collected one-by-one, only a mute gunslinger named Silence (Jean-Louis Trintignant The Conformist) stands between the innocent refuges and the greed and corruption that the bounty hunters represent. But, in this harsh, brutal world, the lines between right and wrong aren't always clear and good doesn't always triumph. Featuring superb photography and a haunting score from maestro Ennio Morricone, director Sergio Corbucci's bleak, brilliant and violent vision of an immoral, honorless west is widely considered to be among the very best and most influential Euro-Westerns ever made. Bonus features include: - Cox on Corbucci - filmmaker and author Alex Cox surveys Sergio Corbucci's career and how The Great Silence fits within the maestro's oeuvre. - Western, Italian Style - This 1968 documentary on Italian westerns includes prime behind the scenes footage of The Great Silence. - Two never-before-seen alternate endings, including the option to play one of the alternate endings with Alex Cox commentary. - The Great Silence original theatrical trailer. - The Great Silence 2018 theatrical trailer. - Italian and English language versions. - Ending the Silence - a new essay about The Great Silence by film critic Simon Abrams. Review I'm not generally one for nostalgia, but I do regret the loss of a certain kind of craziness that used to flourish in movies the kind that is on rich and ripe display in The Great Silence, a 1968 Italian western by Sergio Corbucci that is only now receiving a proper theatrical release in this country. There is something about the film's brazen mixing of incompatible elements that defies categorization, imitation or even sober critical assessment. It's anarchic and rigorous, sophisticated and goofy, heartfelt and cynical. The score, by Ennio Morricone, is as mellow as wine. The action is raw, nasty and blood-soaked. The story is preposterous, the politics sincere... The mood is sometimes jaunty, but The Great Silence is no joke, and the fatalism of its ending serves as an implicit critique of the sentimental optimism of many Hollywood westerns. Power speaks louder than silence. --A.O. Scott, The New York Times Packs a bleak, bloody punch...[and] goes out with a devastating bang. - Simon Abrams, The Village Voice Brutal, bleakly beautiful spaghetti Western filmed on stark locations in the Dolomites, with one of the most uncompromising and unforgettable finales ever filmed. --Leonard Maltin Sensationally grim...be prepared for a holy bludgeoning. - David Edelstein, New York Magazine The greatest spaghetti Western ever made. --Alex Cox, director of Sid & Nancy and Repo Man

Release: February 24, 2026

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*This listing is for the standard edition version and does NOT come with a limited edition slipcase!* On an unforgiving, snow-swept frontier, a group of bloodthirsty bounty hunters, led by the vicious Loco (Klaus Kinski) prey on a band of persecuted outlaws who have taken to the hills. Only a mute gunslinger named Silence (Jean-Louis Trintignant) stands between the innocent refugees and the corrupt bounty hunters. But, in this harsh, brutal world, the lines between right and wrong are not always clear, and good does not always triumph. Featuring superb photography and a haunting score from maestro Ennio Morricone, director Sergio Corbucci’s bleak, brilliant and violent vision of an immoral, honorless West is widely considered to be among the best and most influential Westerns ever made. Bonus Features: 1. Austin Fisher on The Great Silence 2. Howard Hughes & Richard Knew Audio Commentary 3. Mike Siegel Audio Commentary 4. Alex Cox Live Audio Commentary at The Hollywood Theatre 5. Cox on Corbucci: filmmaker and author Alex Cox (Repo Man) surveys Sergio Corbucci's career and how The Great Silence fits within the maestro's oeuvre. 6. Western, Italian Style: 1968 documentary on Italian westerns includes prime behind-the-scenes footage of The Great Silence. 7. Two alternate endings restored in 2K and with sound, including the option to play one of the alternate endings with Alex Cox's commentary. One of the alternate endings has never been seen before and another has never been released with sound. 8. Booklet with essays by Nick Newman, Elena Lazic, and Filipe Furtado. 9. The Great Silence original theatrical trailer restored in 2K. 10. The Great Silence 2018 theatrical trailer. 11. Italian and English language versions.

Release: September 30, 2025

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*This listing is for the standard edition version and does NOT come with a limited edition slipcase!* A seemingly divine premonition leads Norwegian sisters Kari and May to buy an apartment in the small Swedish town of Gullspång. To their surprise, the seller looks remarkably similar to their older sister Astrid, who committed suicide thirty years earlier. What’s even more odd is that this doppelgänger used to go by “Lita,” the same nickname as their deceased sister. What begins as an eerie story of destiny, faith and improbable coincidence soon becomes a Pandora’s Box of stranger-than-fiction revelations and awkwardly comical mishaps in this “riveting” and “one-of-a-kind” documentary that is “complete with Lynchian echoes of Twin Peaks” (The Hollywood Reporter). Bonus Features: 1. Interview with director Maria Fredriksson 2. 16-page booklet with an essay by entertainment journalist Sarah Clements Top About this item Similar From the Brand Reviews The Gullspång Miracle [Blu-ray]

Release: September 19, 2017

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Product Description **Beautifully restored in HD, this classic film is now released for the first time in North America on Blu Ray.** **Winner of 19 awards, including the prestigious Golden Lion for Best Film at the Venice Int'l Film Festival.** Former police officer Nishi feels responsible for the shattered lives of his loved ones. His partner Horibe has been crippled in a disastrous stakeout, a colleague is shot dead by the same villain, and his own wife has a terminal illness. In debt to a yakuza loanshark, Nishi conceives a bank robbery to provide for his partner, help the dead cop's widow, and take one last holiday throughout Japan with his wife and share a final taste of happiness. A highly original crime drama written, directed and starring Takeshi Kitano. Bonus Features, include: Commentary by film writer for Rolling Stone magazine, David Fear; Making-of featurette. Package, includes: Collector's Booklet, featuring essay by film writer, Jasper Sharp; cast and crew credits; chapter breaks; stills. Review OFFICIAL SELECTION - Venice Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION - Toronto Int'l Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION - New York Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION - Pusan Int'l Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION - Tokyo Int'l Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION - Fantasporto Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION - Singapore Int'l Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION - Karlovy Vary Int'l Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION - Helsinki Int'l Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION - Locarno Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION - Moscow Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION - Tallinn International Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION - Camerimage Film Festival --- ...meticulously handsome, imaginatively edited...Hana-Bi shows off both [Kitano's] fierce and gentle talents. --Janet Maslin, The New York Times Hana-Bi announces not only a new kind of 'cop movie' but a template for a new kind of Kitano film. - Jaime N. Christley, Slant Magazine (4 out of 4 Stars) Glimmers of Kitano s deadpan humor peek through this rich and visually beautiful work that, for all its stylized violence, manages to convey stillness, sweetness, and affecting emotional depth. --Entertainment Weekly

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!* Best friends Yuta and Kou are about to graduate high school in a near-future Tokyo where the threat of a catastrophic earthquake pervades daily life. One night, they pull a consequential prank on their principal, which leads to a surveillance system being installed in the school. Between the oppressive security system and a darkening national political situation, Kou feels increasingly frustrated with the world while Yuta seems completely unaware. Finding an empathetic ear in a passionate student activist, Kou’s political consciousness blossoms. Assuming that Yuta would never understand his newfound interests, Kou begins to avoid his friend. For the first time in their lifelong friendship, the two are forced to confront differences that they never had expressed before. Bonus Features: 1. Commentary with Director Neo Sora 2. Studio Visit with Composer Lia Ouyang Rusli 3. Deleted scenes 4. 16-page booklet with essay by film critic Ryan Swen Happyend [Blu-ray] Happyend Similar From the Brand Questions Reviews

Release: September 24, 2024

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Jia Zhangke reflects on the history of Shanghai through interviews and memories spanning generations.

Release: August 25, 2026

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*This listing is for the standard edition version and does NOT come with a limited edition slipcase!* A ragtag team of four tough-as-nails cops are tasked with escorting the notorious gangster Playboy to prison. When he is revealed to be a stool pigeon, the real mob boss, Madame Butterfly, puts a price on Playboy’s head. This incites a swarm of hardened inmates to riot across the never-ending maze of cell blocks in pursuit of the bounty. Trapped in the fray with their sleazy charge in tow, the officers must fight their way through a relentless gauntlet of violence, armed only with their wits and lethal hand-to-hand combat skills. Featuring a jaw-dropping display of Cambodian martial arts mayhem peppered with irreverently comic antics, JAILBREAK is “90 minutes of kick-ass action screen time well served” (Film Combat Syndicate). Bonus Features: 1. Bloopers 2. Deleted Scenes 3. Making-of the Original Soundtrack 4. Music Video 5. Production Diary 6. 16-page booklet with essay by film critic Pierce Conran Jailbreak [Blu-ray] Jailbreak Similar From the Brand Questions Reviews

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!* The film that put director Zhang Yimou and star Gong Li on the international cinema map follows beautiful young Ju Dou as she is married off to an egregiously cruel, and also impotent, owner of a dye mill in the Chinese countryside in the early 20th century. When the boss’ nephew arrives on the scene they fall for each other with lustful abandon. Their impassioned affair soon leads to a son. After the clandestine couple convinces the despotic husband that he is the father, the boy is raised as his long-awaited heir. However the myriad complications of infidelity lead to a visceral and psychological melee between the lovers and their ruler with explosively dramatic turns. With its stunning mise en scène and sumptuous use of color, JU DOU was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards® and has earned a reputation as one of the greatest Chinese films ever made. Bonus Features: 1. Commentary by film critics James Marsh and Pierce Conran 2. Video essay by USC Professor Kin Tak Raymond Tsang 3. Contemporary Chinese Voices on Ju Dou video discussion

Release: September 27, 2016

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Product Description Beautifully restored in 4K, this classic film is now released for the first time in North America on Blu Ray with bonus DVD, including feature documentary A Wolf at the Door, about the last year of director Wolf Gremm's life. In his last film role, legendary director Rainer Werner Fassbinder plays Jansen, an expert cop living in a dystopic future where a mysterious organization known as the The Combine controls all media. After The Combine's headquarters receives several bomb threats, Jansen is tasked with infiltrating the nefarious conglomerate. Soundtrack by Edgar Froese of Tangerine Dream. Bonus Features, include: feature documentary, A Wolf at the Door; 60-minute documentary, Rainer Werner Fassbinder: The Last Year; Commentary by Producer Regina Ziegler; John Cassavetes Kamikaze '89 radio spots; Kamikaze '89 trailer. Package includes Collector's Booklet with: Film essay by top film critic and writer, Nick Pinkerton; Mini-essay about the film's soundtrack, written by Samuel B. Prime; cast and crew credits; chapter breaks; stills. Review WINNER - Critics' Award - Fantasporto Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION - Chicago Int'l Film Festival --- Fassbinder remains an impressive, witty screen presence as he plays out this satiric charade about a plot to bomb the ultramodern headquarters of the conglomerate that controls all media in this perfect Germany. --Ben Kenigsberg, The New York Times [T]here's no way the director of Drive, Nicholas Winding Refn, for example, hasn't screened this film multiple times, or slept with a copy of it under his pillow for years. --Adam Sternbergh, Vulture

Release: September 10, 2019

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Product Description In this riot of frantic disguises and mistaken identities, Victor Pivert, a blustering, bigoted French factory owner, finds himself taken hostage by Slimane, an Arab rebel leader. The two dress up as rabbis as they try to elude not only assassins from Slimane's country, but also the police, who think Pivert is a murderer. Pivert ends up posing as Rabbi Jacob, a beloved figure who's returned to France for his first visit after 30 years in the United States. Adding to the confusion are Pivert's dentist-wife, who thinks her husband is leaving her for another woman, their daughter, who's about to get married, and a Parisian neighborhood filled with people eager to celebrate the return of Rabbi Jacob. Review A slapstick masterpiece. One of the all-time funniest flicks. --Phil Hall, Film Threat A slapstick farce co-written by Oury's daughter Danièle Thompson, it manages to quite literally candy-coat its bigoted hero, in one of the funniest scenes in one of the funniest movies to turn up this year. --Michael Walsh, Province Supporting the star who works tirelessly - and mostly with success - for laughs, are a number of fine sight gags and some very good supporting actors, including Suzy Delair, who plays Mr. De Funes's wife, a bossy woman with a passion for dentistry. --Vincent Canby, The New York Times

Release: March 10, 2020

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Product Description Whiskey Galore!It is 1943 and the tiny remote Hebridean island of Todday is plunged into the depths of despair. Everyone is affected. Spirits are at zero - for Todday is without whisky. Then a ship founders on the rocks, and the islanders guide the crew to safety. The ship's captain and mate reveal that they had on board a cargo of 50,000 cases of whisky bound for America. Held up for a day because it is the Sabbath, the islanders eventually succeed in removing a considerable amount of the cargo and the dawn breaks with a rosy glow on a brighter, happier island. But the whisky does not last forever... Inspired by a true story. The Maggie"Maggie" is one of the fifty-odd puffer boats which chug among the Western Isles of Scotland. Squat, unprepossessing, and badly in need of paint, she is destined for the scrap yard unless her skipper can get her repaired. This seems a forlorn hope - until Mr. Pusey makes his mistake. Mr. Pusey works for the high-pressure American businessman, Calvin B. Marshall, who has a valuable cargo to be shipped to one of the isles. And Mr. Pusey's disastrous error is in allowing, through a misunderstanding, the cargo to be entrusted to the humble 'Maggie' with her crew of four. Originally released in the US as High and Dry. Review As usual for Ealing, the picture is brimming with delightful character portraits, from a dying man's (James Anderson) resurrection with the arrival of the stolen liquor, to mama's boy George's (Gordon Jackson) hilarious defiance of his stern, religious mother (Jean Cadell) after finding courage in several glasses of the newly-opened whiskey. Though a comedy, the film has exceptionally dramatic monochrome photography by Gerald Gibbs, images so good as to evoke memories of another classic of British cinema, Michael Powell's The Edge of the World (1937). The mostly Scottish cast includes perennial favorites like James Robertson Justice, Gordon Jackson, and Duncan Macrae (Finlay Currie narrates), but also eccentrically sexy Joan Greenwood. - Stuart Galbraith IV, DVD Talk Together with Robert Hamer's Kind Hearts and Coronets and Henry Cornelius' Passport to Pimlico, Whisky Galore! established the Ealing Studios' reputation for producing high quality British comedies. - Svet Atanasov, Blu-ray.com [A] convivial little classic. --Pauline Kael, The New Yorker The result is the sweetest, smartest and most joyous of all the Ealing comedies. - Tom Huddleston, Time Out Another happy demonstration of that peculiar knack British movie makers have for striking a rich and universally appealing comic vein in the most unexpected and seemingly insular situations. - Thomas Pryor, The New York Times Out of this excellent idea, which less skilled hands might have reduced to farce, the British moviemakers have spun a tight little comedy of pure gold. --Time Magazine One of three Ealing comedies released in 1949 (the others were Passport to Pimlico and Kind Hearts and Coronets), and remains by far the sharpest, freshest and most resonant. - Marc Lee, The Daily Telegraph Blessed be Mr. Mackendrick and the canniness of the Scots. Blessed be Michael Balcon and his Ealing Studios. For the smooth combination of all these factors that is represented in this film has resulted in a jolly entertainment that is as bracing as the Hebridean air. Mr. Mackendrick has stuck to the real outdoors for the better part of his picture, and you can feel it, all the way through. It is downright intoxicating. And High and Dry is a hearty, wholesome film. - Bosley Crowther, The New York Times Alexander Mackendrick always managed to bring an undertone of social reality to the comic fantasies he directed for Britain's Ealing Studios, and for that reason they remain in the mind much longer than those of his colleagues. This 1954 effort stars the Hollywood actor Paul Douglas as an American millionaire who has hired an ancient cargo boat to haul a mountain of expensive furniture to his new vacation home on a Scottish island; Mackendrick satirizes the American's bluster and the willful inefficiency of the cranky Scottish crew without compromising the warmth of the utopian dream the quest for a safe harbor from the franticness of modern life that motivates the action. --Dave Kehr, The Chicago Reader Top About this item From the Brand Reviews Whisky Galore! & The Maggie: Two Films by Alexander Mackendrick

Release: March 5, 2019

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Product Description **RELEASED FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER ON BLU RAY AND DVD IN NORTH AMERICA** **GORGEOUS 2K RESTORATION** Born into poverty, Marquise (Sophie Marceau) is a promiscuous young woman who uses her exquisite beauty and seductive dancing to earn a living. When the distinguished Molière (Bernard Giraudeau) and his theatre troupe come to town, Marquise mesmerises the men, especially the lead actor, nicknamed Gros René, (Patrick Timsit), who falls in love with her and asks for her hand in marriage. She agrees on condition that she joins the group to become an actress. Gros René is deeply in love with his wife, and even accepts her on-going infidelities, until she meets Jean Racine (Lambert Wilson), while they are performing for King Louis XIV and his court. Although flirtatious in manner, Marquise carries honour and integrity in her heart. Following Racine's coaching, Marquise's acting talents improve dramatically, and she is at last able to perform the leading dramatic role in his play Andromaque. Bonus features include interview with director Véra Belmont and essay by Laurence Marie-Sacks. Review NOMINATED - Grand Jury Prize - AFI Fest NOMINATED - Best Music - Cesar Awards OFFICIAL SELECTION - Toronto Int'l. Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION - Venice Film Festival --- Marquise is a sprightly costumer based on the fetching dancer-cum-thesp who dazzled Moliere, Racine and the Sun King himself before making a suitably theatrical exit in 1668 at age 35. Toplined by Sophie Marceau, the unpretentious dramedy manages to make viewers feel sophisticated and involved without requiring an advanced degree in French history. An attractive cast, bawdy subtext, lavish production design and peppy score are among the pleasures in Vera Belmont's energetically helmed pic... - Lisa Nesselson, Variety Marquise is an exuberant, sexy and rollicking entertainment. --Paul Fischer, Urban Cinefile This exuberant, bawdy film provides some marvelous insights into the theatre in one of its golden ages...a refreshing insight into French history. - SBS Sophie Marceau is dazzling as the alluring Marquise: she captivates at every turn with her coquettish style and delicate beauty. Disarmingly casual about her morals, yet virtuous in spirit, Marquise is the very epitome of the femme fatale: a goddess of feminine wiles, a bewitching enchantress. The entire cast is top notch, the production design excellent and the cinematography beguiling. --Louise Keller, Urban Cinefile

Release: October 20, 2015

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Already an established filmmaker by the 1976 release of THE MARQUISE OF O, an adaptation of Heinrich von Kleist's classic short story, the film stands as Eric Rohmer's "dazzling testament to the civilizing effects of several different arts, witty, joyous and so beautiful to look at" (The New York Times). Winner of the Special Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival that year, Rohmer's film is set in 1799 during the Russian invasion of Italy. A young widow, The Marquise (Edith Clever) lives with her parents; her father is the commander of a citadel embroiled in battle.

Release: November 6, 2018

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Product Description Heated tempers, frustrated desires and dashed hopes plague a diverse group of individuals whose lives cross paths in Mexico City. There is the bar-owner's son, Chava, who yearns to emigrate to America. A poor barber, Abel, is madly in love with the gorgeous Alma, who eventually becomes a high-class prostitute. Finally, there is Susanita, the desperate spinster who pursues many love affairs in hopes of finding a husband. Adapted from the novel of the Egyptian Nobel prize winner Naguib Mahfuz. Review Winner - Golden Ariel for Best Picture - Ariel Awards Winner - Silver Ariel for Best Director - Ariel Awards Winner - Silver Ariel for Best Actress - Ariel Awards Winner - Audience Choice Award - Chicago Int'l. Film Festival Winner - Silver Spike - Valladolid Int'l. Film Festival Winner - Best Director - Havana Film Festival Winner - Audience Award - Guadalajara Film Festival Special Mention - Berlin Int'l. Film Festival Official Selection - Toronto Int'l. Film Festival --- One of the best Mexican films since Like Water for Chocolate...A vibrant portrait of millennial Mexico City. --Ed Morales, Village Voice A cinematic equivalent of one of those fat novels brimming with conflict and passion that fill summer hours on the beach. --Lawrence Van Gelder, The New York Times

Release: June 7, 2016

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Product Description Swedish master Ingmar Bergman penned this loving tribute to his parent's epic romance. In 1909, poor, idealistic theology student Henrik Bergman falls in love with Anna Åkerbloom, the intelligent, educated daughter of a rich family in Uppsala. After their wedding Henrik becomes a priest in the north of Sweden. Urbane Anna can't stand living in the rural county and grows increasingly restless. She returns to Uppsala and the couple's love and commitment are put to the test. Review WINNER - Palme d'Or - Cannes Film Festival WINNER - Best Actress - Cannes Film Festival WINNER - Best Screenplay - Guldbagge Awards WINNER - Best Actress - Guldbagge Awards WINNER - Best Actress - National Society of Film Critics Awards WINNER - Best Foreign Language Film - National Society of Film Critics Awards - --- Mr. Bergman's straightforward screenplay is a reminder of how much of what he has expressed as a director goes beyond words. --Janet Maslin, The New York Times In her role, [Pernilla] August displays an emotional range that is Himalayan. Appealing as she is accomplished, the actress charms the audience as easily as Anna seduces Henrik. --Rita Kempley, The Washington Post

Release: September 30, 2025

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*This listing is for the standard edition version and does NOT come with a limited edition slipcase!* A blockbuster in its native Korea, where it would go on to become the country’s most successful film of all time, MY LOVE, DON’T CROSS THAT RIVER presents an unforgettable story of true love that transcends both generations and cultures. “100-year old lovebirds,” Jo Byeong-man and Kang Kye-yeol, have been inseparable companions for 76 years. Observing this fragile couple for 15 months, director Moyoung Jin acts as a fly-on-the-wall, capturing the tender moments of their twilight days - as the two face the inevitable reality that their time together will soon be approaching an end. Bonus Features: 1. Deleted Scenes 2. 16-page booklet with an essay by film critic Justine Smith

Release: March 10, 2026

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In 1960, Polish Holocaust survivor Marek Polsky (David Hayman) was more or less resolved to quietly finishing his days in a rural Colombian farmhouse. After the Israelis captured Eichmann, though, he found himself with a swiftly moved-in next-door neighbor-elderly German Hermann Herzog (Udo Kier)-and Polsky's certitude that the newcomer is actually Adolf Hitler sets him on a seriocomic quest to prove it. Provocative dramedy from Israel co-stars Olivia Silhavy, Kineret Peled. 95 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English; making-of documentary; theatrical trailer.

Release: April 29, 2025

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*This listing is for the standard edition version and does NOT come with a limited edition slipcase!* 19-year-old Tome is a sex worker who draws in customers around the red-light district of Osaka. She lives with her mentally disabled younger brother, Saneo, and her mother, Yone, who is also still active as a sex worker despite being over 40 years old. One day, after receiving a request for a young girl, Tome goes to the designated inn. On arrival she encounters Yone, who is unable to find work. A few days later, Yone tells Tome that she is pregnant… 20 years have passed since the Prostitution Prevention Law was enacted, and the red-light district is now gone. Nonetheless, sex work as a profession persists. Noboru Tanaka's controversial film (also known as "Lusty Beast Market") portrays sorrowful but strong and resilient women who have no other choice but to earn a living by selling their bodies. Bonus Features: 1. "Private Business & Public Obscenities" video essay by Japanese cinema expert Jasper Sharp 2. 16 page booklet with a written essay by Japan Society film programmer Alexander Fee

Release: September 6, 2016

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Product Description Maori couple Jake and Beth Heke are deeply in love, but Jake's alcoholic-fueled rage turns into domestic violence that threatens to tear their family apart. As their home life grows increasingly dangerous, Beth must do all she can to protect their three children. Set against the backdrop of traditional tribal culture, this classic and contoversial 90's indie sleeper hit put New Zealand on the cinema map. Review WINNER - Best Foreign Film - Australian Film Institute WINNER - 9 Awards, including Best Film and Best Director - New Zealand Film and TV Awards WINNER - Anicaflash Prize - Venice Film Festival WINNER - Audience Award - Rotterdam Int'l Film Festival WINNER - Critics' Award - Fantasporto Film Festival WINNER - Best Actress - Fantasporto FIlm Festival WINNER - Special Jury Prize - Hawaii Int'l Film Festival WINNER - Grand Prix des Ameriques - Montreal World Film Festival WINNER - Best Actress - Montreal World Film Festival WINNER - People's Choice Award - Montreal World Film Festival WINNER - Bruce C Corwin Award - Santa Barbara Int'l Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION - Toronto Int'l Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION - Chicago Film Critics Association Awards --- It is powerful and chilling, and directed by Lee Tamahori with such narrative momentum that we are swept along in the enveloping tragedy of the family's life. --Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times The actors...deliver authoritative yet sympathetic performances that get at the roots, or rootlessness, of their characters. --Rita Kempley, Washington Post

Release: November 20, 2018

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Product Description The final chapter in the wildly successful Outrage trilogy. Five years after surviving the all-out war between the Sanno and Hanabishi crime families, former yakuza boss Otomo now works in South Korea for Mr. Chang, a renowned fixer whose influence extends into Japan. A relatively minor incident causes tensions to rise between Chang Enterprises and the faraway powerful Hanabishi. The growing conflict gets out of hand and ignites a ferocious power struggle among the top echelons of the Hanabishi. When eventually Chang's life is endangered, devoted yakuza Otomo returns to Japan to settle things once and for all. Bonus features include Outrage Offstage Making-Of Documentary, and 'Beat' Takeshi Trailers. Review OFFICIAL SELECTION - Rotterdam Int'l. Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION - Venice Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION - Mar del Plata Film Festival --- ...elegant visuals and some humorously imaginative murders which are the director's trademark. - Deborah Young, The Hollywood Reporter This ruthlessly austere yakuza triptych marks a return to basics for director-star Takeshi Kitano, aka Beat Takeshi. [It] shows him honing his crime movie craft in a way that consolidates his mastery of a minimalist style that surely makes him the Jean-Pierre Melville of Asian cinema. --Jonathan Romney, Screen International [T]his unregenerately macho action flick digs deep into the criminal psyche, exposing its loneliness as well as its unlimited capacity for cruelty. --Mark Schilling, Japan Times

Release: April 1, 2024

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A boy who was abducted as a child returns to his family as a damaged young man in this Portuguese drama.

Release: August 25, 2026

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*This listing is for the standard edition version and does NOT come with a limited edition slipcase!* For 17 years, director Marie Losier has followed the trailblazing, provocative, and taboo-shattering career of artist and musician Peaches. From her early life, to her ascent towards becoming a queer feminist icon, her story is one that has defied expectations and exemplified fearless exploration and rebellion. PEACHES GOES BANANAS is an intimate portrait of this singular artist. Capturing her thrilling live shows, artistic process, close relationships with her family, and her rise to fame, the film is a “poetic… two-decade long conversation between two artists,” (The Upcoming). Bonus Features: 1. Interview with director Marie Losier 2. 16-page booklet with essay by author and film critic Payton McCarty-Simas

Release: May 30, 2017

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Product Description **ACADEMY AWARD AND GOLDEN GLOBE WINNER FOR BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM** Winner of the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Lasse, an elderly and widowed farmer, and his young son Pelle, join a boat-load of immigrants to escape from impoverished rural Sweden to Denmark's Baltic island of Bornholm. They are employed at a large farm in Denmark, where they are treated as the lowest of the low. It is ultimately their loving relationship which sustains them through a difficult year. Bonus Feature: Commentary by film scholar Peter Cowie. Package includes: Collector's Booklet with film essay by academic/film critic, Terrence Rafferty; cast and crew credits; chapter breaks; stills. Review WINNER - Best Foreign Language Film - Academy Awards NOMINATED - Best Actor in a Leading Role - Academy Awards WINNER - Palme d'Or - Cannes Film Festival WINNER - Best Foreign Language Film - Golden Globes WINNER - Best Actor - European Film Awards WINNER - Best Young Actor - European Film Awards --- In Bille August's Pelle the Conqueror, Max von Sydow is so astoundingly evocative that he makes your bones ache. --Hal Hinson, The Washington Post The von Sydow performance is in a category by itself. It is another highlight in an already extraordinary career, and quite unlike anything that American audiences have seen him do to date. - Vincent Canby, The New York Times [T]he film is a towering achievement, grueling in its portrayal of a harsh existence yet ultimately an exhilarating experience unlikely to be forgotten. --Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times

Release: December 8, 2020

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Product Description During the Ming Dynasty, a Buddhist abbot charged with protecting the sacred scroll of Tripitaka prepares to name his successor. An aristocrat and a general arrive at his secluded mountaintop monastery promising to help in his search, but are in fact scheming to secure the scroll for themselves. As they set about recommending corrupt successors, rival bands of martial artists lie in wait to steal the precious artifact. Soon, the monastery is transformed into an epic battleground for the scroll, with each player caught in a web of betrayal. Called a "remarkably photographed caper heist [featuring] intriguing battles of wits and minds" (Far East Film Festival), Raining In The Mountain is also the peak of legendary director King Hu's (A Touch Of Zen) infusion of Buddhist spiritual principles into the legacy of martial arts cinema. Review Nominated - Gold Hugo - Chicago Int'l. Film Festival --- Hu skillfully contrasts the ceaseless intriguing, greed and ambition of the characters in the labyrinthine sets with the Buddhist principle of renunciation, represented by the expansive landscapes of the film s opening and closing. - Harvard Film Archive Synthesizing disparate innovations from pan-Asian action filmmaking... Hu created the new gold standard. --Nick Pinkerton, ArtForum King Hu spent more than an entire year crafting Raining in the Mountain and Legend of the Mountain (Shanzhong Chuanqi, 1979), two films shot back-to-back on location in South Korea... In Raining in the Mountain, King Hu delivers an engaging spiritual journey and reflects profoundly on Buddhist philosophy about morals, renunciation, karmic retribution and enlightenment. --George Chun Han Wang, Far East Film Festival

Release: February 27, 2024

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Based on Kim Thúy’s novel, a Vietnamese family flees war and begins a difficult new life in Quebec, where a young girl learns to bridge memory, loss, and belonging.

Release: February 25, 2025

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*This listing is for the standard edition version and does NOT come with a limited edition slipcase!* When college coed Saruul takes a temporary job as a clerk in an adult store, her poker-faced indifference makes her the perfect foil for the clientele, who range from slightly sheepish and cautiously curious to downright perverse. But it is Katya, the shop's flamboyant, eccentric female owner who initiates Saruul’s journey into adulthood – taking her under her wing, teaching her the art of living, and gently guiding her on the path to self-discovery. This joyfully quirky, "candid big-city coming-of-age story” (Variety) from Sengedorj Janchivdorj, "one of the best voices of contemporary cinema in Mongolia” (Asian Movie Pulse), is fueled by a splendidly original script, utterly unique characters and unexpected encounters. Bonus Features: 1. Making of The Sales Girl featurette 2. Trailer

Release: September 25, 2018

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Product Description ***Released for the first time ever on Blu Ray*** In her stunning, semi-autobiographical directorial feature debut, Asia Argento plays Anna Battista, a rising young actress who, despite her popularity and success, experiences despair and degradation at the hands of an abusive industry. Her harrowing journey towards redemption leads her on a sordid spree of excess across America and Europe while trying to recapture her innocence and find true love. Newly restored in HD, Scarlet Diva has been rediscovered by audiences and critics alike in the wake of the Time's Up movement for its full-throated rage against the international filmmaking machine and is credited as perhaps the earliest #MeToo film (San Francisco Chronicle). Bonus features include: Two audio commentaries by Asia Argento - the original commentary from 2002 and an updated commentary (2018) Looking into the Eye of the Cyclops with Joe Coleman featurette Asia Argento interview The Making-Of Scarlet Diva 2018 theatrical trailer Original release promos Review WINNER - Best Actress - Melbourne Underground Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION - Toronto Int'l. Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION - Mar del Plata Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION - Thessaloniki Int'l. Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION - Belgrade Film Festival --- The thesis of Scarlet Diva -- that the cinema's icons of young, female sex appeal are subject to constant abuse and exploitation and that they find both pleasure and anguish in such attention -- is hard to dispute. Ms. Argento's response, at once earnest and thoroughly calculated, is to take revenge by exploiting herself more thoroughly than anyone else could, turning sado-masochism, which is customarily played as a duet, into a solo performance. --A.O. Scott, The New York Times It's a demented kitsch mess...but it's savvy about celebrity and has more guts and energy than much of what will open this year. --Manohla Dargis, Los Angeles Times Top Similar From the Brand Reviews Scarlet Diva

Release: December 30, 2025

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*This listing is for the standard edition version and does NOT come with a limited edition slipcase!* Shohei Sugiyama (Koji Yakusho) seems to have it all - a high-paying job as an accountant, a beautiful home, a caring wife and a doting daughter he loves dearly. However, he feels something is missing in his life. One day while commuting on the train he spots a beautiful woman staring wistfully out a window and eventually decides to find her. His search leads him head-first into the world of competitive ballroom dancing. An “infinitely touching" (Washington Post) modern classic from director Masayuki Suo, SHALL WE DANCE? is a feel-good romantic comedy that "will sweep you off your feet" (Austin Chronicle). A box office sensation in North America upon its initial release (which led to a Hollywood remake with Richard Gere), Film Movement Classics presents SHALL WE DANCE? in a new 4K restoration of the original 137-minute film, available uncut for the first time in North America. Bonus Features: 1. New introduction by director Masayuki Suo 2. Archival interviews with the director and cast