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The Naked Prey

Known mostly as an actor of the studio era, cornel wilde took on a parallel career as an independent producer, writer, and director to create a series of films that explored man in the midst of extreme dramatic situations — and the naked prey is perhaps his most personal and violent rumination. set in nineteenth-century africa’s colonial periods, wilde portrays an unnamed safari guide whose group encounters and subsequently insults a local tribe.

4 Films After Shoah

4 films after shoah will be released for the first time on dvd in the uk – claude lanzmann's four films that he made as follow-ups to his landmark shoah, each of which explore in further depth specific aspects and events of the nazis' extermination programme. featuring the films a visitor from the living / sobibÓr, october 14, 1943, 4pm / the karski report and the last of the unjust (released theatrically in the uk & eire on 9 january 2015), the four films will be released in a 2 x dvd set as part of the masters of cinema series on 26 january 2015 to coincide to coincide with the 70th anniversary of the liberation of auschwitz.

Soul Power

Soul power is a vérité documentary - compiled entirely from footage shot in 1974 - of the astonishing back-to-africa 3-day music festival zaire 74 . it was held in kinshasa ahead of the biggest boxing event of all time: the muhammad ali-george foreman rumble in the jungle .

Rogopag

Conceived by the legendary italian producer alfredo bini, the multi-director portmanteau film let's wash our brains: rogopag [laviamoci il cervello: rogopag] brought together four esteemed directors of european cinema to contribute comic episodes reflective of the swinging post- boom era. the resulting omnibus collectively examines social anxieties around sex, nuclear war, religion, urbanisation – and the promise of a modern cinema..

Il Grido

Passe Ton Bac DAbord

Passe ton bac d'abord..

Fritz Lang Mabuse Box

From the early stages of his career across five decades to his final film, fritz lang built a trilogy of paranoiac thrillers focused on an entity who began as a criminal mastermind, and progressed into something more amorphous: fear itself, embodied only by a name dr. mabuse.

House (Hausu)

An unforgettable mixture of bubblegum teen melodrama and grisly phantasmagoria, obayashi's deranged fairy talehouse is one of japanese cinema's wildest supernatural ventures and a truly startling debut feature.distressed by her widowed father's plans to remarry, angel sets off with six of her schoolgirl friends in tow for a summergetaway in her aunt's isolated mansion.

Der Tiger von Eschnapur / Das indische Grabmal

Zavvi - the home of pop culturefritz lang returned to germany on the eve of the 1960s to direct this enchanted penultimate work, a redraft of the diptych form pioneered in such silent lang classics as die spinnen; dr. mabuse, der spieler.

Naked Island

Filmed on the virtually deserved setonaikai archipelago in south-west japan.the naked island tells the story of a small family unit and their subsistence as the only inhabitants of an arid, sun-baked island.

Trouble in Paradise

Zavvi - the home of pop culturewhen career thief gaston monescu (herbert marshall) meets glamorous pickpocket lily (miriam hopkins), their love soon takes on a professional dimension as they initiate a plot to rob beautiful perfume magnate mariette colet (kay francis). but as gaston gets ever closer to his intended prey, his romantic confusion, as well as the threat that his past will catch up with him, throws their plan into jeopardy..

The Birth of a Nation (Masters of Cinema)

One of the most artistically significant and controversial motion pictures ever made, d. w.

Nosferatu (Masters of Cinema)

An iconic film of the german expressionist cinema, and one of the most famous of all silent movies, f. w.

Lubitsch in Berlin Box Set (Masters of Cinema)

Before he arrived in hollywood to leave his indelible (and inimitable) mark on timeless comedies like trouble in paradise and the shop around the corner, ernst lubitsch created an expansive body of work in germany that proved to be as varied in its tone as it was sophisticated in its measure of man and woman. this set collects six recently restored works from the silent phase of lubitsch's career, and casts new light on the director both as a fully-formed comic master, and as a virtuoso of cinematographic technique.

Simon Killer

A deeply disturbing character study of a handsome and sociopathic american in paris, writer-director antonio campos's simon killer hones further the psychological perceptiveness and keen filmmaking craft exhibited in campos's acclaimed feature debut afterschool. brady corbet (melancholia, thirteen, martha marcy may marlene) plays simon, a recent college graduate full of promise and potential, who goes to paris to begin a trip around europe following a break-up with a long-time girlfriend.

Tartuffe

Rocco And His Brothers

From luchino visconti - the master director of such classics as la terra trema, bellissima, and the leopard - comes this epic study of family, sex, and betrayal. alongside fellini's la dolce vita and antonioni's l'avventura, visconti's rocco and his brothers ushered italian cinema into a new era, one unafraid to confront head-on the hypocrisies of the ruling class, the squalor in urban living, and the collision between generations.

Shoah (Masters Of Cinema)

Shoah is claude lanzmann's landmark documentary meditation on the holocaust. assembled from footage shot by the filmmaker during the 1970s and 1980s, it investigates the genocide at the level of experience: the geographical layout of the camps and the ghettos; the daily routines of imprisonment; the inexorable trauma of humiliation, punishment, extermination; and the fascinating insights of those who experienced these events first hand..

Buster Keaton - The Complete: Short Films 1917 - 1923

Buster keaton (1895-1966) is one of the greatest artists in cinema history. after a very early start in vaudeville with his parents (as the human mop), keaton was as old as the cinema when he began his career in film at the age of twenty-one with roscoe fatty arbuckle.

Francesco Giullare Di Dio

Two for the Road

The Barefoot Contessa (Masters Of Cinema) Dual Format Edition

A high point in the already success-laden career of writer-director joseph l. mankiewicz (a letter to three wives, all about eve), and one of the most glamorous and extravagant films from hollywood s golden age, the barefoot contessa is a tragic drama about the tumultuous rise and fall of fictional hollywood actress maria vargas (ava gardner).

Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte (Masters of Cinema) Dual Format (Blu-ray & DVD) edition

Zavvi - the home of pop cultureeureka entertainment to release hush…hush, sweet charlotte; robert aldrich’s brooding and tense tale of murder, mayhem and deceit starring bette davis, as part of the masters of cinema series for the first time on blu-ray in the uk in a special dual format (blu-ray & dvd) edition on 21 january 2019.originally conceived as an informal follow-up to what ever happened to baby jane?

Wild River

Edvard Munch (Masters of Cinema)

Zavvi - the home of pop culturedescribed by ingmar bergman as “a work of genius”, peter watkins’ multi-faceted masterwork is more than just a biopic of the iconic norwegian expressionist painter; it is one of the best films ever made about the artistic process. focusing initially on munch’s formative years in late 19th century kristiania (now oslo), watkins uses his trademark vérité style to create a vivid picture of the emotional, political, and social upheavals that would have such an effect on his art.

Cruel Story of Youth (Includes DVD)

Harmonium (Masters Of Cinema) - Dual Format (Includes DVD)

Zavvi - the home of pop culturefrom the director of au revoir l'ete and hospitalité, fukada s harmonium is an off-kilter take on that most venerable of japanese genres the family drama, which screened to great acclaim at the 2016 cannes film festival, where it was awarded the un certain regard jury prize.in this slow-burn japanese thriller toshio invites an old acquaintance, yasaka (just released from prison) to come and live with his family.

Kes - Special Edition (Masters Of Cinema)

One of the most beloved and iconic british films of all time (voted in the top 10 of all time by the british film institute), ken loach's breakthrough cinematic feature kes is a cornerstone of naturalistic filmmaking whose influence is felt up to the present day. portraying with remarkable detail and empathy the day-to-day existence of a working-class 15-year-old boy in barnsley (an unforgettable performance by david bradley), and the profound change that the rearing of a kestrel brings to his otherwise troubled home life, kes has enchanted generations of viewers since its release.

Kuroneko

Kaneto shindô's kuroneko (yabu no naka no kuroneko, or the black cat inside the bamboo grove) — released to great acclaim in 1968 — is a sparse, atmospheric horror story, ascribing to the director’s philosophy of using beauty and purity to evoke emotion. eccentric and more overtly supernatural than its breakthrough companion piece, onibaba, kuroneko revisits similar themes to reveal a haunting meditation on duty, conformity, and love.

That Cold Day In The Park - Dual Format (Includes DVD)

Zavvi - the home of pop culturejust prior to his career breakthrough m*a*s*h, robert altman made this memorably unsettling psychological thriller, which originally premiered at the canned film festival.frances austen, a young, wealthy spinster, invites a mute teenager into her apartment after finding him freezing in the park next to where sh lives.

The Man From Laramie (Masters Of Cinema) - Dual Format (Includes DVD)

Zavvi - the home of pop cultureeureka entertainment to release director anthony mann's the man from laramie, one of the most powerful westerns of the 1950s starring james stewart, on blu-ray for the first time in the uk in a dual format (blu-ray & dvd) edition on 5 december 2016.held by many to be the pinnacle of the five westerns they were teamed on, the man from laramie marked the final collaboration between director anthony mann and star james stewart.

Der Müde Tod (Destiny) (Masters Of Cinema)

Zavvi - the home of pop culturebefore directing numerous genre defining masterpieces such as metropolis, m, and spione, fritz lang was already defying cinematic conventions with der müde tod (literally, the weary death).a young woman (lil dagover) confronts the personification of death (bernhard goetzke), in an effort to save the life of her fiancé (walter janssen).

Daughter Of The Nile (Masters Of Cinema) - Dual Format (Includes DVD)

Taiwanese auteur hou hsiao-hsien (the assassin, three times, flight of the red balloon) followed up his highly acclaimed coming of age trilogy of films with daughter of the nile, a rich and poignant drama about a young woman struggling to support her family amidst the violent and neon-soaked milieu of 1980 s taipei. lin (lin hsiao-yang) works as a waitress in a fried chicken restaurant, attends night school and pines after her brother s friend, local gigolo ah-sang (fan yang).

Sweet Bean - Dual Format (Includes DVD)

The Passion Of Joan Of Arc (Masters Of Cinema) (Dual Format Reissue)

Zavvi - the home of pop cultureone of the most emotional film experiences of any era, carl theodor dreyer s 1928 the passion of joan of arc [la passion de jeanne d arc / jeanne d arc s lidelse og dod.] is a miracle of the cinema, an enigmatic and profoundly moving work that merges the worlds of the viewer and of saintly joan herself into one shared experience of hushed delirium.

The Mourning Forest (Masters Of Cinema) (Dual Format)

Zavvi - the home of pop cultureten years after becoming the youngest winner of the caméra d or, naomi kawase returned to cannes and claimed the prestigious grand prix for the mourning forest [mogari no mori], a beautiful and contemplative portrait of grief. machiko (machiko ono) is a young nurse who still carries the burden of her young son s death.

Lubitsch In Berlin (Masters Of Cinema)

Zavvi - the home of pop culturebefore he arrived in hollywood to leave his indelible (and inimitable) mark on timeless comedies like trouble in paradise and the shop around the corner, ernst lubitsch created an expansive body of work in germany that proved to be as varied in tone as it was sophisticated in its measure of man and woman.this set collects six restored works from the silent phase of lubitsch s career, and casts new light on the director both as a fully-formed comic master, and as a virtuoso of cinematographic technique.

Wooden Crosses (Masters of Cinema)

The film that most firmly established the talent of french director raymond bernard before his epic adaptation of victor hugo’s les misérables, wooden crosses [le croix de bois] was widely hailed at the time of its release in 1932 for its searing depiction of the horrors of the european front during world war i; subsequently, bernard was named soldier of honour of the 39th infantry division. adapted from a novel by roland dorgelès (a former corporal of the 39th), wooden crosses offers a kaleidoscope of cinematographic technique to present a visceral, enveloping recreation of one regiment’s experience of battlefield hell.

The Offence (Masters of Cinema)

“after 20 years, what detective-sergeant johnson has seen and done is destroying him.” — in their third screen collaboration, the iconic sean connery and director sidney lumet (serpico, dog day afternoon) plumb the depths of what is perhaps their most psychologically complex creation: a member of the british police force who has perhaps witnessed one horror too many.

Pickup On South Street

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