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• Deep Cover (1992) (Criterion Collection) UK Only | Blu Ray | (23/08/2021) from £19.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Film noir hits the mean streets of 1990s Los Angeles in this stylish and subversive underworld odyssey from veteran actor-director BILL DUKE (The Killing Floor). LAURENCE FISHBURNE (The Matrix) stars as Russell Stevens/John Hull, a police officer who goes undercover as the partner of a dangerously ambitious cocaine trafficker (The Fly's JEFF GOLDBLUM) in order to infiltrate and bring down a powerful Latin American drug ring operating in LA. But the further Stevens descends into this ruthless world of money, violence, and power, the more disillusioned he becomesand the harder to make out the line between right and wrong, crime and justice. Steeped in shadowy, neon-soaked atmosphere and featuring DR. DRE's debut solo single, this unsung gem of the nineties' Black cinema explosion delivers a riveting character study and sleek action thrills alongside a furious moral indictment of America and the devastating failures of the war on drugs. Special Features: New 4K digital restoration, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack New interview with director Bill Duke New conversation between film scholars Racquel J. Gates and Michael B. Gillespie about Deep Cover's place within both the Black film boom of the early 1990s and the noir genre New conversation between scholar Claudrena N. Harold and professor, DJ, and podcaster Oliver Wang about the film's title track and its importance to the history of hip-hop Panel discussion from 2018 featuring Duke and Fishburne and moderated by film critic Elvis Mitchell Trailer English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing PLUS: An essay by Gillespie

• Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier -- Vienna/Kleiber | DVD | (03/09/2004) from £16.96   |  Saving you £-0.71 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The epic grandeur of Der Rosenkavalier stems not just from its immense length (over three hours) but from the all-too-human complexity of its characters--each of whom is smitten with someone else--and the endless stream of graceful melodies the composer conjures. After the tonality-stretching dissonance of Salome and especially Elektra, Strauss moved onto a different musical path here: the music's sheer gorgeousness has given this most heartbreaking of 20th-century operas its pride of place in the repertory. For this 1994 performance at the Vienna Opera House, conductor Carlos Kleiber leads a committed reading of the buoyant score that savours every note. The three leads are superb singer-actresses who get full marks for embodying Strauss's most richly romantic creations: Felicity Lott (the Marschallin), Anne Sophie von Otter (Octavian) and Barbara Bonney (Sophie) also offer a truly entrancing final trio, one of the great scenes in all opera. The stereo sound mix is solid, as is the video transfer. --Kevin Filipski, Amazon.com

• Mother Night | DVD | (28/06/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Mother Night is the third movie from director Keith Gordon (The Chocolate War, A Midnight Clear). The 35-year-old director who started as an actor (Christine) has turned into one of the more assured directors working today. His films are ambitious in plot and tone. With Mother Night he works with his first major star, Nick Nolte. In 1961, the fictitious Howard W Campbell Jr., an American by birth, shares the same deserted prison with Adolph Eichmann. As he prepares to stand trial for war crimes, the former playwright scribes his memoirs. Now this is the same Howard W. Campbell Jr. who was a notorious voice on German radio during the war, tearing into American policy and spreading Nazi propaganda. Was he a wilful participant or an American spy? Campbell, who romanticises at the drop of a hat, tells his story of indifference, morality, and love. His days of notoriety in Berlin give way to anonymity back in the States. He purrs about his true love (Sheryl Lee) and tells truths with his shrewd neighbour in New York (Alan Arkin). The movie is based on Kurt Vonnegut's 1961 novel of the same name. Gordon and screenwriter Robert E. Weide have an uncommon insight into Vonnegut's material: the mesh of fact and fiction, the sweeping themes, the tragic goofiness. The movie is perfectly suited to Nolte's gruff style with a husky voice that pierces the night. The film is a cherished companion piece to Slaughterhouse Five. --Doug Thomas

• Wes Craven's Carnival of Souls | DVD | (31/12/2001) from £6.10   |  Saving you £-3.11 (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  Twenty years ago Alex Grant witnessed the brutal murder of her mother. Ever since she has been haunted by hallucinations and nightmares of the horrible crime and the killer Louis Seagram. Now her vividly surreal visions become terrifyingly and unmistakably real as Louis is back in her life and out for revenge. Dressed as the carnival clown Alex once knew him to be Louis slowly torments her by playing a diabolical game. It's a game of life or death; a game Louis intends to win!

• Dawn of Evil - Rise of the Reich (Hitler Rising) | DVD | (28/02/2011) from £5.22   |  Saving you £7.77 (148.85%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A young Adolf Hitler (Tom Schilling - The Baader Meinhoff Complex) begins his long dark journey steering him to leadership of the Nazi regime. Hitler's humble and sheltered early years are quickly transformed into an egomaniacal and ruthless obsession with power. He takes delight in tormenting and destroying the lives of those he sees as inferior but this is only the beginning... With incredibly moving performances and an intense look at the life of one of the most infamous and sinister men in history Dawn of Evil will shock and stun throwing you deep into the terror of the Third Reich.

• Steirerrausch: Landkrimi Steiermark | DVD | (17/12/2021) from £16.75   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A