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• The Jacques Rivette Collection | Blu Ray | (18/01/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £149.99

  The Jacques Rivette Collection brings together some of the director’s hardest to see works, each restored, newly translated and debuting on home video for the first time in UK. Out 1 is one of the crowning achievements of Rivette’s remarkable career. Conceived as a television mini-series, this near-thirteen-hour monolith consists of eight feature-length episodes revolving around two theatre troupes, blackmail and conspiracy. Multiple characters introduce multiple plotlines, weaving a rich tapestry across an epic runtime. Originally screened just the once in its full-length version in 1971, Out 1 was then re-conceived by Rivette as a four-and-a-half-hour feature. Making use of alternative and unseen footage, the director renamed this version Out 1: Spectre as an acknowledgement of its shadow-like nature. Both are presented in this boxed-set, fully restored and with newly-translated English subtitles. Complementing Out 1 are two ‘parallel films’, Duelle (une quarantaine) and Noroît. The former sees Rivette head into fantasy territory: the Queen of the Sun (Bulle Ogier) and the Queen of the Night (Juliet Berto) search for a magical diamond in present-day Paris. The latter is a loose adaptation of The Revenger’s Tragedy and a pirate tale, starring Geraldine Chaplin (Nashville, Cría cuervos). Also included is Merry-Go-Round, in which Joe Dallesandro (Flesh for Frankenstein) and Maria Schneider (The Passenger, Last Tango in Paris) are summoned to Paris, kickstarting the most surreal of all Rivette’s mysteries. Limited Edition Contents: Limited Edition Collection - 3,000 Copies High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentation of all films from brand new 2K restorations of the films with Out 1 supervised by cinematographer Pierre-William Glenn Original mono audio (uncompressed PCM on the Blu-rays) Optional newly-translated English subtitles for all films The Mysteries of Paris: Jacque Rivette’s Out 1 Revisited – a brand-new feature length documentary by Robert Fischer and Wilfred Reichart containing interviews with actors Bulle Ogier, Michael Lonsdale and Hermine Karagheuz, cinematographer Pierre-William Glenn, assistant director Jean-François Stévenin and producer Stéphane Tchalgadjieff, as well as rare archival interviews with actors Jacques Doniol-Valcroze and Michel Delahaye, and director Jacques Rivette Scenes from a Parallel Life: Jacques Rivette Remembers – archive interview with the director, in which he discusses Duelle (une quarantaine), Noroît and Merry-Go-Round, featuring additional statements from Bulle Ogier and Hermine Karagheuz Brand-new interview with critic Jonathan Rosenbaum, who reported from the sets of both Duelle (une quarantaine) and Noroît Exclusive perfect-bound book containing new writing on the films by Mary M. Wiles, Brad Stevens, Ginette Vincendeau and Nick Pinkerton

• L'amour fou | Blu Ray | (23/06/2025) from £14.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Sebastian (Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Weekend) is staging an adaptation of Racine's tragedy, Andromaque while a film crew captures their rehearsals on handheld 16mm. The production's star and Sebastian's girlfriend, Claire (Bulle Ogier, Out 1), cannot take the pressure and removes herself. Life imitates art, creating a tragedy for the couple when Sebastian recasts the role with his ex. L'amour fou is a hypnotic study of tempestuous love, told with director Jacques Rivette's signature reflexivity and containing striking examinations of performance, art, theatre and life. A classic of the French New Wave and one of Rivette's most radical works, L'amour fou was unavailable for years, with the original elements tragically burned in a fire. Now meticulously restored, Radiance Films is proud to present this masterpiece from a new 4K restoration. In my opinionand I think it will be shared by manythis is one of the five or six best films of the New Wave. - François Truffaut L'amour fou is still my favourite film. - Bulle Ogier The work of a rebel, of an artist seeking to smash the codes and clichés of the ˜normal' productions of the time. - Jean-Pierre Kalfon L'amour fou, is cinema without formal precedent. As with all great films, it feels like watching the birth of cinema, seeing the first ever film, and also the last. - André S. Labarthe A filmmaker sets up his camera and, above all, watches the actors, with no concern for characters or respect for a preestablished scenario. I'd like to draw inspiration from this. I'd like to grasp the personality of my actors and make cinéma vérité. - Bernardo Bertolucci L'amour Fou speaks to those who are madly in love with cinema.  Jean De Baroncelli, Le Monde, 1969 One of Rivette's best films. Serge Daney, Libération, 1991 SPECIAL FEATURES 4K restoration from materials kept at Les Archives du Film and in Éclair-Preservation, under the supervision of Caroline Champetier Uncompressed mono PCM audio A newly filmed feature-length documentary featuring new interviews with star Jean-Pierre Kalfon; writer/director and Rivette collaborator Pascal Bonitzer; Rivette biographer Antoine de Baecque; critic/historian Sylvie Pierre; and archival footage of Jacques Rivette (Robert Fischer, 2024, 95 mins) New interview with Caroline Champetier, renowned cinematographer and restoration supervisor (2024) The Third Eye - A video essay by film critics Cristina Álvarez López and Adrian Martin (2024) Newly translated English subtitles

• Celine and Julie Go Boating (Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (20/11/2017) from £18.75   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In Jacques Rivette's surreal and fascinating masterpiece eccentric magician Celine (Juliet Berto) meets curious librarian Julie (Dominique Labourier). Their friendship soon sends them down a fantastical rabbit hole and into an apparently haunted house. With the aid of magical candy, they return time and again to the mansion to spy on and eventually play parts in a gothic murder mystery. A playful investigation of the boundary between life and art, and illusion and reality. Celine and Julie Go Boating was co-written by Eduardo de Gregorio and the film's actresses (including Bulle Ogier and Marie-France Pisier). It was influenced by Lewis Carrol, Henry James and Proust, and in turn influenced the likes of David Lynch and Susan Seidelman. It remains Rivette's most enduring, self-reflective and popular film. Extras: Presented in High Definition Jonathan Romney on Rivette (2006, 19 mins) Tout la mémoire du monde (Alain Resnais, 1956, 21 mins) The Haunted Curiosity Shop (R W Paul, 1901, 2 mins) Illustrated booklet featuring an essay by Susan Seidelman, and full film credits

• Bunuel Boxset | Blu Ray | (23/10/2017) from £33.00   |  Saving you £11.99 (36.33%)   |  RRP £44.99

  Born in Spain, Luis Bunuel is widely credited as the founder of surrealist cinema. This essential collection includes some of his best known work: Diary of a Chambermaid (1964), Belle de Jour (1967), Tristana (1970), The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972) and That Obscure Object of Desire (1977) - as well as equally brilliant but lesser-known films such as The Phantom of Liberty (1974) and The Milky Way (1969). Although he drew memorable performances from iconic actresses of the period such as Catherine Deneuve and Jeanne Moreau, Bunuel generally worked with a favourite group of actors including Michel Piccoli, Pierre Clémenti, Muni and his faithful alter ego Fernando Rey. Enter the surreal world of Bunuel, where an entire dinner party suddenly finds themselves inexplicably unable to leave the room and where the devil, if unable to tempt a saint with a pretty girl, will fly him to a disco. 7 Disc Set That Obscure Object of Desire New Jean-Claude Carriere interview New Aesthetics of the Irrational: ICA Q&A with Jean-Claude Carriere and Diego Bunuel hosted by Tim Robey Interview with Carlos Saura The arbitrariness of desire by Jean-Claude Carriere Lady Doubles - interview with Carole Bouquet and Angela Molina Portrait of an impatient filmmaker, Luis Bunuel - Interview with Pierre Lady and Edmond Richard Belle De Jour - New 50th Anniversary Restoration New Jean-Claude Carriere interview New Masterclass with Diego Bunuel and Jean-Claude Carriere (1 hour+) New Trailer Commentary by professor Peter W. Evans The Last Script (1:34:33) A Story of Perversion or Emancipation? - Interview with Dr Sylvain Mimoun (29:39 in PAL) Diary of a Chambermaid An Angel in the Marshes doc (26 minutes) Phantom of Liberty New Jean-Claude Carriere interview New Critical Analysis by professor Peter W. Evans New Bunuel, la transgression des reves -A new documentary by Pierre-Henri Gibert Photo Gallery The Milky Way New Jean-Claude Carriere interview New Critical Analysis by professor Peter W. Evans Bunuel, athiest thanks to God doc (32 minutes) Trailer Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie New Jean-Claude Carriere interview A Walk Amongst the Shadows doc (28 minutes) Critical analysis by professor Peter W.Evans Trailer Tristana New Interview with Franco Nero Rituals documentary doc (20 minutes) Trailer

• The Discreet Charm of The Bourgeoisie (50th Anniversary) (Vintage World Cinema)(4K UHD and Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (20/06/2022) from £12.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Luis Buñuel's 1972 surreal, hilarious and deranging social satire on the hypocrisy of the upper-class has been restored in stunning 4K for its 50th Anniversary. Considered one of his most successful and iconic films by critics and audiences alike, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie received the Academy Award® for Best Foreign Language Film and a nomination for Best Original Screenplay. The Ambassador of the small South American country of Miranda is trafficking in drugs with some French bourgeois friends of his. But every time they want to have dinner together, their plans are put off due to unexpected events. In their quest of a lavish feast, the dividing-line between reality and dreams becomes unclear for each guest, leading to complete and utter ridicule.Product Features4K UHDNew Analysis of 3 scenes of the film with critic Charles Tesson New Critical Analysis of Charles Tesson New Interview with writer Jean-Claude Carrière New Trailer Blu-Ray New Analysis of 3 scenes of the film with critic Charles Tesson New Critical Analysis of Charles Tesson Critical Analysis of Professor Peter W. Evans New Interview with writer Jean-Claude Carrière New Trailer (2022 Version) Original Trailer

• Maitresse (DVD & Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (05/11/2012) from £8.69   |  Saving you £11.30 (130.04%)   |  RRP £19.99

  World premiere on Blu-ray (as part of this BFI Dual Format Edition), this controversial film from director Barbet Schroeder (Barfly, Single White Female, The Valley) is both a conventional love story and a dark study of fetishism. Starring Gerard Depardieu as Olivier, the young innocent who falls for the mysterious maitresse Ariane (Bulle Ogier), a leather clad dominatrix. Based on an encounter with a real-life dominatrix, this story of a Paris prostitute specialising in bondage and sado-masochism was refused a certificate by the BBFC on its original release. The film features graphic scenes of torture and fetishism which the Board described as 'miles in excess of anything we have ever passed in this field in 1976.' Only released at the time in a handful of club cinemas in 1981, the film was cut by almost five minutes and finally awarded an X certificate. This fully uncut version was first passed in 2003 and is presented in new High Definition transfer for the very first time.

• L'amour fou (Limited Edition) | Blu Ray | (06/05/2024) from £21.09   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Sebastian (Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Weekend) is staging an adaptation of Racine's tragedy, Andromaque while a film crew captures their rehearsals on handheld 16mm. The production's star and Sebastian's girlfriend, Claire (Bulle Ogier, Out 1), cannot take the pressure and removes herself. Life imitates art, creating a tragedy for the couple when Sebastian recasts the role with his ex. L'amour fou is a hypnotic study of tempestuous love, told with director Jacques Rivette's signature reflexivity and containing striking examinations of performance, art, theatre and life. A classic of the French New Wave and one of Rivette's most radical works, L'amour fou was unavailable for years, with the original elements tragically burned in a fire. Now meticulously restored, Radiance Films is proud to present this masterpiece from a new 4K restoration.'In my opinion - and I think it will be shared by many - this is one of the five or six best films of the New Wave.' - François Truffaut'L'amour fou is still my favourite film.' - Bulle Ogier'The work of a rebel, of an artist seeking to smash the codes and clichés of the 'normal' productions of the time.' - Jean-Pierre Kalfon'L'amour fou, is cinema without formal precedent. As with all great films, it feels like watching the birth of cinema, seeing the first ever film, and also the last.' - André S. Labarthe'A filmmaker sets up his camera and, above all, watches the actors, with no concern for characters or respect for a preestablished scenario. I'd like to draw inspiration from this. I'd like to grasp the personality of my actors and make cinéma vérité - Bernardo Bertolucci'L'amour Fou speaks to those who are madly in love with cinema.' - Jean De Baroncelli, Le Monde, 1969'One of Rivette's best films.' - Serge Daney, Libération 1991Product FeaturesLIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES:4K restoration from materials kept at Les Archives du Film and in Éclair-Preservation, under the supervision of Caroline ChampetierUncompressed mono PCM audioA newly filmed feature-length documentary featuring new interviews with star Jean-Pierre Kalfon; writer/director and Rivette collaborator Pascal Bonitzer; Rivette biographer Antoine de Baecque; critic/historian Sylvie Pierre; and archival footage of Jacques Rivette (Robert Fischer, 2024, 95 mins)New interview with Caroline Champetier, renowned cinematographer and restoration supervisor (2024)The Third Eye - A video essay by film critics Cristina Álvarez López and Adrian Martin (2024)Newly translated English subtitles Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork Limited edition booklet featuring new writing by Jessica Felrice and archival writings by Véronique Manniez-Rivette, an archival interview with Jacques Rivette and images of the director's notesLimited edition of 3000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings

• Celine And Julie Go Boating | DVD | (25/09/2006) from £10.78   |  Saving you £9.21 (85.44%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A mysteriously linked pair of young women find their daily lives pre-empted by a strange boudoir melodrama that plays itself out in a hallucinatory parallel reality.

• Discreet Charm of Bourgeoisie | DVD | (16/07/2012) from £7.99   |  Saving you £8.00 (100.13%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A surreal, virtually plotless series of dreams centered around six middle-class people and their consistently interrupted attempts to have a meal together.

• Irma Vep | Blu Ray | (07/05/2018) from £10.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Ten years after he made his feature debut with Disorder in 1986, Olivier Assayas decided it was time to turn his attentions to the French film industry for his sixth picture. Written in ten days, and shot in less than a month, Irma Vep provides a mid-nineties' amalgam of François Truffaut's Day for Night and Rainer Werner Fassbinder's Beware of a Holy Whore. French filmmaker René Vidal (Day for Night's Jean-Pierre Léaud) is commissioned by a TV company to direct a remake of Louis Feuillade's classic silent-era serial, Les Vampires. Maggie Cheung (playing a version of herself) is cast in the central role and heads to Paris for filming where she finds herself amid the chaos of artistic differences, petty rivalries and the immense egos which make up a film set. Irma Vep is Assayas at his lightest and most playful simultaneously a gently satirical dig at the state of French cinema and a love letter to his female star. SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS 2K restoration from the original negative, supervised and approved by Olivier Assayas High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation Original 2.0 Stereo DTS-HD Master Audio Optional English subtitles Audio commentary by writer-director Olivier Assayas and critic Jean-Michel Frodon On the Set of Irma Vep, a 30-minute behind-the-scenes featurette with optional commentary by Assayas and Frodon Interview with Assayas and critic Charles Tesson Interview with actors Maggie Cheung and Nathalie Richard Man Yuk: A Portrait of Maggie Cheung, a 1997 short film by Assayas Black and white rushes Theatrical Trailer Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Peter Strain FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by critic Neil Young

• See How They Fall | DVD | (07/06/2010) from £17.53   |  Saving you £-1.54 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  See How They Fall

• The Discreet Charm of The Bourgeoisie (50th Anniversary) (Vintage World Cinema) | Blu Ray | (20/06/2022) from £12.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Luis Buñuel's 1972 surreal, hilarious and deranging social satire on the hypocrisy of the upper-class has been restored in stunning 4K for its 50th Anniversary. Considered one of his most successful and iconic films by critics and audiences alike, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie received the Academy Award® for Best Foreign Language Film and a nomination for Best Original Screenplay. The Ambassador of the small South American country of Miranda is trafficking in drugs with some French bourgeois friends of his. But every time they want to have dinner together, their plans are put off due to unexpected events. In their quest of a lavish feast, the dividing-line between reality and dreams becomes unclear for each guest, leading to complete and utter ridicule.Product FeaturesNew Analysis of 3 scenes of the film with critic Charles Tesson New Critical Analysis of Charles Tesson Critical Analysis of Professor Peter W. Evans New Interview with writer Jean-Claude Carrière New Trailer (2022 Version) Original Trailer

• The Discreet Charm of The Bourgeoisie (50th Anniversary) (Vintage World Cinema) | DVD | (20/06/2022) from £9.00   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Luis Buñuel's 1972 surreal, hilarious and deranging social satire on the hypocrisy of the upper-class has been restored in stunning 4K for its 50th Anniversary. Considered one of his most successful and iconic films by critics and audiences alike, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie received the Academy Award® for Best Foreign Language Film and a nomination for Best Original Screenplay. The Ambassador of the small South American country of Miranda is trafficking in drugs with some French bourgeois friends of his. But every time they want to have dinner together, their plans are put off due to unexpected events. In their quest of a lavish feast, the dividing-line between reality and dreams becomes unclear for each guest, leading to complete and utter ridicule.Product FeaturesNew Analysis of 3 scenes of the film with critic Charles Tesson New Critical Analysis of Charles Tesson New Trailer

• Discreet Charm of Bourgeoisie | Blu Ray | (16/07/2012) from £13.99   |  Saving you £6.00 (42.89%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A surreal, virtually plotless series of dreams centered around six middle-class people and their consistently interrupted attempts to have a meal together.

• Valley, the | Blu Ray | (14/02/2011) from £8.69   |  Saving you £11.30 (130.04%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A group of dropouts and dreamers search for New Guinea's uncharted Valley of the Gods resulting in an odyssey of sexual and spiritual discovery. Barbet Schroeders beautiful second feature The Valley probes the limits of experience and freedom journeying into the unknown to the sounds of Pink Floyds especially composed soundtrack Obscured by Clouds. Aided by Nester Almendros striking photography and the tribes people of the Mapuga who allowed westerners to participate in and film their rites for the first time the film is an authentic tribute to a liberating sense of adventure.

• Gang Of Four | DVD | (25/02/2008) from £8.75   |  Saving you £6.24 (71.31%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Anna Joyce Claude and Lucia are all students under the tutelage of Constance Dumas a renowned film instructor. Lucia movies in with the other girls in a small house outside of Paris. Soon after Lucia is attacked on the street outside her home and saved by a mysterious stranger. Then she discovers that the stranger is involved with all the girls and is hiding a dark secret inside the house.

• Venus Beauty Institute | DVD | (02/04/2007) from £8.59   |  Saving you £6.40 (42.70%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Welcome to the Venus Beauty Institute where love innocence and sex are a sight to behold. Madam Nadine manages with pride the ""Vnus beaut"" Salon which offers relaxation massage and make-up services. The owner and her three beauticians: Samantha Marianne and Angle are pros. Contrary to her friend Marianne who still dreams of the big day Angle no longer believes in love. Marie the youngest of the three employees discovers love in the hands of a sixty year-old former pilot who risks everything...

• Art Ensemble of Chicago - Les Stances a Sophie | DVD | (27/10/2008) from £17.53   |  Saving you £-4.54 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The 'lost cult classic' French new wave film about feminism art music and post-68 revolutionary ideals.

• Maitresse | DVD | (28/07/2003) from £19.79   |  Saving you £0.20 (1.01%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Originally rejected outright by the BBFC in 1976 and then released with nearly 5 minutes of cuts in 1981 Maitresse is now finally released uncut on DVD. Bulle Ogier plays a professional dominatrix who indulges in a conventional romance with Gerard Depardieu on the ground floor but satisfies more demanding clients in her 'dungeon'. Director Barbet Schroeder apparently cast genuine masochists in this wickedly funny fable on the foibles of sex and love...

• Don't Touch The Axe | DVD | (14/04/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Jacques Rivette's masterful film Don't Touch The Axe tells the tale of an ill-fated love affair between a Parisian socialite and a Napoleonic war hero. Their story unfolds amidst the extravagant balls of restoration-era Paris where the handsome General Armand de Montriveau (Guillaume Depardieu) encounters the beautiful coquettish but married Antoinette de Langeais (Jeanne Balibar). Vowing that she will be his lover Montriveau pursues the alluring Antoinette who in turn orchestrates a calculating game of seduction but repeatedly rebuffs his advances. Humiliated Montriveau seeks revenge just as Antoinette's passion for him awakens and a perverse romantic power struggle ensues. Once again adapting Balzac - the source of his acclaimed La Belle Noiseuse - Rivette's subtle and superbly acted drama is a riveting exploration of the intricacies of love and desire.