When Jenny (Angelica Jansson), was a girl, she witnessed a murder in her home that scarred her for life. Trying to process her trauma, Jenny returns to the scene of the crime as an adult. Along with a couple of friends she intends to relax and enjoy herself during a weekend in this secluded house in the middle of the woods. However, the stay turns into a trip to Hell when it turns out there's an intruder in the house .
The mighty warrior Kain (David Carradine) crosses the barren wastelands of the planet Ura where two arch enemies Zeg (Luke Askew) and the evil degenerate Balcaz (William Marin) fight incessantly for control of the village's only well. Kain sees his opportunity and announces that his sword is for hire... but his eyes stay clearly on the beautiful captive sorceress Naja (Maria Socas) and his newly awakened purpose.
Herzog's sweeping explosive epic is rich in visual imagery and features a protean performance from frequent collaborator Klaus Kinski. Herzog's film is an acknowledged classic that has exerted a strong influence on the movie brat generation particularly Francis Ford Coppola's 'Apocalypse Now'. A breathtaking journey into the heart of darkness. A band of Spanish conquistadors led by Aquirre self-styled 'Wrath of God' go up the Amazon in search of gold but Aquirre's megalomania
A full-length concert from the Theatre des Champs-Elysees Paris featuring beautiful and rare arias from Vivaldi's operas. This Brian Large film showcases the repertoire from the bestselling Vivaldi Album (Decca 1999) which catapulted Cecilia Bartoli to worldwide stardom. Bartoli's spectacular vocal pyrotechnics are supported by world-class Baroque ensemble and collaborators on the Decca album Il Giardino Armonico. Tracklisting: 1. Di due rai languir costante (Foa 28) 2. Siam navi all'onde algenti (L'Olimpiade) 3. Non ti lusinghi la crudeltade (Tito) 4. Gelosia (Ottone in Villa) 5. Domine Deus (Gloria) 6. Armatae face e anguibus (Juditha Triumphans) 7. Zeffiretti che sussurrate (Ercole sul Temodonte) 8. Gelido in ogni vena (Farnace) 9. Anch'il mar par che sommerga (Bajazet) 10.Dite oime (La fida ninfa) 11. Agitata da due venti (La Griselda) 12. Sventurata navicella (Giustino)
Cecilia Bartoli gives a performance from Teatro Olimpico Vincenza Italy. The tracklist includes 'Voi Che Sapete' Seguedille' and many more.
Set in a 1970s commune, the story blends the hypocrisy of the hippie movement with a sense of idealsism and solidarity.
Rossini's opera recorded live in Houston in November 1995. Bruno Campanella conducts the Houston Symphony Orchestra and the Houston Grand Opera Chorus.
This is a true story... 1986 to 1991: in a small town outside Seoul over the course of six years 10 women are raped and murdered in a radius of just 2km. Against a backdrop of air raid drills and fear of invasion from the north South Korean society's first serial killer takes the lives of 10 victims ranging from a 71 year-old grandmother to a 13 year old schoolgirl. At a time in South Korea when a murder investigation only meant grilling those who knew the victim for these offic
Hong Kong 1941 is a film from the former Crown Colony uniquely focusing on the Japanese occupation during the Second World War. Starring Chow Yun-Fat, shortly before A Better Tomorrow (1986) made him a superstar, this is a war drama far removed from the usual action fare expected from Hong Kong cinema. The English title deliberately evokes Spielberg's 1941, though the content anticipates the same director's Empire of the Sun, even to the extent that the hymn "Suo Gan" is used in both movies. The story of two friends in love with the same woman may call to mind Pearl Harbor, though this comparatively low-budget feature offers an infinitely more convincing account of the horrors of war than Michael Bay's glossy big-budget epic, with some of the most harrowing sequences since The Deer Hunter. The film does not shy away from the moral complexities of collaboration with the enemy, and likewise presents the main characters as fully three-dimensional. Chow Yun-Fat inevitably dominates (he won a Golden Horse award for his performance), yet Cecilia Yip Tong makes a strong impression as the heroine whose terminal illness does not result in the expected sentimental clichés. Alex Man is memorable as the third corner of the triangle, but what makes Hong Kong 1941 genuinely notable is its emotionally charged evocation of WWII from a rarely seen perspective. On the DVD: Hong Kong 1941 is presented in an anamorphically enhanced transfer at 1.77:1, cropping just a little of the original Hong Kong Critics Award-winning cinematography. The picture is excellent, with no blemishes, fine detail, rich colours and barely a hint of grain. The sound is offered in stereo in the original Cantonese, with optional English subtitles, or in a Dolby Digital 5.1 remix and dubbed into English. Both tracks have occasional distortion on the music. The original version preserves the performances much better, though some of the subtitles are wildly inaccurate--references to living in the 21st century and to Japanese jet planes--while the dubbed track offers better than average voice acting but with many of the cultural references Westernised. The multi-channel remix adds only discrete ambient effects and is barely noticeable. The main special features are an information-packed commentary by Hong Kong movie expert Bay Logan, and two interviews. Chow Yun-Fat speaks rather nervously in English for 12 minutes on a variety of topics, concentrating on his work with John Woo. The interview with Cecilia Yip Tong, specific to Hong Kong 1941, is in Cantonese with English subtitles, runs 27 minutes and is anamorphically enhanced with excellent image quality. Also included is a routine photo gallery, the original theatrical trailer and 12 Hong Kong Legends DVD trailers. --Gary S Dalkin
Fate can bring us together; so can sin! Hong Kong's Mongkok district one of the most densely populated places on earth is a hotbed of illicit business separated into turfs by Triad bosses. Two such bosses come to a deadly conflict when the son of one is killed in a car crash apparently the fault of the other. A hitman is hired to take out the driver and the gang lord held responsible but the assassin is inexperienced farm hand Lai Fu (Daniel Wu) a newcomer to Hong
Based on the true story of Miss Shepherd (played by a magnificent Maggie Smith), a woman of uncertain origins temporarily parks her van in Alan Bennett's (Alex Jennings) London driveway and proceeds to live there for 15 years. What begins as a begrudged favor becomes a relationship that will change both their lives.Acclaimed director Nicholas Hytner reunites with iconic writer Alan Bennett to create this rare and touching portrait. Special Features The Making of The Lady In The Van The Visual Effects Playing the Lady: Maggie Smith on Miss Shepherd Commentary with Nicholas Hytner Deleted Scenes
In Labyrinth of Passion Celia Roth portrays Sexi a nymphomaniac punk rocker whose gynecologist father (Fernando Vivanco) specializes in artificial insemination. Spanish heartthrob Imanol Arias is Riza Niro the gay son of the Emperor of Tehran who has fled his father's island to have some fun in Madrid. The two meet and eventually fall in love but that's just the tip of the iceberg in this whirlwind comedy. A very young Antonio Banderas plays one of Riza's lovers and Almodvar himself appears as a lead singer of a band in one of the film's hilarious concert scenes singing ""Grang Ganga"" and ""Suck it to Me.""
A group of disenchanted youths, two couples equal parts rich and working class, bond and experience the frolics of youth. The arrival of a Red Army deserter brings violence and disruption, prompting incredible plot twists and inspired set-pieces. A defining work of the Hong Kong New Wave, Patrick Tam's (mentor to Wong Kar-wai) Nomad is a searing portrait of alienation set against the backdrop of a city on the cusp of political and cultural upheaval. Long unavailable, the film is now made available for the first time in the UK in a new 4K restoration approved by TamBLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES4K restoration of the Nomad director's cutInterview with critic Tony Rayns (2024)Interview with assistant director Stanley Kwan (2024)Interview with producer Dennis Yu (2024)TrailerNewly improved English subtitle translations by Dylan CheungSleeve featuring newly commissioned artwork by Time Tomorrow
Tracklist:1. Sacrificium / Opening Credits2. Come Nave in mezzo all'onde3. Sposa, non mi conosci4. Sinfonia5. Cadr, ma qual si mira6. Parto ti lascio, o cara7. In braccio a mille furie8. Nobil onda9. Usignolo sventurato10. Son qual nave11. Ombra mai f12. Cecilia Bartoli discusses Sacrificium13. Sinfonia from Perdono, amata14. Visit to Caserta15. Cecilia Bartoli Photo Gallery16. Maria Trailer
This is the seductive world of the tango stunningly brought to life by acclaimed director Carlos Saura Grammy-award winning composer Lalo Schifrin and Oscar winning cinematographer Vittorio Storaro. Mario Suarez is a director determined to make the ultimate tango movie. After his wife leaves him he falls in love with Elena a beautiful young dancer but she happens to be the girlfriend of Angelo Larroca a powerful man who is also an investor in the movie.
Having tackled the corrupting nature of power with Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion and taken an angry, impassioned look at labour relations with The Working Class Goes to Heaven, Italian master Elio Petri next turned his attentions to capitalism for the darkly comic Property is No Longer a Theft. A young bank clerk (Flavio Bucci, the blind pianist in Dario Argento's Suspiria), denied a loan by his employer, decides to exact his revenge the local butcher (Ugo Tognazzi, La Grande bouffe) who is not only a nasty, violent, greedy piece of work but also one of the bank's star customers. Quitting his job, the clerk devotes all of his time tormenting the butcher, stealing his possessions one-by-one, including his mistress (Daria Nicolodi, Deep Red). Told in an off-kilter fashion by Petri, abetted by the woozy sound design and another outstanding score by Ennio Morricone, Property is No Longer a Theft presents a caustic, blackly comic look at a corrupt society.
Produced by The King of Action Cinema, Jackie Chan, Legendary Amazons is an epic martial arts adventure set during the brutal wars between the Song and Xia Dynasties of Ancient China.Paying homage to the 1972 Shaw Brothers classic The 14 Amazons, this action-packed blockbuster recounts the adventures of the legendary Yang Clan, a courageous and patriotic attack force of warrior women. Each a master of a unique style of martial arts, they are called to fight their greatest ever battle, when an overwhelming army of barbarian invaders threatens to overrun their homeland.Packed with blockbuster thrills, Legendary Amazons delivers more action in one movie than you might possibly expect in five!
Turandot: Puccini - Arena di Verona
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