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• Schindler's List - 25th Anniversary Bonus Edition (Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (25/02/2019) from £9.75   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Commemorate the 25th Anniversary of Steven Spielberg's cinematic masterpiece, Schindler's List, one of the most historically significant films of all time. Winner°° of seven Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director, this incredible true story follows the enigmatic Oskar Schindler (Liam Neeson), who saved the lives of more than 1,100 Jews during the Holocaust. It is the triumph of one man who made a difference and the drama of those who survived one of the darkest chapters in human history because of what he did. Meticulously restored from the original film negative in pristine 4K resolution and supervised by Steven Spielberg, Schindler's List is a powerful story whose lessons of courage and faith continue to inspire generations. "1. SCHINDLER'S LIST : 25 YEARS LATER: Director Steven Spielberg joins actors Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Embeth Davidtz and Caroline Goodall at the Tribeca Film Festival to reflect on the making of the film and its legacy. 2. VOICES FROM THE LIST: A feature-length documentary with testimonies from Holocaust survivors and archival footage. 3. USC SHOAH FOUNDATION STORY WITH STEVEN SPIELBERG 4. Let Their Testimonies Speak - Stronger Than Hate 5. About iWitness "

• Baie Des Anges, La / Donkey Skin / Les Demoiselles De Rochefort / Lola (1961) / Umbrellas of Cherbourg / Une Chambre En Ville - Set | Blu Ray | (17/02/2020) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  French director JACQUES DEMY didn't just make movieshe created an entire cinematic world. Demy launched his glorious feature filmmaking career in the sixties, a decade of astonishing invention in his national cinema. He stood out from the crowd of his fellow New Wavers, however, by filtering his self-conscious formalism through deeply emotional storytelling. Fate and coincidence, doomed love, and storybook romance surface throughout his films, many of which are further united by the intersecting lives of characters who either appear or are referenced across titles. Demy's filmswhich range from musical to melodrama to fantasiaare triumphs of visual and sound design, camera work, and music, and they are galvanized by the great stars of French cinema at their centres, including ANOUK AIMÉE, CATHERINE DENEUVE, and JEANNE MOREAU. The works collected here, made from the sixties to the eighties, touch the heart and mind in equal measure. LOLA JACQUES DEMY's crystalline debut gave birth to the fictional universe in which so many of his characters would live, play, and love. It's among his most profoundly felt films, a tale of crisscrossing lives in Nantes (Demy's hometown) that floats on waves of longing and desire. Heading the film's ensemble is the enchanting ANOUK AIMÉE (8 1/2) as the title character, a cabaret chanteuse; she's awaiting the return of a long-lost lover and unwilling to entertain the adoration of another love-struck soul, the wanderer Roland (Le trou's MARC MICHEL). Humane, wistful, and witty, Lola is a testament to the resilience of the heartbroken. BAY OF ANGELS This precisely wrought, emotionally penetrating romantic drama from JACQUES DEMY, set largely in the casinos of Nice, is a visually lovely but darkly pragmatic investigation into love and obsession. A bottle-blonde JEANNE MOREAU (Jules and Jim) is at her blithe best as a gorgeous gambling addict, and CLAUDE MANN (Army of Shadows) is the bank clerk drawn into her risky world. Featuring a glittering score by MICHEL LEGRAND, Bay of Angels is among Demy's most somber works. THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG An angelically beautiful CATHERINE DENEUVE (Belle de jour) was launched into stardom by this glorious musical heart tugger from JACQUES DEMY. She plays an umbrella-shop owner's delicate daughter, glowing with first love for a handsome garage mechanic, played by NINO CASTELNUOVO (The English Patient). When the boy is shipped off to fight in Algeria, the two lovers must grow up quickly. Exquisitely designed in a kaleidoscope of colors, and told entirely through the lilting songs of the great composer MICHEL LEGRAND, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg is one of the most revered and unorthodox movie musicals of all time. THE YOUNG GIRLS OF ROCHEFORT JACQUES DEMY followed up The Umbrellas of Cherbourg with another musical about missed connections and second chances, this one a more effervescent confection. Twins Delphine and Solange, a dance instructor and a music teacher (played by real-life sisters CATHERINE DENEUVE and FRANÇOISE DORLÉAC), dream of big-city life; when a fair comes through their quiet port town, so does the possibility of escape. With its jazzy MICHEL LEGRAND score, pastel paradise of costumes, and divine supporting cast (GEORGE CHAKIRIS, GROVER DALE, DANIELLE DARRIEUX, MICHEL PICCOLI, and GENE KELLY), The Young Girls of Rochefort is a tribute to Hollywood optimism from sixties French cinema's preeminent dreamer. DONKEY SKIN In this lovingly crafted, wildly quirky adaptation of a classic French fairy tale, JACQUES DEMY casts CATHERINE DENEUVE as a princess who must go into hiding as a scullery maid in order to fend off an unwanted marriage proposal from her own father, the king (Orpheus's JEAN MARAIS)! A topsy-turvy riches-to-rags fable featuring songs by MICHEL LEGRAND, Donkey Skin creates a tactile fantasy world that's perched on the border between the earnest and the satiric, and features DELPHINE SEYRIG (Last Year at Marienbad) in a delicious supporting role as a fashionable fairy godmother. UNE CHAMBRE EN VILLE In this musical melodrama set against the backdrop of a workers' strike in Nantes, DOMINIQUE SANDA (The Conformist) plays a young woman who wishes to leave her brutish fiancé (Contempt's MICHEL PICCOLI) for an earthy steelworker (The Valet's RICHARD BERRY), though he is engaged to another. Unbeknownst to the girl, the object of her affection boards with her no-nonsense baroness mother (The Earrings of Madame de . . .'s DANIELLE DARRIEUX). A late-career triumph from JACQUES DEMY, Une chambre en ville received nine César Award nominations and features a rich, operatic score by MICHEL COLOMBIER (Purple Rain). Features New 2K digital restorations of all six films, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks on the Blu-rays of Lola and Bay of Angels and DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and 2.0 surround soundtracks on the Blu-rays of The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, The Young Girls of Rochefort, Donkey Skin, and Une chambre en ville Two documentaries by filmmaker Agnès Varda: The World of Jacques Demy (1995) and The Young Girls Turn 25 (1993) Four short films by director Jacques Demy: Les horizons morts (1951), Le sabotier du Val de Loire (1956), Ars (1959), and La luxure (1962) Jacques Demy A to Z, a new visual essay by film critic James Quandt Two archival interviews from French television with Demy and composer Michel Legrand, one on The Umbrellas of Cherbourg and the other on The Young Girls of Rochefort French television interview from 1962 with actor Jeanne Moreau on the set of Bay of Angels Once Upon a Time . . . The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, a 2008 documentary French television program about the making of Donkey Skin Donkey Skin Illustrated, a video program on the many versions of Charles Perrault's fairy tale Donkey Skin and the Thinkers, a video program on the themes of the film, featuring critic Camille Tabouley New video conversation with Demy biographer Jean-Pierre Berthomé and costume designer Jacqueline Moreau New interviews with author Marie Colmant and film scholar Rodney Hill Q&A with Demy from the 1987 Midnight Sun Film Festival, as well as an audio Q&A with him from the American Film Institute in 1971 Archival audio recordings of interviews with Demy, Legrand, and actor Catherine Deneuve at the National Film Theatre in London Interview with actor Anouk Aimée conducted by Varda in 2012 Interview from 2012 with Varda on the origin of Lola's song Video programs on the restorations of Lola, Bay of Angels, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, and Une chambre en ville Trailers New English subtitle translations Six Blu-rays PLUS: A booklet featuring essays by critics Ginette Vincendeau, Terrence Rafferty, Jim Ridley, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Anne Duggan, and Geoff Andrew, and a postscript by Berthomé

• Le Havre | DVD | (06/08/2012) from £7.99   |  Saving you £8.00 (100.13%)   |  RRP £15.99

  In this warmhearted portrait of the French harbor city that gives the film its name, fate throws young African refugee Idrissa (Blondin Miguel) into the path of Marcel Marx (Andr Wilms), a well-spoken bohemian who works as a shoeshiner. With innate optimism and the unwavering support of his community, Marcel stands up to officials doggedly pursuing the boy for deportation.A political fairy tale that exists somewhere between the reality of contemporary France and the classic cinema of Jean-Pierre Melville and Marcel Carn, Le Havre is a charming, deadpan delight.

• Les Dames Du Bois De Bologne | Blu Ray | (16/03/2020) from £11.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Two married couples adjust to the vast social and economic changes taking place in China from the 1980s to the present.

• Simple Men | Blu Ray | (10/06/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  What do you do if your father a former all-star shortstop and mod-bomber anarchist breaks out of Jail? You go after him of course. Even if his trail leads straight into being caught. Two brothers trek through deepest darkest Long Island only to discover that sometimes even the oddest things really are just what they seem.

• The Aki Kaurismaki Collection - Vol. 3 | DVD | (22/10/2007) from £79.99   |  Saving you £-50.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Aki Kaurism''ki s deadpan ironic and idiosyncratic films have established him as one of modern European cinema's most accomplished filmmakers. This box set presents three of his remarkable and highly acclaimed features. Crime and Punishment: Kaurism''ki s first feature follows the descent into crime of Rahikainen a slaughterhouse worker and former law student who murders a businessman and then begins a tense game of cat and mouse with the police. Effectively updating Dostoevsky s great novel to 1980s Helsinki this remarkably assured debut offers a sharp critique of Finnish society. Calamari Union: A group of men all bar one called Frank abandon their downtrodden neighbourhood in search of Eira a near mythical district across town that promises a better life. Kaurism''ki s second features details their misadventures along the way with deadpan humour and rock and roll attitude. Hamlet Goes Buisness: In this wicked and hilarious satire of the corporate world Kaurism''ki liberally updates Shakespeare s tragedy as a hard-boiled noir B-movie. Finnish comic Pirkka-Pekka Petelius plays an irresponsible playboy who finds himself involved in a vicious boardroom power struggle with his uncle who plans to sell off his company s assets in order to corner the market on Swedish rubber ducks. La Vie de Boh''me: Freely adapted from Henri Murger s 1851 novel this is Kaurism''ki s highly individual take on the story of three bohemian artists a poet a painter and a composer set in a timeless Paris. Shifting between heartbreaking drama and black humour the fine cast features cameos from Jean-Pierre L''aud Sam Fuller and Louis Malle.

• Strike: Career Of Evil | DVD | (16/04/2018) from £3.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Donizetti: Anna Bolena | Blu Ray | (20/12/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £21.99

  With her sensational role debut at the Vienna State Opera superstar diva Anna Netrebko displays a performance of rare vocal and dramatic power. The Russian soprano sings the role of the unjustly accused second wife of British King Henry VIII 'veering between indignant fury and tender righteousness' and demonstrating a new level of confidence in her technique with excellent 'passagework particularly in trills and seamless runs even to the lowest notes' (Opera News).

• The Aki Kaurismäki Collection | Blu Ray | (20/11/2017) from £57.98   |  Saving you £14.00 (25.00%)   |  RRP £69.99

  Included Titles: Crime And Punishment Calamari Union Shadows In Paradise Drifting Clouds Oo Aina Ihminen Hamlet Goes Business La Vie Boheme Ariel Match Factory Girl Valimo Leningrad Cowboys Lenigrad Cowboys Go America Total Balalaika Show Take Care Of You Scarf Tatjana Juha The Man Without A Past The Dusk La Havre The Other Side Of Hope Lights In Included Shorts: These Boots Those Were The Days Thru The Wire Rocky IV Rich Little Bitch Dogs Have No Hell Valim

• Basquiat | DVD | (30/06/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  In his writing and directorial debut, Julian Schnabel's film Basquiat depicts the life of graffiti artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, aka SAMO, and the turbulent period from the late 1970s to 1988, as his life was catapulted into fame and notoriety. As Jean-Michel's work gained favourable attention from New York's elite art community, he went from a street punk living in a cardboard box to the first black artist to succeed in the all-white dominated art world. Tony Award-winning actor Jeffrey Wright does a brilliant job portraying a man tortured by self-doubt and thoughts of suicide, struggling to survive and be acknowledged as an artist. The film's use of dream-like imagery and rhythmic pace tells the story from the perspective of Jean-Michel's eyes as he manages to "float" through relationships and gallery showings,until his impending death in 1988 from a heroin overdose. Brimming with talent, the film also stars David Bowie as pop-artist Andy Warhol, Michael Wincott as poet Rene Ricard and many others, including Gary Oldman, Benicio del Toro, Dennis Hopper and Courtney Love. --Michele Goodson

• La Regle Du Jeu | DVD | (02/06/2003) from £9.42   |  Saving you £10.57 (112.21%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Dismissed by both the public and critics on its first release re-cut by its producers and then banned by the French government as 'demoralising' 'La Regle Du Jeu' now features in the Top Ten greatest film lists of both critics and director's and is one of the most requested world cinema DVD releases by film fans. Renoir's tale of romantic intrigues at a weekend shooting party in a country chateau is now widely recognised as one of the greatest films ever made as a brilliant com

• Mozart - Cosi Fan Tutte | DVD | (07/08/2006) from £13.55   |  Saving you £0.44 (3.25%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Recorded live at the Aix-en-Provence Festival July 2005

• Simple Men | DVD | (10/06/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  What do you do if your father a former all-star shortstop and mod-bomber anarchist breaks out of Jail? You go after him of course. Even if his trail leads straight into being caught. Two brothers trek through deepest darkest Long Island only to discover that sometimes even the oddest things really are just what they seem.

• Amateur | DVD | (13/05/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Isabelle Huppert plays a nymphomaniac ex-nun photographer who never had sex but falls in love with Thomas, an amnesiac pornographer who is on the run from Holland after ripping off some corporate clients. US independent director Hal Hartley, famed for his quirky suburban romances, enters the world of genre via his obsession with Jean- Luc Godard in this indie classic from 1994.

• Lourdes | DVD | (12/07/2010) from £8.39   |  Saving you £7.60 (90.58%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Lourdes follows Christine who has been confined to a wheelchair for most of her life. In order to escape her isolation, she makes a journey to Lourdes, the iconic site of pilgrimage in the Pyrenees mountains.

• Verdi: Requiem (Teatro Alla Scala Di Milano) | DVD | (02/09/2013) from £15.75   |  Saving you £-0.76 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  NOTICE: Polish Release, cover may contain Polish text/markings. The disk DOES NOT have English audio and subtitles.

• Lilya 4 Ever | DVD | (22/09/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A shattering portrayal of sassy mischevious Lilya's wrenching fight for survival after she is abandoned by her mother. Left to fend for herself she wards off the daily struggle she faces by immersing herself in a friendship with the young Volodya. With him she is momentarily able to live the carefree life of a child as the adult horrors of her poverty-strewn country close in around her....

• Black Venus | Blu Ray | (21/05/2018) from £10.00   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Between Couscous, winner of three César Awards, and the Cannes triumph of Blue Is the Warmest Colour, Abdellatif Kechiche made Black Venus, a stark portrait of the life of Saartjie Baartman, also known as the ˜Hottentot Venus'. Baartman was taken from South African home as a 21-year-old and shipped to Georgian London, where she would be caged and exhibited as a freak show. Presented semi-nude, her physique especially her large buttocks was the source of much curiosity. But as her ˜fame' spread, so too did her exploitation Centred on a remarkable performance by Cuban actor Yahima Torres as Baartman, Black Venus provides a bleak but barbed exploration of sex, science, race, colonialism and social attitudes. SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation Optional 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio and 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio soundtracks Optional English subtitles Brand-new appreciation of Black Venus and the cinema of Abdellatif Kechiche by critic Neil Young Theatrical trailer Reversible sleeve featuring and original newly commissioned artwork by Peter Strain FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by Will Higbee, author of Post-Beur Cinema: North African Émigré and Maghrebi-French Filmmaking in France Since 2000

• Schindler's List - 25th Anniversary Super Bonus Edition | Blu Ray | (25/02/2019) from £32.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  IN PRISTINE 4K RESOLUTION SUPERVISED BY STEVEN SPIELBERG. BEST PICTURE ACADEMY AWARD® WINNER°°(1993) Commemorate the 25th Anniversary of Steven Spielberg's cinematic masterpiece, Schindler's List, one of the most historically significant films of all time. Winner°° of seven Academy Awards® including Best Picture and Best Director, this incredible true story follows the enigmatic Oskar Schindler (Liam Neeson), who saved the lives of more than 1,100 Jews during the Holocaust. It is the triumph of one man who made a difference and the drama of those who survived one of the darkest chapters in human history because of what he did. Meticulously restored from the original film negative in pristine 4K resolution and supervised by Steven Spielberg, Schindler's List is a powerful story whose lessons of courage and faith continue to inspire generations. FOR THE COMPLETE 4K ULTRA HD EXPERIENCE WITH HDR, YOU NEED: Ultra HD Blu-ray™ players will also play all of your current Blu-ray™ discs. If you are not connected to a 4K television, the player will output a standard HD signal DISC ONE: 4K ULTRA HD MOVIE FOR THE ULTIMATE MOVIE WATCHING EXPERIENCE, THIS DISC FEATURES: ¢ 4X sharper picture than HD ¢ HDR (HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE) for brilliant brights and deepest darks ¢ IMMERSIVE AUDIO for a multi-dimensional sound experience DISC TWO & THREE: BLU-RAY™ MOVIE + BONUS FEATURES SCHINDLER'S LIST : 25 YEARS LATER: Director Steven Spielberg joins actors Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Embeth Davidtz and Caroline Goodall at the Triibeca Film Festival to reflect on the making of the film and its legacy. VOICES FROM THE LIST: A feature-length documentary with testimonies from Holocaust survivors and archival footage. USC SHOAH FOUNDATION STORY WITH STEVEN SPIELBERG DISC TWO & THREE AND MORE

• Edward And Caroline | Blu Ray | (21/08/2017) from £12.50   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Becker's dark, offbeat comedy about a failing marriage stars Daniel Gélin as Édouard, a poor pianist married to Caroline (Anne Vernon), a beautiful girl from a middle-class family. Caroline's uncle Claude (Jean Galland), a complete snob who looks down on Édouard like the rest of his family, invites the couple to a party at which he is expected to play for his supper in front of Claude's important friends. Add the fact that Claude's son Alain (Jacques Francois) is in love with Caroline and this evening is destined for disaster.