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• Vortex | Blu Ray | (26/09/2022) from £9.35   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The latest feature from Gaspar Noé is a tender and undeniably powerful exploration of loneliness and love. Having debuted to widespread acclaim at the Cannes Film Festival, it focuses on an elderly couple (played by Françoise Lebrun and Dario Argento) who spend their days in a Paris apartment. Both love and care for each other, but are grappling with the early stages of dementia. Presented in split-screen, we follow the couple as they go about their daily routines both together and alone. As everyday tasks become more challenging, forgetfulness shifts to something more troubling and their son (Alex Lutz) struggles to care for them as they enter a vortex of mental and physical degeneration. Compelling and moving in equal measure, this is a departure for Noé - but in terms of scope and ambition, it is one of his finest works to date.

• The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq | DVD | (22/12/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  September 16th 2011. The TV news networks newspapers blogs websites and radio stations are all reporting on one story: star author Michel Houellebecq winner of the prestigious Prix Goncourt in 2010 has been abducted. Some members of the media go so far as to suggest that Al-Qaeda may be involved. For the next few days the news ripples through literary circles and members of the press feeding buzz and speculation. A brazen kidnapping? An identity crisis? A plan to escape abroad? A schizophrenic delirium? Michel will never provide the media with any rational explanation for what happened to him.

• The Nun | DVD | (24/02/2014) from £6.46   |  Saving you £9.53 (147.52%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Sent to a convent against her will Suzanne a young nun finds herself taunted by her fellow Sisters and subjected to sadistic punishments after denying her calling. Taken in by a kindly Mother Superior she soon finds that her affection comes at a price as things take a sinister turn. Despite her suffering Suzanne refuses to accept her fate and her desire for freedom never diminishes.