One of Jean Rollin's best-loved films, Lips of Blood (Lèvres de sang) finds the master of the fantastique marshalling all of his obsessions ruined châteaux, remote beaches, abandoned graveyards, mysterious twins, and female vampires. When a photograph of a decrepit seaside château evokes a childhood vision of an encounter with a mysterious girl, Frederick is compelled to investigate. Soon, he uncovers a surreal and erotic netherworld of vampirism from which he might never return. Starring regular Rollin actors Jean-Loup Philippe (The Rape of the Vampire), Natalie Perrey (The Iron Rose), and twins Cathy and Marie-Pierre Castel (Requiem for a Vampire), Lips of Blood is a tour de force within Rollin's inimitable oeuvre. Product Features INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES New 4K restoration from the original negative by Powerhouse Films Original French mono soundtrack Audio commentary with genre-film experts, critics and authors Stephen Jones and Kim Newman (2023) Selected scenes audio commentary with Jean Rollin (2005) Jean Rollin Introduces Lips of Blood' (1998): filmed appraisal The Beach That Follows Me (2005): Rollin reminisces about the beach in Dieppe, and his many experiences of filming there Newly edited archival interview with Rollin (2023) Newly edited archival interview with actor and frequent Rollin collaborator Natalie Perrey (2023) Newly edited archival interview with actor Jean-Loup Philippe (2023) Newly edited archival interview with actor Serge Rollin (2023) Newly edited archival interview with actor Cathy Tricot (2023) Critical appreciation by the author and film historian Virginie Sélavy (2023) Original theatrical trailer Image galleries: promotional and publicity material, and behind the scenes New and improved English translation subtitles Limited edition exclusive 80-page book with a new essay by Maitland McDonough, archival writing by Jean Rollin on the making of the film, archival interviews with Rollin and Annie Brilland, an analysis of Suck Me, Vampire, the hardcore film Rollin made using scenes from Lips of Blood, and full film credits Limited edition of 10,000 individually numbered units (6,000 4K UHDs and 4,000 Blu-rays) for the UK and US All extras subject to change
One of Jean Rollin's best-loved films, Lips of Blood (Lèvres de sang) finds the master of the fantastique marshalling all of his obsessions ruined châteaux, remote beaches, abandoned graveyards, mysterious twins, and female vampires. When a photograph of a decrepit seaside château evokes a childhood vision of an encounter with a mysterious girl, Frederick is compelled to investigate. Soon, he uncovers a surreal and erotic netherworld of vampirism from which he might never return. Starring regular Rollin actors Jean-Loup Philippe (The Rape of the Vampire), Natalie Perrey (The Iron Rose), and twins Cathy and Marie-Pierre Castel (Requiem for a Vampire), Lips of Blood is a tour de force within Rollin's inimitable oeuvre. Product Features INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION 4K UHD SPECIAL FEATURES New 4K HDR restoration from the original negative by Powerhouse Films 4K (2160p) UHD presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) Original French mono soundtrack Audio commentary with genre-film experts, critics and authors Stephen Jones and Kim Newman (2023) Selected scenes audio commentary with Jean Rollin (2005) Jean Rollin Introduces Lips of Blood' (1998): filmed appraisal The Beach That Follows Me (2005): Rollin reminisces about the beach in Dieppe, and his many experiences of filming there Newly edited archival interview with Rollin (2023) Newly edited archival interview with actor and frequent Rollin collaborator Natalie Perrey (2023) Newly edited archival interview with actor Jean-Loup Philippe (2023) Newly edited archival interview with actor Serge Rollin (2023) Newly edited archival interview with actor Cathy Tricot (2023) Critical appreciation by the author and film historian Virginie Sélavy (2023) Original theatrical trailer Image galleries: promotional and publicity material, and behind the scenes New and improved English translation subtitles Limited edition exclusive 80-page book with a new essay by Maitland McDonough, archival writing by Jean Rollin on the making of the film, archival interviews with Rollin and Annie Brilland, an analysis of Suck Me, Vampire, the hardcore film Rollin made using scenes from Lips of Blood, and full film credits World premiere on 4K UHD Limited edition of 10,000 individually numbered units (6,000 4K UHDs and 4,000 Blu-rays) for the UK and US All extras subject to change
The 'Highlander' saga continues with Mario Van Peebles joining the action as a villain. Christopher Lambert reprises his role as Connor MacLeod the ancient Scotsman. Van Peebles is Kane an ancient fighter who seeks revenge for being imprisoned for 400 years.
Bertrand Tavernier was one of the most outstanding French film makers of his time. Born in Lyon in 1941, he began his career with a short-lived stint as an assistant to Jean-Pierre Melville an experience and environment that affected him so deeply that he took up first film journalism then worked as a highly influential press agent for ten years before returning to filmmaking. A diverse filmmaker whose works covered a spectacular range of genres, settings and time periods, Tavernier imbued his films with intelligence and grace, but they were also often a commentary on political and social injustice and the strength of the human spirit. This essential collection includes 8 of his films, a tribute and testimony to the spectacular work of the legendary filmmaker. Product Features QUE LA FÃTE COMMENCE (1975) Analysis of the film with Guillemette Odicino Interview with Bertrand Tavernier et Philippe Noiret Interview with Jean Rochefort UNE SEMAINE DE VACANCES (1980) Analysis of the film with Guillemette Odicino Filming the movie COUP DE TORCHON (1981) Analysis of the film with Guillemette Odicino US Trailer Trailer Alternative Ending Interview with Bertrand Tavernier and Philippe Noiret Interview with Eddy Mitchell L.627 (1992) Making of Deleted Scenes LA GUERRE SANS NOM (1992) Introduction with Bertrand Tavernier and Patrick Rotman Analysis of the film with Vincent Martigny ÃA COMMENCE AUJOURD'HUI (1999) Interview with Bertrand Tavernier Making of Deleted Scenes LAISSEZ-PASSER (2002) Making of Deleted Scenes LA PRINCESSE DE MONTPENSIER (2010) Interview with D. Le Fur Making of Presentation with L. Laurent Weil, M. Thierry and R. Personnaz
Professor Calculus' dreams of ending world hunger are brought one step closer by the creation of a desert-proof orange deep blue in colour. But it seems he's not the only one interested in this magnificent scientific discovery. When the strange blue orange - invented by Spanish Professor Zalamandea - is stolen Tintin Captain Haddock Calculus and Snowy the dog make for Spain to investigate. Jean-Pierre Talbot a life-long friend of Tintin creator Herg'' plays the boy-reporter for the second time in this wonderful live-action adaptation and is well-supported by Jean Bouise's (Le grand bleu) excellent comic performance as the irrepressible Captain Haddock. Adapted by Asterix creator Ren'' Goscinny this lively adventure is a must for Tintin fans.
Gene Hackman reprises his Oscar-winning role as Popeye Doyle the hard-nosed New York detective determined to break a French narcotics ring. Kidnapped by heroin Kingpin Alain Charier (Fernando Rey) in Marseilles Doyle is mercilessly forced to become a junkie himself. Upon his release Doyle must kick his habit and join forces with his French police counterpart (Bernard Fresson) to hunt down Charnier. Gritty action riveting performances and a vividly realistic setting make French Con
In another time The Dark Crystal - a source of Balance and truth in the Universe - was shattered dividing the world into two factions : the wicked Skekis and the peaceful Mystics. Now as the convergence of the three suns approaches the Crystal must be healed or darkness will reign forever! It's up to Jen the last of his race to fulfil the prophecy that a Gelfling will return the missing shard to the Crystal and destroy the Skekis' evil Empire. But will young Jen's courage b
The pinnacle of this innovative style, The Mother and the Whore follows Alexandre (Jean-Pierre Léaud), a Parisian pseudo-intellectual who lives with his tempestuous girlfriend, Marie (Bernadette Lafont), even as he begins a dalliance with the sexually liberated Veronika (Françoise Lebrun), leading the three into an emotionally turbulent love triangle.
In Jean Becker's Conversations With My Gardner a middle-aged landscape painter played by Daniel Auteuil recently separated who has lived for many years in Paris returns to the house in the country where he grew up and which he's inherited from his mother. He hires a local gardener Jean-Pierre Darroussin and soon discovers they were best friends at school together. Based on a book by Henri Cueco this is mainly a two-hander for the talents of Auteuil and Darroussin. As two old friends they spend a lot of time talking philosophizing and reminiscing. This relaxed and in some ways quintessentially French film is appealing simply because it is content to explore in a gentle way a long-standing friendship. As the seasons change eternal truths come into perspective.
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
Featuring the best of children's fairytales characters such as Alice in Wonderland Red Riding Hood Peter Pan and many more Eleanor's Secret is a beautifully animated tale about the importance of being able to read. When their beloved aunt Eleanor dies Nathaniel and his family are left the house where they have spent every summer and Nathaniel has been bequeathed all the books in the library where he makes a startling discovery - after dark all the characters come to life! They tell him that to save them from extinction he must read the magic spell in the library. There is only one problem - Nathaniel can't read. In a race against time Nathaniel must battle against all the odds including a wily antique dealer who wants to buy all the books from his parents to save his new friends. A charming film for all ages.
Clement (Trintignant) is part of a right-wing political movement. Although monied and comfortable he is an active terrorist. Betrayed he grabs his wife Anne (Schneider) and takes refuge in a friend's house while he plots his deadly revenge... As part of the French Nouvelle Vague (New Wave) explosion of young energetic brave and brilliant directors Alain Cavalier fashioned a superb story of love loyalty and betrayal with a backdrop of political upheaval. Scripted by Jean-Paul Ra
Castella is a successful industrialist out of boredom he allows his wife to drag him to an amateur stage show. Much to his surprise he is overwhelmed by the power of the lead actress Clara. He becomes so infatuated with her that he goes back to the play night after night. His world is turned upside down and his obession impacts on the lives of everyone around. Winner of 4 Cesars including Best Film.
Michel Poiccard (Jean-Paul Belmondo), an ex-airline steward turned hoodlum, steals a car and heads to Paris. Discovering a gun in the car's glove department, he uses it to shoot and kill a cop who tries to wave him down. He wants to escape to Italy with his American girlfriend Patricia (Jean Seberg), but the police are after him, and he is distracted by all the pleasures Paris has to offer.Story-wise, Jean-Luc Godard's A Bout De Souffle (1960) (aka Breathless) is pretty thin, but as its director always proclaimed, you don't need much in the way of narrative to make a movie. Sometimes a girl and a gun are quite enough. The effortlessly cool and laconic Belmondo mirrors the director's mischief and flamboyance. With his fat cigarette stub perched on his bottom lip, his shades, his felt hat and white socks, he looks like a cross between a left-bank intellectual and an American gumshoe (perhaps his beloved Bogart). With her close-cropped hair and New York Herald Tribune T-shirt, his girlfriend (Jean Seberg) is equally stylish. A Hollywood star (she had appeared in the lead in Otto Preminger's Saint Joan in 1957 when she was still a teenager), the Iowa-born Seberg is turned by Godard into the lithe embodiment of European radical chic.The film has a spontaneity that studio-bound offerings of the time missed by a mile. Cameraman Raoul Coutard uses natural light and real locations whenever possible. Lots of the pet tricks in the movie--jump cuts, whip pans and improvised tracking shots--have been copied relentlessly by imitators ever since. A Bout De Souffle, though, is unique: anarchic, liberating and hugely stylish, "the best film around now", as its trailer proclaimed. It made Godard, almost overnight, into "the world's most discussed, interviewed and quoted filmmaker". --Geoffrey MacnabOn the DVD: Godard's greatest movie has been lovingly transferred to disc by Optimum, and comes with several extras including trailers and production notes and an old Godard short, Charlotte Et Son Jules, also starring the swaggering, arrogant Belmondo. --Geoffrey Macnab
Jean Rollin's third feature film, 1971's The Shiver of the Vampires (Le Frisson des vampires), established themes and visual motifs to which he would return throughout his career, blending horror, eroticism, fairy tale, and surrealism to create his unique cinema of the fantastique. Arriving at a decrepit chateau for their honeymoon, young newlyweds undergo a series of surreal and sinister encounters, and come to realise that they are the prey of the resident vampires... With performances from Sandra Julien (I Am Frigid... Why?) and Marie-Pierre Castel (Lips of Blood), ravishing cinematography from Rollin's regular collaborator Jean-Jacques Renon, and a thrilling jazz-rock score by Acanthus, The Shiver of the Vampires is regarded as one of Rollin's greatest films. Product Features New 4K HDR restoration from the internegative by Powerhouse Films 4K (2160p) UHD presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) Original French and English mono soundtracks Audio commentary with director Jean Rollin (2006) Audio commentary with Sylvia Kristel: From Emmanuelle to Chabrol author Jeremy Richey (2023) Virginie Sélavy on 'The Shiver of the Vampire' (2023): appreciation by the author and film historian Rouge Vif (2023): updated documentary on the making of The Shiver of the Vampires by Rollin's personal assistant, Daniel Gouyette Introduction by Jean Rollin (1998): filmed appraisal by the director Interview with Jean Rollin by Patricia MacCormack (2004): lengthy discussion filmed in Paris Deleted scenes: sex sequences filmed for the export market Original French, English and German theatrical trailers Image gallery: promotional and publicity materials New and improved English translation subtitles for the French soundtrack New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Limited edition exclusive 80-page book with a new essay by David Hinds, an archival introduction by Jean Rollin, an archival interview with the director by Peter Blumenstock, an archival interview with actor Marie-Pierre Castel, Andy Votel on Acanthus, the mysterious group behind the film's soundtrack, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and full film credits World premiere on 4K UHD Limited edition of 8,000 numbered units (4,000 4K UHDs and 4,000 Blu-rays) for the UK and US All extras subject to change
Starting with one of the greatest films about childhood, from anywhere, ever (Anthony Quinn, The Independent), which kicked off the French New Wave, François Truffaut delivers an indisputable landmark of cinema history five films, four features and one short, which follow the life of one charming, compelling and unforgettable character. Before anyone else, Truffaut allowed audiences to dip into one character's life progressively over 20 years, witnessing him growing up from a child struggling with school and the law to an adult, struggling with love and divorce. A very special and unique collection, The Adventures of Antoine Doinel will invoke joy, humour, nostalgia and happiness time and time again as your investment in Antoine and his story progressively proliferates with each gloriously captured scene.
Alexandre Dumas' celebrated book 'The Count Of Monte Cristo' follows the adventures of Edmond Dants (Gerard Depardieu) a 19th-century French version of James Bond a rich ruthless and suave purveyor of homemade justice. This French production is extravagant having the destinction of being the first filmed version of the newly restored unabridged version of Dumas' classic which runs about 800 pages. The movie was filmed all over Europe and doesn't leave out any detail from the ce
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Maggie Cheung (playing herself) has been cast by a once revered but now out of touch director as the latex-clad cat-burglar in his ill-fated remake of the French classic Les Vampires. From the moment she arrives in Paris chaos ensues until the director finally has a breakdown and is replaced by another who doesnt know why she was cast in the first place. Amidst all the confusion Cheung becomes drawn to her character and is soon pulling on latex and prowling her hotel corridors at night. This critically-acclaimed satire on the world of filmmaking is one of the freshest and coolest French films of the 90's.
'Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar' is France's second most successful film of all time and stars internationally renowned actor Gerard Depardieu as Gaulish warrior Obelix alongside Oscar winning Roberto Benigni as the wicked Detritus. Journey back 2000 years as Ancient France is on the brink of complete Roman invasion well almost complete... except for one small village of indomitable Gauls that still holds out against the invaders. It is here that Asterix and his friends are con
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