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• April 9th | DVD | (12/10/2015) from £9.64   |  Saving you £8.35 (86.62%)   |  RRP £17.99

  In the early morning of April 9th, 1940, the Danish army is alerted. The Germans have crossed the border; Denmark is at war against Europe's strongest army. At the Southern border, the Danish homeguard are ordered out to hold back the forces until the Danish reinforcements can be mobilized. In the fatal hours, we follow second lieutenant Sand (Pilou Asbæk- Lucy, A Hijacking) and his small and inexperienced band as the first Danish soldiers meet the enemy in combat on that fateful day… April 9th, 1940.

• Unit One: Season 2 | DVD | (22/07/2013) from £12.89   |  Saving you £12.10 (93.87%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Series 2 of the long-standing Nordic Noir thriller series that tells the story of a group of staunch crime experts from an elite unit within the Danish police force. We follow their fascinating yet frightening work in the Danish underworld and witness their unflinching commitment and affectionate solidarity when pitted against horrifying, yet all-too-real, examples of the extremes of human nature they face in the line of duty. Unit One is based on true criminal cases through the last 10 years.

• Summer With Monika | DVD | (28/10/2002) from £10.35   |  Saving you £9.64 (93.14%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Released in 1953, Summer with Monika, an early Ingmar Bergman-directed melodrama, did much to establish the reputation of Swedish cinema, and perhaps Swedish women in general, as leading the vanguard in sexual liberation. The film attracted the wrath of the censors and one scene of lovemaking had to be cut. While subsequent generations will look at the film and wonder whatever the fuss was about, it retains a vivid and frolicsome sensuality, before submitting to the inevitable, Bergmanesque bleakness. The film tells the story of a young couple, Harry (Lars Ekborg) and Monika (18-year-old Harriet Andersson, with whom Bergman would fall in love) stuck in lousy jobs in Stockholm. Harry is beset by parental responsibility--his mother died young and his father is ill--while Monika is fed up with her drunken, violent father. They escape in a motorboat and to spend a blissful summer on an island in the archipelago. Once Monika gets pregnant and they're forced to steal food, however, the idyll concludes and they return to Stockholm, where the relationship disintegrates. You realise that Monika, from a large and fractious family, yearns for escapism, while Harry, who has never known true family life, longs for domestic stability. It is he who is left holding the baby. But Bergman does not quite condemn Monika, giving her one of his best scenes: in a cafe, estranged from Harry, chatting up a stranger, she stares unwaveringly and directly to camera, as if defying us to judge her. Visually ravishing, this film would have a deep impact on French New Wave cinema. On the DVD: Summer with Monika on disc offers a fine restoration of the original film, and includes notes from Phillip Strick who points out that the film is in part hymn of praise to Stockholm's beauty and was influenced by the documentary "City Symphonies" made during World War II. --David Stubbs

• The Story of Film: An Odyssey | DVD | (07/05/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

  The Story of Film: An Odyssey, written and directed by award-winning film-maker Mark Cousins, is the story of international cinema told through the history of cinematic innovation.Five years in the making, The Story of Film: An Odyssey covers six continents and 12 decades, showing how film-makers are influenced both by the historical events of their times, and by each other. It provides a worldwide guided tour of the greatest movies ever made; an epic tale that starts in nickelodeons and ends as a multi-billion-dollar globalised digital industry.Described as a love letter to the movies, Cousins visits the key sites in the history of cinema; from Hollywood to Mumbai; from Hitchcock s London to the village where Pather Panchali was shot, and features interviews with legendary filmmakers and actors including Stanley Donen, Kyoko Kagawa, Gus van Sant, Lars Von Trier, Claire Denis, Bernardo Bertolucci, Robert Towne, Jane Campion and Claudia Cardinale.

• Werckmeister Harmonies 4K UHD+Blu-ray | Blu Ray | (18/11/2024) from £17.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Witness the melancholy of resistance in Béla Tarr's Werckmeister Harmonies, newly restored and available on 4K UHD. An innocent young man, János (Lars Rudolph), sees violence break out after an isolated village is inflamed by the arrival of a circus and its peculiar attractions : a giant whale and a mysterious man named The Prince.

• Dicte - Crime Reporter, Season 1 | DVD | (11/07/2016) from £6.29   |  Saving you £18.70 (297.30%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Newly divorced journalist Dicte Svendsen (Iben Hjejle , High Fidelity) has returned with daughter Rose to her hometown of Aarhus where she is trying to escape the past and build a new future. But working as a crime reporter, she soon finds herself caught up in a case that is destined to open old wounds when she discovers the body of a murdered young woman. Brash, quick-witted, and not afraid to put herself in danger, she will do what it takes to uncover the truth, throwing herself into each investigation, jeopardising not only her life, but sometimes the lives of those around her. These five gripping tales told over ten episodes are drawn from the crime novels of bestselling Danish author Elsebeth Egholm. Personal Deductible Hidden Defects Life and Body Violence and Power

• Personal Shopper | Blu Ray | (17/07/2017) from £8.95   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A personal shopper in Paris refuses to leave the city until she makes contact with her twin brother who previously died there. Her life becomes more complicated when a mysterious person contacts her via text message.

• Dumbo | Blu Ray | (29/07/2019) from £9.72   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  From Disney and visionary director Tim Burton, the grand live-action adventure Dumbo expands on the beloved classic story where differences are celebrated, family is cherished and dreams take flight. Circus owner Max Medici (Danny DeVito) enlists former star Holt Farrier (Colin Farrell) and his children to care for a newborn elephant whose oversized ears make him a laughingstock in an already struggling circus. But when they discover that Dumbo can fly, the circus makes an incredible comeback, attracting persuasive entrepreneur V. A. Vandevere (Michael Keaton), who recruits the peculiar pachyderm for his newest, larger-than-life entertainment venture, Dreamland. Dumbo soars to new heights alongside the charming and spectacular aerial artist Colette Marchant (Eva Green)until Holt learns that beneath its shiny veneer, Dreamland is full of dark secrets. Bonus Features: Circus Spectaculars The Elephant In The Room Built To Amaze Deleted Scenes: Roustabout Rufus Pachyderm Plans The Other Medici Brother Monkey Business A Star Is Born Where's Dumbo?! Elephant Heist Backstage A Seat At The Show Easter Eggs On Parade Clowning Around Baby Mine Performed By Arcade Fire

• SS-GB | Blu Ray | (27/03/2017) from £9.99   |  Saving you £6.00 (60.06%)   |  RRP £15.99

  It is 1941 and Nazi Germany, having won the Battle of Britain, is the occupying force in the UK. Based on SS-GB, the bestselling novel by Len Deighton, renowned London murder detective Douglas Archer is caught between his brutal new SS superiors and a ruthless British resistance as he investigates what looks like a black market-related murder. Determined to uphold the law and protect the ones he loves, Archer soon finds himself drawn into a treacherous plot with global implications. In a country under hostile occupation, how do you do the right thing when you're on the wrong side? Starring: Sam Riley (Control, Maleficent), Kate Bosworth (Still Alice, Superman Returns), Rainer Bock (Inglourious Basterds, War Horse) Writers: Neal Purvis , Robert Wade (Spectre, Skyfall)

• Unit One: Seasons 3 And 4 | DVD | (06/01/2014) from £18.98   |  Saving you £13.00 (76.52%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Series 3 of the long-standing Nordic Noir thriller series that tells the story of a group of staunch crime experts from an elite unit within the Danish police force. We follow their fascinating yet frightening work in the Danish underworld and witness their unflinching commitment and affectionate solidarity when pitted against horrifying, yet all-too-real, examples of the extremes of human nature they face in the line of duty. Unit One is based on true criminal cases through the last 10 years.

• The Bridge: Season 1-4 | DVD | (02/07/2018) from £34.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  When a body is found on the bridge between Denmark and Sweden, right on the border, Danish inspector Martin Rohde and Swedish Saga Norén have to share jurisdiction and work together to find the killer.

• The Magician | DVD | (24/09/2001) from £7.99   |  Saving you £14.00 (233.72%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A sort of existential horror movie set in what often feels like a darkly imaginary 1846, The Magician is Ingmar Bergman's meditation on the restrictive nature of modern rationalism. Max Von Sydow cuts a suitably melancholy and mystical figure as Dr Vogler, the mute hypnotist who travels with a group of players to Stockholm, only to be examined and humiliated by a team of sceptical inquisitors led by Gunnar Bjornstrand's Dr Vergerus and a hog-like police chief. Dr Vogler exacts his revenge on Vergerus, however, in an extraordinary feat of illusion.With its elaborate, occasionally expressionistic sets and its feel of a scrupulously re-enacted nightmare, The Magician is reminiscent at times of Poe or even The Cabinet of Dr Caligari. However, the "below stairs" characters--including Ake Fridell's ebullient Master of Ceremonies and a host of giggling wenches--add comic energy to what is otherwise a startling and sombre reflection of the nature of art and life. It would prove a turning point in Bergman's career as he moved away from his early, "romantic" period.On the DVD: Presented in the original academy ratio, the mix of soft light and harsh shade for which credit should go to photographer Gunnar Fischer, is well-restored here. In notes from his memoirs included here, Bergman relates how his adventures and privations as part of a theatre company in Malmo provided inspiration for The Magician, while critic Ronald Bergman's notes talk of "the ability of the artist to find truth in both fact and fantasy". --David Stubbs

• Personal Shopper | DVD | (17/07/2017) from £4.80   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A personal shopper in Paris refuses to leave the city until she makes contact with her twin brother who previously died there. Her life becomes more complicated when a mysterious person contacts her via text message.

• Proxima | DVD | (23/11/2020) from £3.79   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Eva Green gives a career best performance in this epic and emotionally charged new drama from acclaimed director Alice Winocour. Green plays Sarah, a French astronaut training at the European Space Agency in Cologne. The only woman in the arduous programme she has been chosen to be part of the crew of a year-long space mission called Proxima . Putting enormous strain on her relationship with her daughter (played by outstanding newcomer Zélie Boulant-Lemesle), the training begins to take its toll on both as Sarah's training progresses and the launch looms ever closer. Featuring stunning performances from the entire cast which includes Matt Dillon, Lars Eidinger and Sandra Hüller, Winocour's new film is an unmissable cinematic experience which will take audiences on a gripping, emotional and life-affirming journey.

• Anvil! The Story of Anvil | DVD | (15/06/2009) from £6.81   |  Saving you £11.18 (164.17%)   |  RRP £17.99

  At 14 Toronto school friends Steve Lips Kudlow and Robb Reiner made a pact to rock together forever. Their band Anvil went on to become the demigods of Canadian metal releasing one of the heaviest albums in metal history 1982's Metal on Metal. The album influenced a musical generation including Metallica Slayer and Anthrax that went on to sell millions of records. But Anvil's career took a different path - straight to obscurity. Director Sacha Gervasi has concocted a wonderful and often hilarious account of Anvil's last-ditch quest for elusive fame and fortune. His ingenious filmmaking may first lead you to think this a mockumentary but it isn't. Gervasi joined the legendary heavy-metal band as a roadie for a tour of Canadian hockey arenas so he has intimate insight into the members' eccentricities. It's fascinating to see the reality of their day-to-day lives as they struggle to make ends meet take a misguided European tour and engage in antics on the road - which is not always lined with fans. Gervasi even finds a softer center to this raucous film introducing us to band members' ever-supportive but long-suffering families. At its core Anvil! The True Story of Anvil is a timeless tale of survival and the unadulterated passion it takes to follow your dream year after year. Anvil rocks - it has no other choice. John Cooper Director of Programming Sundance Film Festival

• SS-GB | DVD | (27/03/2017) from £19.75   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  It is 1941 and Nazi Germany, having won the Battle of Britain, is the occupying force in the UK. Based on SS-GB, the bestselling novel by Len Deighton, renowned London murder detective Douglas Archer is caught between his brutal new SS superiors and a ruthless British resistance as he investigates what looks like a black market-related murder. Determined to uphold the law and protect the ones he loves, Archer soon finds himself drawn into a treacherous plot with global implications. In a country under hostile occupation, how do you do the right thing when you're on the wrong side? Starring: Sam Riley (Control, Maleficent), Kate Bosworth (Still Alice, Superman Returns), Rainer Bock (Inglourious Basterds, War Horse) Writers: Neal Purvis , Robert Wade (Spectre, Skyfall)

• Those Who Kill | DVD | (02/04/2012) from £22.88   |  Saving you £7.11 (31.08%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Criminal commissioner Katrina Ries Jensen and legal psychiatrist Thomas Schaeffer are part of a unique police unit investigating a series of gruesome serial killings.. In each case they face dangerous threats in the race to uncover the bizarre motives and patterns of the killer. Only once they have an understanding of the victims and of the killer's psychology can they hope to catch him.Based on an original idea by best-selling Danish crime novelist Elsebeth Egholm, Those Who Kill is a gripping crime thriller that will keep you guessing.

• Unit One - Season 4 | DVD | (07/07/2014) from £14.65   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Series 2 of the long-standing Nordic Noir thriller series that tells the story of a group of staunch crime experts from an elite unit within the Danish police force. We follow their fascinating yet frightening work in the Danish underworld and witness their unflinching commitment and affectionate solidarity when pitted against horrifying, yet all-too-real, examples of the extremes of human nature they face in the line of duty. Unit One is based on true criminal cases through the last 10 years.

• Bergman - the Faith Trilogy (Through a Glass Darkly / Winter Light / The Silence) | DVD | (28/01/2008) from £15.45   |  Saving you £14.54 (94.11%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Between 1961 and 1963, Ingmar Bergman embarked on three films thematically concerned with man's relationship to God and the futility of spiritual belief. Together, The Faith Trilogy proved a turning point for the director, securing his collaboration with cinematographer Sven Nykvist and exhibiting his mastery for direction. Through a Glass Darkly (1961): A schizophrenic girl has visions, believing that God's presence is ever closer. However as her descent into madness deepens, ...

• The Killing - Series 1-3 | Blu Ray | (17/12/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £99.99

  Series 1 joins Sarah Lund on what is supposed to be her final day as a detective with the Copenhagen Police department. She is all-set to immigrate to Sweden with her fiance when a 19-year-old girl is found raped and brutally murdered.;A local politician Troels Hartmann is in the middle of a hard-fought election campaign to become the new mayor of Copenhagen when suddenly evidence links city hall to the murder. Over the course of twenty episodes each a day in the investigation suspect upon suspect is sought out as violence and political pressures cast their shadows over the hunt for the killer.;Two years on and Series 2 finds Lund stripped of her investigative role and transferred to a low-key job in the country but when the body of a female lawyer is found murdered in macabre and puzzling circumstances Lund's former boss calls her back to assist with the investigation. Initially reluctant Lund soon changes her mind as she becomes engrossed with the case... Over the course of 10 gripping episodes the worlds of crime politics and the military become increasingly tangled and as the case progresses Lund's mission becomes a race against time to find the culprit and prevent further killings...;Now at long last Detective Inspector Sarah Lund returns in Series 3 the long-awaited third and final part of the trilogy. The financial crisis is raging and the number of bankruptcies and repossessions is on the rise but Lund has a newfound sense of peace in the form of a new job a new home and the recognition of achieving 25 years of service in the Police Force.