"Actor: Moreau"

• Lift To The Scaffold | DVD | (31/01/2020) from £21.58   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  French black comedy in which a crime of passion goes horribly wrong when the killer gets trapped in a lift. As Julien (Maurice Ronet)'s lover Florence Carala (Jeanne Moreau) - who also happens to be the victim's wife - is out searching for him in Paris a young hood and his girl steal the killer's car complicating matters further. This was Louis Malle's first film as director and it partly set the tone for the 'new wave' to come. It is also notable for its famous jazz score improvised in one night by Miles Davis while the film was being projected.

• The Bride Wore Black | Blu Ray | (15/05/2023) from £16.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Jeanne Moreau (Jules et Jim) stars as the titular bride, who after marrying her love sees him murdered on the steps outside the church. From here she enacts her ruthless revenge on the group of men responsible. Undoubtedly an influence on Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill, François Truffaut's The Bride Wore Black was itself influenced by the director's idol, Alfred Hitchcock. Adapting celebrated crime writer Cornel Woolrich (who was also the author of the short story Hitchcock's Rear Window is based on) Truffaut's film is a deliciously entertaining tale that was one of the director's biggest hits. Alongside Moreau, the film boasts a sensational cast, including Michael Lonsdale, Jean-Clude Brialy, Charles Denner and Michel Bouquet among others, and features a score by the maestro, Bernard Herrman (Psycho). Limited Edition Special Features High-Definition digital transfer Original uncompressed mono PCM audio Archival interviews with François Truffaut and Jeanne Moreau (1968, 1969) Appreciation by filmmaker Kent Jones (Hitchcock/Truffaut) Barry Forshaw on Cornel Woolrich and the adaptation Trailer Optional English subtitles Reversible sleeve featuring designs based on original posters Limited edition booklet featuring new writing on the film, archival writing by Truffaut and more

• The Theo Angelopoulos Collection Vol 3 (5 Discs) | DVD | (26/03/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Theo Angelopoulos is Greece's most celebrated filmmaker and has been acclaimed by British critics Derek Malcolm and David Thompson as one of the world s greatest living directors. His body of work examines the history of modern Greece from a social and political perspective. The Suspended Step of the Stork (1991) explores the ideology of borders and national identity. While visiting a refugee camp on the Greek-Albanian border, television reporter Alexandre (Gregory Patrikareas) becomes convinced that an old man he meets there (Marcello Mastroianni) is an eminent Greek politician who mysteriously disappeared several years before. But when he returns to Athens to report the news to the politician's 'widow' (Jeanne Moreau), Alexandre realises that the question of identity and belonging is not as straightforward as he believed.Harvey Keitel stars in Ulysses' Gaze (1995) as a Greek filmmaker journeying across the Balkans to return home after 35 years, confronting various demons from his past along the way.In Eternity and a Day (1998), ailing Greek poet Alexander (Bruno Ganz) is preparing to put his affairs in order, resigned to the fact that he is not long for this world. After a visit to his daughter, however, Alexander finds himself thinking of his late wife, remembering happier times. When he encounters a small boy (Ahellis Skevis) who has been abducted by an illegal adoption ring, Alexander determines to rescue the child and return him to his home. En route he rediscovers his zest both for writing and life itself, making an inspiring journey of self-discovery in which past and present are intertwined. The Weeping Meadow (2004) is the first film in Angelopoulos' loosely-connected 'Dust of Time' trilogy. The film traces the childhood love affair of Spyros (Vasilis Kolovos) and Eleni (Alexandra Aidini), two children from Odessa who grow up in a refugee encampment near Thessaloniki in the 1920 and 30s. As they grow up together, the two fall in love - but war is looming and difficult times lie ahead. The second film in the trilogy, The Dust of Time (2008), continues the love story of Spyros and Eleni (played in this instalment by Michel Piccoli and Irne Jacob). Willem Dafoe stars as A, the couple's son, an American-born filmmaker who sets out to make an autobiographical film charting his life story from the day he was born in 1953 until the present day. Sifting through long-buried memories, A drifts into a dream-like narrative that unfolds in the former Soviet Union, the Austrian-Hungarian borders, Italy and New York, and takes in historical events from Stalin's death to Nixon's resignation and the fall of the Greek junta.

• The Louis Malle Collection | DVD | (16/10/2017) from £45.58   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Includes the following classics: Lift to the Scaffold Les amants Zazie dans le Metro Le Feu Follet Le souffle au coeur Lacombe, Lucien Black Moon My Dinner with Andre Au Revoir les Enfants Milou en Mai

• Eve (Limited Edition) | Blu Ray | (19/10/2020) from £17.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Jeanne Moreau (Jules et Jim) and Stanley Baker (Yesterday's Enemy) star as two lovers caught in a deadly affair, in Joseph Losey's 1962 adaptation of the James Hadley Chase novel. A highly personal film that was blighted by producer interference, and heavily cut for general release, we are delighted to present the longest-known version of the film in a definitive, world premiere Blu-ray edition. Special Features: Brand new 4K scan of EYE Filmmuseum's photochemical restoration of the longest-known version of the film (130 mins) High Definition remaster of the original European theatrical release version of Eva (109 mins) High Definition remaster of the alternative The Devil's Woman version (109 mins) Original mono audio Archival Interview with Joseph Losey (1967): the acclaimed director discusses Eve in this extract from the French television programme Cinéma Archival Interview with Jeanne Moreau (1972): extract from the French television programme Tête d'affiche, featuring the celebrated star in conversation with actor France Roche The BEHP Interview with Reginald Beck (1987): archival audio recording, made as part of the British Entertainment History Project, featuring the editor, and regular Losey collaborator, in conversation with Alan Lawson All About Eve (2020): interview with filmmaker Gavrik Losey, son of Joseph Losey A Creation Myth (2020): appreciation by author and film historian Neil Sinyard Image gallery: publicity and promotional material Original UK and French theatrical trailers New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing Limited edition exclusive 36-page booklet with a new essay by Phuong Le, Joseph Losey on Eve, a look at the James Hadley Chase source novel, an overview of contemporary critical responses, Simona Monizza on the EYE Filmmuseum restoration of Eve, and film credits World premiere on Blu-ray Limited edition of 3,000 copies

• Immortal Story | DVD | (29/06/2015) from £11.59   |  Saving you £1.40 (12.08%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Welles' second-to-last feature The Immortal Story is an adaptation of a book by Danish author Isak Dinesen and stars Jeanne Moreau. The year is 1860 in the Portuguese colony of Macao Mr. Clay (Welles) is an aging rich merchant who is the subject of town gossip. He likes his clerk Levinsky (Roger Coggio) to read to him to help him relax in the evenings and one night he recounts a tale about a rich man who paid a poor sailor five guineas to father a child with his beautiful young wife. Mr. Clay has no wife and no heir to his fortune and resolves to make the story true...Levinsky approaches Virginie Ducrot (Moreau) another clerk's mistress and strikes a bargain for 300 guineas. Now to find the sailor...

• Ulysses 31 - Vol. 1 | DVD | (27/06/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  This fantastic Japanese-French co-production was first broadcast in the 80's on Channel 4. The series is a modern retelling of Homer's 'The Odyssey' set in the 31st century. Fresh from the battle of Troy Ulysses journeys home to reunite with his wife Penelope. En route his son Telemechus is snatched by a mysterious vapour cloud and transported to the White Planet; there children are sacrificed by the natives to their lord The Cyclops. Whilst rescuing Telemachus the Cyclops is

• Nannerl: Mozart's Sister | DVD | (16/07/2012) from £7.15   |  Saving you £7.84 (52.30%)   |  RRP £14.99

  A speculative account of Maria Anna “Nannerl” Mozart (Marie Feret), five years older than Wolfgang (David Moreau) and a musical prodigy in her own right. Originally the featured performer, she has given way to Wolfgang as the main attraction, as their strict but loving father Leopold (Marc Barbe) tours his talented offspring in front of the royal courts of pre-French revolution Europe. Approaching marriageable age and now forbidden to play the violin or compose, Nannerl chafes at the limitations imposed on her gender. But a friendship with the son and daughter of Louis XV offers an alternative.

• Touchez Pas Au Grisbi | Blu Ray | (21/08/2017) from £12.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Jacques Becker's Touchez Pas au Grisbi occupies a significant part in French cinema history. Max (Jean Gabin, La Grande Illusion) and Riton (René Dary) are two ageing gangsters who manage to pull off their final heist, a spectacular gold bullion robbery at Orly airport. All is well until Max's former girlfriend Josy (Jeanne Moreau, Jules et Jim) tips off a rival gangster, Angelo (Lino Ventura). The latter kidnaps Ritton and threatens to kill him unless Max hands over the spoils from his robbery Helping to birth the French policier, a European transposition of the fantastic American gangster films of the 1940s, Touchez Pas au Grisbi exerted a huge influence on subsequent directors such as Jean-Pierre Melville.

• Jules And Jim | DVD | (25/09/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Jules and Jim meet in Paris just before the start of World War I where they also meet Catherine an enchanting but unpredictable woman. This story focuses on the life-long friendship of Jules and Jim and their mutual love for the same woman and what becomes the most amicable of love triangles.

• The Louis Malle Collection | Blu Ray | (16/10/2017) from £54.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Includes the following classics: Lift to the Scaffold Les amants Zazie dans le Metro Le Feu Follet Le souffle au coeur Lacombe, Lucien Black Moon My Dinner with Andre Au Revoir les Enfants Milou en Mai

• Beyond The Clouds | DVD | (14/09/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Beyond The Clouds was director Michelangelo Antonioni's first film in ten years and also his last. This much-anticipated comeback assisted by Wim Wenders did not disappoint and displayed all the hallmarks of one of cinema's greatest legends. Adapted from Antonioni's own short stories four tales of love and desire are linked by a director in pursuit of his next project. Infatuations infidelities encounters unresolved and unrequited are presented with stunning imagery and feature a remarkable cast led by Sophie Marceau Irene Jacob Fanny Ardant John Malkovich and Jean Reno. Erotic and enigmatic Beyond The Clouds is the final work of genius in the career of a true legend who became one of European cinema's most revered and respected figures.

• Amelie (Two Disc Special Edition) | DVD | (08/07/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  With its use of special effects to express the main character's internal emotions, Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Amelie could have been mistaken for a French version of Ally McBeal; however, unlike Ally--"woe is me for I cannot find a man"--McBeal, Amelie is not distressed by the lack of men in her life, in fact the whole idea of sex seems to amuse her no end. Basic pleasures such as cracking the top of a Crème Brule offer her all the sensual satisfaction she needs and her existence in the "Paris of Dreams" is the stuff of fairy tales. Indeed, this cinematic treat must have worked wonders for the Paris tourist board: Jeunet's beautiful interpretation of Parisian life is depicted in all the vibrant colours you would expect from the director of Delicatessen. On the DVD: Amelie has received an additional disc for this special edition release. Disc 1 is the same as the original single-disc release, with a choice of DTS or Dolby 5.1 sound and an 16.9 anamorphic widescreen picture with optional director's commentary. The second disc contains the new special features and, just like original disc, a lot of thought has gone into the access menu with its lavish graphics offering the choice of entering the Café, the Canal or the Station. Yet the most exciting extra in name--"Audrey Tautou's funny face"--is simply a series of out-takes which does little more than allow you to warm to Tautou as a person. The home movie includes the transformation of Tautou into Amelie and the creation of the "photo-booth album". There are also interesting interviews with Jeunet and the cast and crew, and a nice little section themed around the gnome and his travels. Along with this is a storyboard-to-screen exposition, behind-the-scenes pictures, scene tests, teasers and trailers. All in all a decent enough package, but hardly warranting the special edition label. It's hard not to wonder why Momentum didn't offer this set two months earlier. --Nikki Disney

• Joseph Losey Boxset | DVD | (06/10/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Born in Wisconsin in 1909 Joseph Losey studied medicine and English but soon drifted to New York City where he became involved in theatre and worked together with the controversial German playwright Bertolt Brecht. He then caught the attention of MGM and started making short films such as A Gun in His Hand (1945). Losey directed his first feature film in 1947 entitled The Boy with Green Hair for RKO. Several other films followed which established him as an inventive individualistic director. In 1951 Losey was summoned to testify before the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) while he was shooting Imbarco a mezzanotte in Italy. His links with left-wing theatre groups and the concern for social justice expressed in many of his films attracted the attention of the Committee and led to him being blacklisted. Joseph Losey sought exile in Great Britain where he began re-building his career. His first British feature film THE SLEEPING TIGER (1954) which was credited at the time to Victor Hanbury saw the beginning of a long-lasting collaboration between the director and Dirk Bogarde. In 1960 now well established in the UK Losey began to look for more adventurous projects such as THE CRIMINAL starring an impeccable Stanley Baker as an underworld kingpin. The score of the film was composed by John Dankworth whose career was to become inextricably linked with that of Losey. In 1962 he directed EVA starring Jeanne Moreau and Stanley Baker an examination of sexual obsession boasting one of Moreau’s most iconic performances. Joseph Losey continued his collaboration with Dirk Bogarde in THE SERVANT (1963) which saw Bogarde as the sinister manservant who manipulates his foppish master and ACCIDENT (1967) about a university professor struggling to maintain control of his life. In 1970 Losey directed THE GO-BETWEEN a costume drama starring Julie Christie and Alan Bates which went on to win the Palme d’Or at the 1971 Cannes Film Festival. It is considered to be one of his best works and was his third collaboration (after The Servant and Accident) with Harold Pinter who wrote the screenplay. The final film in this set is MR. KLEIN (1976) starring Alain Delon in which Joseph Losey tackled the dark subject of the Jewish repression in WWII France.

• Querelle | Blu Ray | (10/03/2014) from £13.79   |  Saving you £6.20 (44.96%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The final film of acclaimed director Rainer Werner Fassbinder. The story of a sailor named Querelle (Brad Davis) who turns on his drug-smuggling partner and murders him. He then goes to a notorious brothel run by the rapacious Lysiane (Jeanne Moreau) who leads Querelle into his first homosexual encounter. Subsequently he falls in love with a fellow murderer Gil (Hanno Poschl). Partly because his love for Gil panics him and partly so that he can keep Gil all to himself.

• Ghost Ship / Eight Legged Freaks / Queen Of The Damned | DVD | (27/09/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £20.99

  Ghost Ship: In a remote region of the Bering Sea a boat salvage crew discovers the eerie remains of a grand passenger liner thought lost for more than 40 years. Once onboard the crew must confront the ship's horrific past and face the ultimate fight for their lives. Eight Legged Freaks: What do you get when you cross toxic waste with a bunch of exotic spiders? Eaten!!! Mutated ravenous arachnids the size of SUVs invade a tiny Arizona town in this gleeful comedy mon

• The Pack | DVD | (04/07/2011) from £6.75   |  Saving you £6.24 (92.44%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The earth wants blood...and there are those who cannot refuse it. In a snowy no man's land loner Charlotte Massot picks up hitchhiker Max for security after being hassled by an unruly motorbike gang. But when Max goes missing at the La Spack truck-stop caf and she investigates his disappearance little does she realise she is being set up to take part in an unholy ritual. Miners in the area once raped the earth for its riches. So is it any wonder Mother Nature is sending her own ghoulish monsters to reclaim another resource in return? Blood! Visually arresting and featuring many smartly directed twists and turns Franck Richard's debut feature follows in the sick and slick tradition of recent French fear fare with Brotherhood of the Wolf star Emilie Dequenne and Gallic gore favourite Philippe Nahon acting their heads off. Literally. Remember: wrestling mama La Spack is the new Black.

• Falstaff: Chimes at Midnight | DVD | (30/04/2012) from £11.59   |  Saving you £8.40 (72.48%)   |  RRP £19.99

  On the brink of Civil War, King Henry IV (John Gielgud) attempts to consolidate his reign while fretting with unease over his son’s seeming neglect of his royal duties. Hal (Keith Baxter), the young Prince, openly consorts with Sir John Falstaff (Orson Welles) and his company of “Diana’s foresters, Gentlemen of the shade, Minions of the moon”. Hal’s friendship with the fat knight substitutes for his estrangement from his father. Both Falstaff and the King are old and tired; both rely on Hal for comfort in their final years, while the young Prince, the future Henry V, nurtures his own ambitions. Orson Welles considered Chimes at Midnight his personal favorite of all his films. Perhaps the most radical and groundbreaking of all Shakespeare adaptations, the film condenses the Bard’s Henriad cycle into a single focused narrative. Its international cast comprises of Jeanne Moreau, Fernando Rey, Margaret Rutherford, and Ralph Richardson as the narrator, in addition to Welles and Gielgud. The film’s harrowing war scenes have proven especially influential, cited in Kenneth Branagh’s Henry V as well as Mel Gibson’s Braveheart.

• A Foreign Field | DVD | (03/03/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Starring Alec Guiness (Smiley's People) Leo McKern (Rumpole of the Bailey) Lauren Bacall (The Mirror Has Two Faces) and John Randolph (Sunset Strip) A Foreign Field is the story of two World War Two veterans who return to the battle fields where they fought to visit the grave of a friend. During their visit they discover much more and re-open many old wounds. Originally broadcast at peak time on BBC One in 1993 A Foreign Field was written by Roy Clarke (Last of the Summer Wine) and directed by Charles Sturridge (Brideshead Revisited).

• The Trial | DVD | (11/04/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Josef K awakes one morning to be arrested by the police. He is to be put on trial but no one will tell him what it is he is accused of. His attempts to profess his innocence of any charge only alienates him from his friends and his whole world becomes a nightmare.