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• LA NOTTE | Blu Ray | (23/09/2013) from £13.35   |  Saving you £6.64 (49.74%)   |  RRP £19.99

  One of the masterworks of 1960s cinema, La notte [The Night] marked yet another development in the continuous stylistic evolution of its director, Michelangelo Antonioni - even as it solidified his reputation as one of the greatest artists of the 20th century. La notte is Antonioni's Twilight of the Gods, but composed in cinematic terms. Examined from a crane-shot, it's a sprawling study of Italy's upper middle-class; seen in close-up, it's an x-ray of modern man's psychic desolation. Two of the giants of film-acting come together as a married couple living in crisis: Marcello Mastroianni (La dolce vita, 8-1/2) and Jeanne Moreau (Jules et Jim, Bay of Angels). He is a renowned author and public intellectual; she is the wife. Over the course of one day and the night into which it inevitably bleeds, the pair will come to re-examine their emotional bonds, and grapple with the question of whether love and communication are even possible in a world built out of profligate idylls and sexual hysteria. Photographed in rapturous black-and-white by the great Gianni di Venanzo (8-1/2, Giulietta degli spiriti), La notte presents the beauty of seduction, then asks: When did this occur - this seduction of Beauty? The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present Michelangelo Antonioni's haunted odyssey for the first time ever on Blu-ray. Special Features: New 1080p presentation of the film in its original 1.66:1 aspect ratio with previously censored sequences restored for the first time. New and improved English subtitles Original Italian Theatrical Trailer 56-page booklet with an essay by film-critic and scholar Brad Stevens, and the transcript of a lengthy Q&A conducted in 1961 with Antonioni upon the film’s release.

• Carmen & Lola | DVD | (07/06/2021) from £13.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Arantxa Echevarria writes and directs this Spanish drama set in a Roma community. Young street artist Lola (Zaira Romero) feels the indignation of her parents when she rejects the notion of an arranged marriage and expresses her wish to become a teacher. When Lola meets Carmen (Rosy Rodriguez) she is immediately attracted to her. Recently married, Carmen is expected to bear children and become a subservient wife despite having dreams of opening her own hair salon. However, her encounter with Lola makes her question those expectations and soon their blossoming romance represents a rejection of the conservatism within their community.

• Vesper Chronicles - Steelbook (4K Ultra HD) (+ Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (26/01/2023) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• A River Called Titas | DVD | (07/10/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Based on the celebrated Bengali novel 'A River Called Titus' was filmed in director Ritwik Ghatak's childhood home of East Bengal soon after the independence of Bangaladesh. Ghatak's most ambitious project this raw and powerful film unfolds a tragic tale of a couple separated by a kidnapping.

• Jealous God | DVD | (20/02/2006) from £18.98   |  Saving you £-7.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £10.99

  In an industrial town in Lancashire during the mid-1960s Vincent Dungarven's mother wants him to be a Roman Catholic priest and he half thinks that he has the vocation. He is a reserved young man a schoolmaster and at thirty has never been in love. One day he visits the local library and encounters Laura a new librarian. Fascinated by her beauty and charm he overcomes his shyness and asks her out. She accepts and soon he falls passionately in love with her for although she is a

• Mascagni - Cavalleria Rusticana (Podic, Verrett, Johannson) | DVD | (12/07/2004) from £17.11   |  Saving you £5.88 (34.37%)   |  RRP £22.99

  A live Performance from the Teatro Comunale dei Rinnovati Siena staged in honor of the 100th anniversary of the opera's world premiere.