Drama

• Behind Convent Walls Blu-ray | Blu Ray | (10/02/2025) from £12.35   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A lushly filmed exploration of the relationship between flesh and spirit from Polish provocateur Walerian Borowczyk, director of Blanche, The Beast, and Immoral Tales. Behind the walls of an apparently serene convent, a zealous abbess tries in vain to keep order and prevent her sexually repressed charges from experiencing the sins of the flesh. When the unfortunate young nuns get out of control, the church inflicts cruel punishment for their carnal crimes. Erotic, colourful and highly charged, Behind Convent Walls features striking handheld cinematography by Luciano Tovoli (Suspiria) and the final performance of Borowczyk's wife, Ligia Branice. SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS - 2K restoration by Arrow Films from the original 35mm camera negatives - High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation - Original lossless English and Italian mono audio options - Optional English subtitles for the Italian soundtrack - Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtrack - Brand new audio commentary by film critic Justine Smith - Anarchic Nuns and the Artistry of Desire, a new appreciation by film scholar Virginie Sélavy - Brief Von Paris (1975), a short film by Walerian Borowczyk - Theatrical trailer - Reversible sleeve featuring two artwork options

• Vienna Blood Season 3 | Blu Ray | (30/01/2023) from £12.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Max Liebermann is a brilliant young English doctor and student of famed psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud. When Max comes into contact with Oskar Rheinhardt, a Detective Inspector struggling with a strange case, he agrees to help him investigate a series of unusual and disturbing murders. Max's extraordinary skills of perception and psychology and Oskar's forceful tenacity lead them to solve some of Vienna's most mysterious and deadly cases

• Wilde | DVD | (04/10/1999) from £5.38   |  Saving you £4.61 (85.69%)   |  RRP £9.99

  In 1883, Irish-born Oscar Wilde (Stephen Fry) returned to London from America, full of talent, passion and most of all, full of himself.A few years later Wilde's wit, flamboyance and creative genius were widely renowned and he and his wife Constance had two sons whom they both loved and adored.However, as Wilde finally confronted the homosexual feelings that had gripped him since his school days, his private life flew increasingly in the face of the decidedly rigid social conventions of late Victorian society. This was to lead him into a passionate and stormy relationship which would consume and ultimately destroy both him and his family.

• The Coen Brothers Collection | Blu Ray | (14/11/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.00

  Titles Comprise:A Serious Man: An original and darkly humorous story about one ordinary man's quest to become a serious man. Physics professor Larry Gopnik (Michael Stuhlbarg) can't believe his life: His wife is leaving him for his best friend. His unemployed brother won't move off the couch. Someone is threatening his career. His kids are a mystery, and his neighbour is tormenting him by sunbathing nude.Struggling to make sense of it all, Larry consults three different rabbis and their answers lead him on a twisted journey of faith, family, delinquent behaviour and mortality.The Big Lebowski: The Big Lebowski is a hilariously quirky comedy about bowling, a severed toe, White Russians and a guy named...The Dude. Jeff The Dude Lebowski doesn't want any drama in his life... heck, he can't even be bothered with a job. But, he must embark on a quest with his bowling buddies after his rug is destroyed in a twisted case of mistaken identity. Starring Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi, Philip Seymour Hoffman and John Turturro, experience the cultural phenomenon of The Dude.Barton Fink: New York 1941: Socially Concious scriptwriter Barton Fink (John Turturro) has made it big on Broadway, now Tinsel Town is taking notice. Hired by Hollywood to write a wrestling picture, Barton quits the city smog for movie stardom.L.A. has got the Barton Fink feeling - Barton Fink has got writer's block. Enlisting the help of able assistant Audrey (Judy Davis) and amiable neighbour Charlie Meadows (John Goodman), Fink finds the real-life inspiration he seeks comes from the most sinister of sources.Burn After Reading: An all-star cast, including George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton and John Malkovich come together in this outrageous spy comedy about murder, blackmail, sex addiction and physical fitness!When a disc filled with some of the CIA's most irrelevant secrets gets in the hands of two determined, but dim-witted, gym employees, the duo are intent on exploiting their find, but since blackmail is a trade better left to the experts events soon spiral out of everyone and anyone's control, resulting in a non-stop series of hilarious encounters!Intolerable Cruelty: Top divorce attorney Miles Massey (George Clooney) has got it all. Serial gold-digger Marilyn Rexroth (Catherine Zeta-Jones) wants it all. When Miles falls for the unattainable Marilyn, a hilarious battle of deceit and cunning ensues. Underhanded tactics, deceptions and an undeniable attraction escalate as Marilyn and Miles square off in this classic battle of the sexes.

• The Zero Theorem | DVD | (21/07/2014) from £7.99   |  Saving you £10.00 (125.16%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Near-future London. Shut-in mathematician Qohen Leth (Waltz) is assigned by his employer (Damon) to work at home on solving the near-impossible Zero Theorem. Qohen begins a virtual and perhaps actual relationship with cyber-companion Bainsley (Thierry): either a distraction or the means to find an answer.

• Hamlet | DVD | (10/01/2005) from £7.10   |  Saving you £-1.11 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Available for the first time on DVD! Nicol Williamson's portrayal of Hamlet was greeted with storms of applause on both the London and Broadway stage. This performance is here captured on film by director Tony Richardson bringing life to William Shakespeare's immortal play.

• Inventing The Abbotts | DVD | (01/03/2004) from £9.43   |  Saving you £3.56 (27.40%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Forbidden love and impossible dreams intertwine when the handsome working class Holt brothers are drawn to the beautiful and wealthy Abbott sisters. Sparks fly passions flare and family loyalties are suddenly torn and tested against a small town backdrop of social boundaries and dark secrets...

• In The Heat Of The Night | DVD | (03/02/2003) from £10.08   |  Saving you £5.91 (58.63%)   |  RRP £15.99

  This 1967 film took home lots of Oscars for its fascinating drama about a Philadelphia detective (Sidney Poitier) who assists a redneck Southern sheriff (Rod Steiger) in solving a murder. A study in racism that ebbs a bit through the collective and shared need between a black man and a white man who don't want to be working together, In the Heat of the Night continues to strike a chord today. Steiger is a mass of snarling danger, Poitier a bundle of nerves covered in class. Norman Jewison (Moonstruck) directs with a keen feeling for the cultural and social atmosphere of the setting. --Tom Keogh

• Fists in the Pocket (Criterion Collection) - UK Only | Blu Ray | (19/06/2023) from £22.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Tormented by twisted desires, a young man takes drastic measures to rid his grotesquely dysfunctional family of its various afflictions, in this astonishing 1965 debut from Marco Bellocchio. With its coolly assured style, shocking perversity, and savage gallows humour, Fists in the Pocket (I pugni in tasca) was a gleaming ice pick in the eye of bourgeois family values and Catholic morality, a truly unique work that continues to rank as one of the great achievements of Italian cinema. Director-Approved Special Edition Features New 4K digital restoration, approved by director Marco Bellocchio, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack Interviews from 2005 with Bellocchio, actors Lou Castel and Paola Pitagora, editor Silvano Agosti, critic Tullio Kezich, and filmmaker Bernardo Bertolucci New interview with scholar Stefano Albertini Trailer New English subtitle translation PLUS: An essay by film critic Deborah Young

• City Girl - Dual Format (Blu-ray+DVD) | Blu Ray | (19/09/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  After the visual fireworks of Sunrise and the now-lost splendour of 4 Devils, F. W. Murnau turned his attention to this vivid, painterly study of an impulsive and fragile marriage among the wheatfields of Minnesota. During a brief stay in Chicago, innocent farmer's son Lem falls for and weds Kate, a hard-bitten but lonely waitress. Upon bringing her home at the start of harvest time, the honeymoon soon turns into a claustrophobic struggle as they contend with the bitter scorn of his father and the invasive, leering jealousy of the farm's labouring community.Tenderly romantic and tough-minded in equal measure, City Girl is one of cinema's great pastorals, featuring some of the most delicate performances Murnau ever filmed and influencing directors such as Terrence Malick and Jean Vigo. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present Murnau's penultimate film in a glorious HD transfer.

• Shooting Dogs | DVD | (04/06/2007) from £6.39   |  Saving you £-0.40 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Terror reigns. Panic and paranoia take their toll. No one knows why the dead are returning to life only that the living are eviscerated victims. In a remote wooden farmhouse seven people fight for their lives against ever-increasing numbers of flesh eating ghouls. One by one they are whittled down until in a memorable shock finale only a lone hero remains cowering in the cellar while legions of ravenous zombies run amok. As the sun goes rises he emerges into a new dawn.... has he survived the Night Of The Living Dead?

• In The Mood For Love | DVD | (28/01/2013) from £12.45   |  Saving you £0.54 (4.34%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Hong Kong, 1962. Mrs Chan (Maggie Cheung) and her husband rent a room in the same building as Chow Mo-Wan (Tony Leung) and his wife. After a while, and with their partners seemingly always away on business, Mr Chow and Mrs Chan become friends, their hesitant, considerate relationship making their nights alone more bearable. But why do their spouses spend so much time away? And why is it always at the same time? Directed by Wong Kar-Wai ('Chungking Express'), this finely detailed, beautifully ...

• A Man For All Seasons | DVD | (26/11/2001) from £14.11   |  Saving you £5.88 (41.67%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Robert Bolt's successful play, A Man for All Seasons, was not considered a hot commercial property by Columbia Pictures--a period piece about a moral issue without a star, without even a love story. Perhaps that's why Columbia left director Fred Zinnemann alone to make the film as long as he stuck to a relatively small budget. The results took everyone by surprise, as the talky morality play became a box-office hit and collected the top Oscars for 1966. At the play's heart is the standoff between King Henry VIII (Robert Shaw, in young lion form) and Sir Thomas More (Paul Scofield, in an Oscar-winning performance). Henry wants More's official approval of divorce, but More's strict ethical and religious code will not let him waffle. More's rectitude is a source of exasperation to Cardinal Wolsey (Orson Welles in a cameo), who chides, "If you could just see facts flat on without that horrible moral squint". Zinnemann's approach is all simplicity, and indeed the somewhat prosaic staging doesn't create a great deal of cinematic excitement. But the language is worth savouring, and the ethical politics are debated with all the calm and majesty of an absorbing chess game. --Robert Horton, Amazon.com

• Valley Of The Dolls | DVD | (18/07/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  What a trip! An entertainingly psychedelic adaptation of Jacqueline Susann's splendidly trashy novel telling the story of three remarkable women whose lives are affected by show-business celebrity. Revered composer John Williams (Star Wars) won his very first Oscar - and nomination - for Best Music.

• The Odyssey (L'odyssée) | DVD | (11/12/2017) from £7.29   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Summer, 1946. The Cousteau family - Jacques, his wife Simone and their two children Philippe and Jean-Michel - live in their beautiful house by the Mediterranean sea. By day they dive, by night they watch the stars. Jacques lives and breathes adventure and with his invention, the aqualung, his recently acquired vessel the Calypso, and a crew of free-spirited adventurers he is ready to cross the world's oceans. Jacques is willing to sacrifice everything to achieve his dream.

• What's Eating Gilbert Grape | DVD | (29/03/2004) from £6.16   |  Saving you £13.83 (224.51%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Based on the novel by Peter Hedges (who adapted his own book) and directed by Lasse Hallström, What's Eating Gilbert Grape is the funny, moody tale of young Gilbert (Johnny Depp), who lives at home in a small town with his 500-pound Momma (beautifully played by non-professional Darlene Cates), his mentally retarded younger brother Arnie (Leonardo DiCaprio, utterly convincing), and his sisters. Not a lot happens--Arnie keeps climbing a water tower and getting stuck; Gilbert is involved with a married woman (Mary Steenburgen), then meets a nice new girl in town who's closer to his age (Juliette Lewis). And that's exactly what makes this movie so much more than your run-of-the-mill Hollywood product: it's not about some mechanical, formulaic plot; it's about these characters, and it allows you to spend some time with them and get to know them. Depp proved yet again that he's one of the most interesting, unpredictable, and risk-taking actors in American movies; while a pre-Titanic DiCaprio deservedly received an Oscar nomination. --Jim Emerson

• Sense And Sensibility | DVD | (07/11/2005) from £8.87   |  Saving you £7.12 (80.27%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Jane Austen's tale of two devoted sisters with totally differing attitudes to life and love. Filmed on location in the stately homes of picturesque Dorset and Somerset.

• Sergeant Cork - Series 1 - Complete | DVD | (07/09/2009) from £14.98   |  Saving you £27.00 (207.85%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Sergeant Cork: Series 1 (4 Discs)

• Ten Thousand Saints | DVD | (18/04/2016) from £6.99   |  Saving you £6.00 (85.84%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Set in the 1980's in the punk-fuelled East Village, New York City, TEN THOUSAND SAINTS is a coming of age story that captures the pain of growing up, self-discovery and fnding your identity. When Jude (Asa Butterfeld Hugo, Enders Game) is sent to live with his estranged father Les (Ethan Hawke - Boyhood), he soon forms an unlikely surrogate family with Johnny (Emile Hirsch Killer Joe) and a rich uptown girl (Hailee Steinfeld True Grit), trying to hide a secret in a neighbourhood on the verge of riots. Including an eclectic mix of straight edge and punk music, TEN THOUSAND SAINTS is a love letter to the bygone era of New York City.

• The Bible - Complete | DVD | (27/09/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £59.99

  Over 18 hours of informative but epicly entertaining Biblical adventures lavish productions of the greatest stories ever told featuring the greatest casts ever assembled! Includes the stories Samson And Delilah Moses Jesus Joseph Abraham and David. Samson And Delilah: Samson hero of the Israelites becomes hynoptised by the devious and beautiful Delilah. In an act of betrayal she cuts Samson's hair the secret of his strength. Enslaved blind and weak Samson retai