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• NR SCOTTISH LOVEKNOT | DVD | (24/08/2009) from £13.48   |  Saving you £-0.49 (-3.80%)   |  RRP £12.99

• The Insect Woman/ Nishi-Ginza Station - Dual Format (Blu-ray+DVD) | Blu Ray | (20/02/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £22.99

  My heroines are true to life - just look around you at Japanese women. They are strong, and they outlive men, director Shhei Imamura once observed. And so an audacious, anthropological approach to filmmaking came into full maturity with the director's vast 1963 chronicle of pre- and post-war Japan, The Insect Woman (Nippon-konchki, or An Account of Japanese Insects).Comparing his heroine, Tome Matsuki (played by Sachiko Hidari, who won the Best Actress award at the 1964 Berlin Film Festival for the role) to the restlessness and survival instincts of worker insects, the film is an unsparing study of working-class female life. Beginning with Tome's birth in 1918, it follows her through five decades of social change, several improvised careers, and male-inflicted cruelty.Elliptically plotted, brimming over with black humour and taboo material, and immaculately staged in crystalline NikkatsuScope, The Insect Woman is arguably Imamura's most radical and emphatic testament to female resilience.

• Rififi | Blu Ray | (09/05/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  A seminal work of crime filmmaking that lead the young critic Francois Truffaut to declare “the best Film Noir I have ever seen”, Jules Dassin’s Rififi [Du rififi chez les hommes] has influenced films as diverse as Reservoir Dogs and Ocean’s Eleven since its release.Following, Tony le Stephanois (Jean Servais), a master thief fresh out of jail, wearing a harried look and suffering ill health he refuses to be involved with crime, until he finds his girlfriend shacked up with a rival gangster. With little reason to keep living he plans a final job. Tony sets about finding his crew and meticulously planning the job; a robbery of the jewellery store Mappin & Webb. Rififi revolves around the central heist, famed for its finite detail and incredible tension, but the drama does not end at the heist like so many other crime films. Dassin’s film is a humanist tale that hinges on the loyalty among thieves and draws on the fatalistic, doom laden lives common to crooks and thieves in pulp literature.An instant commercial success in Paris and worldwide, the film was also very well received by the critics with Jules Dassin being awarded the best director prize at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival. Arrow Academy is proud to present Jules Dassin’s legendary film in 1080p high definition for the first time in the UK.

• Mon Pere Ce Heros | DVD | (02/07/2007) from £16.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Veronique living with her divorced mother is going on easter's holiday to Mauritius with her father. To impress a nice looking boy Benjamin she manages to complicate the situation several times because she makes up a story where her father is presented as her lover and in addition he is a hero and secret agent but with somewhat criminal past.

• The Illusionist / Belleville Rendevous -hmv Excl | DVD | (14/02/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

• Om Shanti Om | DVD | (30/05/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Fanny | DVD | (30/11/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £22.99

  From legendary Director Joshua Logan (South Pacific, Camelot) comes a timeless romance starring Leslie Caron (Gigi) as a beautiful young girl in Marseilles whose declaration of love for handsome Marius (Horst Buscholz) forces him to chose between a life with her and fulfilling his longing for adventure at sea. Based on the Marseilles Trilogy by Marcel Pagnol, this adaptation superbly captures the original's bitter sweet mix of romance and regret. Also starring Maurice Ch...

• Noein Collector's Edition | Blu Ray | (28/03/2016) from £44.99   |  Saving you £5.00 (11.11%)   |  RRP £49.99

  From the director of the classic fantasy epic Vision of Escaflowne and the studio that bought you the stunning scifi visuals of Macross Frontier comes a story of warring parallel dimensions and the one girl who could control them all. When summer break begins, Haruka is only thinking of hanging out with her friendsuntil one fateful night she learns that she's the keystone in an interdimensional battle for not only the Earth's future, but the very survival of all existence across the multiverse. She will have to trust not only herself, but multiple versions of her friends from parallel dimensions. One of these visitors identifies himself as the future version of her troubled childhood friend Yuu. Karasu swears to protect her from the god-like Noein who wants to use her to collapse all reality. When Haruka learns she has the ability to not only see, but influence every possible future, will she be able to protect infinite worlds along with her own? Extras/Episodes: 24 Episodes On Location with Haruka Kudo and Director Akane NOEIN Art Edition Episode 24 Commentary Promotional Videos Textless Opening Song Textless Closing Song

• Night And Fog In Japan | DVD | (23/06/2008) from £6.59   |  Saving you £13.40 (203.34%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Nagisa Oshima's most personal film is a reflection by the director on his own disillusionment with the revolutionary student movement of the 1950's and the failure of political radicalism. Taking it's title (as a reference or homage) from Alain Resnais' pivotal 1956 documentary Night and Fog the film has a group of former student revolutionaries who meet again years later at the wedding of one of their classmates. Old feelings rivalaries and grudges gradually erupt to the surface as the one-time friends recall the various treacheries by which their cause was defeated. Cutting between times past and the present and unfolding the action from each of his characters viewpoints Oshima creates an abstract and yet engrossing study of passions past and principles eroded. Controversial upon release - the film's producers pulled the film from distribution after only a few days in cinemas - Night & Fog in Japan retains both its power to shock and its ability to engage the viewer in it's radical form and themes.

• Sword Art Online Alternative Gun Gale Online, Part 1 Collector's Edition | Blu Ray | (01/07/2019) from £38.29   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In the world of guns and steel that is Gun Gale Online, LLENN has been a devoted, female solo player. She is obsessed with two things: donning herself entirely in pink and honing her skills with consistent gameplay. She soon discovers her love for hunting other players (a.k.a. PK or Player Killing), and quickly becomes known as the Pink Devil. Meanwhile, LLENN meets a beautiful yet mysterious player, Pitohui, and the two click right away. Doing as she is told by Pitohui, she enters the Squad Jam group battle. Contains episodes 1-6 on Blu-Ray with both the English dub and the original Japanese track with English subtitles. Presented in collectors packaging. Extras/Episodes: Episodes 1-6 on Blu-Ray Collectors Packaging 28 Page Booklet Artcard Set Textless Opening & Closing Songs Bonus Episode 5.5

• Child's Pose | DVD | (16/12/2013) from £12.99   |  Saving you £7.00 (35.00%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Cornelia an elegant and well-connected woman at the pinnacle of society hides a dark secret. She has an estranged son Barbu who seems at odds to keep his life as private as possible far from the prying eyes of his aristocratic mother who is desperate to re-establish the bond between them. When her son if found at the wheel of a car involved in a fatal collision Cornelia's character and public image are cast into doubt as her strong maternal instinct turns into something much darker in her ruthless pursuit to protect her son.

• Skylab | DVD | (09/12/2013) from £8.49   |  Saving you £11.50 (135.45%)   |  RRP £19.99

  1979. 10-year-old Albertine and all her relatives have gathered in the family house in Brittany for their grandmother’s birthday. All believe the Skylab a piece of a NASA rocket will fall on their heads that summer. This reunion turns out to be a crazy weekend of revelations that none of them expected... Starring Emmanuelle Riva (Amour) Eric Elmosnino (Gainsbourg) and Julie Delpy (Before Midnight 2 Days in Paris) SKYLAB is a wonderfully quirky off-beat coming-of-age tale.

• Deewana | DVD | (01/12/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

• Walk A Mile In my Pradas | DVD | (28/01/2013) from £11.75   |  Saving you £4.24 (26.50%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A little Christmas magic causes two coworkers with contrasting lifestyles to switch sexual orientations.

• Bombay | DVD | (19/10/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• How To Use Guys With Secret Tips | DVD | (27/01/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Want to know how to use men to your own advantage? With just a few simple steps you too can learn How to Use Guys with Secret Tips! The directorial debut of Lee Won Suk How to Use Guys with Secret Tips is a hilarious anti-romantic comedy starring Lee Si Young (Meet the In-Laws) as a young woman who acquires a set of self-help tapes that teaches her to use the misogynistic attitudes of the men she works with to her own advantage. Oh Jung Se (Quick) goes all-out co-starring as an arrogant soap opera star who unwittingly becomes the heroine's victim. Lee's creative directing style and twisted sense of humor has tickled audiences around the world from the Udine Far East Film Festival (where it won the top prize) to the Shanghai International Film Festival. Bo Na (Lee Si Young) works as an assistant director at a production company. Stuck in the same job for five years Bo Na feels like she's hit a glass ceiling in a misogynistic society. After one disastrous shoot Bo Na encounters a truck filled with self-help tapes. The shady owner sells her a set of tapes called How to Use Guys with Secret Tips promising that it will help her get somewhere in the world. By following the tips Bo Na invents a new personality and begins using male mentality to her advantage. Soon she sets her aims on Lee Seung Jae (Oh Jung Se) an arrogant soap opera actor who was rude to her on one production. Seung Jae soon falls for Bo Na but is he in love with the new Bo Na or the real Bo Na? Special Features: 5.1 Surround Sound Anamorphic Widescreen with Removable Subtitles

• Happy Together | DVD | (26/01/2009) from £49.90   |  Saving you £-33.91 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Cult director Wong Kar Wai's first film shot outside of Hong Kong is a spellbinding tribute to blind passion that features two of Asian cinema's biggest stars. Lai (Tony Leung) and Ho (Leslie Cheung) arrive in Argentina as lovers but while driving south in search of adventures something goes wrong and Ho leaves for Buenos Aries. Devastated Lai finds work in a tango bar but is consumed by thoughts of being happy together once more with Ho. A heady cocktail of sound and vision Wong and cinematographer Christopher Doyle marry the rythms of Buenos Aries and Frank Zappa's jazz to an astonishing array of images.

• Korean Horror Triple Pack | DVD | (26/10/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Forget the Hollywood remakes - scare yourself this Halloween with the original Korean frighteners in this triple-pack! Each and every one gives you something new to fear. Into The Mirror is the story of Wu Young-Min who quit the police force after inadvertently killing his partner. Now working at a department store when he encounters his ex-rival who is in charge of investigating murders at the store Wu finds himself being pulled into the investigation... Remade by Hollywood with Kiefer Sutherland. Acacia tells of an obstetrician and his wife are unable to have a child and decide to adopt. Later the couple fall pregnant and have a baby of their own. Meanwhile their adopted son grows jealous and runs away. In his absence a dead tree in the garden where he used to play mysteriously comes to life and fills the house with a heavy scent... Finally The Wig is the story of a young woman discharged from hospital after being treated for a cancer. Having endured the devastating effects of her treatment the woman is left without hair and her sister buyers her a wig as a way of clinging on to the little dignity she has left. However it's not long before her sister begins to suspect that the wig has a sinister power that is rapidly taking control of her ailing sibling...

• The Last Metro | Blu Ray | (29/09/2014) from £22.72   |  Saving you £-2.73 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  François Truffaut again tackles the elusive nature of creativity and creation in his thoughtful, sumptuous 1980 film The Last Metro. Nominated for the Best Foreign Language film Oscar, and a winner of various Césars, The Last Metro is set in occupied France during World War II. Marion Steiner (Catherine Deneuve) manages the Theatre Montmarte in the stead of her Jewish husband, director Lucas Steiner (Heinz Bennent). He has purportedly fled France but is really hiding in the basement of the theatre. The one hope to save the Montmarte is a new play starring the dashing Bernard Granger (Gérard Depardieu). The attraction between Marion and Bernard is palpable, and as usual Truffaut creates tension and drama from even the most casual of occurrences. The theme of the director locked away while his lover and his creation are appropriated by others makes for interesting Truffaut study, but first and foremost this is a well-spun romance.--Keith Simanton, Amazon.com

• Rokka - Braves of the Six Flowers - Collector's Blu-Ray | Blu Ray | (25/06/2018) from £51.55   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Legend says when the Demon God awakens from the deepest of darkness, the Goddess of Fate will summon Six Braves and grand them with the power to save the world. Adlet, who claims to be the strongest man in the world, is chosen as one of the Braves of the Six Flowers and sets out on a battle to prevent the resurrection of the Demon God. However, it turns out that there are Seven Braves who gathered at the promised land The Seven Braves realize there must be one enemy among themselves, and feelings of suspicion spread through the group - with Adlet being suspected first and foremost. Contains all 12 episodes on Blu-Ray with both the English dub and the original Japanese track with English subtitles. Presented in Collectors packaging. Extras/Episodes: Episodes 1 -12 on Blu-Ray Collectors Packaging 48 Page Art Book