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Commissar
Alexander Askoldov
At last on DVD - Aleksandr Askoldov's Commissar assumes its overdue place as a milestone of character-driven, visually poetic world cinema. |
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Dirty Diaries: 12 Shorts of Feminist Porn
Åsa Sandzén, Andreas, Elin Magnusson, Ester Martin Bergsmark, Ingrid Ryberg, Jennifer Rainsford, Joanna Rytel, Martin Östberg, Nelli, Pella Kågerman, Sara Kaaman, Tora Mårtens, Universal Pussy, Wolfe Madam
Dirty Diaries is a collection of twelve short pornographic films created by a group of feminist filmmakers in Sweden. The series of shorts is intended as a feminist response to traditional pornography -- porn films made by women to explore and celebrate, rather than exploit, female sexuality. |
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The Fairy
Bruno Romy, Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon
Filled with a colorful cast of supporting characters and a number of gracefully executed dance sequences, THE FAIRY is a whimsical tale about the happiness that can be squeezed out of even the most mundane of lives. |
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Falling
Barbara Albert
A Film by Barbara Albert - Five independent women are reunited for the funeral of a beloved teacher. From the director of FREE RADICALS! |
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Fanny
Marc Allegret
Set in Marseilles, the young and beautiful Fanny discovers that she is pregnant after her lover, Marius, has deserted her to follow the adventurous life of the sea. This second installation was the last in the trilogy to be adapted by Pagnol from the stage. |
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Free Radicals
Barbara Albert
A group of friends in a suburban Austrian town reexamine their lives after the unexpected death of a young woman who appeared to be leading a charmed life. |
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Greenwich Village: Music That Defined A Generation
Laura Archibald
Featuring poignant interviews with Pete Seeger, Kris Kristofferson, Don McLean, Peter Yarrow, Arlo Guthrie, Lucy and Carly Simon, Tom Chapin and Judy Collins, among dozens of other music luminaries, GREENWICH VILLAGE: MUSIC THAT DEFINED A GENERATION combines talking heads with rare archival footage and new live performances to tell a story about a community that created a generation-defining music. |
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Il Grido
Michelangelo Antonioni
In this rare early film from Michelangelo Antonioni (L'avventura and Blowup), a man struggles with his inability to relate to those around him. |
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Happily Ever After
Yvan Attal
Writer-director Yvan Attal takes a "funny, observant, evanescent approach to the mysteries of human desire" (Jami Bernard, NY DAILY NEWS) in HAPPILY EVER AFTER, a bittersweet comedy about the battle of the married sexes. |
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Hour of the Star
Suzana Amaral
With only hope and fantasy, a young woman who moves from the impoverished rural countryside to bustling São Paulo copes with the harsh realities of urban life in this bittersweet, widely-acclaimed film. |
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How to Make a Book with Steidl
Gereon Wetzel, Jörg Adolph
In HOW TO MAKE A BOOK WITH STEIDL, filmmakers Gereon Wetzel and Joerg Adolph observe the work of internationally acclaimed German publisher Gerhard Steidl, one of the few remaining publishers in today's increasingly digital world to maintain an unwavering commitment to the quality and craftsmanship of the printed book. |
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In Celebration
Lindsay Anderson
Taught adaptation of David Storey's emotionally-charged family drama. |
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The Last Mogul: The Life and Times of Lew Wasserman
Barry Avrich
Documentary about Lew Wasserman, the mogul who mastered the art of the deal with a ruthlessness and style all his own. |
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Liverpool
Lisandro Alonso
A man employed on a massive cargo ship requests shore
leave to visit his sickly mother, who lives in a remote logging town in
Tierra del Fuego. He depends on booze and the unkindness of strangers to
make the grueling journey southward, hinting at unspeakable tragedies
beneath the surface. |
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Love Free or Die
Macky Alston
Love Free or Die is about a man whose two defining passions the
world cannot reconcile: his love of God and for his partner Mark. It is about church and state, love and marriage, faith and identity.
man's struggle to dispel the notion that god's love has limits.
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Marlene
Allan Starski
An Oscar nominee for Best Documentary and winner of the 1986 New York Film Critic's Circle non-fiction film prize, Marlene is a "portrait of a remarkably strong-willed woman, stage-managing her career right up to the bitter end" (New York Times) that brilliantly lifts the veil on a movie star of the brightest magnitude as she is fading into twilight. |
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Nollywood Babylon
Ben Addelman, Samir Mallal
This documentary chronicles the wild world of "Nollywood," a term coined in the early '90s to describe the world’s fastest-growing national cinema based in Lagos, surpassed only by Bollywood in volume. Peppered with outrageously juicy movie clips and buoyed by a rousing score fusing Afropop and traditional sounds, this film celebrates the distinctive voice of Nigerian cinema. |
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La Petite Jerusalem
Karin Albou
Winner of the script prize at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival, Karin Albou's La Petite Jérusalem pits intimacy against sex and ideology against divinity, "with candor, sympathy and excellent cinematography," (Nathan Lee, The New York Times). Offering an unusual glimpse into an unseen, cloistered world, the film sensitively lays bare the souls and passions of two sisters in search of sexual and spiritual identity. |
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Story of a Love Affair (2-Disc Special Edition)
Michelangelo Antonioni
Story of a Love Affair (1950) is the legendary Michelangelo Antonioni's debut feature, a powerful statement on the delusions and violence sparked by a passionate love. This deeply tragic romance already exhibits the astonishing formal control and penetrating insights into the human condition that would later make him famous in films like Il Grido, L'Avventura and Blow-Up. |
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Virgin Witch
Ray Austin
Capitalizing on the pop cultural fascination with the occult, while taking advantage of the era's relaxed censorship, VIRGIN WITCH was one of the more notorious British horror films of the early seventies. |
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The Well-Digger's Daughter
Daniel Auteuil
In this sun-drenched melodrama (a remake of the 1940s classic by Marcel Pagnol), acclaimed French actor Daniel Auteuil directs and stars as the eponymous well-digger Pascal, a widower who is torn between his sense of honor and his love for his eldest daughter, Patricia (the luminous Astrid Bergès-Frisbey), when she gets impregnated by a wealthy young pilot. |
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Wonderful Town
Aditya Assarat
Aditya Assarat's "delicate, delightful, and nearly note-perfect debut feature" (Salon.com). An architect from Bangkok pulls up to a motel in a nearby ghost town of deserted streets. His obscured past finds symmetry in the repressed history of the girl he meets and pursues. |
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Zou Zou
Marc Allegret
Co-starring with Jean Gabin, Baker plays a talented Cinderella who takes the place of the lead on opening night of a musical review. With five great musical numbers including "Haiti". |
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