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Revealing Mr. Maugham
A new documentary by Michael House tells the story of Somerset Maugham, the novelist, spy, playwright, physician and prolific writer, who took on the taboo subjects of adultery and sexual jealousy and breathed new life into the spy novel.
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Ashik Kerib (remastered)
From Sergei Paradjanov, one of the most acclaimed and experimental directors of the Soviet cinema, comes Ashik Kerib, a 19th century romantic tale evocatively brought to life. |
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The Castle
Michael Haneke's adaptation of Franz Kafka's THE CASTLE is an ingenious, faithful interpretation evoking Kafka's vision of a dystopian society hobbled by paperwork and bled dry by conformism and convolution. |
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And Quiet Flows the Don
A spectacular, sprawling epic of the Russian Revolution and an honest, intimate drama of two lovers lost in the storm of history. |
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The Saga of Gosta Berling
The Saga of Gösta Berling -- the film that made Greta Garbo a star -- has been restored to its proper luster by the Swedish Film Institute.
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Lorna Doone
Tourneur's adaption of Richard Blackmore's perennially loved romance stars John Bowers as a yeoman farmer who valiantly rescues a kidnapped princess. This edition was transferred from an original print at 18fps and features a new score for piano and strings by Japanese singer/songwriter and composer Mari LiJima. |
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Antigone
Sophocles' immortal tragedy ANTIGONE receives a definitive cinematic interpretation in this 1961 film. Irene Papas (Z, THE TROJAN WOMEN, THE GUNS OF NAVARONE) heads a cast of over 500 actors of the Greek stage and screen, joined by soldiers and horsemen of the Greek Royal Guard. |
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Lost in the Stars
Lost in the Stars transforms Alan Paton's world famous novel of racial oppression, Cry the Beloved Country, into a tragic and beautiful film musical unlike any you've ever seen. |
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Galileo
Based on the play by Bertolt
Brecht (originally translated
by Charles Laughton),
GALILEO explores not
merely the infamous historical
figure, but the philosophical
concepts for which
he was both celebrated and
condemned. |
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Faust (Restored Deluxe Edition)
Newly restored. Inspired by the German legend and by Goethe's classic tale, Murnau's Faust tells the story of an alchemist (played by Gösta Ekman) who, struggling with his faith amidst a devastating plague, is offered the power to cure and the gift of youth ... in exchange for his soul. As the diabolical Mephisto, Emil Jannings (The Last Laugh) delivers a performance of operatic scale and intensity, by turns charming, comical, and horrific. |
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Sherlock Holmes
One of Barrymore's most prestigious early roles, this rarely seen film also presents screen debuts of William Powell & Roland Young. When a young prince is accused of a crime that could embroil him in international scandal, debonair supersleuth Sherlock Holmes comes to his aid, and quickly discovers that behind the incident lurks a criminal mastermind eager to reduce Western civilization to anarchy. |
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Hair: Let the Sun Shine In
Since its overwhelming success on Broadway forty years ago, Hair has inspired generations
with its messages of love, nonviolence and liberation. This definitive documentary
places the musical in historical context and highlights the continuing relevance
of the show and its still radical, transformative power. |
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You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet
Based on two works by the playwright Jean Anouilh,You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet opens with a who's-who of French acting royalty (including Mathieu Amalric, Michel Piccoli and frequent Resnais muse Sabine Azema) being summoned to the reading of a late playwright's last will and testament. |
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Ward No. 6
A bold contemporary adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s legendary short story, WARD NO.
6 chronicles one man's descent into madness. Updating the 1892 tale to the present day,
the film is shot in a real mental institution on the outskirts of Moscow, and features
interviews with actual patients. |
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Fantomas
Louis Feuillade's 5 1/2-hour epic follows Fantômas, the criminal lord of Paris, master of disguise, the creeping assassin in black, as he is pursued by the equally resourceful Inspector Juve and journalist Jerôme Fandor. |
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Oblomov
Based upon the classic novel by Ivan Goncharov, Oblomov follows the travails of I. I. Oblomov, a good-natured and indolent elite landowner with the mind of a reasonable man and the ambition of a giant slug. |
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Measure for Measure
Sex
and power drive the action of William Shakespeare’s
Measure for Measure.
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Hedda Gabler
Set in an anonymous corner of suburbia, this contemporary adaptation of Ibsen’s play is a shattering exploration of ambition, domestic power and gender roles. This bracing dramatization brings new dimensions to Hedda Gabler’s character. |
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Theater of War
Filmmaker John Walter artfully
captures Meryl Streep groping for - and then seizing
the character in her unforgettable portrayal of Mother
Courage in Tony Kushner's adaptation of the Bertolt Brecht masterpiece Mother Courage and Her Children. |
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Mabou Mines' Dollhouse
Mabou Mines' critically acclaimed interpretation of Ibsen's A Doll's House rejuvenates a nineteenth-century classic with bold staging and conceptual originality. |
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A Delicate Balance
An invasion of friends and family pushes the repressed problems of a complacent marriage to the fore in this exceptional adapatation of Edward Albee's Pulitzer Prize-winning play. |
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Butley
Alan Bates turns his Tony-winning role into one of his greatest film performances as a lecturer who experiences a truly awful day. |
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The Golem
Recognized as the source of the Frankenstein myth, an ancient Hebrew legend provides the substance for one of the most adventurous films of the early German cinema and a landmark in the evolution of the horror film. Suffering under the tyrannical rule of a merciless despot, a 16th century Talmudic rabbi creates a giant clay warrior that comes to life in a grand scale climax. |
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Sally Of The Sawdust
W. C. Fields stars as a lovable con man who becomes the unlikely guardian of an orphaned circus waif (Carol Dempster). |
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Oblomov
Based upon the classic novel by Ivan Goncharov, Oblomov follows the travails of I. I. Oblomov, a good-natured and indolent elite landowner with the mind of a reasonable man and the ambition of a giant slug. Masterfully directed, the picture won the Best Foreign Film award from the National Board of Review. Digitally Remastered. |
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Broken Blossoms
The heartbreaking story of a waterfront waif (Lillian Gish) from the Limehouse district of London who escapes the abuse of her father (Donald Crisp) through a doomed relationship with a Chinese immigrant (Richard Barthelmess). |
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The Belle of Amherst
Julie Harris gives a luminous portrayal as Emily Dickinson, the first woman of American letters, in this reprise of the production that won her a Tony Award. "There is no actress more magical than Julie Harris." - Rex Reed . |
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe's famous novelization of the harsh realities of slavery was
a catalyst for the anti-slavery movement and remains a landmark in American
literature. This 1927 film adaptation |
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Way Down East
Griffith billed this film as a "simple tale of plain people." This modest remark does little to convey the scale and significance of one of this director's most ambitious works and his most popular after Birth of a Nation. |
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The Cherry Orchard
Anton Chekhov’s THE CHERRY ORCHARD is the timeless story of an aristocratic
Russian family torn apart by buried secrets and changing times. Stars Alan Bates and
Charlotte Rampling.
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The Homecoming
A professor returns home after a long absence to introduce his wife to his father and two brothers, but the family reunion has unexpected and disturbing consequences. Based on one of Harold Pinter's greatest plays. |
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The Iceman Cometh
Considered the definitive film version of one of Eugene O'Neill's greatest plays, this simple tale of a birthday celebration at a saloon takes a devastating look at disillusionment and dashed hopes. |
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In Celebration
Taught adaptation of David Storey's emotionally-charged family drama. |
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The Maids
Two maids, in a sinister bond of roleplaying, take turns acting out an abusive employer-servant relationship. Adapted from Jean Genet's absurdist play, itself inspired from a true life case. |
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The Man in the Glass Booth
A New York-based Jewish real estate tycoon is suddenly accused of being a Nazi war criminal. At his trial in Israel, he adopts a shocking defense which raises more questions than it answers. Based on Robert Shaw's book and play. |
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Rhinoceros
The film version of Eugene Ionesco's absurdist play tells of a French city where the citizens begin to turn mysteriously into rhinoceroses. Zero Mostel creates his Tony-winning Broadway role. Includes the marvelous Karen Black. |
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Three Sisters
Anton Chekhov's classic play about the lives of three sisters living in a remote Russian village is given the all-star treatment by director and star Laurence Olivier. |
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