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Absolutely Safe
Carol Ciancutti-Leyva
In the quest to meet an ever-higher standard of physical beauty, many women choose breast implants without knowing the potential health risks. Absolutely Safe chronicles four women's stories and the need for informed consent. |
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Ajami
Scandar Copti, Yaron Shani
Nominated for a Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, Ajami is a bold crime drama set on the margins of an Arab ghetto. Working with a cast of non-actors in the real streets of Ajami itself, the film deftly meshes characters and conflicts with unsentimental compassion, uncompromising realism, and harrowing violence. |
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Ajami (Blu-ray)
Scandar Copti, Yaron Shani
Nominated for a Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, Ajami is a bold crime drama set on the margins of an Arab ghetto. Working with a cast of non-actors in the real streets of Ajami itself, the film deftly meshes characters and conflicts with unsentimental compassion, uncompromising realism, and harrowing violence. |
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Battling Butler (Standard Edition)
Buster Keaton, Eddie Cline
A love-stricken spoiled rich boy must win the heart of Sally O'Neill by stepping into the boxing ring. Includes THE HAUNTED HOUSE (1921) and FROZEN NORTH (1922). |
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Beaufort
Joseph Cedar
Oscar Nominee for Best Foreign Language Film, BEAUFORT chronicles the final days of an Israeli army unit's tense, painful withdrawal in 2000 from a strategic bunker inside a 12th century Crusader fortress near the Lebanese border, marking the end of nearly two decades of controversial occupation. |
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Beloved Rogue
Alan Crosland
A rich historical romance starring John Barrymore as poet Frances Villon who battles against nasty King Louis the XI in 17th Century France. Coming to DVD July 7, 2009 |
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Better Things
Maria Paz Cabardo
BETTER THINGS is a film about the artist Jeffrey Catherine Jones, a transgender painter, illustrator, and comics artist. |
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Les Bonnes Femmes
Claude Chabrol
Claude Chabrol, a key New Wave filmmaker and considered the French Hitchcock" focuses on everyday lives of four young women longing for better things to create onoe of his best and most disturbing fims. France. 1960. 95 min. B&W. French w/English subtitles. Letterboxed. |
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Brilliant Moon: Glimpses of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
Neten Chokling
Brilliant Moon chronicles the life of the writer, poet, and meditation master Khyentse Rinpoche, one of Tibet's most revered 20th-century Buddhist teachers. Spiritual guide to His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the Royal Family of Bhutan, his life and teachings were an inspiration to all who encountered him. Richard Gere and Lou Reed provide the narration for his dangerous journey out of China, the subsequent spread of his influence and the search for his reincarnation after his death. |
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Buster Keaton: The Short Films Collection (1920-1923)
Buster Keaton, Eddie Cline
Authorized by the Buster Keaton estate and mastered in HD from 35mm archival film elements, The Short Films Collection gathers all of Keaton's solo silent comedies in one monumental three-disc set. Widely considered to be among Keaton's finest work, the nineteen two-reel shorts are loaded with laughs, punctuated by breath-taking stunts, and bursting with raw creativity. |
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The Cherry Orchard
Michael Cacoyannis
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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City of Life and Death
Lu Chuan
A bold re-creation of the 1937 Japanese occupation of China's capital Nanking - the infamous "Rape of Nanking". Told with startling humanism, the film is an unforgettable masterpiece of contemporary world cinema."A film strong enough to change your life" (Los Angeles Times). |
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College (Standard Edition)
Buster Keaton, Eddie Cline, James W. Horne, Malcolm St. Clair
A freshman tries out for all the varsity sports, resulting in hilariously funny athletic failures and a triumphant finale. Includes THE ELECTRIC HOUSE (1922), HARD LUCK (1921) and THE BLACKSMITH (1922). Total time 130 min. |
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Comedy of Power
Claude Chabrol
The latest thriller from French New Wave veteran Claude Chabrol is a timely and provocative account of corporate and political corruption was inspired by a real-life scandal involving a French oil giant and several top-level politicians. |
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Daresalam
Issa Serge Coelo
Two childhood friends swept up in civil wars in Chad and Burkina Faso. Tranquil, violent, intimate and objective, DARESALAM is a powerful film of resonant depth that "brilliantly weaves memory, hope and despair" (San Francisco Weekly) into "a poignant essay on civil war" (LA Weekly). |
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The Devil's Needle & Other Tales of Vice and Redemption
Chester Withey, Frank Beal, John H. Collins
Kino Classics is proud to help resurrect these rare motion pictures—ravaged by time and all but forgotten—and provide a precious glimpse at a fascinating chapter of American film history. |
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A Double Tour
Claude Chabrol
A DOUBLE TOUR, Claude Chabrol's third film, is his debut psychological thriller, a genre he subsequently transformed in films like LES BONNES FEMMES and L'ENFER. Through "expert use of flashbacks and vignettes," (NY TIMES) Chabrol creates a lurid and disturbing melodrama of infidelity, obsession and murder at a vineyard in rural Provence. |
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Edison: The Invention of the Movies
(various), Alan Crosland
An unprecedented collaboration of Kino International and the Museum of Modern Art, together with the Library of Congress. EDISON: THE INVENTION OF THE MOVIES is a four-disc box set featuring 140 complete Edison Co. films from 1891 to 1918, all restored and newly remastered. This deluxe set also includes 200+ scans of artifacts from MoMA's Edison collection, film-by-film program notes, and two hours of interviews with early film experts. |
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Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film
Pip Chodorov
This documentary provides a vivid introduction to one of the most important, yet perpetually marginalized, realms of filmmaking: Avant-garde cinema. In its exploration of this expansive domain, FREE RADICALS privileges rare interviews with filmmakers in the avant-garde tradition and includes several films in their entirety. |
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Gaumont Treasures (1908-1916)
Emile Cohl, Jacques Feyder, Jean Durand
The premiere French film company during the early cinema, the Gaumont Film Company played a key role in the growth of cinema into a sophisticated art form. Gaumont was also a place of great
technical innovation. Included in this collection are revolutionary experiments in color (the
Trichromie process) and synchronized sound (the Phonoscenes). Virtually unseen in the USA,
this splendid three-disc DVD set showcases the pioneer filmmakers who shaped the art of animation, slapstick, drama, and even the Western! More than 10 hours of groundbreaking films. (note, will not ship to French language Canada). |
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The General (Standard Edition)
Buster Keaton, Clyde Bruckman, Eddie Cline
Consistently ranked among the greatest films ever made, Buster Keaton's The General is so brilliantly conceived and executed that it continues to inspire awe and laughter with every viewing. |
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The Girl on a Motorcycle
Jack Cardiff
A wildly sexy time capsule from the swinging sixties, THE GIRL ON A MOTORCYCLE (1968) stars Alain Delon (Le samouraï) and Marianne Faithfull—two actors at the height of their impressive cool—as lovers with a taste for the open road. |
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Go West (Standard Edition)
Buster Keaton, Eddie Cline
Buster stars opposite an affectionate cow in this western farce that demonstrates Keaton's skill at pathos without lessening his own aptitude for epic slapstick. Includes THE SCARECROW (1920) and THE PALEFACE (1921). Total time: 116 min. |
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The Hills Have Eyes Part 2
Wes Craven
The Hills Have Eyes Part 2 (1985) is director Wes Craven's notorious and bloody sequel to his 1977 horror classic. Two survivors from the original, Bobby (Robert Houston) and Rachel (who changed her name from Ruby, played by Janus Blythe), now own a dirt-bike team, whose first race will be held in the same desert from which they escaped death eight years before. |
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Houdini: The Movie Star
(various), Burton L. King, Harry Houdini, Irving Willat, James Cruze
Deluxe 3-DVD set includes of Houdini's surviving films as an actor, rare footage of actual handcuff and straitjacket escapes, and a wealth of
historical information. |
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The Last Days Of Pompeii
Mario Caserini
An influential Italian epic that paved the way for the elaborate costume drama, The Last Days Of Pompeii romanticizes the final hours of those ill-fated souls living in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius. |
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Liberty Kid
Ilya Chaiken
LIBERTY KID captures with compassion and street-smart humor the spirit and pain of America transformed by 9-11. Two young friends struggle to survive after losing their jobs at the Statue of Liberty tourist site due to 9/11. Director Ulya Chaiken "makes us feel for her characters" (NY Post), and evokes simple and memorable human truths about life on society's margins. |
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Little Lord Fauntleroy
John Cromwell
John Cromwell's 1936 film version of LITTLE LORD FAUNTLEROY is the definitive rendering of Frances Hodgson Burnett's beloved novel, a heartwarming classic with delightful performances from Freddie Bartholomew and Mickey Rooney. |
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Lost Keaton: Sixteen Comedy Shorts (1934-1937)
Al Christie, Charles Lamont, Mack Sennett, Raymond Kane
16 classic Keaton shorts from 1934 to 1937 that pay homage to his brilliant earlier comedic work in an era when sound was becoming prevalent over the film industry. |
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The Navigator (Standard Edition)
Buster Keaton, Donald Crisp, Eddie Cline
Mishaps ensue when a pair of spoiled rich kids are set adrift on a ship marked for destruction. Includes short subjects The Boat (1921) and The Love Nest (1923). |
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The Navigator (Standard Edition)
Buster Keaton, Donald Crisp, Eddie Cline
Mishaps ensue when a pair of spoiled rich kids are set adrift on a ship marked for destruction. Includes short subjects The Boat (1921) and The Love Nest (1923). |
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The Navigator (Ultimate Edition)
Buster Keaton, Donald Crisp
A precursor to his classic The General - only centered around a 500-foot steamship rather than a Civil War locomotive - THE NAVIGATOR demonstrates Buster Keaton's ability to transform complex machinery into large-scale comedy props. |
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So Help Me God
Simon Cole
If you don't believe in God, but want to, where do you begin? Advertising guru Simon Cole sets out across America in search of a connection with God that has perplexed and eluded him throughout his life. Simon Cole chronicles his odyssey across the nation asking Christians, Catholics, Baptists, Presbyterians, Muslims, Jehovah's Witnesses, Amish, Jews, Sikhs, Mormons, Buddhists and fellow free thinkers quite simply, "Who is God?" This powerful documentary is more than one man's quest to connect with God, it is a collage of the contemporary American religious experience that concludes with a personal revelation. |
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Therese Raquin
Marcel Carné
Star-crossed lovers Thérèse (Simone Signoret - LES DIABOLIQUES) and Laurent (Raf Vallone - BITTER RICE) think they've gotten away with murder after Thérèse's weakling husband "falls" from a speeding train. But it's only a matter of time before the law, their passion, or blind chance trip them up. Closer in spirit to the neorealist noir of Visconti's OSSESSIONE than its eponymous Ã��mile Zola source novel, THÃ��RÃ��SE RAQUIN is perhaps legendary director Marcel Carné's (CHILDREN OF PARADISE) last great film, made ripe for rediscovery in this newly subtitled version. |
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They Made Me A Fugitive
Alberto Cavalcanti
Director Alberto Cavalcanti (When the Day Went Well?) turns his sights on the London underworld in the engrossing Brit-Noir gangland drama THEY MADE ME A FUGITIVE. |
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Those Who Love Me Can Take The Train
Patrice Chereau
The students of a charismatic yet tyrannical painter arrive for his funeral in this celebration of new life blossoming from tragic loss. |
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Three Ages (Standard Edition)
Buster Keaton, Eddie Cline
A brilliant historical satire teeming with inventive flourishes, Buster Keaton's THREE AGES is a silent comedy of truly epic proportions. This clever parody of D. W. Griffith's INTOLERANCE follows Buster's hard-luck romantic adventures throughout world history: form the dawn of man in the Stone Age, through the gladiatorial arenas of Ancient Rome, to the city streets of the American Jazz Era. |
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Time of Favor
Joseph Cedar
Winner of six Israeli Academy Awards including Best Picture, TIME OF FAVOR is a taut thriller about the volatile relationship between Orthodox nationalists and the Israeli army. Stars Assi Dayan as a charismatic West Bank Rabbi. |
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To the Left of the Father
Luiz Fernando Carvalho
One of the most original and emotionally complex Brazilian films in the last decade. After running away from his Lebanese-Brazilian abode, Pedro has to choose between a life of utopian freedom, removed from past connections, or, should he decide to return home, a re-engagement with strict patriarchal norms. |
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The Trojan Women
Michael Cacoyannis
The women of defeated Troy are at the mercy of the Greeks in this adaption of Euripedes' tragic anti-war play. The unbeatable cast is lead by Katharine Hepburn, Irene Papas, Genevieve Bujold and Vanessa Redgrave. Directed by Michael Cacoyannis. |
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Yeelen
Souleymane Cissé
From one of the master African film directors, the story of Nianankoro, a young African warrior destined to destroy a corrupt older society, the secret Komo cult, and with it his father and inevitably himself. |
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Young Dr. Freud
Axel Corti
Observes the struggling young medical student as he wrestles with his tremendous ambition, his penniless family, flirtatious fiancee, and pre WW-I Vienna. |
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