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Director Ken Russell s moving adaptation of the D.H. Lawrence s novel is set i... Director Ken Russell s moving adaptation of the D.H. Lawrence s novel is set in 1920s England and chronicles the complicated romantic lives of artist Gudrun Brangwen (Glenda Jackson who won a Best Actress Oscar) and her sister schoolmistress Ursula... more

Aloof teenage Japanese tourists a frazzled Italian widow and a disgruntled Bri... Aloof teenage Japanese tourists a frazzled Italian widow and a disgruntled British immigrant all converge in the city of dreams-which in Mystery Train from Jim Jarmusch (Stranger Than Paradise Night on Earth) is Memphis. Made with it s director s... more

This explosive work about the conflict between the spirit and the flesh is the... This explosive work about the conflict between the spirit and the flesh is the epitome of the sensuous style of filmmakers Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger (I Know Where I m Going! the Red Shoes). a group of nuns - played by some of Britain s... more

Well-born young dancer Victoria Page (Moira Shearer) was thrilled when impresa... Well-born young dancer Victoria Page (Moira Shearer) was thrilled when impresario Boris Lermontov (Anton Walbrook) offered a spot with his ballet company. She d meet and quickly fall for accompanist Julian Craster (Marius Goring) but she d deal with... more

Martin Scorsese directs this lavish filming of Edith Wharton s classic novel s... Martin Scorsese directs this lavish filming of Edith Wharton s classic novel set against the backdrop of New York society of the 1870s. Aristocratic lawyer Newland Archer (Daniel Day-Lewis) questions his wedding plans when he falls for fiancée May... more

Lorraine Hansberry s A Raisin in the Sun was the first play by a black woman t... Lorraine Hansberry s A Raisin in the Sun was the first play by a black woman to be on Broadway and is now an immortal part of the theatrical canon. Two years after it s premiere the production came to the screen directed by Daniel Petrie. The... more

THE MOMENT OF TRUTH from director Francesco Rosi (SALVATORE GIULIANO) is a vis... THE MOMENT OF TRUTH from director Francesco Rosi (SALVATORE GIULIANO) is a visceral plunge into the life of a famous torero played by real-life bullfighting legend Miguel Mateo known as Miguelin. Charting his rise and fall with a single-minded focus... more

Before he became a sensation with the twisty revenge story MEMENTO Christopher... Before he became a sensation with the twisty revenge story MEMENTO Christopher Nolan (THE DARK KNIGHT) fashioned this low-budget black-and-white 16 mm neo-noir with comparable precision and cunning. Supplying irrefutable evidence of Nolan s... more

American director Joshua Marston broke out in 2004 with his jolting Oscar-nomi... American director Joshua Marston broke out in 2004 with his jolting Oscar-nominated MARIA FULL OF GRACE about a young Colombian woman working as a drug mule. In his remarkable follow-up THE FORGIVENESS OF BLOOD he turns his camera on another corner... more

John Schlesinger followed his Academy Award winning MIDNIGHT COWBOY with this ... John Schlesinger followed his Academy Award winning MIDNIGHT COWBOY with this sophisticated and highly personal take on love and sex. SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY depicts the romantic lives of two Londoners a middle-aged doctor and a prickly thirty... more

Drag racing east from L.A. in a souped-up 55 Chevy are the wayward Driver and ... Drag racing east from L.A. in a souped-up 55 Chevy are the wayward Driver and Mechanic (singer/songwriter James Taylor and the Beach Boys Dennis Wilson in their only acting roles) accompanied by a tagalong Girl (COCKFIGHTER s Laurie Bird). Along the... more

Laurence Olivier mustered out of the Navy to film this adaption of Shakespeare... Laurence Olivier mustered out of the Navy to film this adaption of Shakespeare s history. Embroiled in WWII Britians took courage from this take tale of a king who surmounts overwheling odds and emerges victorious. This sumptuous Technicolor... more

In this warmhearted comic yarn from Aki Kaurismdki (THE MATCH FACTORY GIRL) fa... In this warmhearted comic yarn from Aki Kaurismdki (THE MATCH FACTORY GIRL) fate throws the young African refugee Idrissa (Blondin Miguel) into the path of Marcel Marx (LA VIE DE BOHHME S Andri Wilms) a kindly bohemian who shines shoes for a living... more

In this warmhearted comic yarn from Aki Kaurismdki (THE MATCH FACTORY GIRL) fa... In this warmhearted comic yarn from Aki Kaurismdki (THE MATCH FACTORY GIRL) fate throws the young African refugee Idrissa (Blondin Miguel) into the path of Marcel Marx (LA VIE DE BOHHME S Andri Wilms) a kindly bohemian who shines shoes for a living... more

Enormously wealthy and emotionally remote investment banker Nicholas Van Orton... Enormously wealthy and emotionally remote investment banker Nicholas Van Orton (TRAFFIC S Michael Douglas) receives a strange gift from his ne er-do-well younger brother (MILK S Sean Penn) on his forty-eighth birthday: A voucher for a game that if... more

A tough-minded black jazz trumpeter slogs through a series of performances in ... A tough-minded black jazz trumpeter slogs through a series of performances in ratty bars and strip clubs while his lighter-skinned younger siblings enjoy-at least temporarily-the various privileges of passing in Manhattan s white power elite. This... more

John Cassavetes s THE KILLING OF a CHINESE BOOKIE is a genre-shattering drama ... John Cassavetes s THE KILLING OF a CHINESE BOOKIE is a genre-shattering drama that combines elements of the thriller and crime picture to create something wholly distinct and original. Ben Gazzara stars as Cosmo Vittelli the proud owner of a Los... more

In what has to be the most comprehensive set of it s kind 53 separate cinemati... In what has to be the most comprehensive set of it s kind 53 separate cinematic chronicles of the Winter and Summer Olympic Games-spanning 41 different contests from 1912-2012-are collected here. The earliest surviving Olympic documentary The Games... more

The great Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami (CLOSE-UP) travels to Tuscany for ... The great Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami (CLOSE-UP) travels to Tuscany for a luminous and provocative romance in which nothing is as it appears. What seems at first to be a straightforward tale of two people - played by Oscar-winning actress... more

The great Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami (CLOSE-UP) travels to Tuscany for ... The great Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami (CLOSE-UP) travels to Tuscany for a luminous and provocative romance in which nothing is as it appears. What seems at first to be a straightforward tale of two people - played by Oscar-winning actress... more