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• Chantal Akerman Collection Vol 2 (1982-2015) | Blu Ray | (16/06/2025) from £49.65   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Covering the later years of Chantal Akerman's career, this 5-disc set completes the two-volume Akerman collection.Born in Brussels in 1950 to parents who had survived the Holocaust, Chantal Akerman directed more than 40 films (short, medium and feature-length) over almost 50 years, spanning fiction, documentary, musical comedy and literary adaptation. Today, she is regarded as one of the most important and influential directors of her generation. Akerman's personal, non-conformist body of work has resonated with cinephiles globally and become increasingly relevant since her death in 2015, with filmmakers including Joanna Hogg (The Eternal Daughter), Céline Sciamma (Petite Maman), Alice Diop (Saint Omer) and Jacques Audiard (Emilia Pérez), among others, citing her radical and experimental approach to cinema as a direct inspiration. Covering the later years of Akerman's career, this set explores her experimentations with form and genre and includes musical comedy Golden Eighties (1986) and her final film, No Home Movie (2015).The FilmsToute Une Nuit (1982), Les Annees 80 (1983), Golden Eighties (1986), La Paresse (1986), Histoires d'Amerique: Food, Family and Philosophy (1988), D'Est (1993), Sud (1999), La Captive (2000), De l'Autre Côté (2002), La Folie Almayer (2011), No Home Movie (2015)ExtrasFive Blu-ray set featuring 11 landmark films by Chantal Akerman72-page perfect-bound book with new essays by Erin Nunoda, Daniella Shreir, Rachel Pronger, Catherine Wheatley, and Alisa LebowOther extras tbc

• The Jim Jarmusch Collection | Blu Ray | (06/10/2014) from £99.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A Blu-Ray Boxset of Jim Jarmusch’s first six films: Permanent Vacation Stranger Than Paradise Down By Law Mystery Train Night on Earth and Dead Man.

• Stranger Than Paradise | Blu Ray | (23/03/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Jim Jarmusch's black and white indie hit starring John Lurie. Willie (Lurie) is a New York hipster of Hungarian origin. When his relatives ask him to look after his 16-year-old cousin, Eva (Eszter Balint), he reluctantly agrees. Initially hostile to one another, it isn't long before the cousins develop an affectionate bond, but after ten days Eva leaves to stay with her Aunt Lotte (Cecillia Stark). A year later Willie and his friend Eddie (Richard Edson) head off to Cleveland to visit the two women...

• Stranger Than Paradise | DVD | (23/03/2015) from £7.45   |  Saving you £9.80 (158.32%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Jim Jarmusch's black and white indie hit starring John Lurie. Willie (Lurie) is a New York hipster of Hungarian origin. When his relatives ask him to look after his 16-year-old cousin, Eva (Eszter Balint), he reluctantly agrees. Initially hostile to one another, it isn't long before the cousins develop an affectionate bond, but after ten days Eva leaves to stay with her Aunt Lotte (Cecillia Stark). A year later Willie and his friend Eddie (Richard Edson) head off to Cleveland to visit the two women...

• Jim Jarmusch Collection Vol.1 | DVD | (12/05/2008) from £20.23   |  Saving you £14.76 (72.96%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Permanent Vacation (1980): In downtown Manhattan Allie a twenty-something guy (Chris Parker) whose Father is not around and whose Mother is institutionalized is a big Charlie Parker fan. He almost subconsciously searches for more meaning in his life and meets a few strange and surreal characters along the way. Stranger Than Paradise (1984): Winner of the Camera d'Or for Best First Feature at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival Stranger Than Paradise not only launched Jim Jarmusch's career but also earned him recognition from critics as one of today's more inventive and creative filmmakers. Lounge Lizard musician John Lurie stars as Willie a disenchanted New Yorker who along with his best friend Eddie (Richard Edson) and cousin Eva (Eszter Balint) decides it's time to leave behind their boring lives in search of ""paradise."" But as their unforgettable road trip to Florida unfolds they find that amidst the sunshine blue skies and palm trees their pursuit of happiness is constantly road-blocked by the very thing they can't run away from... themselves. Down By Law (1986): In one of the hippest comedies ever made three misfits find themselves thrown together in a New Orleans jail cell. There's Zach the unemployed DJ Jack the small-time pimp and Bob the crazy Italian tourist. Unavailable for many years this cult hit stars Tom Waits John Lurie and the Oscar-winning director and star of Life is Beautiful Roberto Benigni. A film that firmly established Jim Jarmusch as the coolest director on the American independent scene.

• Downtown '81 | DVD | (02/09/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A feature film starring the legendary American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) that follows him around NYC. Along the way he has encounters with Vincent Gallo Debbie Harry Melly Mel and a host of other Andy Warhol players. Downtown 81 not only captures one the most influential artists of the late twentieth century as he is poised for fame but also captures one of the most vital periods of American culture with the explosion of new wave music new painting hip hop and graffiti.

• The Linguini Incident | DVD | (15/01/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Two restaurant employees decide to rob their employers...

• Stranger Than Paradise | DVD | (23/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Winner of the Camera d'Or for Best First Feature at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival Stranger Than Paradise not only launched Jim Jarmusch's career but also earned him recognition from critics as one of today's more inventive and creative filmmakers. Lounge Lizard musician John Lurie stars as Willie a disenchanted New Yorker who along with his best friend Eddie (Richard Edson) and cousin Eva (Eszter Balint) decides it's time to leave behind their boring lives in search of ""paradise."" But as their unforgettable road trip to Florida unfolds they find that amidst the sunshine blue skies and palm trees their pursuit of happiness is constantly road-blocked by the very thing they can't run away from... themselves.

• The Jim Jarmusch Collection Vol. 1 | DVD | (13/11/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Permanent Vacation (1980): In downtown Manhattan Allie a twenty-something guy (Chris Parker) whose Father is not around and whose Mother is institutionalized is a big Charlie Parker fan. He almost subconsciously searches for more meaning in his life and meets a few strange and surreal characters along the way. Stranger Than Paradise (1984): Winner of the Camera d'Or for Best First Feature at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival Stranger Than Paradise not only launched Jim Jarmusch's career but also earned him recognition from critics as one of today's more inventive and creative filmmakers. Lounge Lizard musician John Lurie stars as Willie a disenchanted New Yorker who along with his best friend Eddie (Richard Edson) and cousin Eva (Eszter Balint) decides it's time to leave behind their boring lives in search of ""paradise."" But as their unforgettable road trip to Florida unfolds they find that amidst the sunshine blue skies and palm trees their pursuit of happiness is constantly road-blocked by the very thing they can't run away from... themselves. Down By Law (1986): In one of the hippest comedies ever made three misfits find themselves thrown together in a New Orleans jail cell. There's Zach the unemployed DJ Jack the small-time pimp and Bob the crazy Italian tourist. Unavailable for many years this cult hit stars Tom Waits John Lurie and the Oscar-winning director and star of Life is Beautiful Roberto Benigni. A film that firmly established Jim Jarmusch as the coolest director on the American independent scene.