People Will Talk is a brilliant comedy that also possesses a rare and engaging poignancy. Screen legend Cary Grant stars as Dr Noah Praetorius a lovable professor and head of a medical clinic who becomes the subject of a McCarthy-style investigation initiated by a jealous colleague (Hume Cronyn). Along the way Praetorius befriends and ultimately marries a young woman who attempts suicide when she discovers she is pregnant. But as the witch-hunt into the good doctor's perso
In matters of the heart it's anyone's guess. Va Savoir is an elegant and utterly charming comedy about the romantic misadventures of Camille and Ugo - a theater director and his leading lady - whose already complicated relationship becomes exponentially more difficult when they become entangled in the lives of four other people. As funny as it is touching as smart as it is silly Va Savoir is an endearing and delightful comedy of the heart and soul.
Six of meanest baddest and best films of the blaxploitation genre! T.N.T. Jackson (1975): A blaxpoitation action/kung-fu flick about an undercover female cop (Playboy Playmate Jeanne Bell) headed to Hong Kong in order to find and help her missing brother who happens to be in trouble with the mob. TNT Jackson appears in many Kung Fu battles against the Chinese Mob and even a classic topless karate scene. The Black Six (1974): A black high school student who is dating a
Polygamy Loves Company. Think having three wives is a dream come true? Think again. HBO presents the new contemporary drama series that tells the story of Bill Henrickson (Bill Paxton) a practicing polygamist who lives in suburban Salt Lake City with his three wives and seven children. An independent businessman who runs a growing chain of hardware stores Bill faces a myriad of challenges in meeting the emotional romantic and financial needs of his wives...Barb (Jeanne Tripplehorn) Nicki (Chloe Sevigny) and Margene (Ginnifer Goodwin) while dealing with their kids three adjoined houses an ever-mounting avalanche of bills and the opening of his newest hardware store.
You never met her type before... An airline pilot dumped by his girlfriend pursues the affections of a baby-sitter in his hotel...and gradually realizes she's far more dangerous than she looks...
Ma Vie Sexuelle is a modern tale of Parisian romance. The film's originality and humour lie in its superb performances for which Mathieu Amalric won a Csar Award for Best Newcomer in his role as Paul. Paul is a fiercely intellectual woman-loving assistant professor at the university of Paris. He became a teacher but hasn't finished his doctorate that would make him a full professor. In this state on a modest salary he lives a half-life waiting to begin what he calls ""his life as a man"". Paul has been dating Esther for ten years. They don't get along in fact they are on the verge of splitting up. Two years ago he had an affair with his best friend's girlfriend. Since he considers it unthinkable to steal his friend's girl the state of his romantic affairs remain much the same way as his professional ones...
Welles' second-to-last feature, The Immortal Story is an adaptation of a book by Danish author Isak Dinesen and stars Jeanne Moreau. The year is 1860 in the Portuguese colony of Macao, Mr. Clay (Welles) is an aging, rich merchant, who is the subject of town gossip. He likes his clerk Levinsky (Roger Coggio), to read to him to help him relax in the evenings and one night he recounts a tale about a rich man who paid a poor sailor five guineas to father a child with his beautiful young wife. Mr. Clay has no wife and no heir to his fortune and resolves to make the story true...Levinsky approaches Virginie Ducrot (Moreau), another clerk's mistress, and strikes a bargain for 300 guineas. Now to find the sailor... Cast and Crew: Orson Welles / Jeanne Moreau / Roger Coggio / Norman Eshley. Director Orson Welles Awards and Reviews: Berlin International Film Festival 1968, Nominated Golden Bear, Orson Welles. A sumptuous experience' - Time Out The ending of is amongst the most beautiful and self-contained in all of Welles' cinema' - Senses of Cinema
Includes the classic Nouvelle Vague (New Wave) Godard films Alphaville Une Femme Est Une Femme and Le Petite Soldat. A Bout De Souffle La Chinoise and Made In The USA. Alphaville: Agent Lemmy Caution (Eddie Constantine) arrives in the futuristic city of Alphaville to find out the fate of his predecessor only to discover a beautiful scientist's daughter amid a culture where self-expression is outlawed and computer Alpha60 runs the city... Une Femme Est Une Femme: A nightclub stripper who is anxious to have a baby with her boyfriend turns to his best friend when he refuses... Le Petite Soldat: Set during the Algerian War 'Le Petit Soldat' follows Bruno Forestier a disillusioned young deserter who becomes involved in the French nationalist movement. He is ordered to kill an Algerian sympathizer and although does not hold deep political beliefs commits the murder and undergoes torture when captured. At the same time he meets and falls in love with a women (Anna Karina in her film debut) who he does not know is fighting for the other side... A Bout De Souffle: Michel Poiccard (Jean-Paul Belmondo) an ex-airline steward turned hoodlum steals a car and heads to Paris. Discovering a gun in the car's glove department he uses it to shoot and kill a cop who tries to wave him down. He wants to escape to Italy with his American girlfriend Patricia (Jean Seberg) but the police are after him and he is distracted by all the pleasures Paris has to offer. La Chinoise: A group of Parisian students philosophise on how the activities of revolutionary China and the theories of Maoism could be applied to fracture Western society.... Made In The USA: Paula Nelson investigates the death of her lover in Atlantic City. She has Many encounters with gangsters...
"Young @ Heart" is a chorus like no other. With ages ranging between 75 and 93, this rowdy bunch of seniors based in Northampton, Massachusetts, have won sensational reviews performing rock classics all over the world!
Beautiful Joanna Darby (Lindsay Wagner) is haunted by a brush with drowning and her frightful journey to the gates of the afterlife. Soon after she experiences a horrifying series of narrow escapes from death through encounters with strangers who seem bent on killing her. Struggling with fear and past guilt Joanna is unsure whether she is a victim of coincidence or the target of some malicious spirits. Hoping to restore her peace of mind Joanna and her boyfriend visit Mexico where unknowingly they arrive during the annual Day of the Dead festival. Before long Joanna is nearly pulled into another violent death by a boating accident victim who grabs her on his way down. Joanna enlists her old flame Peter to help her unearth supernatural explanations for her predicament. When they discover the eerie truth Joanna must race against time to survive four more attempts on her life by walkers from the other side who want to reclaim her.
Fans of the evergreen Mickey Rooney need look no further! This compilation features three relatively obscure films fronted by ""the Mickster""! Quicksand (Dir. Irving Pichel 1950): Dan Brady (Mickey Rooney) is a skirt-chasing auto mechanic who meets brassy blond temptress Vera Novak (Jeanne Cagney - James Cagney's sister) and falls all over himself trying to please her which includes lying cheating and stealing. The problem is Nick Dramoshag (Peter Lorre) the owner of a seedy San Francisco carnival has the hots for her too! Dan's girlfriend Helen Calder (Barbara Bates) watches helplessly as Dan slides deeper and deeper into a quagmire of deception and desire. My Outlaw Brother (Dir. Elliott Nugent 1951): Mickey Rooney stars as a New York city slicker who goes out west to find the big brother he so looks up to. On his journey he hooks up with a lawman intent on bagging a big time criminal. Little do they know that they're after the same man! Mickey The Great (Dir. Jesse Duffy 1937): An anthology of Mickey McGuire (Mickey Rooney) comedies.
Ascenseur Pour L'Echafaud (1958): In this his debut feature film director Louis Malle captures the hidden beauty of Jeanne Moreau the brilliant camerawork of Henri Decae and the musical force of Miles Davis in a tightly constructed film noir experience that launched his and Moreau's careers. Le Feu Follet (1963): Maurice Ronet stars as an alcoholic writer who upon leaving a drying-out clinic decides to commit suicide. He elects to visit all his friends to see if
For viewers new to HBO's acclaimed series Big Love, starting with these nine episodes (on three discs) from the fourth season may be like jumping aboard a moving passenger train--there are many strange folks around, and there's a lot going on, so it may take a while to find your footing. (Fortunately, the boxed set includes a look back at the first three seasons, and brief "Inside the Episode" bits in which cocreators Mark V. Olsen and Will Scheffer discuss the key elements of each new chapter.) Of course, old hands will already be familiar with the many trials and tribulations of Mormon businessman Bill Henrickson (Bill Paxton), his three wives (Jeanne Tripplehorn as Barb, Chloë Sevigny as Nicki, and Ginnifer Goodwin as Margene), and a brood of children now approaching double figures. The family's nemesis (and Nicki's father), "prophet" Roman Grant (Harry Dean Stanton), is out of the picture early on, but a scary new villain emerges in the form of JJ (Zeljko Ivanek), a skeletal, hollow-eyed schemer and Nicki's ex-husband, who, for starters, marries her mother and connives with her brother Alby (Matt Ross). And there are numerous other story lines to follow, as Bill and his Native American partners struggle to get their new casino going; Bill contemplates a run for political office, hoping to use that bully pulpit to convince his constituents that polygamy isn't so bad after all (and outing himself in the process); two of the wives struggle with carnal temptations offered by other men; Bill's loony parents (Bruce Dern and Grace Zabriskie) become involved in smuggling exotic birds from Mexico; and on and on. Many of these situations are patently absurd, and the tone of the show--satirical but not parodic; amusing but not in the least sit-commy--often follows suit. But there are serious issues here as well; aside from polygamy, the stigma of being gay and Mormon male is handled with considerable poignance. As usual, the performances are excellent (Oscar winner Sissy Spacek appears as a Washington lobbyist in several episodes), as are the writing and direction. And even if many adherents agree that this is not the series' finest season, Big Love is sui generis; the fact that there's nothing else like it out there is by itself a good reason for watching. --Sam Graham
As if juggling three wives isn't tricky enough, Season Three of Emmy and Golden Globe nominated Big Love finds modern polygamist Bill Henrickson (Bill Paxton) tackling problems outside his three-house suburban home. Bill a practicing polygamist who lives in suburban Salt Lake City with his three wives and seven children. An independent businessman who runs a growing chain of hardware stores, Bill faces a myriad of challenges in meeting the emotional, romantic and financial needs of his wives Barb (Jeanne Tripplehorn), Nicki (Chloe Sevigny) and Margene (Ginnifer Goodwin).
Something is Alive in the Funhouse!The carnival is a place for fun and laughter, but not for Amy and her friends. When their childish dare to stay all night in the spooky funhouse backfires, it leaves a trail of dismembered teenagers a mile long in Tobe Hooper’s classic video nasty era slasher.Will anyone escape the clutches of the stumbling madman that stalks to sideshow? Is there no end to the carnival barkers chilling sadism? The only way to find out is ascend into the funhouse, where the games have no rules and the only prize on offer is a grisly demise.Join us in The Funhouse. So much fun that you’ll never leave...Alive! Special Features:Every Arrowdrome release includes a reversible sleeve of original artwork and a collector's booklet!Also includes an interview with director Tobe Hooper, Trailer and a collector's booklet by Author Kim Newman.
Dan Brady is a struggling garage mechanic who fancies himself a ladies' man. Ignoring 'nice' girl Helen he casts his eye at a waitress Vera Novak. To impress Vera Dan 'borrows' a twenty from the till of his tightfisted boss Mackey intending to replace it the next day. All goes well until Mackey's accountant shows up to check the cash register. Panicked Dan cannot replace the money he owes; he needs a plan. Dan's lifes spirals out of control as he is immersed in the quicksand of a life of crime.
A marriage that has fallen on hard times is further tested by the couple's implication in a murder. Jenny Lamour (Suzy Delair) is a music hall chanteuse married to her pianist husband Maurice (Bernard Blier). Keen to get ahead, Jenny leaps at the chance when an ageing wealthy businessman (Charles Dullin) offers her the chance of some gigs. However, when she agrees to a meeting at his home and he is found dead later in the evening - Maurice's untamed jealousy is in the frame. A Maigret-esque detective, Antoine, played by Louis Jouvet leaves no stone unturned in his exceedingly private investigations of the down-at-heel showbiz couple's sad, tempestuous life. Features: The Criminal Apogee Of Henri Georges Clouzot
Jacques Becker's Touchez Pas au Grisbi occupies a significant part in French cinema history. Max (Jean Gabin, La Grande Illusion) and Riton (René Dary) are two ageing gangsters who manage to pull off their final heist, a spectacular gold bullion robbery at Orly airport. All is well until Max's former girlfriend Josy (Jeanne Moreau, Jules et Jim) tips off a rival gangster, Angelo (Lino Ventura). The latter kidnaps Ritton and threatens to kill him unless Max hands over the spoils from his robbery Helping to birth the French policier, a European transposition of the fantastic American gangster films of the 1940s, Touchez Pas au Grisbi exerted a huge influence on subsequent directors such as Jean-Pierre Melville.
Originally rejected outright by the BBFC in 1976 and then released with nearly 5 minutes of cuts in 1981 Maitresse is now finally released uncut on DVD. Bulle Ogier plays a professional dominatrix who indulges in a conventional romance with Gerard Depardieu on the ground floor but satisfies more demanding clients in her 'dungeon'. Director Barbet Schroeder apparently cast genuine masochists in this wickedly funny fable on the foibles of sex and love...
Jacques Rivette's masterful film Don't Touch The Axe tells the tale of an ill-fated love affair between a Parisian socialite and a Napoleonic war hero. Their story unfolds amidst the extravagant balls of restoration-era Paris where the handsome General Armand de Montriveau (Guillaume Depardieu) encounters the beautiful coquettish but married Antoinette de Langeais (Jeanne Balibar). Vowing that she will be his lover Montriveau pursues the alluring Antoinette who in turn orchestrates a calculating game of seduction but repeatedly rebuffs his advances. Humiliated Montriveau seeks revenge just as Antoinette's passion for him awakens and a perverse romantic power struggle ensues. Once again adapting Balzac - the source of his acclaimed La Belle Noiseuse - Rivette's subtle and superbly acted drama is a riveting exploration of the intricacies of love and desire.
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