A likeable 1977 French farce (and the basis for the 1996 American remake, The Birdcage), this popular comedy was one of the most successful international films of all time, and even spawned a Broadway musical and two sequels. It tells the story of a gay couple who--when one man's son from a previous liaison brings home his fiancée--masquerade as husband and wife for their prospective in-laws. Le Cage Aux Folles is saved from becoming an exercise in silliness by the heartfelt characterisations of the gay nightclub owners. La Cage aux Folles is one of the funniest imports from Europe and a great comedy in any venue. --Robert Lane
Inspired by a fable by La Fontaine Rameau produced perhaps his most brilliant music for his penultimate great work blending reality and surreal on several levels.This passionate new production by Jose Montalvo stunningly choreographed by Montalvo and Dominique Hervieu sets new standards in entertainment charm and ingenuity. The sharp and spectacular multimedia staging does full justice to Rameau's dazzling burlesque confirming Olivier Rouviere statement that 'Les Paladins is the last laugh of a witty 77-year old composer'. Recorded live in 2004 at the Paris Theatre du Chatelet in true surround sound both the virtuoso cast and Les Arts Florissants are in top form clearly enjoying themselves in the masterful hands of William Christie.
International screen star Isabelle Adjani (The Story Of Adele H. Ishtar) is the creative prodigy Camille Claudel. Gerard Depardieu (Green Card Cyrano de Bergerac) is the legendary sculptor Rodin. This is the true story of their passionate obsession with art - and with each other. Both an inspiring saga of artistic vision and the haunting portrayal of a doomed romance Camille Claudel is a beautiful and stirring cinematic masterpiece.
A faithful retelling of the 1942 Vel' d'Hiv Roundup and the events surrounding it.
One night while watching a film a university lecturer called Adam spots a bit part actor who looks just like him. Consumed by the desire to meet his doppelgänger Adam tracks down Anthony who is living with his pregnant wife Helen. But once they confront each other things take a turn for the surreal twisted and irreversibly unhinged. The film is a haunting and provocative psychosexual thriller about duality and identity where in the end only one man can survive. A gripping feature film based on the novel ‘The Double’ by Nobel Laureate José Saramago.
Jason Statham stars as a former US Special Forces who makes his living as The Transporter, a man renowned for his ability to deliver anything to anyone, without asking questions.
When a referee calls a penalty that causes a French football team to crash out of the championship, their ultra-dedicated hooligan fans vow to track him down and murder him by the end of the evening, as Inspector Granowski (played by director Jean-Pierre Mocky) attempts to stem the carnage. With an unrelenting one-night narrative recalling After Hours and Green Room, Kill the Referee mixes black humour with horror as its escalating sense of dread builds toward a shattering climax.BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES:New 4K restoration, available on Blu-ray (1080p) for the first time outside of FranceUncompressed mono PCM audioNewly filmed interview with journalist and broadcaster Philippe Auclair on Kill the Referee (2024, 17 mins)Interview with Mocky's assistant Eric Leroy on Kill the Referee (2022, 14 mins)Television reportage from the set of Kill the Referee (1983, 5 mins) Archival French TV intervirew with Jean-Pierre Mocky (1987, 18 mins)New and improved optional English subtitlesSleeve featuring newly commissioned artwork by Time Tomorrow
Desecrated graves, dead bodies dug up and left in model homes… Every time, the same ritual: a woman, a man, a teenager, who weren’t related but who form a new family. Amid the bodies, a photo: the one of Paul Maisonneuve, a Crime Squad legend in the North of France, now retired but forced to return to duty. Who is digging up the bodies? Who is leaving them in model homes and why? Young female detective Sandra Winckler, in charge of the case, must work with Paul Maisonneuve to find out just who is behind these macabre stage settings. During her investigation, she will have to delve into Paul’s past, believing him to know more than he lets on. Because that’s where the truth must lie: somewhere in Paul’s past. For the detective and the ex-cop, life will never be the same… For in the shadows, is a man who will stop at nothing to gain his revenge – a long planned out revenge
Now stunningly repackaged to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the start of WWI. 50p from the sale of this DVD will be paid to Royal British Legion Trading Limited which gives its taxable profits to The Royal British Legion (Charity no. 219279) and Poppy Scotland (Scottish Charity No. SC014096). Based on the Sebastian Faulks novel and set in the First World War Birdsong follows the 20 year old hero Stephen Wraysford who finds his true love on a trip to Amiens. She's married and the wife of a wealthy textile baron. Wraysford convinces her to leave this life but things do not go according to plan. He is haunted by this doomed affair and carries it with him to the trenches of war. They endure many narrow escapes from the Nazis before they reach a sea port. Their attempted journey across the Channel is fraught with many dangers and an unexpected turn of events. Special Features: Featurette: War Story Love Story On Set
A cabaret singer is stranded with an ex-comedian who has been recently dumped by his wife.
Starring iconic actress Isabelle Huppert in a career-defining role, Elle is already one of the most acclaimed films of the year. Huppert is Michèle LeBlanc; founder and CEO of a successful video game company, who is attacked in her own home. Taking what appears to be a desire to shrug off the terrifying incident, she locks the door after her attacker and refuses to tell the police. Upending our expectations, Michèle begins to track down her assailant, and soon they are both drawn into a curious and thrilling game, one that at any moment may spiral out of control. From legendary filmmaker Paul Verhoeven, Elle is a gripping psychological noir thriller. Exhilarating and multi-layered, the film recalls the ambience of Hitchcock, De Palma and Polanski, with a thrilling cerebral edge.
ONCE UPON A TIME IN NAZI OCCUPIED FRANCE One of the most celebrated filmmakers of our time harnesses the power of cinema itself to rewrite history in this electrifying WWII thriller. Narrowly escaping the massacre of her entire family by the SS, Shosanna Dreyfus (Mélanie Laurent) flees to Paris and forges a new identity as the owner and operator of a cinema. Meanwhile, a guerilla band of Jewish-American soldiers known as The Basterds led by Lt. Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt), are waging a bloody war of attrition behind enemy lines but Europe remains beneath Nazi bootheels. Believing themselves unstoppable, the leaders of the Third Reich assemble in Paris for the premiere of propaganda epic Nation's Pride. The location? Shosanna's cinema. With all the rotten eggs in one basket, The Basterds join forces with British Commando Lt. Archie Hicox (Michael Fassbender) and German film star/undercover allied agent Bridget Von Hammersmark (Diane Kruger) to infiltrate the premiere. Their plan? Blow up the basket Brim-filled with shocking violence, thrilling action and excruciating suspense, Inglourious Basterds was a box office smash around the world garnering eight Academy Award⢠(2009) nominations including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Screenplay, with Christoph Waltz winning Best Supporting Actor for his star-making turn as the chilling SS Col. Hans Landa. Witness the war as it might have been in stunning 4K Ultra HD, packed with explosive extras! 2 DISC 4K ULTRA HD LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS ¢ Limited edition Operation Kino' packaging with new art by Dare Creative ¢ 60-page Films & Filmmakers' collector's book with writing by film critics Dennis Cozzalio and Bill Ryan ¢ Double-sided fold-out poster ¢ Replica Nation's Pride Premiere programme booklet ¢ La Louisianne beermat ¢ 3 postcard sized double-sided art cards ¢ Strudel recipe card ¢ Reversible sleeve with original and newly commissioned artwork by Dare Creative DISC 1 FEATURE (4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY) ¢ 4K (2160p) Ultra HD Blu-ray⢠presentation in High Dynamic Range ¢ Original lossless DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio ¢ Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing ¢ Brand new audio commentary by film critic and author Tim Lucas DISC 2 EXTRAS (BLU-RAY) ¢ What Would Sally Do?, a new interview with editor Fred Raskin ¢ Blood Fiction, a new interview with special make-up effects supervisor Greg Nicotero ¢ Doomstruck, a new interview with actor Omar Doom ¢ Making it Right, a new visual essay by film critic Walter Chaw, author of A Walter Hill Film ¢ Film History on Fire, a new visual essay by film scholar Pamela Hutchinson, author of BFI Film Classics Pandora's Box ¢ Filmmaking in Occupied France, a new interview with film scholar Christine Leteux, author of Continental Films: French Cinema Under German Control ¢ Extended and alternate scenes ¢ Nation's Pride ¢ The Making of Nation's Pride, an archival featurette ¢ Roundtable Discussion, an archival interview with Quentin Tarantino, Brad Pitt and Elvis Mitchell ¢ The Original Inglorious Bastards, archival featurette ¢ A Conversation with Rod Taylor, archival featurette ¢ Rod Taylor on Victoria Bitter, archival featurette ¢ Quentin Tarantino's Camera Angel, archival featurette ¢ Hi Sallys, archival featurette ¢ Film Poster Gallery Tour with Elvis Mitchell, archival featurette ¢ Trailers
Each week Pierre and his friends organize what is called as ""un dner de cons"" in which each participant must bring the most idiotic companion as a guest with a prize awarded to the most irritating of the evening. Pierre (Thierry Lhermitte) thinks his quarry is unsurpassable but when an injury forces him to miss the regular meal he finds that his new found friend is not easy to shake off...
One night while watching a film a university lecturer called Adam spots a bit part actor who looks just like him. Consumed by the desire to meet his doppelgänger Adam tracks down Anthony who is living with his pregnant wife Helen. But once they confront each other things take a turn for the surreal twisted and irreversibly unhinged. The film is a haunting and provocative psychosexual thriller about duality and identity where in the end only one man can survive. A gripping feature film based on the novel ‘The Double’ by Nobel Laureate José Saramago.
A young man is rocked by two announcements from his elderly father: that he has terminal cancer, and that he has a young male lover.
Thirty years ago Andrei Simoniovich Filipov (Aleksei Guskov) was the celebrated conductor of the renowned Bolshoi Orchestra. But during the communist era he was fired at the height of his fame for refusing to get rid of all his Jewish musicians which included his best friend Sasha. Now demoted to the position of cleaner at the Bolshoi he learns by chance that the Ch''telet Theatre in Paris has invited the Orchestra to perform there. Andrei decides to reunite his orchestra and to perform in Paris in the place of the current Bolshoi Orchestra. He wants Anne-Marie Jacquet (M''lanie Laurent) a young virtuoso as the solo violinist to accompany his old Jewish and gypsy musicians. If they all manage to overcome the hardships ahead this very special concert will be a triumph.
When a young vegetarian undergoes a carnivorous hazing ritual at vet school, an unbidden taste for meat begins to grow in her. Click Images to Enlarge
ONCE UPON A TIME IN NAZI OCCUPIED FRANCEOne of the most celebrated filmmakers of our time harnesses the power of cinema itself to rewrite history in this electrifying WWII thriller. Narrowly escaping the massacre of her entire family by the SS, Shosanna Dreyfus (Mélanie Laurent) flees to Paris and forges a new identity as the owner and operator of a cinema. Meanwhile, a guerilla band of Jewish-American soldiers known as The Basterds led by Lt. Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt), are waging a bloody war of attrition behind enemy lines but Europe remains beneath Nazi bootheels. Believing themselves unstoppable, the leaders of the Third Reich assemble in Paris for the premiere of propaganda epic Nation's Pride. The location? Shosanna's cinema. With all the rotten eggs in one basket, The Basterds join forces with British Commando Lt. Archie Hicox (Michael Fassbender) and German film star/undercover allied agent Bridget Von Hammersmark (Diane Kruger) to infiltrate the premiere. Their plan? Blow up the basket Brim-filled with shocking violence, thrilling action and excruciating suspense, Inglourious Basterds was a box office smash around the world garnering eight Academy Award⢠(2009) nominations including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Screenplay, with Christoph Waltz winning Best Supporting Actor for his star-making turn as the chilling SS Col. Hans Landa. Witness the war as it might have been in this stunning new edition, packed with explosive extras! 2 DISC LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY CONTENTS ¢ Limited edition Operation Kino' packaging with new art by Dare Creative ¢ 60-page Films & Filmmakers' collector's book with writing by film critics Dennis Cozzalio and Bill Ryan ¢ Double-sided fold-out poster¢ Replica Nation's Pride Premiere programme booklet ¢ La Louisianne beermat ¢ 3 postcard sized double-sided art cards ¢ Strudel recipe card ¢ Reversible sleeve with original and newly commissioned artwork by Dare Creative DISC 1 FEATURE¢ High Definition Blu-ray⢠(1080p) presentation ¢ Original lossless DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio ¢ Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing ¢ Brand new audio commentary by film critic and author Tim Lucas DISC 2 EXTRAS¢ What Would Sally Do?, a new interview with editor Fred Raskin ¢ Blood Fiction, a new interview with special make-up effects supervisor Greg Nicotero ¢ Doomstruck, a new interview with actor Omar Doom ¢ Making it Right, a new visual essay by film critic Walter Chaw, author of A Walter Hill Film ¢ Film History on Fire, a new visual essay by film scholar Pamela Hutchinson, author of BFI Film Classics Pandora's Box ¢ Filmmaking in Occupied France, a new interview with film scholar Christine Leteux, author of Continental Films: French Cinema Under German Control ¢ Extended and alternate scenes ¢ Nation's Pride¢ The Making of Nation's Pride, an archival featurette¢ Roundtable Discussion, an archival interview with Quentin Tarantino, Brad Pitt and Elvis Mitchell¢ The Original Inglorious Bastards, archival featurette¢ A Conversation with Rod Taylor, archival featurette¢ Rod Taylor on Victoria Bitter, archival featurette¢ Quentin Tarantino's Camera Angel, archival featurette ¢ Hi Sallys, archival featurette¢ Film Poster Gallery Tour with Elvis Mitchell, archival featurette¢ Trailers
According to George Barber 'Each of us exists in an infinite number of possible worlds'. It is this proposition that fuels the narrative of Lepage's 'Possible Worlds' a surreal murder mystery that delves into the many forms of love through the exploration of man's consciousness.
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