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• Paris | DVD | (09/07/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Parisian art historian Sandrine Voillet reveals the tempestuous history immortal beauty and Bohemian soul of the city she adores. Guiding viewers through more than 400 years of Paris' history she celebrates the art literature music films and design that have combined to create the spectacular ""City of Lights"". This is the tale of the lavish court of the Sun King Louis XIV and the sexual decadence of revolutionary Paris; the crazy years of the early 1900s played out in the Moulin Rouge and Folies Bergre; the jazz explosion of the Thirties; and the Sixties heyday of hedonism expressed through film noir music and literature. Sandrine also discovers the cast of extraordinary characters who were inspired by the city including Catherine de Medici Voltaire the Marquis de Sade Victor Hugo Pablo Picasso Ernest Hemingway Coco Chanel and Miles Davis.

• The Jacques Rivette Collection | DVD | (24/08/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Three classics form Jacques Rivette. Secret Defense is a gripping and fascinating dark Hitchcock style thriller about a scientist who is murdered by a family friend. In Vasavoir the theatre world is the setting. The characters all quick-witted well-read and cultured types revolve around each other in a delightful potpourri of theatre romance and theft. Histoire de Marie et Julien is a fascinating film and rather more interesting for its unusual stylistic approach to genre filmmaking dealing with death re-birth time and memory and is regarded as one of Rivette's long-lost phantom films.

• Varda by Agnes (Blu-ray & DVD) | Blu Ray | (04/11/2019) from £14.35   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Whether in front of the camera or behind it, Agnes Varda was a visual storyteller who eschewed convention and prescribed approaches to drama. In Varda by Agnes - the director's final film - she offers a personal insight into her oeuvre, using excerpts from her work to illustrate her unique artistic visions and ideas. Playful, revealing and endearing, discover the inimitable genius of a true icon of world cinema. Special features: Presented in High Definition and Standard Definition Agnes Varda in Conversation (2018, 82 mins): the legendary director gives a talk about her career, illustrated with clips, to an audience at BFI Southbank. Agnes Varda: Filmmaker, photographer, Instagrammer (2018, 12 mins): the veteran director explains how to Instagram followed photography and film as her medium of choice. Video essay (2019, 10 mins): a newly commissioned video essay by film critic and writer Amy Simmons Original theatrical trailer **FIRST PRESSING ONLY** Fully illustrated booklet with new writing on the film and full film credits.

• Air | DVD | (18/01/2016) from £2.86   |  Saving you £16.39 (1,024.38%)   |  RRP £17.99

  In the near future, breathable air is nonexistent. Virtually all of humanity has disappeared, and those chosen to reestablish society reside in a controlled state of suspended animation. Two engineers tasked with guarding the last hope for mankind struggle to preserve their own sanity and lives while administering to the vital task at hand. Starring Norman Reedus and two-time Oscar® nominee Djimon Hounsou.

• Handel - Serse / Rasmussen · Hallenberg · Bardon · Bayrakdarian · Piau · Lippi · Peirone · Les Talens Lyriques · Rousset · Hampe | DVD | (01/08/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Opera in three acts.Recorded live at the Semperoper Dresden 2-3 June 2000.

• Monsieur Hire | DVD | (15/05/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Adapted from the George Simenon novel 'Les Fiancailles De M. Hire' it tells the story of old Monsieur Hire who lives a lonely existence in an apartment block. He spies on a woman called Alice who also lives there and he knows everything about her until one evening he sees something he shouldn't and his life changes for ever.

• Twisting the Knife: Four FIlms by Claude Chabrol | Blu Ray | (25/04/2022) from £50.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Twisting The Knife: Four Films By Claude Chabrol For five decades Claude Chabrol navigated the unpredictable waters of Cinema, leaving in his wake more than fifty feature films that remain among the most quietly devastating genre movies ever made. Sardonic, provocative, unsettling, Chabrol's films cut to the quick with a clarity and honesty honed to razor sharpness. The Swindle (Rien Ne Va Plus) sees Chabrol at perhaps his most playful as a pair of scam artists, Isabelle Huppert and Michel Serrault, get in over their heads. But who is scamming who and who do you trust in a life built on so many lies? The murder of a 10 year old girl sparks rumours and gossip in The Color of Lies (Au Coeur Du Mensonge), as suspicion falls on René (Jacques Gamblin) the dour once famous painter, now art teacher, who was the last person to see her alive. Enigmatic, perverse, seductive, Isabelle Huppert encapsulates everything that makes Nightcap (Merci Pour Le Chocolat) a film John Waters calls Cinematic Perfection in this tale of suppressed family secrets. Finally, in The Flower of Evil (La Fleur Du Mal), incest, old money and intergenerational guilt come under the scalpel as an outwardly perfect bourgeois family begins to unravel when the wife involves herself in politics. Though influenced by Fritz Lang, Alfred Hitchcock and Jean Renoir, Chabrol's voice was entirely and assuredly his own, influencing in turn filmmakers like Bong Joon-ho, James Gray and Dominik Moll. His amused, unblinkered view of life and refusal to judge his characters makes his films timelessly relevant and accessible to all. Arrow Video is proud to present this second collection of films by Claude Chabrol with a wealth of new and archival extras. Limited Edition Contents: High definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentations of all four films New 4K restorations of The Swindle (Rien Ne Va Plus), Nightcap (Merci Pour Le Chocolat) and The Flower of Evil (La Fleur Du Mal) Original lossless PCM French stereo audio on all films plus DTS-HD 5.1 on Nightcap (Merci Pour Le Chocolat) and The Flower of Evil (La Fleur Du Mal) Optional English subtitles 80-page collector's booklet of new writing by Sean Hogan, Brad Stevens, Catherine Dousteyessier-Khoze, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, and Pamela Hutchinson Limited edition packaging featuring newly commissioned artwork by Tony Stella Disc One - The Swindle (Rien Ne Va Plus): Brand new audio commentary by film critic Barry Forshaw and author Sean Hogan Chabrol's Soap Bubble, a brand new visual essay by Catherine Dousteyssier-Khoze, author of Claude Chabrol: The Aesthetics of Opacity exploring the games Chabrol plays with his characters and audience Film as a Family Affair, Cécile Maistre-Chabrol, the stepdaughter of Claude Chabrol and his assistant director on fourteen features discusses his life, work and wisdom in this exclusive new hour plus interview Behind the scenes featurette Archive interview with Isabelle Huppert Archive introduction by film scholar Joël Magny Select scene commentaries by director Claude Chabrol Theatrical trailer Image gallery Disc Two: - The Color Of Lies (Au Coeur Du Mensonge): Brand new audio commentary by critic Barry Forshaw and author Sean Hogan Nothing is Sacred, a brand new visual essay by film critic Scout Tafoya examining the ideas of art and legacy in Chabrol's The Color of Lies (Au Coeur Du Mensonge) What's Eating Claude Chabrol? a brand new appreciation by film critic David Kalat examining the ways in which Chabrol's films relate, reflect and refract each other Behind the scenes featurette Archive introduction by film scholar Joël Magny Select scene commentaries by director Claude Chabrol Theatrical trailer Image gallery Disc Three - Nightcap (Merci Pour Le Chocolat): Brand new audio commentary by film critic Justine Smith When I pervert good , a brand new visual essay by film critic Scout Tafoya which takes a closer look at late period Chabrol through the lens of his masterful thriller Nightcap (Merci Pour Le Chocolat) Archive interview with Isabelle Huppert Archive interview with Jacques Dutronc Behind the scenes featurette Screen test for Anna Mouglalis Archive introduction by film scholar Joël Magny Select scene commentaries by director Claude Chabrol Theatrical trailer Image gallery Disc Four - The Flower Of Evil (La Fleur Du Mal): Brand new audio commentary by film critic Farran Smith Nehme Behind the Masks: Remembering Claude Chabrol, a brand new appreciation by Agnès C. Poirier, author of Left Bank: Arts, Passion and the Rebirth of Paris 1940-1950 in which she shares her personal reminiscence of Claude Chabrol and considers his unique position in French culture and cinema Behind the scenes featurette Archive interview with co-writer Catherine Eliacheff Archive introduction by film scholar Joël Magny Select scene commentaries by director Claude Chabrol Theatrical trailer Image gallery **Extras Subject to Change**

• Mademoiselle Chambon | DVD | (05/12/2011) from £3.80   |  Saving you £12.19 (320.79%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Stphane Briz directs this French romantic drama. Bricklayer Jean (Vincent Lindon) is a devoted husband and father with a simple yet contented life. But when he volunteers as a classroom assistant at his young son's school, Jean finds himself inexorably drawn to teacher Vronique Chambon (Sandrine Kiberlain) - and the threads that hold his home and family life together gradually begin to unravel.

• The Legend Of The Holy Drinker | Blu Ray | (25/09/2017) from £19.62   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Winner of the prestigious Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival, The Legend of the Holy Drinker is another classic from the great Italian director Ermanno Olmi (Il posto, The Tree of Wooden Clogs). Adapted from the novella by Joseph Roth, the film tells the story of Andreas Kartack, a homeless man living under the bridges of Paris. Lent 200 francs by an anonymous stranger, he is determined to pay back his debt but circumstances and his alcoholism forever intervene. Working with professional actors for the first time in more than 20 years, Olmi cast Ruger Hauer as Andreas and was rewarded with an astonishing performance of subtlety and depth. Hauer is joined by a superb supporting cast, including Anthony Quayle (Lawrence of Arabia), Sandrine Dumas (The Double Life of Veronique) and Dominique Pinon (Delicatessen). SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS: Brand-new 4K restoration from the original negative, produced by Arrow Films exclusively for this release High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations of both the English and Italian versions of the film 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio and Stereo 2.0 options for the English presentation with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing Stereo 2.0 audio for the Italian presentation with optional newly translated English subtitles Brand-new interview with actor Rutger Hauer, recorded exclusively for this release Interview with screenwriter Tullio Kezich Theatrical trailer FIRST PRESSING ONLY: New writing on the film by Helen Chambers, author of Joseph Roth in Retrospect: Co-existent Contradictions

• Women on the 6th Floor DVD (UK Release) | DVD | (12/11/2012) from £16.55   |  Saving you £1.44 (8.70%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Paris, 1960. Jean-Louis Joubert lives a peaceful yet boring bourgeois existence with his wife, a perfect socialite, his children in a boarding school and his finance office. The family has their world turned upside down when exuberant Spanish maids move into their building's sixth floor, the servant s quarters. Teresa, Carmen, Dolors, Concepcin and her niece Maria who just arrived from Burgos. Jean-Louis will unexpectedly bond with them, especially with Maria. She is young, pretty and full of joy. In a word, Jean-Louis s life is about to change... a lot.

• L'Appartement | DVD | (12/02/2007) from £9.85   |  Saving you £8.14 (82.64%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Max the romantic protagonist is planning a marriage investigating a murder chasing after a lost love and getting bizarrely hooked up with a mystery girl. Switching between time women chic cafes and beautiful Parisian apartments Mimouni's film makes the most of its deliriously romantic setting whilst effortlessly unravelling an intricate and unpredictable plot which playfully ties its lovelorn characters up in knots as it races along to a heady conclusion.

• Resistance | DVD | (05/09/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Resistance is the epic tale of an American pilot (Bill Paxton) downed in occupied Belgium at the height of World War II. Hidden by resistance fighters he falls in love with the wife of a man who saved him (Julia Ormond). When their affair is exposed an act of betrayal threatens their lives and the entire resistance movement forcing the pilot to make a powerful choice that could change the course of the war.

• LIFE OF RILEY (2014) (Masters of Cinema) Dual Format (Blu-ray & DVD) | Blu Ray | (25/05/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Premièred at the 2014 Berlin Film Festival mere weeks before its director's sudden death at 92 the final film by master filmmaker Alain Resnais (Hiroshima mon amour Last Year at Marienbad Muriel Mélo Providence) marks his third adaptation penned by Laurent Herbiet and Alex Reval of a work by the English playwright Alan Ayckbourn (following Smoking / No Smoking and Private Fears in Public Places). When the eponymous George Riley never seen on-screen discovers he's been diagnosed with a terminal illness a circle of friends (played by such powerhouses as Sabine Azéma André Dussollier and Hippolyte Girardot) rally and spur him to take part in a play (another Ayckbourn work: Relatively Speaking) with the hope of enriching his final months. Soon after however George regains his life-force with full verve and reattracts the women in his group threatening their own domestic stability. With hyper-stylised sets nominally located in a fantastical Yorkshire; scene changes announced by cartoons by the French illustrator Blutch; and even an animatronic mole which critic Cristina Álvarez López describes in her accompanying essay as "not just a merciless metaphor of George winning over death and returning victoriously to life not only a sharp comment on the general patronising attitude toward those who are ill [but] also the best example of how fearlessly Resnais approaches the issues of life and death: as a matter of serious playfulness of charged lightness." It is that charged lightness ever-present throughout Resnais's body of work that makes Life of Riley (Aimer boire et chanter or To Love Drink and Sing) such a thrilling testament. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to release Alain Resnais's (unintentional) swan song in a Dual Format special edition. Bonus Features: 1080p presentation of the film on the Blu-ray New and exclusive video interview about the film with critic and scholar Geoffrey O'Brien Original theatrical trailer Interviews with the cast 36-PAGE BOOKLET featuring a new essay by critic Cristina Álvarez López; a new note on his collaborations with Alain Resnais by playwright Alan Ayckbourn; and production imagery

• House Of Cards: The Complete Third Season | DVD | (29/06/2015) from £2.46   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  All 13 episodes from the third season of the award-winning political drama starring Kevin Spacey. Based on the novel by Michael Dobbs and the subsequent BBC adaptation of the book, the show follows Francis Underwood (Spacey), a politician whose sense of ambition is matched and encouraged by his wife Claire (Robin Wright). Armed with an arsenal of political secrets to equal anyone in Washington, Francis is more than willing to scheme and blackmail his way to the top. In this season, Francis's approval ratings plummet, a devastating hurricane hits the East Coast and Claire makes plans to run for Ambassador to the U.N.

• Jeanne La Pucelle - The Prisons | DVD | (24/08/2009) from £21.58   |  Saving you £-5.59 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The second part of Jacques Rivette's austere and magnificent epic masterpiece.

• Jeanne La Pucelle - The Battles | DVD | (24/08/2009) from £17.25   |  Saving you £-1.26 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Jacques Rivette's austere and magnificent epic masterpiece.

• Resident Evil: Apocalypse | UMD | (01/09/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Milla Jovovich's video game action girl Alice has escaped the hive of the first flick and must now find a way through the hordes of zombies to escape Racoon City.

• L'Appartement | DVD | (20/11/2000) from £9.28   |  Saving you £10.71 (115.41%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Max the romantic protagonist is planning a marriage investigating a murder chasing after a lost love and getting bizarrely hooked up with a mystery girl. Switching between time women chic cafes and beautiful Parisian apartments Mimouni's film makes the most of its deliriously romantic setting whilst effortlessly unravelling an intricate and unpredictable plot which playfully ties its lovelorn characters up in knots as it races along to a heady conclusion.

• Apres Vous | DVD | (06/03/2006) from £6.73   |  Saving you £9.26 (57.90%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A very tasty comedy with a little French twist. A random act of kindness snowballs into vivid proof that ""no good deed goes unpunished"" in Aprs Vous the irresistible French comedy that garnered actor Daniel Auteuil a Csar Award nomination for Best Actor. Antoine (Auteuil) a restaurant headwaiter takes a shortcut through a park one night and spots Louis (Jos Garcia) a despondent lovelorn stranger attempting to kill himself. Antoine intervenes - despite Louis'

• La Cérémonie | DVD | (23/07/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  In La Ceremonie, Claude Chabrol, known as the French Hitchcock, creates one of his most shocking and unforgettable thrillers. Catherine (Jacqueline Bisset) hires the illiterate Sophie as her maid. But Sophie soon falls under the influence of the mysterious Jeanne (Isabelle Huppert, The Piano Player, Merci Pour Le Chocolate), and the stage is set for a tale of murder, violence, and betrayal. One of Chabrol's most acclaimed films, and winner of numerous international awards, La Ceremonie is a masterpiece of suspense.