"Director: Jeffrey Friedman"

• Lovelace | DVD | (23/12/2013) from £5.74   |  Saving you £12.25 (213.41%)   |  RRP £17.99

  In 1972 before the internet before the explosion of the adult film industry Deep Throat was a phenomenon: the first scripted pornographic theatrical feature film featuring a story some jokes and an unknown and unlikely star Linda Lovelace (Amanda Seyfried; Les Miserables). Escaping a strict religious family Linda discovered freedom and the high-life when she fell for and married charismatic hustler Chuck Traynor (Peter Sarsgaard; TVs The Killing). As Linda Lovelace she became an international sensation-less centerfold fantasy than a charming girl-next-door with some 'impressive skills'. Fully inhabiting her new identity Linda became an enthusiastic spokesperson for sexual freedom and uninhibited hedonism. Six years later she presented another utterly contradictory narrative to the world-and herself as the survivor of a far darker story. The all-star cast includes; Emmy Award winner Hank Azaria (The Simpsons) BAFTA winner Juno Temple (The Dark Night Rises) Adam Brody (Seeking a Friend for the End of the World) Academy Award nominee James Franco (127 Hours) Golden Globe nominee Chris Noth (Sex and The City) Emmy Winner Bobby Cannavale (TVs Nurse Jackie) Wes Bentley (The Hunger Games) Robert Patrick (Gangster Squad) Debi Mazar (Collateral) Eric Roberts (The Expendables The Dark Night) Academy Award nominee Sharon Stone (Casino Basic Instinct) and Academy Award nominee Chloe Sevigny (Boys Don't Cry).

• The Celluloid Closet | DVD | (04/05/2009) from £8.94   |  Saving you £6.05 (67.67%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Narrated by Lily Tomlin and based on Vito Russo's groundbreaking book The Celluloid Closet is a fascinating and elegant look at human sexuality and identity Directors Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman examine the subtext of more than 100 Hollywood movies-including Spartacus Rope and Thelma and Louise-and chart the cinematic journey of lesbian and gay stereotypes through the first century of the movies An epic story by turns surprising hilarious and disturbing the Emmy winning The Celluloid Closet makes us see Hollywood images in a whole new light exploding sexual myths and examining our attitudes about sexuality and sex roles as they evolved through the 20th century.

• Howl | DVD | (20/06/2011) from £5.41   |  Saving you £13.57 (560.74%)   |  RRP £15.99

  As Alan Ginsberg talks about his life and art his most famous poem is illustrated in animation while the obscenity trial of the work is dramatized.

• Common Threads | DVD | (04/05/2009) from £7.99   |  Saving you £7.00 (46.70%)   |  RRP £14.99

  This film recounts the lives and deaths of various victims of AIDS who are commemorated in the AIDS quilt. It is a massive cloth collecting each piece as a memorial for each victim of the disease to both show the death toll and to show the humanity of the victims to those who would rather demonize them

• Lovelace | Blu Ray | (23/12/2013) from £19.00   |  Saving you £5.98 (37.35%)   |  RRP £21.99

  In 1972 before the internet before the explosion of the adult film industry Deep Throat was a phenomenon: the first scripted pornographic theatrical feature film featuring a story some jokes and an unknown and unlikely star Linda Lovelace (Amanda Seyfried; Les Miserables). Escaping a strict religious family Linda discovered freedom and the high-life when she fell for and married charismatic hustler Chuck Traynor (Peter Sarsgaard; TVs The Killing). As Linda Lovelace she became an international sensation-less centerfold fantasy than a charming girl-next-door with some 'impressive skills'. Fully inhabiting her new identity Linda became an enthusiastic spokesperson for sexual freedom and uninhibited hedonism. Six years later she presented another utterly contradictory narrative to the world-and herself as the survivor of a far darker story. The all-star cast includes; Emmy Award winner Hank Azaria (The Simpsons) BAFTA winner Juno Temple (The Dark Night Rises) Adam Brody (Seeking a Friend for the End of the World) Academy Award nominee James Franco (127 Hours) Golden Globe nominee Chris Noth (Sex and The City) Emmy Winner Bobby Cannavale (TVs Nurse Jackie) Wes Bentley (The Hunger Games) Robert Patrick (Gangster Squad) Debi Mazar (Collateral) Eric Roberts (The Expendables The Dark Night) Academy Award nominee Sharon Stone (Casino Basic Instinct) and Academy Award nominee Chloe Sevigny (Boys Don't Cry).

• Howl | Blu Ray | (20/06/2011) from £8.95   |  Saving you £11.04 (123.35%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Starring James Franco (127 Hours); Jon Hamm (Mad Men) and David Strathairn (Good Night & Good Luck) this is the story of a young rebel and chronicler of the Beat Generation Allen Ginsberg and his work that started a revolution. James Franco gives an uncanny performance as Ginsberg being interviewed about the Beat Movement. Elsewhere in San Francisco his poem Howl is on trial for being obscene. Prosecutor Ralph McIntosh (David Strathairn) sets out to prove that the book should be banned while suave defense attorney Jake Ehrlich (Jon Hamm) argues fervently for freedom of speech and creative expression. The proceedings veer from the comically absurd to the passionate as a host of unusual witnesses (Jeff Daniels Mary-Louise Parker Treat Williams Alesssandro Nivola) pit generation against generation and art against fear in front of conservative Judge Clayton Horn (Bob Balaban).