Drama

• Before The Devil Knows You're Dead | DVD | (26/05/2008) from £5.19   |  Saving you £14.80 (285.16%)   |  RRP £19.99

  When two brothers organize the robbery of their parents' jewellery store the job goes horribly wrong, triggering a series of events that threatens to tear the family apart once and for all.

• La Dolce Vita | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-0.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Marcello Mastroianni plays a playboy reporter on the hunt for scandal amongst Rome's high society in this classic Italian film directed by Federico Fellini. Both drawn to and repelled by the decadent lifestyle that provides his living he finds himself torn between his passion for a starlet (Anita Ekberg) and his desire for a Bohemian life like that of his friend (Alain Cuny)...

• An Affair To Remember | DVD | (09/05/2005) from £6.87   |  Saving you £6.12 (89.08%)   |  RRP £12.99

  In this legendary tearjerker the world's most eligible bachelor (Cary Grant) is set to marry an heiress. But unfortunately for his bride-to-be while he's traveling alone on a luxury liner he meets Terry McKay (Deborah Kerr) and realizes he's engaged to the wrong woman--and she's engaged to the wrong man. They finally agree to spend six months apart; if they still love each other at the end of that time they will reunite at the top of the Empire State Building. But the path of true

• Requiem for a Dream (4K UHD & BD WITHOUT DC) | Blu Ray | (30/11/2020) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Celebrating its 20th anniversary with a 4K Ultra HD™¬release, Darren Aronofsky's¬Requiem¬ for a Dream with a screenplay by Aronofsky and Hubert Selby Jr., based on Selby's novel stars Oscar®¬winners* Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, and Ellen Burstyn, along with Marlon Wayans, in a hypnotic film about four people pursuing their visions of happiness. Even as everything begins to fall apart, they refuse to let go, plummeting with their dreams into a nightmarish, gut-wrenching freefall. UHD Special Features: On Set: 1999 Transcendent Moments: The Score Of Requiem For A Dream Ellen Burstyn On Requiem For A Dream Through Their Eyes: Revisiting Requiem For A Dream Blu-Ray Special Features: Commentary With Director Darren Aronofsky Commentary With Director Of Photography Matthew Libatique The Making Of Requiem For A Dream Memories, Dreams And Addictions - Ellen Burstyn Interviews Hubert Selby Jr. Hubert Selby Jr. Reads To Ellen Burstyn Deleted Scenes With Optional Director'S Commentary

• Last Tango In Paris | DVD | (24/04/2000) from £7.19   |  Saving you £8.80 (122.39%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Penetrate the moody sensual world of Last Tango in Paris and prepare yourself for 'the most controversial film of its era'. Nominated for two Academy Awards and exuding a sexual energy unlike any film before or after this is the scintillating classic that shocked a nation and 'altered the face of an art form'. He (Brando) is a 45-year-old American living in Paris haunted by his wife's suicide. She (Maria Schneider) is 20 year old Parisian beauty engaged to a young filmmaker. Though nameless to each other these tortured souls come together to satisfy their sexual cravings in an apartment as bare as their dark tragic lives. Caught up in the frenzied beat of a carnal dance they cannot seem to stop these unlikely lovers take their passion to erotic heights - and depths - beyond anything they could ever have imagined.

• Ran | DVD | (03/05/2004) from £15.95   |  Saving you £4.04 (25.33%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Akira Kurosawa's brilliantly conceived retelling of Shakespeare's 'King Lear' magically mixes Japanese history Shakespeare's plot and Kurosawa's own feelings about loyalty in this epic masterpiece. Set in 16th century Japan an aging ruler Lord Hidetora (Tatsuya Nakadai) announces his intention to divide his land equally among his three sons. This decision to step down unleashes a power struggle between the three when Hidetora falls prey to the false flattery bestowed upon him by the two older sons and banishes the youngest when he speaks the truth. The ruthless betrayal ultimately drives Hidetora insane destroying his entire family and kingdom. Deep human emotion and outstanding acting combine to create one of the most acclaimed foreign films of all time.

• Blue Collar (Standard Edition) | Blu Ray | (09/12/2019) from £13.79   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  After writing Taxi Driver for Martin Scorsese, Paul Schrader made his directorial debut with this profane and profound drama about life on the factory floor of a Detroit car manufacturing plant. With explosive performances from the great Richard Pryor (Silver Streak, Stir Crazy), Harvey Keitel (The Border, Pulp Fiction) and Yaphet Kotto (Live and Let Die, Alien), Blue Collar presents one of the most authentic portraits of working-class life in all American cinema, and is one of the finest films of the 1970s. Extras: Indicator Standard Edition Special Features: High Definition remaster Original mono audio Audio commentary with writer-director Paul Schrader and author Maitland McDonagh Paul Schrader BFI Masterclass (1982, 106 mins): the filmmaker presents a fascinating summary of the many issues and ideas he explores in his screenwriting class, recorded at the National Film Theatre, London 'Visions': Interview with Paul Schrader (1982): archival interview, presented in two versions the broadcast cut with its original Tony Rayns introduction (21 mins), and the complete interview rushes with a newly recorded introduction by Tony Rayns (58 mins) Keith Gordon on ˜Blue Collar' (2018, 12 mins): a new filmed appreciation by the filmmaker and actor Original theatrical trailer Josh Olson trailer commentary (2013, 3 mins): a short critical appreciation. Image gallery: on-set and promotional photography New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing

• Red Road | Blu Ray | (25/01/2010) from £7.99   |  Saving you £12.00 (150.19%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A CCTV operator has to confront a man she thought she would never see again.

• The Help | Blu Ray | (12/03/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £22.99

  The Help is a provocative and inspiring look at what happens when a southern town's unspoken code of rules and behaviour is shattered by three courageous women who strike up an unlikely friendship.

• Marple - Series 4 | DVD | (04/01/2010) from £12.80   |  Saving you £12.19 (48.80%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Miss Marple (New): Series 4 (4 Discs)

• The Shillingbury Tales | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £14.99   |  Saving you £7.00 (53.89%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Featuring all 6 episodes of ITV's short-lived comedy-drama series. The village of Shillingbury is a tranquil place staunch in the established old-fashioned values of rural England. It is a picture postcard place of honeysuckle and home-made strawberry jam fine thatched roofs a timbered pub and contented folk...

• Father Brown Series 10 | Blu Ray | (13/03/2023) from £23.45   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The year is now 1954 and the sleepy Cotswold village of Kembleford sees new faces join Father Brown's team of sleuths. The dashing Chief Inspector Sullivan is back and proves a pleasant distraction for Mrs Devine, Father Brown's lively new Parish Secretary, while plucky new housekeeper Brenda helps the priest's crime solving. With royal visits, kidnappings and notorious gangsters to contend with, Father Brown also faces his old adversary Flambeau who returns to Kembleford after being accused of murder. Father Brown risks his own life to prove his innocence but is his faith in Flambeau misplaced?

• Miss Marple – The Murder at the Vicarage & 4.50 from Paddington | DVD | (30/10/2017) from £11.35   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Classic murder mysteries by the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, filmed entirely on location, oozing period atmosphere and featuring award-winning actress Joan Hickson, the most popular Miss Marple ever. The Murder at The Vicarage When Colonel Protheroe is murdered in St Mary Mead, Miss Marple wonders why so many people want to confess. 4.50 From Paddington When Mrs McGillicuddy witness a murder on a passing train, the absence of a body leads no-one to believe her. Except Miss Marple.

• Into The Wild | Blu Ray | (20/07/2009) from £7.99   |  Saving you £12.00 (150.19%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A young man leaves his middle class existence for a life a adventure in the North American wilderness. His journey takes him to Alaska, where he must fight to survive in the harsh environment.

• Blue Valentine | DVD | (09/05/2011) from £5.17   |  Saving you £14.08 (360.10%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Ryan Gosling (The Notebook, Half Nelson) and Michelle Williams (Shutter Island, Brokeback Mountain) star in Blue Valentine, a honest portrait of a relationship on the rocks.

• Going Postal | DVD | (23/08/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A Tale of Love and Revenge... and Stamps. Moist von Lipwig is a con artist of the highest degree: polite charming and skillful in his work. Nevertheless as the story begins he is confined to a cell in Ankh Morpork and scheduled to die within half an hour after having stolen AM0 000. He is saved when Lord Vetinari offers him a choice: he can walk out of the door (and fall to his death) or he can become Postmaster of the city's run down Post Office. Lipwig chooses the latter hoping for a chance to escape. Unfortunately for him Lipwig's first and last attempt at escape is thwarted by a golem named Mr. Pump who delivers Lipwig back to the office of the Patrician...

• Pilgrimage | DVD | (03/07/2017) from £10.80   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Ireland, 1209. A group of monks including a young novice (Tom Holland, Spider-Man: Homecoming, The Lost City of Z) and a mute lay-brother (Jon Bernthal, The Punisher, The Wolf of Wall Street) are tasked with transporting an ancient relic across the wilderness. As the true significance of the relic becomes apparent; their path becomes increasingly fraught with danger. The monks quickly realise that in this wild land of ancient superstitions, the faith that binds them together may ultimately lead to their destruction.

• The Life And Loves Of A She-Devil - Complete Series | DVD | (30/08/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The complete series of the 1986 BBC Bafta award winning drama starring Patricia Hodge Dennis Waterman and Julie T Wallace. A screen of bizarre probably satanic sigils set the scene for this adaptation of Fay Weldon's novel about infidelity and impersonation.

• Robbery | Blu Ray | (31/08/2015) from £12.26   |  Saving you £7.73 (63.05%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Based on the planning and execution of criminal cause celebre the Great Train Robbery, this taut, meticulously researched drama stars Stanley Baker as a crime boss undertaking the heist of his career with Frank Finlay and Barry Foster among the gang he assembles, and James Booth as the dogged detective who's determined to catch them all.Co-produced by Baker and directed by multiple-Oscar-nominated Peter Yates, Robbery is a classic of British Film exceptionally scripted (winning a WGGB Award for Best British Screenplay), powerfully acted and sporting a legendary score by composer-arranger Johnny Keating. It is presented here as a brand-new High Definition restoration from original film elements in its original aspect ratio.Having successfully pulled off a daring jewel heist, Paul Clifton prepares to hit a mail train heading south from Glasgow. Several difficulties stand in his way, however, not the least of which is the police who are hot on his tail and already know he's planning something bigger...SPECIAL FEATURES:Brand-new interview with Michael Deeley recorded for this release Cinema: Stanley Baker an archive interview from 1972 German film The Great Train Robbery Waiting for the Signal: The Making of Robbery brand-new documentary featuring interviews with cast and crew Behind-the-scenes footage archive news footage of the filming at Market Harborough Image gallery - posters, lobby cards, memorabilia and production stills Original campaign guide, exhibitors' manual and flyers in PDF format 32 page booklet by film historian Sheldon HallABOUT THE RESTORATION:Previously released on DVD from an old 1.33:1 (4:3 pan and scan) transfer, Robbery has now been scanned to 2K resolution from the 35mm original negative and restored in its correct theatrical aspect ratio (1.66:1).The restoration involved grain management, both automated and manual removal of film dirt and damage, and correction of major instability, warping and density fluctuations. The image has been fully colour corrected. While conforming, it was found that a ten second interior shot of the police car during the opening chase sequence had been cut from the DVD release. This has been re-instated for this restoration.The original 35mm magnetic audio elements were unfortunately in a very poor condition and unable to be used due to deterioration, so the existing mono soundtrack has been restored.

• Allonsanfan (Limited Edition) | Blu Ray | (26/02/2024) from £16.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  After the fall of Napoleon, the Restoration begins. Fulvio (Marcello Mastroianni, La dolce vita), an aristocrat who has dedicated his life to the revolution has become disillusioned and his cowardice keeps him from joining his comrades. As he struggles to manage his evasion and lies he gets swept up in a suicidal uprising in Southern Italy. Stunningly photographed with lush period detail and featuring the Taviani brothers' trademark magic realism and absurdist irony, Allonsanfàn has Mastroianni on top form as the reluctant insurgent and one of Ennio Morricone's finest scores. Radiance Films is proud to present this essential film on Blu-ray for the first time in the world. Product Features New 2K restoration of the film from the original negative, presented on Blu-ray for the first time in the world Original uncompressed mono PCM audio Audio commentary by critic Michael Brooke Archival interview with the Taviani brothers by critic Gideon Bachmann in which they discuss filmmaking approaches, the role of the director, the future of cinema and more (57 mins) Original trailer Newly translated English subtitles Reversible sleeve featuring designs based on original posters Limited edition booklet featuring new writing by Italian cinema expert Robert Lumley and a newly translated contemporary interview with the Taviani brothers Single pressing of 3000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings