Drama

• Germany, Pale Mother | DVD | (25/05/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Set during the Third Reich and its aftermath this lyrical harrowing tale of love and war is a neglected classic of New German cinema. Hans and Lene scarcely have time to meet and marry before Hans is sent away to fight leaving Lene to give birth during an air raid and struggle through the war with a baby daughter. Based on director and writer Helma Sanders-Brahms’ mother’s experience the film explores the devastating impact of politics on family life. Eva Mattes (Lene) gives a brilliant fearless performance with the film casting a powerful emotional spell which is intensified by a delicate plaintive piano score. German critics savaged the film at its premiere baulking at its ‘subjective’ female take on recent history. Cut by 30 minutes for cinema release only now has it been restored to its impressive original form and released for the first time on DVD. Bonus Features: Germany Pale Mother: original director’s cut (Helma Sanders-Brahms 1980 145 minutes) Hermann Mein Vater (Helma Sanders-Brahms 1987 50 mins) Extensive booklet with essays and complete film credits

• My Best Enemy | DVD | (12/09/2011) from £3.98   |  Saving you £12.01 (301.76%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Poland 1943: An unlikely pair - a concentration camp prisoner and a captain in Hitler's notorious SS - free themselves from the wreckage of a crashed SS airplane. The two appear to be strangely familiar with each other and the extent of their extraordinary relationship is thrillingly revealed.

• Where There's A Will | DVD | (16/03/2009) from £16.18   |  Saving you £-3.19 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Starring: George Cole, Leslie Dwyer, Dandy Nichols, Kathleen Harrison, Edward Woodward. Directed by Vernon Sewell. A 1955 classic British comedy digitally restored and remastered. A cockney family inherit a rundown farm in Devon. The father wants to make a go of the venture but has a problem convincing his work-shy family. Yet another British film which launched many a successful career.

• Lion Of The Desert | DVD | (05/09/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Destined to remain a dubious footnote in books of movie trivia, Lion of the Desert--an occasionally impressive epic from 1981--was financed with a budget of $35 million by Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi, who previously attempted the role of movie producer with the critically roasted Mohammad: Messenger of God. This effort didn't fare much better (it grossed approximately $1 million worldwide), and although some of its wartime action sequences are intelligently filmed, it's not likely to gain much more of a reputation on home video. Under a shaggy Muslim beard, Anthony Quinn stars as Omar Mukhtar, the Arab hero and guerrilla fighter who defended Libya against Benito Mussolini and Italy's attempted conquests during World War II. As straightforward biography, the movie's got an admirable epic sweep, but a cliché-ridden script and uniformly bad performances (from a cast that includes John Gielgud, Oliver Reed and Rod Steiger) make this little more than a curiosity for those wanting to learn more about Libyan history. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com

• PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC, THE | DVD | (26/11/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  One of the most emotional film experiences of any era, Carl Theodor Dreyer's 1928 The Passion of Joan of Arc is a miracle of the cinema, an enigmatic and profoundly moving work that merges the worlds of the viewer and of saintly Joan herself into one shared experience of hushed delirium.Dreyer's film charts the final days of Joan of Arc as she undergoes the degradation that accompanies her trial for charges of heresy - through her imprisonment and execution at the stake.The portrayal of Joan by Rene Maria Falconetti is frequently heralded as the all-time finest performance in the history of film, and Dreyer's unusual and virtuosic method, in seeming to render the very soul of his actress, vaulted the director decisively into the ranks of the art form's supreme geniuses. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present The Passion of Joan of Arc in its worldwide Blu-ray premire, in an exclusive new restoration, presented in both 20fps and 24fps playback speeds.

• In This World | DVD | (29/09/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Torn straight from the headlines Michael Winterbottom's compelling and prescient In This World follows young Afghan Jamal (impressive newcomer Jamal Udin Torabi)and his older cousin Enayat (Enayatullah)as they embark on a hazardous overland trip from their refugee camp at Peshawar north-west Pakistan. Entering Turkey on foot through a snowy Kurdish controlled pass the pair again take their lives into their hands and face suffocation when they are locked in a freight container on

• The Owl Service: The Complete Series | Blu Ray | (27/03/2023) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• U-Carmen | DVD | (24/07/2006) from £7.99   |  Saving you £14.00 (233.72%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Based on Bizet's classic work but relocated to a South African township U-Carmen is a hugely original piece of film making from director Mark Dornford-May. The film is sung and spoken in Xhosa and is further evidence of the continuing influx and growing importance of African cinema. Featuring a truly outstanding performance from Pauline Malefane in the title role the film won the Golden Bear at the 2005 Berlin Film Festival and has captured the imaginations of critics the w

• Brad Pitt Collection - Meet Joe Black/Legends Of The Fall/The Devil's Own | DVD | (26/12/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Meet Joe Black: (1998) Bill Parrish (Anthony Hopkins) has it all success wealth and power. Days before his 65th birthday he receives a visit from a mysterious stranger Joe Black (Brad Pitt) who soon reveals himself as Death. In exchange for extra time Bill agrees to serve as Joe's earthly guide. But will he regret his choice when Joe unexpectedly falls in love with Bill's beautiful daughter Susan (Claire Forlani)? Legends Of The Fall: (1994) Colonel William Ludlow (Anthony Hopkins) built a ranch in the remote foothills of the Montana Rockies where he brought up his three sons away from the carnage of the Indian wars. Alfred (Aidan Quinn) the eldest is dutiful and reserved Samuel (Henry Thomas) the beloved youngest is compassionate and idealistic while the middle brother Tristan (Brad Pitt) has a wild untameable spirit. Into this masculine world enters Susannah Finncannon (Julia Ormond) a beautiful intelligent woman who stirs a passion and rivalry in all three brothers that will change the course of their lives and shape their destinies forever. From the rugged prairie lands of 19th Century America to the trenches of World War I and the changing world beyond Legends of the Fall is a sweeping star-studded epic - a passionate journey into the darkest secrets of love betrayal and the unbreakable bonds of blood. The Devil's Own: (1997) When New York cop Tom O'Meara (Harrison Ford) agrees to open his family home to Rory Devaney (Brad Pitt) he doesn't know that he is about to shelter a dangerous and wanted terrorist. Accepted into Tom's family Rory discovers a tranquillity that he has never previously experienced. But Rory's terrorist mission is calling - and when he finally has to answer it is Tom who must hunt him down and who becomes Rory's sole chance of getting out alive.

• After The Rehearsal | DVD | (27/03/2006) from £8.99   |  Saving you £11.00 (55.00%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Ingmar Bergman brings the worlds of cinema and theater together as a stage director takes on his new actress and former mistress in a duel of wits whilst they rehearse a new play together. Henrik Vogler (Erland Josephson) an aging director in the process of staging a production of August Strindberg's 'A Dream's Play' remains in the theatre alone one night after a rehearsal has taken place to reflect on his life and career. He is subsequently joined by young ingenue Anna (Lena Olin

• I Am A Camera | DVD | (26/07/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  In the early thirties Christopher Isherwood is a young aspiring writer living in pre World War II Berlin. Christopher meets the vivacious peniless singer Sally Bowles a young English woman who is performing in a cabaret and they soon develop a platonic relationship. Then Sally meets wealthy American Clive at a party who helps Sally and Christopher finacially and socially for a while and they have the time of their lives. Things begin to change as the increasing Nazism in the country

• Under The Skin | DVD | (24/01/2005) from £10.35   |  Saving you £9.64 (93.14%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Things are going badly for Iris. Her mother has been given only weeks to live and she feels increasingly distant from her happily married and heavily pregnant older sister Rose. Unable to deal with her grief and jealousy Iris ditches her job her flat and her boyfriend and prowls the streets looking for love in all the wrong places. Sexy dark and ultimately uplifting Carine Adler's stylish debut won the Michael Powell award at the Edinburgh Film Festival and the Critics Prize at th

• Water Drops On Burning Rocks | DVD | (19/03/2001) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-0.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A wry and comic look at the shifting of power in sexual relationships Francois Ozon's film is adapted from a play written but never staged by the celebrated German filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbinder. When the smooth-talking Leopold (Bernard Giraudeau) a successful businessman of 50 seduces 20-year-old Franz the youngster falls under his spell and moves in with him. But Leopold soon reveals his true colours and Franz contemplates returning to her girlfriend (Ludivine Sagnier) -

• Main Street | DVD | (09/03/2015) from £2.59   |  Saving you £10.40 (401.54%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Several residents of a small Southern city whose lives are changed by the arrival of a stranger with a controversial plan to save their decaying hometown. In the midst of today’s challenging times each of the colourful citizens of this close-knit North Carolina community will search for ways to reinvent themselves their relationships and the very heart of their neighbourhood.

• Row Your Boat | DVD | (11/08/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

• Burning An Illusion | DVD | (25/07/2005) from £12.45   |  Saving you £7.54 (60.56%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The story of a black woman's awakening. Pat Williams (Cassie McFarlane) is a girl with a steady job and a London flat who looks forward to settling down to a comfortable married life. Her dream is shattered when her boyfriend Del (Victor Romero) spirals out of control as he loses his job and is arrested after a fight. The film explores the growing tensions in Pat and Del's relationship and then Pat's gradual realisation that her aspirations are simply those that a white worl

• Jackie Brown | DVD | (22/01/2001) from £7.95   |  Saving you £10.04 (55.80%)   |  RRP £17.99

  The curiosity of Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown is Robert Forster's worldly wise bail bondsman Max Cherry, the most alive character in this adaptation of Elmore Leonard's Rum Punch. The Academy Awards saw it the same way, giving Forster the film's only nomination. The film is more "rum" than "punch" and will certainly disappoint those who are looking for Tarantino's trademark style. This movie is a slow, decaffeinated story of six characters glued to a half million dollars brought illegally into the country. The money belongs to Ordell (Samuel L Jackson), a gunrunner just bright enough to control his universe and do his own dirty work. His just-paroled friend--a loose term with Ordell--Louis (Robert De Niro) is just taking up space and could be interested in the money. However, his loyalties are in question between his old partner and Ordell's doped-up girl (Bridget Fonda). Certainly Fed Ray Nicolette (Michael Keaton) wants to arrest Ordell with the illegal money. The key is the title character, a late-40-ish flight-attendant (Pam Grier) who can pull her own weight and soon has both sides believing she's working for them. The end result is rarely in doubt, and what is left is two hours of Tarantino's expert dialogue as he moves his characters around town. Tarantino changed the race of Jackie and Ordell, a move that means little except that it allows Tarantino to heap on black culture and language, something he has a gift and passion for. He said this film is for an older audience although the language and drug use may put them off. The film is not a salute to Grier's blaxploitation films beyond the musical score. Unexpectedly the most fascinating scenes are between Grier and Forster: glowing in the limelight of their first major Hollywood film after decades of work. --Doug Thomas

• Young Soul Rebels | DVD | (02/02/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Summer 1977 the week of the Queen's Silver Jubilee. Passion is in the air of the dark blue London sky. TJ is out cruising the park for love and is murdered. A beatbox lying in the bushes is the only clue... Soul mates since childhood Chris and Caz are two young black disc jockeys who run the coolest pirate radio station in town Soul Patrol. The skins on Chris's housing estate mock him and Caz; they envy their black soul boy style. However Chris has ambitions beyond the pirat

• Some Came Running (blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (16/11/2021) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Dream Lover | DVD | (20/02/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  If you think you know your lover. Think again. Especially if she's your wife.... After a bitter divorce wealthy architect Ray (Spader) fears he'll never love again...until he bumps into sexy sophisticated Lena (Amick) and sparks begin to fly. Before long they are happily married and have a family. But when Ray's suspicious nature gets the better of him and he begins to investigate Lena's past what he finds may not only threaten the state of their marriage.... but also Ray's