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One Sings, the Other Doesn't (1977) Directed by Agnès Varda Country: France Duration: 121 minutes Language: French Spine #978 DVD BONUS FEATURES Women Are Naturally Creative: Agnès Varda, a 1977 documentary directed by Katja Raganelli, featuring an interview with Varda shot during the making of the film, plus on-set interviews with actors Valérie Mairesse and Thérèse Liotard Réponse de femmes, a 1975 short film by Varda, on the question “What is a woman?” Plaisir d’amour en Iran, a 1976 short film by Varda, starring Mairesse and Ali Raffi Trailer PLUS: An essay by critic Amy Taubin and excerpts from the film’s original press book
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Blue Velvet (1986) Directed by David Lynch Country: United States Duration: 120 minutes Language: English Spine #977 DVD BONUS FEATURES The Lost Footage, fifty-three minutes of deleted scenes and alternate takes assembled by Lynch “Blue Velvet” Revisited, a feature-length meditation on the making of the movie by Peter Braatz, filmed on-set during the production Mysteries of Love, a seventy-minute documentary from 2002 on the making of the film Interview from 2017 with composer Angelo Badalamenti It’s a Strange World: The Filming of “Blue Velvet,” a 2019 documentary featuring interviews with crew members and visits to the shooting locations Lynch reading from Room to Dream, a 2018 book he coauthored with Kristine McKenna PLUS: Excerpts by McKenna from Room to Dream
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Let the Sunshine In (2017) Directed by Claire Denis Country: France Duration: 95 minutes Language: French Spine #976 DVD BONUS FEATURES New interviews with director Claire Denis and actor Juliette Binoche Voilà l’enchaînement (2014), a short film directed by Denis and adapted from a text by Let the Sunshine In cowriter Christine Angot, featuring actors Norah Krief and Alex Descas Trailer PLUS: An essay by critic Stephanie Zacharek
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Funny Games (1997) Directed by Michael Haneke Country: Austria Duration: 109 minutes Language: German Spine #975 DVD BONUS FEATURES New interviews with Haneke and actor Arno Frisch New interview with film historian Alexander Horwath Press conference from the 1997 Cannes Film Festival featuring Haneke and actors Susanne Lothar and Ulrich Mühe Trailer PLUS: An essay by critic Bilge Ebiri
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The Heiress (1949) Directed by William Wyler Country: United States Duration: 115 minutes Language: English Spine #974 DVD BONUS FEATURES New conversation between screenwriter Jay **** and film critic Farran Smith Nehme New program about the film’s costumes featuring costume collector and historian Larry McQueen The Costume Designer, a restored 1950 short film featuring costume designer Edith Head Appearance by actor Olivia de Havilland on a 1986 episode of The Paul Ryan Show Excerpts from a 1973 tribute to director William Wyler on The Merv Griffin Show, featuring Wyler, de Havilland, and actors Bette Davis and Walter Pidgeon Wyler’s acceptance speech from the American Film Institute’s 1976 Salute to William Wyler Interview with actor Ralph Richardson filmed in 1981 for the documentary Directed by William Wyler Trailer PLUS: An essay by critic Pamela Hutchinson
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My Brilliant Career (1979) Directed by Gillian Armstrong Country: Australia Duration: 100 minutes Language: English Spine #973 DVD BONUS FEATURES Audio commentary from 2009 featuring Armstrong New interview with Armstrong Interview from 1980 with actor Judy Davis New interview with production designer Luciana Arrighi Trailer PLUS: An essay by critic Carrie Rickey
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Police Story 2 (1988) Directed by Jackie Chan Country: Hong Kong Duration: 122 minutes Language: Cantonese Spine #972 DVD BONUS FEATURES Alternate English-dubbed soundtracks Alternate version of Police Story 2, presented in a 2K digital transfer for the first time from a subtitled 35 mm Hong Kong–release print New interview with filmmaker Edgar Wright and a 2017 podcast conversation between Wright and actor-director Jackie Chan New programs on Chan’s screen persona and action-filmmaking techniques featuring author and New York Asian Film Festival cofounder Grady Hendrix Episode of Son of the Incredibly Strange Film Show from 1989 featuring interviews with Chan and actor Maggie Cheung Archival interviews with Chan and actor and stuntman Benny Lai Excerpts from Jackie Chan: My Stunts, a 1999 documentary codirected by and starring Chan Excerpt from a 2017 television program reuniting Chan with the original members of the Jackie Chan Stunt Team Television program from 1964 detailing the rigors of Beijing-opera training, akin to the education that Chan received as a child Chan stunt reel Trailers PLUS: An essay by critic Nick Pinkerton
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Police Story (1985) Directed by Jackie Chan Country: Hong Kong Duration: 100 minutes Language: Cantonese Spine #971 DVD BONUS FEATURES Alternate English-dubbed soundtracks Alternate version of Police Story 2, presented in a 2K digital transfer for the first time from a subtitled 35 mm Hong Kong–release print New interview with filmmaker Edgar Wright and a 2017 podcast conversation between Wright and actor-director Jackie Chan New programs on Chan’s screen persona and action-filmmaking techniques featuring author and New York Asian Film Festival cofounder Grady Hendrix Episode of Son of the Incredibly Strange Film Show from 1989 featuring interviews with Chan and actor Maggie Cheung Archival interviews with Chan and actor and stuntman Benny Lai Excerpts from Jackie Chan: My Stunts, a 1999 documentary codirected by and starring Chan Excerpt from a 2017 television program reuniting Chan with the original members of the Jackie Chan Stunt Team Television program from 1964 detailing the rigors of Beijing-opera training, akin to the education that Chan received as a child Chan stunt reel Trailers PLUS: An essay by critic Nick Pinkerton
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A Face in the Crowd (1957) Directed by Elia Kazan Country: United States Duration: 126 minutes Language: English Spine #970 DVD BONUS FEATURES New interview with Ron Briley, author of The Ambivalent Legacy of Elia Kazan New interview with Andy Griffith biographer Evan Dalton Smith Facing the Past, a 2005 documentary featuring actors Griffith, Patricia Neal, and Anthony Franciosa; screenwriter Budd Schulberg; and film scholars Leo Braudy and Jeff Young Trailer PLUS: An essay by critic April Wolfe, excerpts from director Elia Kazan’s introduction to the film’s published screenplay, and a 1957 New York Times Magazine profile of Griffith
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Diamonds of the Night (1964) Directed by Jan Němec Country: Czechoslovakia Duration: 67 minutes Language: Czech, German Spine #969 DVD BONUS FEATURES Interview from 2009 with director Jan Němec A Loaf of Bread, Němec’s 1960 student thesis film, based on a short story by Arnošt Lustig Arnošt Lustig Through the Eyes of Jan Němec, a short documentary from 1993 New interview with film programmer Irena Kovarova New video essay on the film’s stylistic influences by scholar James Quandt PLUS: An essay by film critic Michael Atkinson
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Japón (2002) Directed by Carlos Reygadas Country: Mexico Duration: 134 minutes Language: Spanish Spine #968 DVD BONUS FEATURES New conversation between Reygadas and filmmaker Amat Escalante Video diary shot by actor Alejandro Ferretis during the film’s production Adulte, a 1998 short film by Reygadas Deleted scene Trailer PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by novelist Valeria Luiselli, behind-the-scenes photographs, and a selection of Reygadas’s original storyboards
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I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978) Directed by Robert Zemeckis Country: United States Duration: 99 minutes Language: English Spine #967 DVD BONUS FEATURES New conversation among Zemeckis, Gale, and executive producer Steven Spielberg New interview with actors Nancy Allen and Marc McClure Audio commentary from 2004 featuring Zemeckis and Gale The Lift (1972) and A Field of Honor (1973), two early short films by Zemeckis Trailer and radio spots PLUS: An essay by critic Scott Tobias
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Detour (1945) Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer Country: United States Duration: 69 minutes Language: English Spine #966 DVD BONUS FEATURES Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen, a 2004 documentary featuring interviews with actor Ann Savage and filmmakers Roger Corman, Joe Dante, and Wim Wenders New interview with film scholar Noah Isenberg, author of Edgar G. Ulmer: A Filmmaker at the Margins New program about the restoration Janus Films rerelease trailer PLUS: An essay by critic and poet Robert Polito
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Wanda (1970) Directed by Barbara Loden Country: United States Duration: 103 minutes Language: English Spine #965 DVD BONUS FEATURES I Am Wanda, an hour-long documentary by Katja Raganelli featuring an interview with director Barbara Loden filmed in 1980 Audio recording of Loden speaking to students at the American Film Institute in 1971 Segment from a 1971 episode of The Dick Cavett Show featuring Loden The Frontier Experience (1975), a short educational film about a pioneer woman’s struggle to survive, directed by and starring Loden Trailer PLUS: An essay by film critic Amy Taubin
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The Kid Brother (1927) Directed by Ted Wilde Country: United States Duration: 82 minutes Language: English Spine #964 DVD BONUS FEATURES Orchestral score by composer Carl Davis from 1989 Alternate archival organ score performed by Gaylord Carter Audio commentary from 2005 featuring filmmaker and Harold Lloyd archivist Richard Correll, film historian Annette D’Agostino Lloyd, and Harold Lloyd’s granddaughter Suzanne Lloyd Harold’s Leading Ladies, a new conversation between author Cari Beauchamp and Suzanne Lloyd Anatomy of a Gag: Monkeyshoes, a new video essay by critic and filmmaker David Cairns Behind-the-scenes stills gallery curated by Harold Lloyd archivist Richard Simonton Jr. Close to Home, a new video essay on the film’s shooting locations by author John Bengtson Dutch television interview with Lloyd from 1962 Featurette from 2005 about Greenacres, Lloyd’s estate, hosted by Suzanne Lloyd Two restored rare early Lloyd shorts: Over the Fence (1917) and That’s Him (1918), with new Wurlitzer theater pipe organ scores and a discussion of their early film formats by archivist Dino Everett New tour of the Wurlitzer organ with composer Nathan Barr and organist Mark Herman PLUS: An essay by critic Carrie Rickey
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To Sleep with Anger (1990) Directed by Charles Burnett Country: United States Duration: 102 minutes Language: English Spine #963 DVD BONUS FEATURES Of Family and Folklore, a new interview program, featuring Burnett, actors Danny Glover and Sheryl Lee Ralph, and associate producer Linda Koulisis A Walk with Charles Burnett, a new hour-long conversation between Burnett and filmmaker Robert Townsend that revisits Burnett’s films and shooting locations Short video tribute to Burnett produced for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Governors Awards ceremony in 2017 PLUS: An essay by critic Ashley Clark
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Death in Venice (1971) Directed by Luchino Visconti Country: Italy Duration: 131 minutes Language: English Spine #962 DVD BONUS FEATURES Luchino Visconti: Life as in a Novel, a 2008 documentary about the director, featuring Visconti; actors Burt Lancaster, Silvana Mangano, and Marcello Mastroianni; filmmakers Francesco Rosi and Franco Zeffirelli; and others Alla ricerca di Tadzio, a 1970 short film by Visconti about his efforts to cast the role of Tadzio New program featuring literature and cinema scholar Stefano Albertini Interview from 2006 with costume designer Piero Tosi Excerpt from a 1990 program about the music in Visconti’s films, featuring Bogarde and actor Marisa Berenson Interview with Visconti from 1971 Visconti’s Venice, a short 1970 behind-the-scenes documentary featuring Visconti and Bogarde Trailer PLUS: An essay by critic Dennis Lim
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Shame (1968) Directed by Ingmar Bergman Country: Sweden Duration: 103 minutes Language: Swedish Spine #961 DVD BONUS FEATURES Interviews with director Ingmar Bergman and a brief excerpt from a press conference for the film, recorded in 1967 and ’68 for Swedish television New interview with actor Liv Ullmann An Introduction to Ingmar Bergman, a 1968 documentary made during the film’s production, featuring an extensive interview with Bergman PLUS: An essay by critic Michael Sragow
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La vérité (1960) Directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot Country: France Duration: 128 minutes Language: French Spine #960 DVD BONUS FEATURES Le scandale Clouzot, a sixty-minute documentary from 2017 on director Henri-Georges Clouzot Interview from 1960 with Clouzot Interview with actor Brigitte Bardot from the 1982 documentary Brigitte Bardot telle qu’elle PLUS: An essay by film scholar Ginette Vincendeau
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In the Heat of the Night (1967) Directed by Norman Jewison Country: United States Duration: 110 minutes Language: English Spine #959 DVD BONUS FEATURES New interviews with director Norman Jewison and actor Lee Grant Segment from a 2006 American Film Institute interview with actor Sidney Poitier New interview with Aram Goudsouzian, author of Sidney Poitier: Man, Actor, Icon Audio commentary from 2008 featuring Jewison, Grant, actor Rod Steiger, and cinematographer Haskell Wexler Turning Up the Heat: Movie-Making in the ’60s, a 2008 program about the production of the film and its legacy, featuring Jewison, Wexler, producer Walter Mirisch, and filmmakers John Singleton and Reginald Hudlin Quincy Jones: Breaking New Sound, a 2008 program about Jones’s innovative soundtrack, including the title song sung by Ray Charles, featuring interviews with Jones, lyricists Alan and Marilyn Bergman, and musician Herbie Hancock Trailer PLUS: An essay by critic K. Austin Collins
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4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007) Directed by Cristian Mungiu Country: Romania Duration: 113 minutes Language: Romanian Spine #958 DVD BONUS FEATURES New interview with Mungiu New interview with film critic Jay Weissberg on the New Romanian Cinema The Romanian Tour, a short documentary from 2007 on the film’s reception in Romania Press conference from the 2007 Cannes Film Festival, featuring Mungiu; director of photography Oleg Mutu; and actors Laura Vasiliu, Vlad Ivanov, and Alexandru Potocean Alternate and deleted scenes Trailer PLUS: An essay by critic Ella Taylor
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Mikey and Nicky (1976) Directed by Elaine May Country: United States Duration: 106 minutes Language: English Spine #957 DVD BONUS FEATURES New program on the making of the film featuring interviews with distributor Julian Schlossberg and actor Joyce Van Patten New interviews with critics Richard Brody and Carrie Rickey Audio interview from 1976 with actor Peter Falk Trailer and TV spot PLUS: An essay by critic Nathan Rabin
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24 Frames (2017) Directed by Abbas Kiarostami Country: Iran Duration: 114 minutes Spine #956 DVD BONUS FEATURES New interview with director Abbas Kiarostami’s son Ahmad Kiarostami, who helped finish the film after his father’s death New conversation between Iranian film scholar Jamsheed Akrami and film critic Godfrey Cheshire New short documentary about the making of the film by Abbas Kiarostami collaborator Salma Monshizadeh Trailer PLUS: An essay by film critic Bilge Ebiri
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Panique (1946) Directed by Julien Duvivier Country: France Duration: 98 minutes Language: French Spine #955 DVD BONUS FEATURES The Art of Subtitling, a new short documentary by Bruce Goldstein, founder and copresident of Rialto Pictures, about the history of subtitles New interview with author Pierre Simenon, the son of novelist Georges Simenon Conversation from 2015 between critics Guillemette Odicino and Eric Libiot about director Julien Duvivier and the film’s production history Rialto Pictures rerelease trailer PLUS: Essays by film scholar James Quandt and Borger
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Forty Guns (1957) Directed by Samuel Fuller Country: United States Duration: 80 minutes Language: English Spine #954 DVD BONUS FEATURES New interview with director Samuel Fuller’s widow, Christa Lang Fuller, and daughter, Samantha Fuller A Fuller Life (2013), a feature-length documentary by Samantha Fuller about her father, featuring filmmakers Wim Wenders, William Friedkin, and Monte Hellman; actors Mark Hamill, James Franco, Jennifer Beals, Bill Duke, and Constance Towers; and others Audio interview with Samuel Fuller at London’s National Film Theatre from 1969 New interview with critic Imogen Sara Smith, author of In Lonely Places: Film Noir Beyond the City Stills gallery PLUS: An essay by film scholar Lisa Dombrowski and a chapter from Fuller’s posthumously published 2002 autobiography, A Third Face: My Tale of Writing, Fighting, and Filmmaking
