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Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988) Directed by Pedro Almodóvar Country: Spain Duration: 89 minutes Language: Spanish Spine #855 DVD BONUS FEATURES New interviews with Pedro Almodóvar, Agustín Almodóvar, and actor Carmen Maura New discussion by film scholar Richard Peña of the film’s impact in Spain and abroad Trailer PLUS: An essay by novelist and critic Elvira Lindo

The Tree of Wooden Clogs (1978) Directed by Ermanno Olmi Country: Italy Duration: 186 minutes Language: Bergamasque Spine #854 DVD BONUS FEATURES Alternate Italian-language soundtrack New introduction by filmmaker Mike Leigh Ermanno Olmi: The Roots of the Tree, an hour-long 1981 episode of The South Bank Show, featuring an interview with Olmi on the film and a visit to the farm where it was shot New program featuring cast and crew discussing the film at the Cinema Ritrovato film festival in Bologna, Italy, in 2016 Interviews with Olmi from 1978 and 2008 Trailer PLUS: An essay by film critic Deborah Young

Cameraperson (2016) Directed by Kirsten Johnson Country: United States Duration: 102 minutes Language: English, Bosnian, Arabic, Dari Spine #853 DVD BONUS FEATURES Editing “Cameraperson,” a new program featuring director Kirsten Johnson, producers Marilyn Ness and Danielle Varga, and editors Nels Bangerter and Amanda Laws In the Service of the Film, a roundtable conversation with Johnson, producer Gini Reticker, and sound recordists Wellington Bowler and Judy Karp Excerpts from two 2016 film festival talks with Johnson, including one between her and filmmaker Michael Moore The Above, a 2015 short film by Johnson Trailer PLUS: An essay by filmmaker Michael Almereyda and reprinted writings by Johnson

Black Girl (1966) Directed by Ousmane Sembène Country: Senegal, France Duration: 59 minutes Language: French, Wolof Spine #852 DVD BONUS FEATURES 4K restoration of the short film Borom sarret, director Ousmane Sembène’s acclaimed 1963 debut New interviews with scholars Manthia Diawara and Samba Gadjigo Excerpt from a 1966 broadcast of JT de 20h, featuring Sembène accepting the Prix Jean Vigo for Black Girl New interview with actor M’Bissine Thérèse Diop Sembène: The Making of African Cinema, a 1994 documentary about the filmmaker by Diawara and Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o Alternate color sequence Trailer PLUS: An essay by critic Ashley Clark

Fox and His Friends (1975) Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder Country: Germany Duration: 124 minutes Language: German Spine #851 DVD BONUS FEATURES New interview with actor Harry Baer New interview with filmmaker Ira Sachs Excerpt from a 1975 interview with director Rainer Werner Fassbinder Excerpts from a 1981 interview with composer Peer Raben Trailer PLUS: An essay by film critic Michael Koresky

Something Wild (1961) Directed by Jack Garfein Country: United States Duration: 113 minutes Language: English Spine #850 DVD BONUS FEATURES New conversation between Garfein and critic Kim Morgan New interview with actor Carroll Baker Behind the Method, a new interview with scholar Foster Hirsch on the Actors Studio Master Class with Jack Garfein, excerpts from a 2014 recording of one of the director’s world-famous lectures on acting technique PLUS: An essay by critic Sheila O’Malley

His Girl Friday (1940) Directed by Howard Hawks Country: United States Duration: 92 minutes Language: English Spine #849 DVD BONUS FEATURES New 4K digital restoration of The Front Page, made from a recently discovered print of director Lewis Milestone’s preferred version, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack New interview with film scholar David Bordwell about His Girl Friday Archival interviews with His Girl Friday director Howard Hawks Featurettes from 1999 and 2006 about Hawks, actor Rosalind Russell, and the making of His Girl Friday Radio adaptation of His Girl Friday from 1940 New piece about the restoration of The Front Page New piece about playwright and screenwriter Ben Hecht Radio adaptations of the play The Front Page from 1937 and 1946 His Girl Friday trailers Plus: An insert featuring essays on His Girl Friday and The Front Page by film critics Farran Smith Nehme and Michael Sragow

Roma (1972) Directed by Federico Fellini Country: Italy Duration: 120 minutes Language: Italian Spine #848 DVD BONUS FEATURES Audio commentary featuring Frank Burke, author of Fellini’s Films Deleted scenes New interview with filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino on the lasting influence of director Federico Fellini New interview with poet and Fellini friend Valerio Magrelli Images from the Felliniana archive of collector Don Young Trailer PLUS: An essay by film scholar David Forgacs

The Asphalt Jungle (1950) Directed by John Huston Country: United States Duration: 112 minutes Language: English Spine #847 DVD BONUS FEATURES Audio commentary from 2004 by film historian Drew Casper, featuring archival recordings of actor James Whitmore Pharos of Chaos, a 1983 documentary about actor Sterling Hayden New interviews with film noir historian Eddie Muller and cinematographer John Bailey Archival footage of writer-director John Huston discussing the film Episode of the television program City Lights from 1979 featuring Huston Audio excerpts of archival interviews with Huston Trailer PLUS: An essay by critic Geoffrey O’Brien

Heart of a Dog (2015) Directed by Laurie Anderson Country: United States Duration: 75 minutes Language: English Spine #846 DVD BONUS FEATURES Alternate no-music soundtrack New conversation between director Laurie Anderson and coproducer Jake Perlin Footage of Anderson’s 2016 Concert for Dogs Deleted scenes Lolabelle’s video Christmas card Trailer PLUS: An essay by film critic Glenn Kenny

The Squid and the Whale (2005) Directed by Noah Baumbach Country: United States Duration: 81 minutes Language: English Spine #845 DVD BONUS FEATURES New interviews with Baumbach and actors Jeff Daniels, Jesse Eisenberg, Owen Kline, and Laura Linney New conversation about the score and other music in the film between Baumbach and composers Dean Wareham and Britta Phillips Behind “The Squid and the Whale,” a 2005 documentary featuring on-set footage and cast interviews Audition footage Trailers PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Kent Jones and a 2005 interview of Baumbach by novelist Jonathan Lethem

One-Eyed Jacks (1961) Directed by Marlon Brando Country: United States Duration: 141 minutes Language: English Spine #844 DVD BONUS FEATURES New introduction by Scorsese Excerpts from voice recordings director and star Marlon Brando made during the development of the film’s script New video essays on the film’s production history and on its potent combination of the stage and screen icon Brando with the classic Hollywood western genre Trailer PLUS: An essay by film critic Howard Hampton

Punch-Drunk Love (2002) Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson Country: United States Duration: 95 minutes Language: English Spine #843 DVD BONUS FEATURES Blossoms & Blood, a short 2002 piece by Anderson featuring Adam Sandler and Emily Watson, along with music by Jon Brion New interview with Brion New piece featuring behind-the-scenes footage of a recording session for the film’s soundtrack New conversation between curators Michael Connor and Lia Gangitano about the art of Jeremy Blake, used in the film Additional artwork by Blake Cannes Film Festival press conference from 2002 NBC News interview from 2000 with David Phillips, the “pudding guy” Twelve Scopitones Deleted scenes Mattress Man commercial Trailers PLUS: An essay by filmmaker, author, and artist Miranda July

Akira Kurosawa's Dreams (1990) Directed by Akira Kurosawa Country: Japan Duration: 120 minutes Language: Japanese Spine #842 DVD BONUS FEATURES New audio commentary featuring film scholar Stephen Prince Making of “Dreams” (1990), a 150-minute documentary shot on set and directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi New interview with production manager Teruyo Nogami New interview with assistant director Takashi Koizumi Kurosawa’s Way (2011), a fifty-minute documentary by Kurosawa’s longtime translator Catherine Cadou, featuring interviews with filmmakers Bernardo Bertolucci, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Martin Scorsese, Hayao Miyazaki, and others Trailer PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film critic Bilge Ebiri and Kurosawa’s script for a never-filmed ninth dream, introduced by Nogami

Lone Wolf and Cub Spine #841 DVD BOX SET FEATURES High-definition presentation of Shogun Assassin, a 1980 English-dubbed reedit of the first two Lone Wolf and Cub films New interview with Kazuo Koike, writer of the Lone Wolf and Cub manga series and screenwriter on five of the films Lame d’un père, l’âme d’un sabre, a 2005 documentary about the making of the series New interview in which Sensei Yoshimitsu Katsuse discusses and demonstrates the real Suio-ryu sword techniques that inspired the ones depicted in the manga and films New interview with biographer Kazuma Nozawa about Kenji Misumi, director of four of the six films Silent documentary from 1939 about the making of samurai swords, with an optional new ambient score by Ryan Francis Trailers PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay and film synopses by Japanese pop-culture writer Patrick Macias FILMS INCLUDED IN THE BOX SET Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (1972) Directed by Kenji Misumi Country: Japan Duration: 83 minutes Language: Japanese Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx (1972) Directed by Kenji Misumi Country: Japan Duration: 81 minutes Language: Japanese Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades (1972) Directed by Kenji Misumi Country: Japan Duration: 89 minutes Language: Japanese Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril (1972) Directed by Buichi Saito Country: Japan Duration: 81 minutes Language: Japanese Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons (1973) Directed by Kenji Misumi Country: Japan Duration: 89 minutes Language: Japanese Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell (1974) Directed by Yoshiyuki Kuroda Country: Japan Duration: 83 minutes Language: Japanese

The Executioner (1963) Directed by Luis García Berlanga Country: Spain Duration: 92 minutes Language: Spanish Spine #840 DVD BONUS FEATURES New interview with filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar New program on director Luis García Berlanga, featuring interviews with his son José Luis Berlanga; film critic Carlos F. Heredero; writers Fernando R. Lafuente and Bernardo Sánchez Salas; and director of the Berlanga Film Museum Rafael Maluenda Spanish television program from 2012 on The Executioner, featuring archival interviews with Berlanga Trailer PLUS: An essay by film critic David Cairns

Boyhood (2014) Directed by Richard Linklater Country: United States Duration: 165 minutes Language: English Spine #839 DVD BONUS FEATURES New audio commentary featuring Linklater and nine members of the film’s cast and crew New documentary chronicling the film’s production, featuring footage shot over the course of its twelve years New discussion featuring Linklater and actors Patricia Arquette and Ellar Coltrane, moderated by producer John Pierson New conversation between Coltrane and actor Ethan Hawke New video essay by critic Michael Koresky about time in Linklater’s films, narrated by Coltrane Collection of portraits of the cast and crew by photographer Matt Lankes, narrated with personal thoughts from Linklater, Arquette, Hawke, Coltrane, and producer Cathleen Sutherland PLUS: An essay by novelist Jonathan Lethem

Pan's Labyrinth (2006) Directed by Guillermo del Toro Country: Spain Duration: 119 minutes Language: Spanish Spine #838 DVD BONUS FEATURES Audio commentary by del Toro from 2007 New interview with del Toro by novelist Cornelia Funke about fairy tales, fantasy, and Pan’s Labyrinth New interview with actor Doug Jones Four 2007 making-of documentaries examining the characters, special effects, themes, and music of the film Interactive director’s notebook Footage of actor Ivana Baquero’s audition for the film Animated comics featuring prequel stories for the film’s menagerie of creatures Programs comparing selected production storyboards and del Toro’s thumbnail sketches with the final film; visual effects work for the Green Fairy; and elements of the film’s score Trailers and TV spots PLUS: An essay by film critic Michael Atkinson

Dekalog (1988) Directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski Country: Poland Duration: 583 minutes Language: Polish Spine #837 DVD BONUS FEATURES Selection of archival interviews with director Krzysztof Kieślowski, taken from a 1987 television piece on the production of Dekalog: Two, excerpts from the 1995 documentary A Short Film About “Dekalog,” and a 1990 audio recording from the National Film Theatre in London New program on the formal and thematic patterns of Dekalog by film studies professor Annette Insdorf New and archival interviews with Dekalog cast and crew, including cowriter Krzysztof Piesiewicz, thirteen actors, three cinematographers, editor Ewa Smal, and Kieślowski confidante Hanna Krall Trailers PLUS: A book featuring an essay and capsules on the films by cinema scholar Paul Coates, along with excerpts from Kieślowski on Kieślowski

Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970) Directed by Russ Meyer Country: United States Duration: 109 minutes Language: English Spine #836 DVD BONUS FEATURES Audio commentary from 2003 featuring screenwriter Roger Ebert Audio commentary from 2006 featuring actors Dolly Read, Cynthia Myers, Harrison Page, John LaZar, and Erica Gavin New interview with filmmaker John Waters Episode from 1988 of The Incredibly Strange Film Show on director Russ Meyer Q&A about the film from 1992 featuring Meyer, Ebert, LaZar, and Read; and actors David Gurian, Charles Napier, Michael Blodgett, and Edy Williams, with host Michael Dare Interview with cast members from 2005 Above, Beneath, and Beyond the Valley; Look On Up at the Bottom; The Best of Beyond; Sex, Drugs, Music & Murder; and Casey & Roxanne, five documentaries from 2006 about the making of the film, featuring the cast and crew Screen tests Trailers PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film critic Glenn Kenny and excerpts from a 1970 account in the UCLA Daily Bruin of a visit to the film’s set

Valley of the Dolls (1967) Directed by Mark Robson Country: United States Duration: 123 minutes Language: English Spine #835 DVD BONUS FEATURES Audio commentary from 2006 featuring actor Barbara Parkins and journalist Ted Casablanca New interviews with writer Amy Fine Collins about author Jacqueline Susann and the costumes in the film New video essay by critic Kim Morgan Footage from Sparkle Patty Sparkle!, a 2009 gala tribute to actor Patty Duke at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco A World Premiere Voyage and Jacqueline Susann and “Valley of the Dolls,” two promotional films from 1967 Episode of the television program Hollywood Backstories from 2001 on the film Screen tests Trailers PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film critic Glenn Kenny

Blood Simple (1984) Directed by Joel Coen Country: United States Duration: 95 minutes Language: English Spine #834 DVD BONUS FEATURES New conversation between Sonnenfeld and the Coens about the film’s look, featuring Telestrator video illustrations New conversation between author Dave Eggers and the Coens about the film’s production, from inception to release New interviews with composer Carter Burwell, sound mixer Skip Lievsay, and actors Frances McDormand and M. Emmet Walsh Trailers PLUS: An essay by novelist and critic Nathaniel Rich

Cat People (1942) Directed by Jacques Tourneur Country: United States Duration: 73 minutes Language: English Spine #833 DVD BONUS FEATURES Audio commentary from 2005 featuring film historian Gregory Mank, with excerpts from an audio interview with actor Simone Simon Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows, a 2008 feature-length documentary that explores the life and career of the legendary Hollywood producer Interview with director Jacques Tourneur from 1979 New interview with cinematographer John Bailey about the look of the film Trailer PLUS: An essay by critic Geoffrey O’Brien

The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum (1939) Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi Country: Japan Duration: 143 minutes Language: Japanese Spine #832 DVD BONUS FEATURES New interview with critic Phillip Lopate about the evolution of director Kenji Mizoguchi’s style PLUS: An essay by film scholar Dudley Andrew

The Immortal Story (1968) Directed by Orson Welles Country: France Duration: 58 minutes Language: French, English Spine #831 DVD BONUS FEATURES Alternate French-language version of the film Audio commentary from 2005 featuring film scholar Adrian Martin Portrait: Orson Welles, a 1968 documentary directed by François Reichenbach and Frédéric Rossif New interview with actor Norman Eshley Interview from 2004 with cinematographer Willy Kurant New interview with Welles scholar François Thomas PLUS: An essay by film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum