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Soleil Ô (1970)
Directed by Med Hondo
Country: France, Mauritania
Duration: 98 minutes
Language: French, Arabic
Spine #1049
Downpour (1972)
Directed by Bahram Beyzaie
Country: Iran
Duration: 122 minutes
Language: Persian
Spine #1050
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Pixote (1981)
Directed by Héctor Babenco
Country: Brazil
Duration: 128 minutes
Language: Portugese
Spine #1047
Dos monjes (1934)
Directed by Juan Bustillo Oro
Country: Mexico
Duration: 85 minutes
Language: Spanish
Spine #1048
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Lucía (1968)
Directed by Humberto Solás
Country: Cuba
Duration: 160 minutes
Language: Spanish
Spine#1045
After the Curfew (1954)
Directed by Usmar Ismail
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 101 minutes
Language: Indonesian
Spine #1046
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Martin Scorsese's World Cinema Project No. 3
Spine#1044
DVD BOX SET FEATURES
New introductions to the films by World Cinema Project founder Martin Scorsese
New interviews featuring Downpour director Bahram Beyzaie and film scholars Charles Ramírez Berg (on Dos monjes) and J. B. Kristanto (on After the Curfew)
Excerpts from a 2016 interview with Pixote director Héctor Babenco and a 2018 interview with Soleil Ô director Med Hondo
Humberto & “Lucía,” a 2020 documentary by Carlos Barba Salva featuring Lucía director Humberto Solás and members of his cast and crew
Prologue created by Babenco for the U.S. release of Pixote
New English subtitle translations
Three Blu-rays and six DVDs, with all content available in both formats
PLUS: A booklet featuring a foreword by Cecilia Cenciarelli, head of research and international projects for the Cineteca di Bologna, and essays by critics and scholars Stephanie Dennison, Dennis Lim, Elisa Lozano, Hamid Naficy, Adrian Jonathan Pasaribu, and Aboubakar Sanogo
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Christ Stopped at Eboli (1979)
Directed by Francesco Rosi
Country: Italy
Duration: 220 minutes
Language: Italian
Spine #1043
DVD BONUS FEATURES
New introduction by translator and author Michael F. Moore
Documentary from 1978 on Italian political cinema, featuring director Francesco Rosi and actor Gian Maria Volontè
Excerpt from a 1974 documentary featuring Rosi and author Carlo Levi
Excerpt from Marco Spagnoli’s short 2014 documentary Unico, in which Rosi discusses Volontè
Trailer
New English subtitle translation by Moore
PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by scholar Alexander Stille and a 1979 director’s statement by Rosi
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Beau travail (1999)
Directed by Claire Denis
Country: France
Duration: 93 minutes
Language: French
Spine #1042
DVD BONUS FEATURES
New conversation between Denis and filmmaker Barry Jenkins
New selected scene commentary with Godard
New interviews with actors Denis Lavant and Grégoire Colin
New video essay by film scholar Judith Mayne
New English subtitle translation
PLUS: An essay by critic Girish Shambu
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The Craft of the Director with Ron Howard Part 2 (Ep. 259)
Director Ron Howard engages in an in-depth conversation with Jeremy Kagan about his filmography and the lessons he's learned over his career. The two discussed how blocking can improve a scene that lacks vigor, technical and craft-oriented concerns of A Beautiful Mind, and Apollo 13, and why Mr. Howard hates shooting endings.
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The Craft of The Director with Ron Howard (Ep. 258)
Director Ron Howard engages in an in-depth conversation with Jeremy Kagan about his filmography and the lessons he's learned over his career. The two discussed building relationships with collaborators, when he knows he's got the right shot, and directing difficult scenes in movies like Cocoon.
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Toni (1935)
Directed by Jean Renoir
Country: France
Duration: 84 minutes
Language: French
Spine #1040
DVD BONUS FEATURES
Audio commentary from 2006 featuring critics Kent Jones and Phillip Lopate
Introduction by director Jean Renoir from 1961
Episode of Cinéastes de notre temps from 1967 on Renoir, directed by Jacques Rivette and featuring a conversation with actor Charles Blavette about the film
New video essay about the making of Toni by film scholar Christopher Faulkner
New English subtitle translation
PLUS: An essay by film scholar Ginette Vincendeau
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The Comfort of Strangers (1990)
Directed by Paul Schrader
Country: Italy, United Kingdom
Duration: 104 minutes
Language: English
Spine #1041
DVD BONUS FEATURES
New interviews with Spinotti, director Paul Schrader, actor Christopher Walken, and editor Bill Pankow
Interviews from 1981 and 2001 with novelist Ian McEwan and actor Natasha Richardson
Trailers
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
PLUS: An essay by critic Maitland McDonagh
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Town Bloody Hall (1979)
Directed by Chris Hegedus and D. A. Pennebaker
Country: United States
Duration: 85 minutes
Language: English
Spine #1039
DVD BONUS FEATURES
New interview with Hegedus
Audio commentary from 2004 featuring Hegedus and author Germaine Greer
Footage from a 2004 celebration of the film, which brought together participants Greer, Jacqueline Ceballos, and Jill Johnston and directors Hegedus and D. A. Pennebaker
Appearance from 1971 on The Dick Cavett Show by author Norman Mailer, promoting his book The Prisoner of Sex
Archival interviews with Greer and Mailer
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
PLUS: An essay by film critic Melissa Anderson
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The Complete Films of Agnès Varda
PROGRAMS AND FILMS
Agnès Forever — Varda by Agnès (2019), Les 3 boutons (2015) Early Varda — La Pointe Courte (1955), Ô saisons, ô châteaux (1958), Du côté de la côte (1958) Around Paris — Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962), Les fiancés du pont Macdonald (1962), L’opéra-mouffe (1958), Les dites cariatides (1984), T'as de beaux escaliers, tu sais (1986) Rue Daguerre — Daguerréotypes (1975), Le lion volatil (2003) Married Life — Le bonheur (1965), Les créatures (1966), Elsa la Rose (1966) In California — Uncle Yanco (1968), Black Panthers (1970), Lions Love (. . . and Lies) (1969), Mur Murs (1981), Documenteur (1981) Her Body, Herself — One Sings, the Other Doesn't (1977), Réponse de femmes (1975), Plaisir d'amour en Iran (1977) No Shelter — Vagabond (1985), 7 p., cuis., s. de b. . . . (à saisir) (1985) Jane B. — Jane B. par Agnès V. (1988), Kung-Fu Master! (1988) Jacques Demy — Jacquot de Nantes (1991), The Young Girls Turn 25 (1993), The World of Jacques Demy (1995) Simon Cinéma — One Hundred and One Nights (1995) La glaneuse — The Gleaners and I (2000), The Gleaners and I: Two Years Later (2002) Visual Artist — Faces Places, codirected with JR (2017), Salut les cubains (1964), Ulysse (1982), Ydessa, les ours et etc. . . . (2004) Here and There — Agnès de ci de là Varda (2011) Beaches — The Beaches of Agnès (2008)
Varda by Agnès (2019)
Directed by Agnès Varda
Country: France
Duration: 119 Minutes
Language: French
La Pointe Courte (1955)
Directed by Agnès Varda
Country: France
Duration: 80 minutes
Language: French
Spine #419
DVD BONUS FEATURES
New, restored high-definition digital transfer
New video interview with director Agnès Varda
Excerpts from a 1964 episode of the French television series Cinéastes de notre temps, in which Varda discusses her early career
New and improved English subtitle translation
Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962)
Directed by Agnès Varda
Country: France
Duration: 89 minutes
Language: French
Spine #73
DVD BONUS FEATURES
New, restored digital transfer, supervised and approved by director Agnès Varda
Remembrances (2005), a documentary on the making of the film, featuring interviews with Varda and actors Corinne Marchand and Antoine Bourseiller
Gallery of paintings by Hans Baldung Grien, whose work inspired the character of Cléo
Excerpt from a 1993 French television program featuring Madonna and Varda talking about the film
Cléo's Real Path Through Paris (2005), a short film retracing, on a motorcycle, Cléo's steps through Paris
Les fiancés du pont Macdonald (1962), a short film directed by Varda, featuring some of her new wave colleagues, with Varda explaining why the film was featured in Cléo
L’opéra Mouffe (1958), an early short by Varda, with a score by Georges Delerue
Theatrical trailer
New and improved English subtitle translation
PLUS: A new essay by Adrian Martin and a written introduction by Agnès Varda
Daguerréotypes (1975)
Directed by Agnès Varda
Country: France
Duration: 78 minutes
Language: French
Le Bonheur (1965)
Directed by Agnès Varda
Country: France
Duration: 80 minutes
Language: French
Spine #420
DVD BONUS FEATURES
The Two Women of "Le bonheur" (2006), a short piece featuring actors Claire Drouot and Marie-France Boyer
Thoughts on "Le bonheur" (2006), a discussion between four scholars and intellectuals discussing the concept of happiness and its relation to the film
Two short pieces by Varda investigating people's idea of happiness
Jean-Claude Drouot Returns (2006), a featurette in which the actor revisits the film's setting forty years later
Segment from the 1964 television program Démons et merveilles du cinéma, featuring footage of Varda shooting Le bonheur
Interview with Varda from 1998 about Le bonheur
Du côté de la côte (1958), a short film by Varda exploring the tourist destination of the Côte d'Azur
Theatrical trailer
New and improved English subtitle translation
Les créatures (1966)
Directed by Agnès Varda
Country: France
Duration: 94 minutes
Language: French
Uncle Yanco (1968)
Directed by Agnès Varda
Country: France, United States
Duration: 19 minutes
Langauge: English, French
Black Panthers (1970)
Directed by Agnès Varda
Country: United States, France
Duration: 28 minutes
Language: English
Lions Love (. . . and Lies) (1969)
Directed by Agnès Varda
Country: France, United States
Duration: 112 minutes
Language: English
Murs Murs (1981)
Directed by Agnès Varda
Country: France, United States
Duration: 82 minutes
Language: French, English
Documenteur (1981)
Directed by Agnès Varda
Country: France, United States
Duration: 64 minutes
Language: French, English
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 1977 short film by Varda, starring Mairesse and Ali Raffi
Trailer
New English subtitle translation
PLUS: An essay by critic Amy Taubin and excerpts from the film’s original press book
Vagabond (1985)
Directed by Agnès Varda
Country: France
Duration: 105 minutes
Language: French
Spine #74
DVD BONUS FEATURES
Remembrances (2003), a documentary on the making of the film, including interviews with Sandrine Bonnaire and other cast members
The Story of an Old Lady (2003), a short piece in which Varda revisits actress Marthe Jarnias, who plays the old aunt in the film
Music and Dolly Shots, (2003), a conversation between Varda and composer Joanna Bruzdowicz
A 1986 radio interview with Varda and writer Nathalie Sarraute, who inspired the film
Theatrical trailer
New and improved English subtitle translation
PLUS: A new essay by Chris Darke and written introduction by Agnes Varda
Jane B. par Agnès V. (1988)
Directed by Agnès Varda
Country: France
Duration: 98 minutes
Language: French
Kung-Fu Master! (1988)
Directed by Agnès Varda
Country: France
Duration: 79 minutes
Language: French
Jacquot de Nantes (1991)
Directed by Agnès Varda
Country: France
Duration: 118 minutes
Language: French
One Hundred and One Nights (1995)
Directed by Agnès Varda
Country: France
Duration: 104 minutes
Language: French
The Gleaners and I (2000)
Directed by Agnès Varda
Country: France
Duration: 82 minutes
Language: French
The Gleaners and I: Two Years Later (2002)
Directed by Agnès Varda
Country: France
Duration: 63 minutes
Language: French
Faces Places (2017)
Directed by Agnès Varda and JR
Country: France
Duration: 93 minutes
Language: French
Agnès de ci de là Varda (2011)
Directed by Agnès Varda
Country: France
Duration: 235 minutes
Language: French, English
The Beaches of Agnès (2008)
Directed by Agnès Varda
Country: France
Duration: 112 minutes
Language: French
DVD BOX SET BONUS FEATURES
Introductions by director Agnès Varda
Nausicaa, a once-banned 1970 television film directed by Varda
New programs featuring actor Jane Birkin; Varda’s children, Mathieu Demy and Rosalie Varda; and scholar Kelley Conway
Segments directed by Varda from the 1983 French television program Une minute pour une image
Programs on Varda’s work as a visual artist, including Quelques veuves de Noirmoutier, a 2006 television presentation of one of her installations
Over seven hours of archival programs featuring Varda, many of them also directed by her
Archival interviews and tributes featuring Varda’s friends, family, and key collaborators
Rare footage from unfinished features and commercials
Behind-the-scenes footage, video essays, and trailers
PLUS: A lavishly illustrated 200-page book, featuring notes on the films and essays on Varda’s life and work by writers Amy Taubin, Michael Koresky, Ginette Vincendeau, So Mayer, Alexandra Hidalgo, and Rebecca Bengal, as well as a selection of Varda’s photography and images of her installation art
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Safe in Hell (1931)
Directed by William Wellman
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Frankenstein (1931)
Directed by James Whale
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The Last Flight (1931)
Directed by William Dieterle
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City Lights (1931)
Directed by Charles Chaplin
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The Doorway to Hell (1930)
Directed by Archie Mayo
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Show People (1928)
Directed by King Vidor
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Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)
Directed by Charles Reisner, Buster Keaton
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The Crowd (1928)
Directed by King Vidor
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The Circus (1928)
Directed by Charles Chaplin
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The General (1927)
Directed by Clyde Bruckman, Buster Keaton
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The Gold Rush (1925)
Directed by Charles Chaplin
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The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
Directed by Rupert Julian, Lon Chaney, Ernst Laemmle, Edward Sedgwick
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The Elephant Man (1980)
Directed by David Lynch
Country: United States
Duration: 123 minutes
Language: English
Spine #1051
DVD BONUS FEATURES
Director David Lynch and critic Kristine McKenna reading from Room to Dream, a 2018 book they coauthored
Archival interviews with Lynch, actor John Hurt, producers Mel Brooks and Jonathan Sanger, director of photography Freddie Francis, stills photographer Frank Connor, and makeup artist Christopher Tucker
Audio recording from 1981 of an interview and Q&A with Lynch at the American Film Institute
The Terrible Elephant Man Revealed, a 2001 documentary about the film
Trailer and radio spots
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
More!
PLUS: A booklet featuring excerpts from an interview with Lynch from the 2005 edition of filmmaker and writer Chris Rodley’s book Lynch on Lynch, and an 1886 letter to the editor of the London Times concerning Joseph Merrick, the “elephant man,” by Francis Culling Carr Gomm, chairman of the London Hospital at the time