BLACHEFAN Posted December 31, 2019 Author Share Posted December 31, 2019 Stromboli (1950) Directed by Roberto Rossellini Country: Italy Duration: 106 minutes Language: English Spine #673 DVD BONUS FEATURES Introduction by director Roberto Rossellini New interview with film critic Adriano Aprà Rossellini Under the Volcano, a 1998 documentary that returns to Stromboli fifty years after the making of the film Surprised by Death, a new visual essay by film critic James Quandt on the historical and artistic themes of the trilogy Rossellini Through His Own Eyes, a 1992 documentary on the director’s approach to cinema, featuring archival interviews with Rossellini and actress Ingrid Bergman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted December 31, 2019 Author Share Posted December 31, 2019 Europe '51 (1952) Directed by Roberto Rossellini Country: Italy Duration: 109 minutes Language: English Spine #674 DVD BONUS FEATURES Introduction by director Roberto Rossellini New interview with film critic Adriano Aprà New interview with film historian Elena Dagrada on the different versions of the film New interview with Rossellini and actress Ingrid Bergman’s daughters, Ingrid Rossellini and Isabella Rossellini My Dad Is 100 Years Old, a 2005 short film directed by Guy Maddin and starring Isabella Rossellini New interview with G. Fiorella Mariani, Rossellini’s niece, featuring Bergman’s home movies The Chicken, a 1952 short film directed by Rossellini and starring Bergman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted December 31, 2019 Author Share Posted December 31, 2019 Journey to Italy (1954) Directed by Roberto Rossellini Country: Italy Duration: 85 minutes Language: English Spine #675 DVD BONUS FEATURES Introduction by director Roberto Rossellini Audio commentary by film scholar Laura Mulvey New interview with film critic Adriano Aprà Short film featuring footage of the Rossellinis during the production of Journey to Italy New interview with filmmaker Martin Scorsese Living and Departed, a new visual essay by Rossellini scholar Tag Gallagher on the evolution of the director’s style in the trilogy Ingrid Bergman Remembered, a 1995 documentary on the actress’s life, narrated by her daughter Pia Lindstrom (REISSUE) New interview with Rossellini and actress Ingrid Bergman’s daughters, Ingrid Rossellini and Isabella Rossellini Surprised by Death, a new visual essay by film critic James Quandt on the historical and artistic themes of the trilogy Rossellini Through His Own Eyes, a 1992 documentary on the director’s approach to cinema, featuring archival interviews with Rossellini and Bergman New interview with G. Fiorella Mariani, Rossellini’s niece, featuring Bergman’s home movies My Dad Is 100 Years Old, a 2005 short film directed by Guy Maddin and starring Isabella Rossellini The Chicken, a 1952 short film directed by Rossellini and starring Bergman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted December 31, 2019 Author Share Posted December 31, 2019 I Married a Witch (1942) Directed by René Clair Country: United States Duration: 77 minutes Language: English Spine #676 DVD BONUS FEATURES Audio interview with director René Clair Trailer PLUS: An essay by filmmaker Guy Maddin (REISSUE) Plus a 1970 interview with Clair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted December 31, 2019 Author Share Posted December 31, 2019 The Uninvited (1944) Directed by Lewis Allen Country: United States Duration: 99 minutes Language: English Spine #677 DVD BONUS FEATURES New visual essay by filmmaker Michael Almereyda Two radio adaptations, from 1944 and 1949, both starring Ray Milland Trailer PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Farran Smith Nehme and a 1997 interview with director Lewis Allen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted December 31, 2019 Author Share Posted December 31, 2019 La notte (1961) Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni Country: Italy Duration: 122 minutes Language: Italian Spine #678 DVD BONUS FEATURES New interview with film critic Adriano Aprà and film historian Carlo di Carlo New interview with professor Giuliana Bruno on the role of architecture in La notte Trailer PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Richard Brody and a 1961 article by director Michelangelo Antonioni Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 1, 2020 Author Share Posted January 1, 2020 Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman Spine #679 DVD BOX SET FEATURES The Blind Swordsman, a 1978 documentary about Zatoichi portrayer and filmmaker Shintaro Katsu, along with a new interview with its director, John Nathan New interview with Asian-film critic Tony Rayns Trailers PLUS: A book featuring an essay by critic Geoffrey O’Brien; synopses of the films by critic, novelist, and musician Chris D.; “The Tale of Zatoichi,” the original short story by Kan Shimozawa; and twenty-five new illustrations inspired by the films, by twenty-five different artists FILMS INCLUDED IN THE BOX SET The Tale of Zatoichi (1962) Directed by Kenji Misumi Country: Japan Duration: 96 minutes Language: Japanese The Tale of Zatoichi Continues (1962) Directed by Kazuo Mori Country: Japan Duration: 72 minutes Language: Japanese New Tale of Zatoichi (1963) Directed by Tokuzo Tanaka Country: Japan Duration: 91 minutes Language: Japanese Zatoichi the Fugitive (1963) Directed by Tokuzo Tanaka Country: Japan Duration: 86 minutes Language: Japanese Zatoichi on the Road (1963) Directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda Country: Japan Duration: 87 minutes Language: Japanese Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold (1964) Directed by Kazuo Ikehiro Country: Japan Duration: 82 minutes Language: Japanese Zatoichi's Flashing Sword (1964) Directed by Kazuo Ikehiro Country: Japan Duration: 82 minutes Language: Japanese Fight, Zatoichi, Fight (1964) Directed by Kenji Misumi Country: Japan Duration: 87 minutes Language: Japanese Adventures of Zatoichi (1964) Directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda Country: Japan Duration: 86 minutes Language: Japanese Zatoichi's Revenge (1965) Directed by Akira Inoue Country: Japan Duration: 83 minutes Language: Japanese Zatoichi and the Doomed Man (1965) Directed by Kazuo Mori Country: Japan Duration: 77 minutes Language: Japanese Zatoichi and the Chess Expert (1965) Directed by Kenji Misumi Country: Japan Duration: 87 minutes Language: Japanese Zatoichi's Vengeance (1966) Directed by Tokuzo Tanaka Country: Japan Duration: 82 minutes Language: Japanese Zatoichi's Pilgrimage (1966) Directed by Kazuo Ikehiro Country: Japan Duration: 82 minutes Language: Japanese Zatoichi's Cane Sword (1967) Directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda Country: Japan Duration: 93 minutes Language: Japanese Zatoichi the Outlaw (1967) Directed by Satsuo Yamamoto Country: Japan Duration: 95 minutes Language: Japanese Zatoichi Challenged (1967) Directed by Kenji Misumi Country: Japan Duration: 86 minutes Language: Japanese Zatoichi and the Fugitives (1968) Directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda Country: Japan Duration: 82 minutes Language: Japanese Samaritan Zatoichi (1968) Directed by Kenji Misumi Country: Japan Duration: 82 minutes Language: Japanese Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (1970) Directed by Kihachi Okamoto Country: Japan Duration: 115 minutes Language: Japanese Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival (1970) Directed by Kenji Misumi Country: Japan Duration: 96 minutes Language: Japanese Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman (1971) Directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda Country: Japan Duration: 94 minutes Language: Japanese Zatoichi at Large (1972) Directed by Kazuo Mori Country: Japan Duration: 90 minutes Language: Japanese Zatoichi in Desperation (1972) Directed by Shintaro Katsu Country: Japan Duration: 95 minutes Language: Japanese Zatoichi's Conspiracy (1973) Directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda Country: Japan Duration: 88 minutes Language: Japanese Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 1, 2020 Author Share Posted January 1, 2020 City Lights (1931) Directed by Charles Chaplin Country: United States Duration: 86 minutes Language: English Spine #680 DVD BONUS FEATURES New audio commentary by Charlie Chaplin biographer Jeffrey Vance Chaplin Today: “City Lights,” a 2003 documentary on the film, featuring Aardman Animations cofounder Peter Lord Chaplin Studios: Creative Freedom by Design, a new interview program featuring visual effects expert Craig Barron Archival footage from the production of City Lights, including film from the set, with audio commentary by Chaplin historian Hooman Mehran; a costume test; a rehearsal; and a complete scene not used in the film Excerpt from Chaplin’s short film The Champion (1915), along with footage of the director with boxing stars at Chaplin Studios in 1918 Trailers PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Gary Giddins and a 1966 interview with Chaplin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 1, 2020 Author Share Posted January 1, 2020 Frances Ha (2013) Directed by Noah Baumbach Country: United States Duration: 86 minutes Language: English Spine #681 DVD BONUS FEATURES New conversation between filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich and Baumbach New conversation between actor and filmmaker Sarah Polley and the film’s cowriter and star, Greta Gerwig New conversation about the look of Frances Ha between Baumbach, director of photography Sam Levy, and Pascal Dangin, who did the film’s color mastering Trailer PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by playwright Annie Baker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 1, 2020 Author Share Posted January 1, 2020 Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970) Directed by Elio Petri Country: Italy Duration: 115 minutes Language: Italian Spine #682 DVD BONUS FEATURES Archival interview with director Elio Petri, conducted by critic and filmmaker Alexandre Astruc Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker (2005), a ninety-minute documentary on the director’s career, featuring interviews with friends, collaborators, and filmmakers New interview with film scholar Camilla Zamboni Investigation of a Citizen Named Volonté (2008), a fifty-minute documentary about actor Gian Maria Volonté Music in His Blood, an interview with composer Ennio Morricone from 2010, conducted by film critic Fabio Ferzetti Trailers PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film scholar Evan Calder Williams and excerpts from a 2001 book by screenwriter Ugo Pirro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 1, 2020 Author Share Posted January 1, 2020 Nashville (1975) Directed by Robert Altman Country: United States Duration: 160 minutes Language: English Spine #683 DVD BONUS FEATURES Audio commentary featuring director Robert Altman New documentary on the making of the film, featuring interviews with actors Ronee Blakley, Keith Carradine, Michael Murphy, Allan Nicholls, and Lily Tomlin; screenwriter Joan Tewkesbury; assistant director Alan Rudolph; and Altman’s widow, Kathryn Reed Altman Three archival interviews with Altman Behind-the-scenes footage Demo of Carradine performing his songs from the film Trailer PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Molly Haskell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 1, 2020 Author Share Posted January 1, 2020 Martin Scorsese's World Cinema Project Spine #684 DVD BOX SET FEATURES New introductions to the films by World Cinema Project founder Martin Scorsese New interview programs featuring filmmakers Abderrahmane Sissako (on Touki bouki), Kumar Shahani (on A River Called Titas), Metin Erksan and Fatih Akın (on Dry Summer), and Bong Joon-ho (on The Housemaid) New visual essay on Redes by filmmaker and critic Kent Jones New program on Trances featuring interviews with director Ahmed El Maânouni, producer Izza Génini, musician Omar Sayed, and Scorsese PLUS: A booklet featuring a foreward by Jones and essays on the films by Richard Porton, Charles Ramirez Berg, Adrian Martin, Bilge Ebiri, Sally Shafto, and Kyung Hyun Kim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 1, 2020 Author Share Posted January 1, 2020 Touki bouki (1973) Directed by Djibril Diop Mambéty Country: Senegal Duration: 89 minutes Language: Wolof Spine #685 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 1, 2020 Author Share Posted January 1, 2020 Redes (1936) Directed by Emilio Gómez Muriel and Fred Zinnemann Country: Mexico Duration: 59 minutes Language: Spanish Spine #686 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 1, 2020 Author Share Posted January 1, 2020 A River Called Titas (1973) Directed by Ritwik Ghatak Country: Bangladesh Duration: 156 minutes Language: Bengali Spine #687 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 1, 2020 Author Share Posted January 1, 2020 Dry Summer (1964) Directed by Metin Erksan Country: Turkey Duration: 90 minutes Language: Turkish Spine #688 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 1, 2020 Author Share Posted January 1, 2020 Trances (1981) Directed by Ahmed El Maânouni Country: Morocco Duration: 88 minutes Language: Arabic Spine #689 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 1, 2020 Author Share Posted January 1, 2020 The Housemaid (1960) Directed by Kim Ki-young Country: South Korea Duration: 108 minutes Language: Korean Spine #690 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 1, 2020 Author Share Posted January 1, 2020 Thief (1981) Directed by Michael Mann Country: United States Duration: 124 minutes Language: English Spine #691 DVD BONUS FEATURES Audio commentary featuring Mann and actor James Caan New interviews with Mann, Caan, and Johannes Schmoelling of the band Tangerine Dream, which contributed the film’s soundtrack Trailer PLUS: An essay by critic Nick James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 1, 2020 Author Share Posted January 1, 2020 It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) Directed by Stanley Kramer Country: United States Duration: 163 minutes Language: English Spine #692 DVD BONUS FEATURES 2013 audio commentary featuring It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World aficionados Mark Evanier, Michael Schlesinger, and Paul Scrabo 2013 documentary on the film’s visual and sound effects, featuring interviews with visual-effects specialist Craig Barron and sound designer Ben Burtt Excerpt from a 1974 talk show hosted by director Stanley Kramer and featuring Mad World actors Sid Caesar, Buddy Hackett, and Jonathan Winters Press interview from 1963 featuring Kramer and cast members Excerpts about the influence of the film from the 2000 AFI program 100 Years . . . 100 Laughs Two-part 1963 episode of the TV program Telescope that follows the film’s press junket and premiere The Last 70 mm Film Festival, a 2012 program featuring Mad World cast and crew, hosted by actor Billy Crystal Selection of humorist and voice-over artist Stan Freberg’s original TV and radio ads for the film, with a 2013 introduction by Freberg Trailers and radio spots PLUS: An essay by film critic Lou Lumenick and illustrations by legendary cartoonist Jack Davis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 1, 2020 Author Share Posted January 1, 2020 La vie de bohème (1992) Directed by Aki Kaurismäki Country: Finland, France Duration: 103 minutes Language: French Spine #693 DVD BONUS FEATURES Where Is Musette?, an hour-long documentary on the making of the film New interview with actor André Wilms PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Luc Sante Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 1, 2020 Author Share Posted January 1, 2020 The Long Day Closes (1992) Directed by Terence Davies Country: United Kingdom Duration: 85 minutes Language: English Spine #694 DVD BONUS FEATURES Audio commentary by Davies and Coulter Episode of the British television series The South Bank Show from 1992, featuring Davies, footage from the film’s production, and interviews with cast and crew New interviews with executive producer Colin MacCabe and production designer Christopher Hobbs Trailer PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Michael Koresky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 1, 2020 Author Share Posted January 1, 2020 Blue is the Warmest Color (2013) Directed by Abdellatif Kechiche Country: France Duration: 179 minutes Language: French Spine #695 DVD BONUS FEATURES Trailer and TV spot PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic B. Ruby Rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 1, 2020 Author Share Posted January 1, 2020 Foreign Correspondent (1940) Directed by Alfred Hitchcock Country: United States Duration: 120 minutes Language: English Spine #696 DVD BONUS FEATURES New piece on the film’s special effects by visual effects expert Craig Barron Hollywood Propaganda and World War II, a new interview with writer Mark Harris Interview with director Alfred Hitchcock from a 1972 episode of The Dick Cavett Show Radio adaptation of the film from 1946, starring Joseph Cotten “Have You Heard? The Story of Wartime Rumors,” a 1942 Life magazine “photo-drama” by Hitchcock Trailer PLUS: An essay by film scholar James Naremore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 1, 2020 Author Share Posted January 1, 2020 Tess (1979) Directed by Roman Polanski Country: United Kingdom Duration: 171 minutes Language: English Spine #697 DVD BONUS FEATURES Once Upon a Time . . . “Tess,” a 2006 documentary about the film Three programs on the making of the film—From Novel to Screen, Filming “Tess,” and “Tess”: The Experience—featuring interviews with Polanski, actors Nastassja Kinski and Leigh Lawson, producer Claude Berri, costume designer Anthony Powell, composer Philippe Sarde, and others Interview with Polanski from a 1979 episode of The South Bank Show Forty-five-minute documentary shot on location for French television during the making of the film Trailer PLUS: An essay by critic Colin MacCabe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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