BLACHEFAN Posted January 1, 2020 Author Share Posted January 1, 2020 King of the Hill (1993) Directed by Steven Soderbergh Country: United States Duration: 103 minutes Language: English Spine #698 DVD BONUS FEATURES New interviews with Soderbergh and source memoir author A. E. Hotchner Against Tyranny, a new video essay by :: kogonada exploring Soderbergh’s unique approach to narrative The Underneath (1995), Soderbergh’s follow-up feature to King of the Hill, with an interview with the director Trailers PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Peter Tonguette, a 1993 interview with Soderbergh, and an excerpt from Hotchner’s 1972 memoir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 1, 2020 Author Share Posted January 1, 2020 A Brief History of Time (1991) Directed by Errol Morris Country: United States Duration: 84 minutes Language: English Spine #699 DVD BONUS FEATURES New interview with Morris New interview with Bailey PLUS: An essay by critic David Sterritt, a chapter from Stephen Hawking’s 2013 memoir My Brief History, and an excerpt from Hawking’s 1988 book A Brief History of Time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 1, 2020 Author Share Posted January 1, 2020 Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) Directed by Wes Anderson Country: United States Duration: 87 minutes Language: English Spine #700 DVD BONUS FEATURES Audio commentary featuring Anderson Storyboard animatic for the entire film Footage of the actors voicing their characters, puppet construction, stop-motion setups, and the recording of the score Interviews with cast and crew Puppet animation tests Photo gallery of puppets, props, and sets Animated awards acceptance speeches Audio recording of author Roald Dahl reading the book on which the film is based Fantastic Mr. Dahl, an hour-long 2005 documentary about the author Gallery of Dahl’s original manuscripts Discussion and analysis of the film Stop-motion Sony robot commercial by Anderson PLUS: An essay by critic Erica Wagner (REISSUE) A 2002 article on Dahl’s Gipsy House by Anderson; White Cape, a comic book used as a prop in the film; and drawings, original paintings, and other ephemera Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 1, 2020 Author Share Posted January 1, 2020 Persona (1966) Directed by Ingmar Bergman Country: Sweden Duration: 83 minutes Language: Sweidsh Spine #701 DVD BONUS FEATURES New visual essay on the film’s prologue by Ingmar Bergman scholar Peter Cowie New interviews with actor Liv Ullmann and filmmaker Paul Schrader Excerpted archival interviews with Bergman, Ullmann, and actor Bibi Andersson On-set footage, with audio commentary by Bergman historian Birgitta Steene Liv & Ingmar, a 2012 feature documentary directed by Dheeraj Akolkar Trailer PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film scholar Thomas Elsaesser, an excerpt from the 1970 book Bergman on Bergman, and an excerpted 1977 interview with Andersson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 1, 2020 Author Share Posted January 1, 2020 The Great Beauty (2013) Directed by Paolo Sorrentino Country: Italy Duration: 142 minutes Language: Italian Spine #702 DVD BONUS FEATURES New conversation between Sorrentino and Italian cultural critic Antonio Monda New interview with actor Toni Servillo New interview with screenwriter Umberto Contarello Deleted scenes Trailer PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Phillip Lopate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 1, 2020 Author Share Posted January 1, 2020 The Freshman (1925) Directed by Sam Taylor and Fred Newmeyer Country: United States Duration: 76 minutes Language: English Spine #703 DVD BONUS FEATURES Audio commentary featuring director and Harold Lloyd archivist Richard Correll, film historian Richard Bann, and film critic Leonard Maltin On-camera introduction to The Freshman by Lloyd and a clip reel, both from Harold Lloyd’s Funny Side of Life (1966) Three newly restored Lloyd shorts: The Marathon (1919), with a new piano score by Gabriel Thibaudeau, and An Eastern Westerner and High and Dizzy (both 1920), with new orchestral scores by Davis Harold Lloyd: Big Man on Campus, a new visual essay on the film’s locations by Lloyd author John Bengtson Conversation between Correll and film historian Kevin Brownlow Footage from a 1963 Delta Kappa Alpha tribute to Lloyd, featuring comedian Steve Allen, director Delmer Daves, and actor Jack Lemmon Lloyd’s 1953 appearance on the television show What’s My Line? PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Stephen Winer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 1, 2020 Author Share Posted January 1, 2020 Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954) Directed by Don Siegel Country: United States Duration: 80 minutes Language: English Spine #704 DVD BONUS FEATURES New audio commentary by film scholar Matthew H. Bernstein Excerpts from the director’s 1993 autobiography, A Siegel Film, read by his son Kristoffer Tabori Excerpts from Stuart Kaminsky’s 1974 book Don Siegel: Director, read by Tabori Excerpts from the 1953 NBC radio documentary series The Challenge of Our Prisons PLUS: An essay by critic Chris Fujiwara, a 1954 article by producer Walter Wanger, and a 1974 tribute to Siegel by filmmaker Sam Peckinpah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 1, 2020 Author Share Posted January 1, 2020 Breaking the Waves (1996) Directed by Lars von Trier Country: Denmark Duration: 159 minutes Language: English Spine #705 DVD BONUS FEATURES Selected-scene audio commentary featuring von Trier, editor Anders Refn, and location scout Anthony Dod Mantle New interview with filmmaker and critic Stig Björkman New interviews with actors Emily Watson and Stellan Skarsgård Interview from 2004 with actor Adrian Rawlins Excerpts from Watson’s audition tape, with commentary by von Trier Deleted and extended scenes, with commentary by von Trier Deleted scene featuring the late actor Katrin Cartlidge Cannes Film Festival promotional clip Trailer PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic David Sterritt and an excerpt from the 1999 book Trier on von Trier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 1, 2020 Author Share Posted January 1, 2020 Master of the House (1925) Directed by Carl Th. Dreyer Country: Denmark Duration: 107 minutes Language: Danish Spine #706 DVD BONUS FEATURES New interview with Carl Theodor Dreyer historian Casper Tybjerg New visual essay on Dreyer’s innovations by film historian David Bordwell PLUS: An essay by film scholar Mark Le Fanu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 1, 2020 Author Share Posted January 1, 2020 Il sorpasso (1962) Directed by Dino Risi Country: Italy Duration: 105 minutes Language: Italian Spine #707 DVD BONUS FEATURES New introduction by filmmaker Alexander Payne New interviews with screenwriter Ettore Scola and film scholar Rémi Fournier Lanzoni Interview from 2004 with director Dino Risi, conducted by film critic Jean A. Gili Introduction by actor Jean-Louis Trintignant from a 1983 French television broadcast of the film A Beautiful Vacation, a 2006 documentary on Risi featuring interviews with the director and his collaborators and friends Excerpts from a 2012 documentary that returns to Castiglioncello, the location for the film’s beach scenes Speaking with Gassman, a 2005 documentary on the relationship between actor Vittorio Gassman and Risi, directed by Risi’s son Marco Trailer PLUS: An essay by critic Phillip Lopate, an essay by critic Antonio Monda, as well as excerpts from Risi’s writings, with an introduction by film critic Valerio Caprara Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 1, 2020 Author Share Posted January 1, 2020 Like Someone in Love (2012) Directed by Abbas Kiarostami Country: Japan, France Duration: 109 minutes Language: Japanese Spine #708 DVD BONUS FEATURES Forty-five-minute documentary on the making of the film Trailer PLUS: An essay by film scholar and critic Nico Baumbach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 1, 2020 Author Share Posted January 1, 2020 Red River (1948) Directed by Howard Hawks Country: United States Duration: 127 minutes Language: English Spine #709 DVD BONUS FEATURES 2K digital restoration of the rarely presented original theatrical release version, the preferred cut of director Howard Hawks 2K digital restoration of the longer, prerelease version of Red River Interview from 2014 with filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich about Red River and the two versions Interview from 2014 with critic Molly Haskell about Hawks and Red River Interview from 2014 with film scholar Lee Clark Mitchell about the western genre Audio excerpts from a 1972 conversation between Hawks and Bogdanovich Audio excerpts from a 1970 interview with novelist and screenwriter Borden Chase Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of Red River from 1949, featuring John Wayne, Joanne Dru, and Walter Brennan Trailer PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Geoffrey O’Brien and a 1991 interview with Hawks’s longtime editor Christian Nyby; a new paperback edition of Chase’s original novel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 1, 2020 Author Share Posted January 1, 2020 Judex (1963) Directed by Georges Franju Country: France Duration: 97 minutes Language: French Spine #710 DVD BONUS FEATURES Interview from 2007 with cowriter Jacques Champreux Interview from 2012 with actor Francine Bergé Franju le visionnaire, a fifty-minute program from 1998 on director Georges Franju’s career Two short films by Franju: Hôtel des Invalides (1951), about the Paris military complex, and Le grand Méliès (1952), about director Georges Méliès PLUS: An essay by critic Geoffrey O’Brien, along with a selection of commentary by Franju Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 1, 2020 Author Share Posted January 1, 2020 A Hard Day's Night (1964) Directed by Richard Lester Country: United Kingdom Duration: 87 minutes Language: English Spine #711 DVD BONUS FEATURES Audio commentary featuring cast and crew In Their Own Voices, a new piece combining 1964 interviews with the Beatles with behind-the-scenes footage and photos “You Can’t Do That”: The Making of “A Hard Day’s Night,” a 1994 documentary by producer Walter Shenson including an outtake performance by the Beatles Things They Said Today, a 2002 documentary about the film featuring Lester, music producer George Martin, screenwriter Alun Owen, and cinematographer Gilbert Taylor Picturewise, a new piece about Lester’s early work, featuring a new audio interview with the director The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film (1960), Lester’s Oscar-nominated short Anatomy of a Style, a new piece on Lester’s methods New interview with author Mark Lewisohn PLUS: An essay by critic Howard Hampton and excerpts from a 1970 interview with Lester Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 1, 2020 Author Share Posted January 1, 2020 Scanners (1981) Directed by David Cronenberg Country: Canada Duration: 103 minutes Language: English Spine #712 DVD BONUS FEATURES The “Scanners” Way, a new documentary by Michael Lennick on the film’s special effects, featuring interviews with Cronenberg’s collaborators Mental Saboteur, a new interview with actor Michael Ironside The Ephemerol Diaries, a 2012 interview with actor and artist Stephen Lack Excerpt from a 1981 interview with Cronenberg on the CBC’s The Bob McLean Show New, restored 2K digital transfer of Stereo (1969), Cronenberg’s first feature film Trailer and radio spots PLUS: An essay by critic Kim Newman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 1, 2020 Author Share Posted January 1, 2020 The Essential Jacques Demy Spine #713 DVD BOX SET FEATURES Two documentaries by filmmaker Agnès Varda: The World of Jacques Demy (1995) and The Young Girls Turn 25 (1993) Four short films by director Jacques Demy: Les horizons morts (1951), Le sabotier du Val de Loire (1956), Ars (1959), and La luxure (1962) Jacques Demy, A to Z, a new visual essay by critic James Quandt Archival interviews with Demy, composer Michel Legrand, and actors Jeanne Moreau, Catherine Deneuve, Jean Marais, and Jacques Perrin Once Upon a Time . . . “The Umbrellas of Cherbourg,” a 2008 documentary Episode from Behind the Screen, a 1966 series about the making of Young Girls “Donkey Skin” Illustrated, a 2008 program on the many versions of Charles Perrault’s fairy tale “Donkey Skin” and the Thinkers, a 2008 program featuring critic Camille Tabouley New conversation between Demy biographer Jean-Pierre Berthomé and costume designer Jacqueline Moreau New interviews with journalist Marie Colmant and film scholar Rodney Hill Archival audio Q&A with Demy Archival audio interviews with Legrand and Deneuve Interview with actor Anouk Aimée from 2012, conducted by Varda Interview with Varda from 2012 on the origin of Lola’s song Restoration demonstrations for Lola, Bay of Angels, Umbrellas, and Une chambre PLUS: A booklet featuring essays by critics Ginette Vincendeau, Terrence Rafferty, Jim Ridley, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Anne E. Duggan, and Geoff Andrew, and a postscript by Berthomé Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 1, 2020 Author Share Posted January 1, 2020 Lola (1961) Directed by Jacques Demy Country: France Duration: 88 minutes Language: French Spine #714 DVD BONUS FEATURES Interview with actor Anouk Aimée from 2012, conducted by filmmaker Agnès Varda Interview with Varda from 2012 on the origin of Lola’s song Four short films by director Jacques Demy: Les horizons morts (1951), Le sabotier du Val de Loire (1956), Ars (1959), and La luxure (1962) Restoration demonstration Trailer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 1, 2020 Author Share Posted January 1, 2020 Bay of Angels (1963) Directed by Jacques Demy Country: France Duration: 84 minutes Language: French Spine #715 DVD BONUS FEATURES French television interview from 1962 with actor Jeanne Moreau on the set of Bay of Angels New interview with journalist Marie Colmant, coauthor of the book Jacques Demy Restoration demonstration Trailer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 1, 2020 Author Share Posted January 1, 2020 The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) Directed by Jacques Demy Country: France Duration: 92 minutes Language: French Spine #716 DVD BONUS FEATURES Once Upon a Time . . . “The Umbrellas of Cherbourg,” a 2008 documentary Interview from 2014 with film scholar Rodney Hill French television interview from 1964 featuring director Jacques Demy and composer Michel Legrand discussing the film Audio recordings of interviews with actor Catherine Deneuve (1983) and Legrand (1991) at the National Film Theatre in London Restoration demonstration Trailer PLUS: An essay by critic Jim Ridley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 1, 2020 Author Share Posted January 1, 2020 The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967) Directed by Jacques Demy Country: France Duration: 126 minutes Language: French Spine #717 DVD BONUS FEATURES Jacques Demy and composer Michel Legrand discussing the music for the film Conversation from 2014 between Demy biographer Jean-Pierre Berthomé and costume designer Jacqueline Moreau Episode from a multipart 1966 Belgian television series on the making of the film Agnès Varda’s 1993 documentary The Young Girls Turn 25 (in the DVD box set, appears on the Une chambre en ville disc) Trailer PLUS: An essay by critic Jonathan Rosenbaum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 1, 2020 Author Share Posted January 1, 2020 Donkey Skin (1970) Directed by Jacques Demy Country: France Duration: 90 minutes Language: French Spine #718 DVD BONUS FEATURES French television interview from 1970 with director Jacques Demy and actors Catherine Deneuve, Jean Marais, and Jacques Perrin on the set of the film “Donkey Skin” Illustrated, a 2008 program on the many versions of Charles Perrault’s fairy tale “Donkey Skin” and the Thinkers, a 2008 program on the themes of the film, featuring critic Camille Tabouley Audio Q&A with Demy from the American Film Institute in 1971 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 1, 2020 Author Share Posted January 1, 2020 Une chambre en ville (1982) Directed by Jacques Demy Country: France Duration: 93 minutes Language: French Spine #719 DVD BONUS FEATURES Jacques Demy, A to Z, a new visual essay by film critic James Quandt Q&A with Demy from the 1987 Midnight Sun Film Festival Filmmaker Agnès Varda’s 1995 documentary The World of Jacques Demy Varda’s 1993 documentary The Young Girls Turn 25, on the DVD Restoration demonstration Trailer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 1, 2020 Author Share Posted January 1, 2020 The Big Chill (1983) Directed by Lawrence Kasdan Country: United States Duration: 105 minutes Language: English Spine #720 DVD BONUS FEATURES New interview with Kasdan Reunion of cast and crew from the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival, including Kasdan and actors Tom Berenger, Glenn Close, Kevin Kline, Mary Kay Place, Meg Tilly, and JoBeth Williams Documentary from 1998 on the making of the film Deleted scenes Trailer PLUS: An essay by writer and filmmaker Lena Dunham and a 1983 piece by critic Harlan Jacobson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 1, 2020 Author Share Posted January 1, 2020 Love Streams (1984) Directed by John Cassavetes Country: United States Duration: 141 minutes Language: English Spine #721 DVD BONUS FEATURES New audio commentary featuring writer Michael Ventura New video essay on actor Gena Rowlands by film critic Sheila O’Malley New interviews with executive producer and director of photography Al Ruban and actor Diahnne Abbott Interview from 2008 with actor Seymour Cassel “I’m Almost Not Crazy . . .”—John Cassavetes: The Man and His Work (1984), a sixty-minute documentary by Ventura on the making of Love Streams Trailer PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Dennis Lim and a 1984 New York Times piece on the film by Cassavetes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 1, 2020 Author Share Posted January 1, 2020 Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1990) Directed by Pedro Almodóvar Country: Spain Duration: 102 minutes Language: Spanish Spine #722 DVD BONUS FEATURES New documentary on the making of the film, featuring interviews with Pedro Almodóvar; Agustín Almodóvar; actors Antonio Banderas, Victoria Abril, Loles León, and Rossy de Palma; production manager Esther García; and cinematographer José Luis Alcaine New interview with Almodóvar collaborator and Sony Pictures Classics copresident Michael Barker Conversation from 2003 between Pedro Almodóvar and Banderas Footage from the film’s 1990 premiere party in Madrid PLUS: A booklet featuring a 1990 piece about the film by Pedro Almodóvar, a conversation between critic Kent Jones and filmmaker Wes Anderson, and an interview with Almodóvar from 1989 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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