BLACHEFAN Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 Breaker Morant (1980) Directed by Bruce Beresford Country: Australia Duration: 107 minutes Language: English Spine #773 DVD BONUS FEATURES Audio commentary from 2004 featuring Beresford New interviews with Beresford, cinematographer Donald McAlpine, and actor Bryan Brown Interview with actor Edward Woodward from 2004 New piece about the Boer War with historian Stephen Miller The Breaker, a 1973 documentary profiling the real Harry “Breaker” Morant, with a 2010 statement by its director, Frank Shields Trailer PLUS: An essay by film scholar Neil Sinyard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 Mister Johnson (1990) Directed by Bruce Beresford Country: United States Duration: 101 minutes Language: English Spine #774 DVD BONUS FEATURES New interviews with Beresford, producer Michael Fitzgerald, and actors Maynard Eziashi and Pierce Brosnan Trailer PLUS: An essay by film scholar Neil Sinyard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 A Room with a View (1986) Directed by James Ivory Country: United Kingdom Duration: 117 minutes Language: English Spine #775 DVD BONUS FEATURES New interviews with Ivory, Pierce-Roberts, costume designer John Bright, and actors Helena Bonham Carter, Simon Callow, and Julian Sands Segment about Merchant Ivory Productions from a 1987 episode of NBC Nightly News Trailer PLUS: An essay by film critic and author John Pym Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 Moonrise Kingdom (2012) Directed by Wes Anderson Country: United States Duration: 94 minutes Language: English Spine #776 DVD BONUS FEATURES Audio commentary featuring Anderson, Bill Murray, Edward Norton, Jason Schwartzman, and Roman Coppola Selected-scene storyboard animatics Interviews with cast and crew Exploring the Set of “Moonrise Kingdom,” an original documentary about the film Norton’s home movies from the set Behind-the-scenes, special effects, and test footage Auditions Trailer PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Geoffrey O’Brien and a selection of commentary from young writers, along with a map of New Penzance Island and other ephemera Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 The Brood (1979) Directed by David Cronenberg Country: Canada Duration: 92 minutes Language: English Spine #777 DVD BONUS FEATURES New documentary about the making of the film and Cronenberg’s early work, featuring actor Samantha Eggar, executive producer Pierre David, cinematographer Mark Irwin, assistant director John Board, and special makeup effects artists Rick Baker (Videodrome) and Joe Blasco (Shivers, Rabid) New, restored 4K digital transfer of Cronenberg’s 1970 feature Crimes of the Future, supervised by the director, plus a 2011 interview with Cronenberg about his early career Interview from 2013 with actors Art Hindle and Cindy Hinds Appearance by actor Oliver Reed on The Merv Griffin Show from 1980 Radio spot PLUS: An essay by critic Carrie Rickey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 A Special Day (1977) Directed by Ettore Scola Country: Italy Duration: 107 minutes Language: Italian Spine #778 DVD BONUS FEATURES Human Voice, a 2014 short film starring Sophia Loren and directed by Edoardo Ponti New interviews with Scola and Loren Two 1977 episodes of The Dick Cavett Show featuring Loren and actor Marcello Mastroianni Trailer PLUS: An essay by critic Deborah Young Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 Mulholland Dr. (2001) Directed by David Lynch Country: United States Duration: 146 minutes Language: English Spine #779 DVD BONUS FEATURES New interviews with Lynch; Deming; actors Naomi Watts, Justin Theroux, and Laura Harring; composer Angelo Badalamenti; production designer Jack Fisk; and casting director Johanna Ray On-set footage Deleted scene Trailer PLUS: A booklet featuring an interview with Lynch from the 2005 edition of filmmaker and writer Chris Rodley’s book Lynch on Lynch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 Code Unknown (2000) Directed by Michael Haneke Country: France Duration: 117 minutes Language: French Spine #780 DVD BONUS FEATURES New interview with Haneke Introduction by Haneke from 2001 Filming Haneke, a 2000 making-of documentary featuring interviews with Haneke, actor Juliette Binoche, and producer Marin Karmitz, as well as on-set footage of cast and crew Interview from 2001 in which Haneke discusses the filming of the boulevard sequences New interview with film scholar Roy Grundmann Teasers PLUS: An essay by critic Nick James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 In Cold Blood (1967) Directed by Richard Brooks Country: United States Duration: 134 minutes Language: English Spine #781 DVD BONUS FEATURES New interview with cinematographer John Bailey about director of photography Conrad Hall’s work in the film New interview with film historian Bobbie O’Steen on the film’s editing New interview with film critic and jazz historian Gary Giddins about Quincy Jones’s music for the film New interview with writer Douglass K. Daniel on director Richard Brooks Interview with Brooks from a 1988 episode of the French television series Cinéma cinemas With Love from Truman, a short 1966 documentary featuring novelist Truman Capote, directed by Albert and David Maysles Two archival NBC interviews with Capote: one following the author on a 1966 visit to Holcomb, Kansas, and the other conducted by Barbara Walters in 1967 Trailer PLUS: An essay by critic Chris Fujiwara Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 The Apu Trilogy Spine #782 DVD BOX SET FEATURES Audio recordings from 1958 of director Satyajit Ray reading his essay “A Long Time on the Little Road” and in conversation with film historian Gideon Bachmann New interviews with actors Soumitra Chatterjee, Shampa Srivastava, and Sharmila Tagore; camera assistant Soumendu Roy; and film writer Ujjal Chakraborty Making “The Apu Trilogy”: Satyajit Ray’s Epic Debut, a new video essay by Ray biographer Andrew Robinson “The Apu Trilogy”: A Closer Look, a new program featuring filmmaker, producer, and teacher Mamoun Hassan Excerpts from the 2003 documentary The Song of the Little Road, featuring composer Ravi Shankar The Creative Person: “Satyajit Ray,” a 1967 half-hour documentary by James Beveridge, featuring interviews with Ray, several of his actors, members of his creative team, and film critic Chidananda Das Gupta Footage of Ray receiving an honorary Oscar in 1992 New programs on the restorations by filmmaker :: kogonada PLUS: A booklet featuring essays by critics Terrence Rafferty and Girish Shambu, as well as a selection of Ray’s storyboards for Pather Panchali Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 Pather Panchali (1955) Directed by Satyajit Ray Country: India Duration: 125 minutes Language: Bengali Spine #783 DVD BONUS FEATURES Audio recording from 1958 of director Satyajit Ray reading his essay “A Long Time on the Little Road” New interviews with actors Soumitra Chatterjee and Shampa Srivastava and camera assistant Soumendu Roy Excerpts from the 2003 documentary The Song of the Little Road, featuring The Apu Trilogy composer Ravi Shankar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 Aparajito (1956) Directed by Satyajit Ray Country: India Duration: 110 minutes Language: Bengali Spine #784 DVD BONUS FEATURES The Small Details, a new interview with film writer Ujjal Chakraborty Audio recording from 1958 of a conversation between director Satyajit Ray and film historian Gideon Bachmann Making “The Apu Trilogy”: Satyajit Ray’s Epic Debut, a new video essay by Ray biographer Andrew Robinson The Creative Person: “Satyajit Ray,” a 1967 half-hour documentary by James Beveridge, featuring interviews with Ray, several of his actors, members of his creative team, and film critic Chidananda Das Gupta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 Apur Sansar (1959) Directed by Satyajit Ray Country: India Duration: 106 minutes Language: Bengali Spine #785 DVD BONUS FEATURES New interview program with actors Soumitra Chatterjee and Sharmila Tagore “The Apu Trilogy”: A Closer Look, a new program featuring filmmaker, producer, and teacher Mamoun Hassan Footage of director Satyajit Ray receiving an honorary Oscar in 1992 New programs on the restoration of The Apu Trilogy by filmmaker :: kogonada Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 Don't Look Back (1967) Directed by D. A. Pennebaker Country: United States Duration: 96 minutes Language:English Spine #786 DVD BONUS FEATURES Audio commentary from 1999 featuring Pennebaker and tour manager Bob Neuwirth 65 Revisited, a 2006 documentary by Pennebaker Audio excerpt from a 2000 interview with Bob Dylan for the documentary No Direction Home, cut to previously unseen outtakes from Dont Look Back New documentary about the evolution of Pennebaker’s filming style Daybreak Express (1953), Baby (1954), and Lambert & Co. (1964), three short films by Pennebaker New conversation between Pennebaker and Neuwirth about their work together Snapshots from the Tour, a new piece featuring never-before-seen outtakes from Dont Look Back New interview with musician Patti Smith Conversation between music critic Greil Marcus and Pennebaker from 2010 Alternate version of the film’s “Subterranean Homesick Blues” cue card sequence Five audio recordings of Dylan songs not used in the film Trailer PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic and poet Robert Polito Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 Jellyfish Eyes (2013) Directed by Takashi Murakami Country: Japan Duration: 101 minutes Language: Japanese Spine #787 DVD BONUS FEATURES New interview with director Takashi Murakami Making F.R.I.E.N.D.s, a new piece on the creation of the film’s creatures Takashi Murakami: The Art of Film, a new behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of the film Trailer for Jellyfish Eyes 2 PLUS: An essay by critic Glen Helfand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 Speedy (1928) Directed by Ted Wilde Country: United States Duration: 86 minutes Language: English Spine #788 DVD BONUS FEATURES Musical score by composer Carl Davis from 1992, synchronized and restored under his supervision and presented in uncompressed stereo on the Blu-ray New audio commentary featuring Bruce Goldstein, director of repertory programming at New York’s Film Forum, and Turner Classic Movies director of program production Scott McGee In the Footsteps of “Speedy,” a new short documentary by Goldstein about the film’s New York shoot Selection of rare archival footage from UCLA Film & Television Archive’s Hearst Newsreel Collection of baseball legend Babe Ruth, who has a cameo in the film, presented by David Filipi, director of film and video at the Wexner Center for the Arts New visual essay featuring stills of deleted scenes from the film and narrated by Goldstein Selection of actor Harold Lloyd’s home movies, narrated by his granddaughter, Suzanne Lloyd Bumping into Broadway, a 1919 Lloyd two-reeler, newly restored and with a 2004 score by Robert Israel PLUS: An essay by critic Phillip Lopate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 Burroughs: The Movie (1983) Directed by Howard Brookner Country: United States Duration: 90 minutes Language: English Spine #789 DVD BONUS FEATURES New audio commentary by filmmaker Jim Jarmusch, who was a sound recordist on the film Audio interview with director Howard Brookner from 1985, conducted by William S. Burroughs biographer Ted Morgan New interview with Brookner’s nephew, filmmaker Aaron Brookner, who oversaw the film’s restoration Rare outtakes Footage from the 2014 New York Film Festival premiere of the film’s restoration, featuring a Q&A with Jarmusch, Aaron Brookner, filmmaker Tom DiCillo, and Burroughs’s friend and fellow writer James Grauerholz Thirty-minute experimental edit of the film from 1981 by inventor and photographer Robert E. Fulton III PLUS: An essay by critic Luc Sante and collage artwork by artist Alison Mosshart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 Lady Snowblood (1973) Directed by Toshiya Fujita Country: Japan Duration: 97 minutes Language: Japanese Spine #790 DVD BONUS FEATURES New interviews with Kazuo Koike, the writer of the manga that inspired the films, and screenwriter Norio Osada Trailers PLUS: An essay by critic Howard Hampton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 Lady Snowblood: Love Song of Vengeance (1974) Directed by Toshiya Fujita Country: Japan Duration: 89 minutes Language: Japanese Spine #791 DVD BONUS FEATURES New interviews with Kazuo Koike, the writer of the manga that inspired the films, and screenwriter Norio Osada Trailers PLUS: An essay by critic Howard Hampton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 Bitter Rice (1949) Directed by Giuseppe De Santis Country: Italy Duration: 109 minutes Language: Italian Spine #792 DVD BONUS FEATURES Giuseppe De Santis, a 2008 documentary by screenwriter Carlo Lizzani Interview with Lizzani from 2003 Trailer PLUS: An essay by critic Pasquale Iannone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 The American Friend (1977) Directed by Wim Wenders Country: Germany Duration: 126 minutes Language: English, French, German Spine #793 DVD BONUS FEATURES Audio commentary from 2002 featuring Wenders and actor Dennis Hopper New interview with Wenders New interview with actor Bruno Ganz Deleted scenes with audio commentary by Wenders Trailer PLUS: An essay by author Francine Prose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) Directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen Country: United States Duration: 104 minutes Language: English Spine #794 DVD BONUS FEATURES New audio commentary featuring authors Robert Christgau, David Hajdu, and Sean Wilentz New conversation between filmmaker Guillermo del Toro and the Coen brothers about the evolution of their approach Inside “Inside Llewyn Davis” (2013), a forty-three-minute documentary Another Day, Another Time (2013), a 101-minute concert documentary celebrating the music of Inside Llewyn Davis, featuring Joan Baez, Marcus Mumford, Punch Brothers, Gillian Welch, Jack White, and others New conversation between music producer T Bone Burnett and the Coens about folk music, with illustrations by Drew Christie New piece about the early sixties Greenwich Village folk scene, featuring music writer and historian Elijah Wald Sunday, a short film by Dan Drasin documenting a 1961 clash between folk musicians and police in Washington Square Park Trailers PLUS: An essay by film critic Kent Jones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 Gilda (1946) Directed by Charles Vidor Country: United States Duration: 110 minutes Language: English Spine #795 DVD BONUS FEATURES Audio commentary from 2010 by film critic Richard Schickel New interview with film noir historian Eddie Muller Piece from 2010 featuring filmmakers Martin Scorsese and Baz Luhrmann discussing their appreciation for Gilda Trailer PLUS: An essay by critic Sheila O’Malley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 The Emigrants (1971) Directed by Jan Troell Country: Sweden Duration: 191 minutes Language: Swedish Spine #796 DVD BONUS FEATURES New introduction by theater and film critic John Simon New conversation between film scholar Peter Cowie and director Jan Troell New interview with actor Liv Ullmann To Paint with Pictures, an hour-long documentary from 2005 on the making of the films, featuring archival footage as well as interviews with Troell, Ullmann, producer and coscreenwriter Bengt Forslund, actor Eddie Axberg, and composer Georg Oddner Trailers PLUS: An essay by critic Terrence Rafferty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 The New Land (1972) Directed by Jan Troell Country: Sweden Duration: 202 minutes Language: Swedish Spine #797 DVD BONUS FEATURES New introduction by theater and film critic John Simon New conversation between film scholar Peter Cowie and director Jan Troell New interview with actor Liv Ullmann To Paint with Pictures, an hour-long documentary from 2005 on the making of the films, featuring archival footage as well as interviews with Troell, Ullmann, producer and coscreenwriter Bengt Forslund, actor Eddie Axberg, and composer Georg Oddner Trailers PLUS: An essay by critic Terrence Rafferty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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