BLACHEFAN Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 3, 2020 Author Share Posted January 3, 2020 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 3, 2020 Author Share Posted January 3, 2020 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 3, 2020 Author Share Posted January 3, 2020 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 3, 2020 Author Share Posted January 3, 2020 The Before Trilogy Spine #856 DVD BOX SET FEATURES New discussion featuring Linklater and actors Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke, moderated by critic Kent Jones Behind-the-scenes footage and interviews from the productions of Before Sunrise and Before Sunset Audio commentary on Before Midnight by Delpy, Linklater, and Hawke Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny, a feature-length 2016 documentary by Louis Black and Karen Bernstein After Before, a new documentary by Athina Rachel Tsangari about the making of Before Midnight in Greece New conversation between scholars Dave Johnson and Rob Stone about Linklater’s work Episode of the radio program Fresh Air featuring host Terry Gross, Linklater, Delpy, and Hawke Linklater // On Cinema & Time, a 2016 video essay by filmmaker :: kogonada PLUS: An essay on the trilogy by critic Dennis Lim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 3, 2020 Author Share Posted January 3, 2020 Before Sunrise (1995) Directed by Richard Linklater Country: United States Duration: 101 minutes Language: English Spine #857 DVD BONUS FEATURES The Space In Between, a new piece in which Linklater and actor-cowriters Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke discuss the trilogy, moderated by critic Kent Jones 3x2, a new conversation between scholars Dave Johnson and Rob Stone about Linklater’s work Behind-the-scenes footage from the film’s production Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 3, 2020 Author Share Posted January 3, 2020 Before Sunset (2004) Directed by Richard Linklater Country: United States Duration: 80 minutes Language: English Spine #858 DVD BONUS FEATURES Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny, a feature-length 2016 documentary about the director by Louis Black and Karen Bernstein Linklater // On Cinema & Time, a 2016 video essay by filmmaker :: kogonada Behind-the-scenes footage from the film’s production Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 3, 2020 Author Share Posted January 3, 2020 Before Midnight (2013) Directed by Richard Linklater Country: United States Duration: 109 minutes Language: English Spine #859 DVD BONUS FEATURES New audio commentary featuring Linklater and actors Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke After Before, a new documentary by Athina Rachel Tsangari about the movie’s production in Greece “Love Darkens and Deepens,” an episode of the radio program Fresh Air featuring host Terry Gross, Linklater, Delpy, and Hawke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 3, 2020 Author Share Posted January 3, 2020 Mildred Pierce (1945) Directed by Michael Curtiz Country: United States Duration: 111 minutes Language: English Spine #860 DVD BONUS FEATURES New conversation with critics Molly Haskell and Robert Polito Excerpt from a 1970 episode of The David Frost Show featuring actor Joan Crawford Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star, a 2002 feature-length documentary Q&A with actor Ann Blyth from 2006, presented by Marc Huestis and conducted by film historian Eddie Muller at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco Segment from a 1969 episode of the Today show featuring Mildred Pierce novelist James M. Cain Trailer PLUS: An essay by critic Imogen Sara Smith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 3, 2020 Author Share Posted January 3, 2020 45 Years (2015) Directed by Andrew Haigh Country: United Kingdom Duration: 95 minutes Language: English Spine #861 DVD BONUS FEATURES Audio commentary featuring Haigh and producer Tristan Goligher New documentary featuring interviews with Haigh, Goligher, actors Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay, editor Jonathan Alberts, and director of photography Lol Crawley New interview with David Constantine, author of the short story on which the film is based Trailer PLUS: An essay by critic Ella Taylor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 3, 2020 Author Share Posted January 3, 2020 Canoa: A Shameful Memory (1976) Directed by Felipe Cazals Country: Mexico Duration: 115 minutes Language: Spanish Spine #862 DVD BONUS FEATURES New introduction by filmmaker Guillermo del Toro New conversation between filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón and Cazals Trailer PLUS: An essay by critic Fernanda Solórzano Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 3, 2020 Author Share Posted January 3, 2020 Multiple Maniacs (1970) Directed by John Waters Country: United States Duration: 96 minutes Language: English Spine #863 DVD BONUS FEATURES New audio commentary featuring Waters New interviews with cast and crew members Pat Moran, Mink Stole, Susan Lowe, George Figgs, and Vincent Peranio New video essay by scholar Gary Needham Trailer PLUS: An essay by critic Linda Yablonsky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 3, 2020 Author Share Posted January 3, 2020 Being There (1979) Directed by Hal Ashby Country: United States Duration: 130 minutes Language: English Spine #864 DVD BONUS FEATURES New documentary on the making of the film, featuring interviews with members of the production team Excerpts from a 1980 American Film Institute seminar with director Hal Ashby Author Jerzy Kosinski in a 1979 appearance on The Dick Cavett Show Appearances from 1980 by actor Peter Sellers on NBC’s Today and on The Don Lane Show Promo reel featuring Sellers and Ashby Trailer and TV spots Deleted scene, outtakes, and alternate ending PLUS: An essay by critic Mark Harris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 3, 2020 Author Share Posted January 3, 2020 Blow-Up (1966) Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni Country: United Kingdom Duration: 111 minutes Language: English Spine #865 DVD BONUS FEATURES New pieces about director Michelangelo Antonioni’s artistic approach, featuring photography curators Walter Moser and Philippe Garner and art historian David Alan Mellor Blow Up of “Blow Up,” a 2016 documentary on the making of the film Conversation from 2016 between Garner and actor Vanessa Redgrave Archival interviews with Antonioni and actors David Hemmings and Jane Birkin Trailers PLUS: A book featuring an essay by film scholar David Forgacs, an updated 1966 account of the film’s shooting by Stig Björkman, the questionnaires the director distributed to photographers and painters while developing the film, and the 1959 Julio Cortázar short story on which the film is loosely based Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 3, 2020 Author Share Posted January 3, 2020 Buena Vista Social Club (1999) Directed by Wim Wenders Country: United States, Germany, United Kingdom, France, Cuba Duration: 105 minutes Language: English, Spanish Spine #866 DVD BONUS FEATURES Audio commentary from 1999 featuring director Wim Wenders New interview with Wenders Interview from 1998 with musician Compay Segundo on his career and the world of Cuban music Radio interviews from 2000 featuring musicians Ibrahim Ferrer, Rubén González, Eliades Ochoa, Omara Portuondo, and others Additional scenes Trailer PLUS: An essay by author and geographer Joshua Jelly-Schapiro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 3, 2020 Author Share Posted January 3, 2020 Woman of the Year (1942) Directed by George Stevens Country: United States Duration: 112 minutes Language: English Spine #867 DVD BONUS FEATURES New interview with George Stevens Jr. 1967 audio interview with George Stevens New interview with George Stevens biographer Marilyn Ann Moss New interview with writer Claudia Roth Pierpont on actor Katharine Hepburn George Stevens: A Filmmaker’s Journey, a 112-minute 1984 documentary by George Stevens Jr. The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn, an eighty-six-minute documentary from 1986 Trailer PLUS: An essay by critic Stephanie Zacharek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 3, 2020 Author Share Posted January 3, 2020 Tampopo (1985) Directed by Juzo Itami Country: Japan Duration: 114 minutes Language: Japanese Spine #868 DVD BONUS FEATURES The Making of “Tampopo,” a ninety-minute documentary from 1986, narrated by director Juzo Itami New interview with actor Nobuko Miyamoto New interview with food stylist Seiko Ogawa New interviews with ramen scholar Hiroshi Oosaki and chefs Sam White, Rayneil De Guzman, Jerry Jaksich, and Ivan Orkin Rubber Band Pistol, Itami’s 1962 debut short film New video essay by filmmakers Tony Zhou and Taylor Ramos on the film’s themes of self-improvement and mastery of a craft Trailer PLUS: An essay by food and culture writer Willy Blackmore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 3, 2020 Author Share Posted January 3, 2020 Rumble Fish (1983) Directed by Francis Ford Coppola Country: United States Duration: 94 minutes Language: English Spine #869 DVD BONUS FEATURES Audio commentary featuring Coppola New interviews with Coppola, author and coscreenwriter S. E. Hinton, associate producer Roman Coppola, and actors Matt Dillon and Diane Lane New conversation between Burum and production designer Dean Tavoularis Pieces from 2005 about the film’s score and production Interviews from 1983 with Dillon, Lane, actor Vincent Spano, and producer Doug Claybourne French television interview from 1984 with actor Mickey Rourke Locations: Looking for Rusty James, a 2013 documentary by Alberto Fuguet about the impact of Rumble Fish New piece about the film’s existentialist elements “Don’t Box Me In” music video Deleted scenes, with a new introduction by Coppola Trailer PLUS: An essay by critic Glenn Kenny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 3, 2020 Author Share Posted January 3, 2020 Othello (1952) Directed by Orson Welles Country: United States Duration: 93 minutes Language: English Spine #870 DVD BONUS FEATURES Audio commentary from 1995 featuring filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich and Orson Welles scholar Myron Meisel Filming “Othello,” Welles’s last completed film, a 1979 essay-documentary Return to Glennascaul, a 1953 short film made by actors Micheál MacLiammóir and Hilton Edwards during a hiatus from shooting Othello New interview with Welles biographer Simon Callow Souvenirs d’“Othello,” a 1995 documentary about actor Suzanne Cloutier by François Girard New interview with Welles scholar François Thomas on the two versions New interview with Ayanna Thompson, author of Passing Strange: Shakespeare, Race, and Contemporary America Interview from 2014 with scholar Joseph McBride PLUS: An essay by film critic Geoffrey O’Brien Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 3, 2020 Author Share Posted January 3, 2020 Dheepan (2015) Directed by Jacques Audiard Country: France Duration: 114 minutes Language: Tamil, French, English Spine #871 DVD BONUS FEATURES Audio commentary from 2015 featuring Audiard and coscreenwriter Noé Debré New interview with Audiard New interview with actor Antonythasan Jesuthasan Deleted scenes with audio commentary from 2015 by Audiard and Debré Trailer PLUS: An essay by critic Michael Atkinson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACHEFAN Posted January 3, 2020 Author Share Posted January 3, 2020 Ghost World (2001) Directed by Terry Zwigoff Country: United States Duration: 111 minutes Language: English Spine #872 DVD BONUS FEATURES Audio commentary featuring Zwigoff, Ghost World comic creator and film cowriter Daniel Clowes, and producer Lianne Halfon New interviews with actors Thora Birch, Scarlett Johansson, and Illeana Douglas Extended excerpt from Gumnaam (1965) featuring the Bollywood number that appears in Ghost World’s opening title sequence, with commentary Deleted scenes Trailer PLUS: An essay by critic Howard Hampton, a 2001 piece by Zwigoff on the film’s soundtrack, and reprinted excerpts from Clowes’s comic Ghost World Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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