In an unhappy relationship with young Fuyumi (Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.'s Noriko Watanabe), Ko (Fudoh: The New Generation's Riki Takeuchi) really has only one true love in his life: his Kawasaki motorcycle that he drives for a courier company run by Fuyumi's older brother Hidemasa (Beyond Outrage's Tomokazu Miura) who threatens him to "take responsibility" for his sister. Ko flees to the countryside to be alone with his love only to meet pretty and uninhibited Miyoko (Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah's Kiwako Harada) who initially seems more attracted to his bike than to him. After a whirlwind romance, Ko returns to the city and breaks up with Fuyumi, leading t...

"Aguirre, the Wrath of God" ("Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes") (1972) Taking place in the year 1560, a group of conquistadors are traveling the mountain slopes, vast jungles, and raging rivers of the Amazon jungle in order to reach their goal - the hope of discovering the mythical land of El Dorado, where they would be greeted with riches in paradise. Under the guidance of lead conquistador Gonzalo Pizarro (played by Alejandro Repullés), the group of men are tasked with building rafts to sail downstream and given a week to report their findings. Pedro de Ursúa (played by Ruy Guerra) is leading the men alongside the power hungry Lope de Aguirre (played by Klaus Kinski) as second in command. In addition, Brother Gaspar de Carvajal (played by Del Negro) joins as a Christian mercenary to bring the word of God, Don Fernando de Guzmán (played by Peter Berling) representing the crown of Spain, a dozen or so men with armor and goods...

Audience Award (Spotlight Premiere): Ti West (nominee) - SXSW Film Festival, 2011 Festival Trophy (Best Musical Score): Jeff Grace (winner) - Screamfest, 2011 Chainsaw Award (Best Score): Jeff Grace (nominee) - Fangoria Chainsaw Awards, 2013 Special Award (Scariest Film – Fans Choice Award): Ti West (winner) - Toronto After Dark Film Festival, 2011 Fright Meter Award (Best Director): Ti West (nominee) and Best Actress: Sara Paxton (nominee) - Fright Meter Awards, 2012 Rondo Statuette (Best Film): Ti West (nominee) - Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards, 2012 With the owner away in Barbados and the only guest a mother (Alison Bartlett) and her child (Moonrise Kingdom's Jake Ryan), hotel clerks Claire (The Last House on the Left remake's ...

Oscar (Best Actor in a Leading Role): Gary Cooper (winner), Best Film Editing: Elmo Williams and Harry Gerstad (winner), Best Music, Original Song: Dimitri Tiomkin and Ned Washington (winner), Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture: Dimitri Tiomkin (winner), Best Picture: Stanley Kramer (nominee), Best Director: Fred Zinnemann (nominee), and Best Writing, Screenplay: Carl Foreman (nominee) - Academy Awards, 1953 Golden Globe (Best Actor - Drama): Gary Cooper (winner), Best Supporting Actress: Katy Jurado (winner), Best Original Score: ...

When the elderly owner of the Edwards Mansion looming above the township of Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey, is murdered in her sleep – not content to just turn off her oxygen, the assailant slits her throat and stabs her twenty-odd times – local realtor James Collins (Christian Keiber) knows better than to contract any local junk removal businesses given the house's reputation and instead contacts Lee Duncan (100 Acres of Hell's Jeff Swanton) who initially balks at taking a job three hours away, requiring food and accommodations for his six man crew; that is, until Collins offers to cover all of that and double his rate if they can clear out the house in a week so he can get it on the market. Lee's crew is less-than-pleased to be giving up their weekends to get to the location to beat Monday morning traffic, and upon arrival Lee discover that Collins has inadvertently reserved rooms at the local motel for them a day later than needed. Collins offers to let them stay in the house and puts their food and drink at the local bar on...

John Milius’ "The Wind and the Lion" is a fascinating hybrid of Hollywood spectacle, revisionist history, and mythmaking. Released in 1975, the film dramatizes—loosely and often fantastically—the 1904 “Perdicaris Affair,” in which a Greek-American expatriate was kidnapped in Morocco. Milius reshapes the event to serve his own brand of muscular, romanticized storytelling: the victim becomes Eden Pedecaris, played with patrician resolve by Candice Bergen, and her captor is the charismatic Berber chieftain Raisuli, brought to life with commanding gravitas by Sean Connery. From the outset, Milius frames the film less as a faithful history lesson and more as a fable about power, imperialism, and cultural identity. Connery’s casting as a Berber leader—complete with a Scottish burr—has long been a point of contention. While it undercuts the film’s authenticity, his sheer screen presence compensates to a degree, giving Raisuli an aura of nobility and tragic grandeur. Bergen, meanwhile, strikes a careful balance between being a figure of aristocratic restraint and a woman di...

"The Hidden Fortress" 「隠し砦の三悪人」 (1958) Tahei (played by Chiaki Minoru) and Matashichi (played by Fujiwara Kamatari) are lowly peasants that escape from slavery in a war torn land and are searching for their way home. They happen to find hidden gold in a mountainous region, each bearing the symbol of the Akizuki clan, one of clans in the area at war. Unbeknownst to them, a few surviving royal members and servants of the clan are hiding in the mountains in a hidden fortress. But as enemy forces are encroaching, their general Makabe Rokurota (played by Mifune Toshiro) enlists the two peasants to help them move the family gold and also accompany princess Yuki (played by Uehara Misa) through enemy territory towards freedom. But not every step goes according to plan... Director Kurosawa Akira had a series of critical successes in the 1950 as well as international recognition with films such as "Rashomon" (1950), "Ikiru" (1952), and ...

John Huston’s "The Man Who Would Be King" is a sweeping tale of ambition, imperialism, and hubris, staged with the kind of old-fashioned grandeur rarely attempted by the mid-1970's. Adapted from Rudyard Kipling’s novella, the film follows two former British soldiers, Daniel Dravot (Sean Connery) and Peachy Carnehan (Michael Caine), as they attempt to carve out their own kingdom in the remote mountains of Kafiristan. What unfolds is both a rousing adventure and a cautionary parable about the corrupting lure of power. Huston had dreamed of making this film for decades, originally envisioning it in the 1950's with Clark Gable and Humphrey Bogart as the leads, but Borgart's death in 1957 out an end to the production. Later, Huston attempted to restart with various leading stars but eventually getting nowhere and production stalled multiple times until Connery and Caine, long-time friends off screen, finally brought Huston’s vision to lif...

Peter Medak’s 2018 documentary "The Ghost of Peter Sellers" is less a traditional making-of than a haunting confession. Nearly fifty years after the doomed production of "Ghost in the Noonday Sun" (1974), Medak confronts the chaos that surrounded his attempt to direct Peter Sellers in a pirate comedy. The result is not only an excavation of a failed film but also a self-portrait of an artist still wrestling with guilt, anger, and bewilderment. The film’s structure alternates between archival footage, interviews with surviving crew, and Medak’s own anguished reflections. This blend works effectively in showing how an ill-fated production spirals out of control. The problem is not simply bad luck or logistical setbacks but the mercurial force of Sellers himself. Medak portrays him as a genius comedian who, at this point in his career, was deeply erratic and self-destructive. Sellers’ refusal to cooperate, his manipulative behavior, and his constant undermining of the crew derailed the project before it had a chance to breathe. The documentary, however, resists painting Sellers as a one-dimensional villain; it acknowledges his...

The geographical intersection of Thailand, Burma, and Laos protected by dense jungle and treacherous mountain ranges known as The Golden Triangle produces the bulk of the world's supply of opium from plentiful poppy crops, resulting in the area's inhabitants largely engaging in either manufacturing, transporting, or stealing with even some in the surrounding country's governments profiting by hindering the efforts of international law enforcement. Having escaped from Hong Kong police, drug trafficker Tony Wong (Jade Tiger's Lo Lieh) has fled to Thailand where he lies low until he intervenes in the harassment of hostess Pon (Hanuman and the 5 Kamen Riders' Tanyarat Lohanan) by local thugs which turns out to be a ploy to get Tony to her brother (In Gold We Trust's Somchai Samipak) who offers him a hiding place in the mountains...

Union officer Lt. Dan McDermott (Hale Williams) decides to pose as an outlaw in order to discover how ex-Confederate colonel-turned-bandit William Quantrill (Bill Ferrill) has been smuggling and selling government-owned Spencer repeating rifles. He establishes himself by fighting Bill "The Stud" Doolin (Frenchy Le Boyd) – Quantrill's chief cohort and proprietor of the colonel's desert brothel – over virginal Marsha (Josie Kirk) whose father (Voodoo Heartbeat's Chuck Alford) refused to pay Quantrill's gang protection money and was murdered along with his other daughter (Helga Hanshue) who tried to escape being raped by Doolin and his men. McDermott gathers intelligence from the brothel's madam Irene (...

"Funny Things Happen Down Under" (1965) A group of children in the rural town of Wallaby Creek learn that their hangout will be sold off. They find out the asking price is £200 (this was just before Australia switched to the Dollar) and the payment is due by Christmas, so they try to figure out ways to raise enough money to buy the place for themselves. The kids discover that their mineral water mysteriously colors their farm’s animals to unusual colors such as pink, green, and even multi-colored. They devise a plan to sell the colored wool to raise the funds, but will adults take them seriously? “The Terrific Adventures of the Terrible Ten” was an Australian television series that ran in 1960 for 52 ten minute episodes. Focused on a group of ten rural children who get into comical situations, the series was an early example of an Australian television show that was made for children with local actors. “Actors” may be a stretch as the cast members were basically family members of crew or local children without acting experience. The cast included both boys and girls and it seems like they were never aroun...

The daughter of the gardener (Sins of the Flesh's Georges Guéret) of a country estate, blossoming Doris (The Shiver of the Vampires' Sandra Julien) is a "diamond of the purist water" ripe for the plucking by teenage Erik (Jean-Luc Terrade) at the encouragement of his incestuous sister Carla (Grapes of Death's Marie-Georges Pascal) who chase her down and rape her in the greenhouse. Erik's mother (Montparnasse 19's Arlette Poirier) is eager to pin the blame on Doris despite her father's claims that she was a virgin. For the price of his and Doris' silence, Erik's father (...

Greta (Au Pair Girls' Astrid Frank) hitches her way from Sweden to Paris to study art history ("Because Paris is Paris") and has a cozy room in a boarding house lined up; that is until the landlady's husband tries to assault her. Needing to make the rent for shabbier digs, she tries to become a model and just barely escapes a lech (director Max Pécas regular Michel Vocoret, Young Casanova) and takes to panhandling on the street playing the guitar and singing, quickly discovering that "the kindness of strangers" always comes at a price. She is taken in by beautiful Claude (From Ear to Ear's Nicole Debonne) who turns out to be a lesbian and takes advantage of her in her sleep. Although disgusted, Greta accepts the advise of the similarly lowdown...

Based upon stories by Stephen King and scripted by George Romero, Romero cinematographer Michael Gornick''s sequel Creepshow 2 would seem to have the right ingredients for a follow-up to Romero's anthology hit, but it all falls flat very quickly due to mostly uninspired stories and pacing that is simultaneously abrupt and drawn out. With only three out of the projected five stories filmed – the others being the unused "Pinfall" and "Cat from Hell" (which appeared in Tales from the Darkside: The Movie, also produced by Dawn of the Dead's Richard P. Rubinstein and directed by Day of the Dead composer ...

Cheval Noir (Best Actress): Zelda Adams (winner), Sandro Forte Award (Best Motion Picture Score): John Adams (winner), and Cheval Noir (Best Film): Zelda Adams, John Adams, and Toby Poser (nominee) - Fantasia Film Festival, 2021 Best Acting: Zelda Adams (winner) and Best Film : Zelda Adams, John Adams, and Toby Poser (nominee) - Mar del Plata Film Festival, 2021 Due to an autoimmune disease, teenage Izzy (Zelda Adams) has lived isolated on a mountain with her mother (Tobey Poser) for as long as she can remember. Her mother is not only her s...

On the quintessential dark and stormy night, bickering British couple Philip (A Matter of Life and Death's Raymond Massey) and Margaret Waverton (The Invisible Man's Gloria Stuart) and jovial friend Penderel (Ghost Story's Melvyn Douglas) are caught in the Welsh wilds on the way to Shrewsbury and forced to seek shelter at the titular old dark house when they are waylaid by a landslide on one side and a flooding river on the other. Hulking, mute butler Morgan (The Black Cat's Boris Karloff) is only slightly stranger than their hosts, fey Horace Femm (...

"Control" (2007) While attending a show by the up and coming punk band Sex Pistols, Ian Curtis (played by Sam Riley) meets up with former schoolmates who are forming a band and looking for a singer. Ian volunteers, and the new four piece band with Ian on vocals, Bernard Sumner (played by James Anthony Pearson) on guitar, Peter Hook (played by Joe Anderson) on bass, and Stephen Morris (played by Harry Treadaway) on drums, they start a fast paced punk band with the name Warsaw, but quickly rename themselves as Joy Division. Ian is trying to balance his creative life with his personal one as well as with his full time job. His wife Deborah (played by Samantha Morton) feels left out from his music life even though she tries to be supportive of his direction. Ian’s job working in the civil sector as an employment agent for citizens, but the late nights with the...

During the local Hungry Ghosts Festival, Suk-jing (The Fishing Adventure's Lu Bei-Bei) is drawn to a strange jade vase at auction and buys it. Living with her mother-in-law Madame Jeng (The Avenging Eagle's Ou-Yang Sha-Fei), brother-in-law Ji-Cheng (Hex After Hex's Lau Dan), his wife (It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World's Leung San), and their young children while her husband Ji-Wan is away in Japan on business, Suk-jing is left vulnerable to the demonic forces possessing the vase which assume the form of a demon to make love to her. When Ji-Wan returns suddenly and catches them, he smashes the vase and is immediately disfigured, throwing himself out the window. Days later...

"A director with a dark sensibility comparable to Chabrol, Claude Miller made these two twisty Polars (French Police-Noir films) with Michel Serrault (Kill the Referee), showcasing the actor in stunning performances alongside stars including Lino Ventura (Army of Shadows) and Isabelle Adjani (Possession, The Story of Adele H)." César (Best Film): Claude Miller (nominee), Best Actor: Michel Serrault (winner), Best Supporting Actor: Guy Marchand (winner), Best Director: Claude Miller (nominee), Best Screenplay, Original or Adaptation: Claude Miller, Jean Herman, and Michel Audiard (winner), Best Cinematography: Bruno Nuytten (nominee), Best Editing: Albert Jurgenson (winner), and Best Sound: Paul Lainé (winner) - César Awards, 1982 Critics Award (Best Film): Claude Miller (winner) - French Syndicate of Cinema Critics, 1982 The Inquisitor: On the raining evening of New Year's Eve 1980, solicitor Jerome Charles Emile Martinaud (...

"A director with a dark sensibility comparable to Chabrol, Claude Miller made these two twisty Polars (French Police-Noir films) with Michel Serrault (Kill the Referee), showcasing the actor in stunning performances alongside stars including Lino Ventura (Army of Shadows) and Isabelle Adjani (Possession, The Story of Adele H)." César (Best Film): Claude Miller (nominee), Best Actor: Michel Serrault (winner), Best Supporting Actor: Guy Marchand (winner), Best Director: Claude Miller (nominee), Best Screenplay, Original or Adaptation: Claude Miller, Jean Herman, and Michel Audiard (winner), Best Cinematography: Bruno Nuytten (nominee), Best Editing: Albert Jurgenson (winner), and Best Sound: Paul Lainé (winner) - César Awards, 1982 Critics Award (Best Film): Claude Miller (winner) - French Syndicate of Cinema Critics, 1982 The Inquisitor: On the raining evening of New Year's Eve 1980, solicitor Jerome Charles Emile Martinaud (...

"Zoltán Huszárik is one of the great unsung masters of international cinema. With an output that comprised just two features and a handful of remarkable short films, his unique and beautifully realised works set him apart from all other contemporary filmmakers, creating an intoxicating body of work unlike any other in modern cinema. This special edition 3-disc Blu-ray box set contains his two features Szindbád and Csontváry, plus five of his acclaimed, rarely seen short works - including his most renowned film poem, Elégia - presented from new 4K restorations and released for the first time ever on Blu-ray. With this release, one of Hungary’s best-kept cinematic secrets finally has a chance to flourish." Josef von Sternberg Award: Zoltán Huszárik (winner) - Mannheim-Heidelberg International Filmfestival, 1972 Szindbád:...

"Grafted" (2024) Wei (played by Joyena Sun) was very little when she witnessed the death of her scientist father (played by Sam Wang), who was experimenting with skin rejuvenation. Many years later, Wei moves to New Zealand to stay with her aunt (played by Xiao Hu) and her cousin Angela (played by Jess Hong) and attend university. Being shy and reclusive as well as having a complex about the large genetic birthmark on the side of her face, she has difficulty fitting in with Angela and her best friends Eve (played by Eden Hart) and Jasmine (played by Sepi To'a). But her dream is to one day complete the work started by her late father, and the one person who is willing to help is her science professor Paul (played by Jared Turner). But Paul has plans of his own, as does Eve, who is having an affair with the professo...

"Zoltán Huszárik is one of the great unsung masters of international cinema. With an output that comprised just two features and a handful of remarkable short films, his unique and beautifully realised works set him apart from all other contemporary filmmakers, creating an intoxicating body of work unlike any other in modern cinema. This special edition 3-disc Blu-ray box set contains his two features Szindbád and Csontváry, plus five of his acclaimed, rarely seen short works - including his most renowned film poem, Elégia - presented from new 4K restorations and released for the first time ever on Blu-ray. With this release, one of Hungary’s best-kept cinematic secrets finally has a chance to flourish." Josef von Sternberg Award: Zoltán Huszárik (winner) - Mannheim-Heidelberg International Filmfestival, 1972 Szindbád:...

Two hundred years "After the Bomb" when a nuclear holocaust sent all human life below ground and a hundred years after a faction known as the "New Primitives" split from the underground society's authoritarian rule to scavenge the wasteland above ground, a biker gang led by Kurt (Zombie's "worm face" Ottaviano Dell'Acqua), girlfriend Diana (Absurd's Cindy Leadbetter), Taurus (Zombi 3's Massimo Vanni), and Chocolate (Demons' Geretta Geretta) rides into a ghost town looking for supplies. In spite of a large rat population and several rodent-gnawed rotting corpses, they think they have found a gold mine with crates full of canned food and pantry goods ...

Not middle-age but no longer a youth, slaughterhouse worker Marcos (Soft Skin on Black Silk's Vicente Parra) is being pressured to marriage by his much younger girlfriend Paula (The Other Side of the Mirror's Emma Cohen). On their weekly night out, Marcos gets into a fight with a cab driver (Ricco: The Mean Machine's Goyo Lebrero) and accidentally kills him. When guilt-ridden Paula insists that he turn himself into the police, he strangles her and hides her body in his bedroom. When his brother Esteban (Monster Dog's Charly Bravo) refuses to help him anywhere other than to the police station, Marcos murders him too. Trapped in a sp...

NASA Captain Hickock (Creepshow 2's David Beecroft) arrives at the Jackass Flats Proving Ground underground research facility to investigate the death of one of the research subjects of the government-funded "Shadowzone" project, an "extended sleep study" with applications for space travel supervised by the shifty Dr. Van Fleet (Big Trouble in Little China's James Hong). Although the research team - including imperious Dr. Erhardt (Flowers in the Attic's Louise Fletcher), pretty Dr. Kidwell (Baywatch's Shawn Weatherly), and computer tech Wiley (...

Two hundred years "After the Bomb" when a nuclear holocaust sent all human life below ground and a hundred years after a faction known as the "New Primitives" split from the underground society's authoritarian rule to scavenge the wasteland above ground, a biker gang led by Kurt (Zombie's "worm face" Ottaviano Dell'Acqua), girlfriend Diana (Absurd's Cindy Leadbetter), Taurus (Zombi 3's Massimo Vanni), and Chocolate (Demons' Geretta Geretta) rides into a ghost town looking for supplies. In spite of a large rat population and several rodent-gnawed rotting corpses, they think they have found a gold mine with crates full of canned food and pantry goods ...

Josef von Sternberg Award: Grzegorz Królikiewicz (winner) and Interfilm Award: Grzegorz Królikiewicz (winner) - Mannheim-Heidelberg International Filmfestival, 1973 Tossed from the flophouse of his older, alcoholic lover (Killing Auntie's Ewa Zdzieszynska) and fired from his job in a photo salon for coming in late and unkempt, aspiring artist Jan (Man of Iron's Franciszek Trzeciak) finds companionship with prostitute Maria (Anna Nieborowska) and the pair make an attempt at respectability by getting married. In spite of their union, they are still living hand-to-mouth enduring abuse from his younger brother (Camera Buff's Jerzy Stuhr) who conveys to them the disappointment and embarrassment of their mo...

F/X: Murder by Illusion (Robert Mandel, 1986) and F/X 2 (Richard Franklin, 1991) Arrow Video have released on Blu-ray a double-bill of cult favourite F/X: Murder by Illusion (Robert Mandel, 1986) and its sequel, F/X 2 (Richard Franklin, 1991). F/X opens with a bravura sequence in which a man enters a restaurant at night before shooting the patrons with a submachine gun. This is quickly revealed to be a scene that is being shot for a film, with the special effects work being supervised by Rollie Tyler (Bryan Brown). Rollie is approached by Lipton (Cliff De Young), a representative of the Justice Department. Lipton asks for Rollie’s help. Mobster Nicholas DeFranco (Jerry Orbach) is being held in custody, but the mob have put out a contract on DeFranco. The Justice Department want Rollie to stage a fake public assassination of DeFranco. Rollie is cautious but accepts the job when offered a large, tax-free paycheque. H...

An adaptation of the comic book, Red Sonja, a vengeful warrior known as a "She-Devil with a sword". Matilda Lutz is a badass barbarian on a mission in this action fantasy based on the best-selling comic series. Enslaved by an evil tyrant who wishes to destroy her people, barbarian huntress Red Sonja must unite a group of unlikely warriors to face off against Dragan the Magnificent and his deadly bride, Dark Annisia. Starring Matilda Lutz (Revenge), Robert Sheehan (The Umbrella Academy), Michael Bisping (Den of Thieves), Wallis Day (Sheroes), Luca Pasqualino (Skins), Martyn Ford (Final Score), Rhona Mitra (Underworld: Rise of the Lycans) and Veronica Ferres (The Bricklayer), Red Sonja is written by Tasha Huo (The Witcher: Blood Origin) and directed by M.J. Bassett (Solomon Kane). ...

Transferred from juvenile to adult prison, young offender Mel is taken under the wing of Australia's most despised criminal, Mark Shepard, and Warren Murfett, a soon-to-be paroled inmate. When Murfett is forced into murdering Shepard to pay his debts, he finds a surprising accomplice in Mel. However the transformative paternal love triangle that blossoms between them may be their undoing. A fantastic character study that uniquely subverts prison movie tropes, and a profound exploration of the Australian incarceration system, this superbly crafted drama stars Guy Pearce (Memento, The Hurt Locker), Cosmo Jarvis (Shogun, Persuasion), and Toby Wallace (Babyteeth)....

Legendary director William Wyler (The Collector, Ben-Hur) concluded his filmmaking career with The Liberation of L.B. Jones, a searing indictment of institutional racism starring Lee J Cobb (The Dark Past), Anthony Zerbe (The Omega Man), and Roscoe Lee Browne (Cisco Pike). When Black funeral director L B Jones (Browne) finds that his pregnant wife Emma (Lola Falana) is having an affair with white policeman Worth (Zerbe), he demands a divorce. Worth and his racist colleagues exact brutal revenge upon Jones, and conspire to cover up their actions with the assistance of the local District Attorney (Cobb) With supporting performances from Barbara Hershey (Hannah and Her Sisters) and Yaphet Kotto (Blue Collar), and with a screenplay by Jesse Hill Ford (adapting his own novel) and Stirling Silliphant (Murphy’s War), The Liberation of L.B. Jones is a shocking tale of intolerance and injustice....

From the celebrated director-producer team of Basil Dearden and Michael Relph (The Gentle Gunman, The Ship That Died of Shame) comes Saraband for Dead Lovers, the first colour production from Britain’s legendary Ealing Studios. In this sumptuous historical romance, a teenage princess (Joan Greenwood, Girl Stroke Boy) is trapped in a loveless marriage to Prince George Louis of Hanover (Peter Bull, The Old Dark House), heir to the British throne. To escape the boredom, she begins a dangerous affair with Count Philip Konigsmark (Stewart Granger, Footsteps in the Fog), an affair with potentially terrible consequences for the pair... Adapted from a novel by Helen Simpson (Under Capricorn) by Alexander Mackendrick (Whisky Galore!) and John Dighton (Kind Hearts and Coronets), scored by acclaimed composer Alan Rawsthorne (The Cruel Sea), and shot in ravishing three-strip Technicolor by the great Douglas Slocombe (The Young Ones, Murphy’s War), Saraband for Dead Lovers is a glorious feast for the eyes and ears....

From director Basil Dearden and producer Michael Relph (Saraband for Dead Lovers, The Gentle Gunman) comes Out of the Clouds, a star-studded adventure of the burgeoning jet age from Ealing Studios. A series of stories unfolds over twenty-four hours in a bustling airport: pilot and gambler Gus (Anthony Steel, Another Man’s Poison) finds himself involved in a smuggling ring; duty officer Nick (Robert Beatty, The Gentle Gunman) vies for the attentions of attractive stewardess Penny (Eunice Grayson, Dr. No); and American engineer Bill (David Knight, The Young Lovers), falls for Leah (Margo Lorenz), a young woman en route to marry her fiancé. With a screenplay co-written by documentary pioneer John Eldrige (Waverley Steps), Out of the Clouds was partly filmed at the then-rapidly expanding London Airport (now known as Heathrow), and boasts a level of realism thanks to technical assistance received from leading airlines and the Ministry of Transport....

Robert Morley (Hammer Films’ The Old Dark House), Kay Walsh (David Lean’s Oliver Twist), Bill Owen (The Ship That Died of Shame), and Honor Blackman (Jason and the Argonauts) lead the cast of The Rainbow Jacket, a thrilling exposé of the horse racing world from Ealing Studios. Disgraced champion jockey Sam (Owen) takes eager young racing enthusiast Georgie (Fella Edmonds) under his wing. As Georgie’s talent becomes evident, Sam sees a chance of redemption... if he can resist temptation. From the celebrated director-producer team of Basil Dearden and Michael Relph (The Gentle Gunman, Saraband for Dead Lovers), and scripted by T E B Clarke (Passport to Pimlico, The Blue Lamp), The Rainbow Jacket is a thrilling tale of ambition and integrity....

Holidaying on the French Riviera, widower and playboy Raymond (Niven) begins to develop a relationship with staid Anne (Kerr). His manipulative daughter Cécile (Seberg), fearing her behaviour will be curtailed, conspires to come between them, with tragic results... Shot on location by Georges Périnal (The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp) in an innovative mixture of colour and black-and-white photography, Bonjour Tristesse was a favourite film of nouvelle vague filmmakers François Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard, with the latter casting Seberg in his debut feature, Breathless....

Bette Davis (Connecting Rooms), Brian Keith (5 Against the House), Kim Hunter (Lilith) and Paul Kelly (Adventure in Sahara) star in Storm Center, a shocking tale of censorship and its consequences. Idealistic librarian Alicia (Davis) is fired after refusing to remove a book from her small-town library. Despite the attempts of a local judge (Kelly) to defend her, attorney Paul (Keith) leads a campaign to vilify Alicia, with unexpected consequences for the community. Directed and co-written by Daniel Taradash (Knock on Any Door), Storm Center is a powerful rallying cry for tolerance and freedom of speech....

Al Pacino (The Godfather), Jack Warden (Shampoo), and John Forsythe (The Trouble with Harry) lead the ensemble cast of ... And Justice for All, a brutal indictment of the American legal system from director Norman Jewison (A Soldier’s Story). Firebrand defence attorney Arthur Kirkland (Pacino) finds that the demands of his job are at odds with his conscience. When he is forced to defend a judge (Forsythe) who is accused of a terrible crime, he plunges into a moral crisis. Written by Barry Levinson (Rain Man) and Valerie Curtin, and with acting support from Lee Strasberg (The Godfather Part II) and Jeffrey Tambor (The Larry Sanders Show), ... And Justice for All is a riveting and powerful exploration of hypocrisy and injustice....

Richard Burton (Absolution) and Elizabeth Taylor (Secret Ceremony) star in The Taming of the Shrew, a vibrant and bawdy adaptation of Shakespeare’s immortal romantic comedy from director Franco Zeffirelli (Romeo and Juliet). Nobleman Baptista (Michael Hordern, Girl Stroke Boy) seeks husbands for his two daughters. Bianca (Natasha Pyne, The Devil-Ship Pirates) has no trouble attracting suitors, but the headstrong and acerbic Kate (Taylor) drives men away ... until the nobleman Petruchio (Burton) is inspired by a sizeable dowry to take on the challenge. This lavish production’s all-star cast is rounded out by Cyril Cusack (Gideon’s Day), Michael York (Cabaret), Alan Webb (The Third Secret) and Victor Spinetti (A Hard Day’s Night) and features a lush soundtrack by the great Nino Rota (The Godfather, 8½)....

Peter Yates (Summer Holiday, Murphy’s War) directs Albert Finney (Charlie Bubbles), Tom Courtenay (Otley), and Edward Fox (Force 10 from Navarone) in The Dresser, a heart-rending yet darkly humorous tale of life in the theatre. During the Second World War, a group of actors take Shakespeare across the industrial north, led by an ageing and imperious actor known only as ‘Sir’ (Finney), against a background of air-raid sirens and exploding bombs. With his mental and physical condition deteriorating, selfless dresser Norman (Courtenay) struggles to ensure that the show – Sir’s 227th performance as King Lear – goes on. Based on the experiences of screenwriter Ronald Harwood (The Pianist), assistant to legendary Shakespearean actor Sir Donald Wolfit (90° in the Shade), The Dresser is a moving exploration of loyalty and unrequited love....

Alec Guinness (Kind Hearts and Coronets) and Dirk Bogarde (The Gentle Gunman) lead the all-star cast of H.M.S. Defiant, a rip-roaring tale of mutiny on the high seas from the great British action director Lewis Gilbert (Sink the Bismarck!, The Spy Who Loved Me). During the French Revolutionary Wars, Crawford (Guinness), Captain of the Defiant, enters into a battle of wills with his sadistic First Officer Scott-Padget (Bogarde). When Crawford is injured during a skirmish with French forces, Scott-Padget takes control, but the crew begin to rebel against his brutal command, whilst remaining loyal to Crawford and to their country. Adapted by Edmund H North (The Day the Earth Stood Still) and Nigel Kneale (The Quatermass Experiment) from Frank Tilsley’s best-selling novel Mutiny, H.M.S. Defiant – originally released in the US as Damn the Defiant! – does not water down its depiction of the harsh realities of naval life....

Robert Shaw (Young Winston) and Sarah Miles (Blowup) star in The Hireling, a devastating exploration of emotional repression, trauma, and class relations from director Alan Bridges (The Shooting Party). In the years following the First World War, the widowed Lady Franklin (Miles) establishes an unlikely friendship with her working-class driver, Ledbetter (Shaw), a traumatised former sergeant major. But, as Lady Franklin develops a relationship with a scheming former officer (Peter Egan, Ever Decreasing Circles), Ledbetter’s precarious mental state rapidly deteriorates. Adapted from the novel by L. P. Hartley (The Go-Between) by acclaimed playwright and screenwriter Wolf Mankowitz (The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll), The Hireling was awarded the Palme d’Or at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival....

Massimo Dallamano's razor-sharp thriller WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO YOUR DAUGHTERS? masterfully fuses the stylized violence of giallo with the gritty realism of poliziotteschi in a thematic follow-up to his acclaimed ‘What Have You Done to Solange?’. Transforming genre conventions into vehicles for societal commentary, this newly restored film dares to expose the organized grooming and exploitation of young women – and the institutional corruption behind it. When a teenage girl's body is discovered hanging in an attic, it is District Attorney Vittoria Stori who leads the investigation. Toppling genre and period conventions, it is the captivatingly beautiful Giovanna Ralli who portrays the DA with striking gravitas, bringing both steely determination and sensitivity to the ground-breaking role of a woman heading a team of hardened police detectives. As her team- including the famed Mario Adorf (The Tin Drum, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage) - uncovers a web of high-level depravity and secrecy, a mysterious black-clad motorcyclist armed with a butcher’s cleaver begins eliminating witnesses and detectives alike. With their lives at stake, the officers race to uncover the truth before becoming the killer’s next victims. ...

Jack Nicholson (The Passenger) and Art Garfunkel (Bad Timing) star alongside Candice Bergen (Starting Over) and Ann-Margret (R.P.M.) in Carnal Knowledge, one of American cinema’s most daring and provocative films, masterfully directed by Mike Nichols (The Graduate). During their time in college, roommates Sandy (Garfunkel) and Jonathan (Nicholson) reveal their innermost feelings about girls and sex to one another, each taking his own approach to getting what he wants. As they grow older and establish new relationships, they continue to share their fantasies and frustrations about the opposite sex, each responding differently to the mixture of desire, distain and disinterest they experience. Note-perfect dialogue from the pen of the great Jules Feiffer (Little Murders) and exquisite photography by legendary Italian cinematographer Giuseppe Rotunno (Fellini Satyricon) combine with universally outstanding performances – including from supporting players Rita Moreno (The Night of the Following Day) and Carol Kane (The Last Detail) – to create an unflinching and uncompromising classic of the New Hollywood era....

Mark Burns (Death in Venice) and Beatrice Edney (Highlander) star in A Day at the Beach, a downbeat tale of alcoholism written by Roman Polanski (Chinatown), produced by regular Polanski collaborator Gene Gutowski (Cul-de-Sac, The Pianist), and shot by celebrated cinematographer Gilbert Taylor (Repulsion, Star Wars). When Bernie (Burns) takes a little girl, Winnie (Edney) – who may or may not be his niece or perhaps daughter – for a trip to a decrepit Danish seaside town on a day of heavy rain, he sets about cajoling the locals in a desperate quest for alcohol, leaving his young charge to fend for herself. The sole feature-film credit for director Simon Hesera, A Day at the Beach received scant distribution at the time of its production, but – after having been lost for decades – it was eventually revived and re-released to critical acclaim, with audiences particularly interested to discover the charismatic cameo appearances by British comedy legends Peter Sellers (The Blockhouse, Hoffman) and Graham Stark (The Wrong Box)....

Mark Burns (Death in Venice) and Beatrice Edney (Highlander) star in A Day at the Beach, a downbeat tale of alcoholism written by Roman Polanski (Chinatown), produced by regular Polanski collaborator Gene Gutowski (Cul-de-Sac, The Pianist), and shot by celebrated cinematographer Gilbert Taylor (Repulsion, Star Wars). When Bernie (Burns) takes a little girl, Winnie (Edney) – who may or may not be his niece or perhaps daughter – for a trip to a decrepit Danish seaside town on a day of heavy rain, he sets about cajoling the locals in a desperate quest for alcohol, leaving his young charge to fend for herself. The sole feature-film credit for director Simon Hesera, A Day at the Beach received scant distribution at the time of its production, but – after having been lost for decades – it was eventually revived and re-released to critical acclaim, with audiences particularly interested to discover the charismatic cameo appearances by British comedy legends Peter Sellers (The Blockhouse, Hoffman) and Graham Stark (The Wrong Box)....

See David Howard Thornton transform from the Art the Clown to the tiny terror of New York in this horror that’ll make you shiver the next time you hear a squeak in the night. A group of New Yorkers are on a late-night ferry ride that turns deadly when a mischievous mouse begins a rampage, targeting unsuspecting passengers. The unlikely crew must band together to thwart the murderous menace before their relaxing commute turns into a nightmare....

From cult maestro Umberto Lenzi — the notorious architect of Italian shock cinema behind depravity classics like ‘Cannibal Ferox’ and ‘Almost Human’ - comes the long-neglected, provocative home-invasion thriller OASIS OF FEAR, where Lenzi expertly balances explicit shocks with genuine suspense. Cool, calculated, and chic. "A steamy, boundary-pushing story!" reveals Ornella Muti, the ever-mesmerising Italian screen icon (Princess Aura in Flash Gordon) in a revelatory new interview exclusive to this release. "Lenzi captures how rapidly society was changing, the freedom and the danger that came with it." Sizzling with magnetic performances, OASIS OF FEAR stars the luminous young Muti and dashing cult favourite Ray Lovelock as free-spirited hippies funding their Italian adventure by selling provocative photos of themselves. When the police shut down their operation, they seek refuge in a secluded villa owned by Barbara (Irene Papas, ‘Zorba the Greek’), a wealthy widow whose sophisticated charm hides sinister intentions. What begins as a flirtatious ménage-à-trois spirals into a claustrophobic psychological power game — where tensions, hidden motives, and shifting loyalties lead to blackmail, threats, and ultima...

Renowned as the “Godfather of Gore” for legendary cult supernatural horror films like “The Beyond” , Lucio Fulci delivers the suspense of noir with the punch of a horror film in his unapologetically brutal crime masterpiece, CONTRABAND - creating a raw, uncompromisingly visceral vision of organised crime with horror-style set-pieces - including one of the most notorious scenes in Italian crime cinema, the "melting face" sequence. Fulci lays bare the raw - and completely unromanticised - brutality of the Camorra in one of his most hard-hitting and unrelenting films, merging crime thriller with Horror’s shocking aesthetics. “It got so real that the local underworld got involved in the actual making of the film”, explains star Fabio Testi in an exclusive interview for this release. CONTRABAND stars the ever-charismatic tough-guy Fabio Testi (‘Revolver’) who delivers a powerful, career-defining performance as Luca - a tough-as-nails cigarette smuggler whose world explodes when his brother is murdered and his wife abducted. This ignites a ferocious mob war, with a ruthless new order attempting to replace the old criminal order with deadly narcotics. What follows isn’t just revenge - it’s a one-man war agains...

Having built his reputation with a quartet of eccentric erotic vampire tales, Jean Rollin surprised audiences with The Iron Rose (Le Rose de fer), an atmospheric detour into the realms of the fantastique. When a couple – played by Françoise Pascal (Burke and Hare) and Hugues Quester (Je t’aime moi non plus) – stumble across an old cemetery, they begin to explore its gravestones and crypts. But, as night falls, they find that they are unable to leave ... Restored in 4K from the original negative, The Iron Rose also features Rollin regulars Nathalie Perrey (Lips of Blood) and Mireille Dargent (Requiem for a Vampire), and is considered by many to be one of its director’s crowning achievements. This new edition also includes a new 4K restoration of Rollin’s early short film The Yellow Loves, an evocation of the poetry of Tristan Corbière, whose work was also the inspiration for The Iron Rose....

Having built his reputation with a quartet of eccentric erotic vampire tales, Jean Rollin surprised audiences with The Iron Rose (Le Rose de fer), an atmospheric detour into the realms of the fantastique. When a couple – played by Françoise Pascal (Burke and Hare) and Hugues Quester (Je t’aime moi non plus) – stumble across an old cemetery, they begin to explore its gravestones and crypts. But, as night falls, they find that they are unable to leave... Restored in 4K from the original negative, The Iron Rose also features Rollin regulars Nathalie Perrey (Lips of Blood) and Mireille Dargent (Requiem for a Vampire), and is considered by many to be one of its director’s crowning achievements. This new edition also includes a new 4K restoration of Rollin’s early short film The Yellow Loves, an evocation of the poetry of Tristan Corbière, whose work was also the inspiration for The Iron Rose....

Joëlle Cœur (The Demoniacs) and Gilda Arancio (Tender and Perverse Emanuelle) star in Girls Without Shame (Jeunes filles impudiques), Jean Rollin’s first foray into the world of erotic cinema, made under the pseudonym ‘Michel Gentil’. Two curious young women, Monica (Cœur) and Jackie (Arancio), find an abandoned old house whilst out hiking. Retiring to bed, they soon find that the house is a hangout for a criminal gang who suspect them of stealing their loot... Restored in 4K from the original negative, Girls Without Shame (aka Schoolgirl Hitchhikers) features a score by regular Rollin composer Pierre Raph (Requiem for a Vampire) and supporting turns by Willy Braque (Lips of Blood) and Rollin himself, and sees the director successfully transfer his trademark images and themes to a new genre. This edition also includes a new restoration of Hubert Lacoudre’s rare 1972 short film Sexana, an erotic spin on Alice in Wonderland, also starring Cœur....

Joëlle Cœur (The Demoniacs) and Gilda Arancio (Tender and Perverse Emanuelle) star in Girls Without Shame (Jeunes filles impudiques), Jean Rollin’s first foray into the world of erotic cinema, made under the pseudonym ‘Michel Gentil’. Two curious young women, Monica (Cœur) and Jackie (Arancio), find an abandoned old house whilst out hiking. Retiring to bed, they soon find that the house is a hangout for a criminal gang who suspect them of stealing their loot... Restored in 4K from the original negative, Girls Without Shame (aka Schoolgirl Hitchhikers) features a score by regular Rollin composer Pierre Raph (Requiem for a Vampire) and supporting turns by Willy Braque (Lips of Blood) and Rollin himself, and sees the director successfully transfer his trademark images and themes to a new genre. This edition also includes a new restoration of Hubert Lacoudre’s rare 1972 short film Sexana, an erotic spin on Alice in Wonderland, also starring Cœur....

Dario Argentodescribes FOUR FLIES ON GREY VELVET as a deeply personal exploration of his inner turmoil: “I decided to let loose, go crazy, and unleash all my creativity and personal nightmares. Psychoanalysis plays a major role in the film because it’s partly autobiographical – rather Freudian, in fact.” Both Argento and lead actor Michael Brandon, in exclusive interviews for this edition, reveal how the director found his alter ego in Brandon, channelling his own paranoia to create an unsettling psychological thriller. The result is a shocking, knife-edge whodunit with a stunning twist. Introspection becomes art in Argento’s hands, making FOUR FLIES ON GREY VELVET essential viewing for anyone seeking a glimpse into the director’s psyche. It concludes Argento’s iconic ‘Animal’ trilogy, paving the way for ‘Suspiria’ and his later expressionistic masterpieces that earned him the title ‘Master of Horror.’ Celebrated rock musician Roberto Tobias (Michael Brandon) is thrust into a nightmare. Framed for a brutal stabbing, he soon finds himself ensnared in a web of senseless murders. The only clue to the deranged killer lies in a cryptic image captured on a victim’s retina. Roberto’s desperate searc...

Dario Argentodescribes FOUR FLIES ON GREY VELVET as a deeply personal exploration of his inner turmoil: “I decided to let loose, go crazy, and unleash all my creativity and personal nightmares. Psychoanalysis plays a major role in the film because it’s partly autobiographical – rather Freudian, in fact.” Both Argento and lead actor Michael Brandon, in exclusive interviews for this edition, reveal how the director found his alter ego in Brandon, channelling his own paranoia to create an unsettling psychological thriller. The result is a shocking, knife-edge whodunit with a stunning twist. Introspection becomes art in Argento’s hands, making FOUR FLIES ON GREY VELVET essential viewing for anyone seeking a glimpse into the director’s psyche. It concludes Argento’s iconic ‘Animal’ trilogy, paving the way for ‘Suspiria’ and his later expressionistic masterpieces that earned him the title ‘Master of Horror.’ Celebrated rock musician Roberto Tobias (Michael Brandon) is thrust into a nightmare. Framed for a brutal stabbing, he soon finds himself ensnared in a web of senseless murders. The only clue to the deranged killer lies in a cryptic image captured on a victim’s retina. Roberto’s desperate searc...

Gregory Peck (MacArthur), Omar Sharif (Lawrence of Arabia), and Anthony Quinn (R.P.M.) lead the cast of Behold a Pale Horse, a powerful drama from director Fred Zinnemann (The Day of the Jackal). Twenty years after the Spanish Civil War, Republican guerilla Manuel (Peck) lives in exile in France. Francoist Captain Viñolas (Quinn) is tasked with capturing him, and senses an opportunity when Manuel’s mother (Mildred Dunnock) falls ill, but hasn’t counted on the involvement of priest Father Francisco (Sharif), who tries to protect Manuel and guide him away from his path to violence. Adapted by J P Miller (Days of Wine and Roses) from a novel by Emeric Pressburger (The Red Shoes), Behold a Pale Horse is a riveting tale of morality, betrayal, and resistance....

From director Vincent Sherman (Affair in Trinidad) comes the classic drama Harriet Craig, starring Joan Crawford (Strait-Jacket) and Wendell Corey (Rear Window). Manipulative and possessive Harriet (Crawford) controls every aspect of the lives of her husband Walter (Corey) and cousin Clare (K T Stevens, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice), and schemes to destroy their chances of happiness. However, when they become aware of her treachery, her world begins to fall apart... Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning play Craig’s Wife by George Kelly (The Show-Off), Harriet Craig boasts one of Joan Crawford’s most devastating performances....

Prepare to step in and out of time with three friends as they discover they have the power to travel back and forth through the fabric of time with a sneeze. However, the lives they hoped to have in the future are not as promising as they had anticipated and with that, they need to take on the responsibility of taking over the world....

Chantal Contouri (Snapshot), David Hemmings (Harlequin), and Henry Silva (The Tall T) star in Thirst, a shocking fusion of horror and science fiction from legendary Australian producer Antony I Ginnane (Patrick). A sinister organisation known as the Brotherhood kidnaps Kate (Contouri), believing her to be the descendant of Countess Báthory, the Hungarian noblewoman who reputedly had vampiric tendencies. A battle of wills ensues as the Brotherhood tries to force the horrified Kate to join their blood-drinking sacrificial cult. Only Dr Fraser (Hemmings) is willing to help her ... ...

Chantal Contouri (Snapshot), David Hemmings (Harlequin), and Henry Silva (The Tall T) star in Thirst, a shocking fusion of horror and science fiction from legendary Australian producer Antony I Ginnane (Patrick). A sinister organisation known as the Brotherhood kidnaps Kate (Contouri), believing her to be the descendant of Countess Báthory, the Hungarian noblewoman who reputedly had vampiric tendencies. A battle of wills ensues as the Brotherhood tries to force the horrified Kate to join their blood-drinking sacrificial cult. Only Dr Fraser (Hemmings) is willing to help her... ...

Robert Powell (The Survivor), David Hemmings (Fragment of Fear), Carmen Duncan (Turkey Shoot), and Broderick Crawford (The Mob) star in Harlequin, a mysterious and fantastical thriller from director Simon Wincer (Snapshot) and writer Everett De Roche (Roadgames). When eccentric faith healer Gregory Wolfe (Powell) apparently cures the terminally ill son of Senator Nick Rast (Hemmings), Rast’s wife (Duncan) places her faith in Wolfe’s powers. But when Wolfe begins meddling in sensitive government business, political fixer Doc Wheelan (Crawford) decides to make the problem go away... Inspired by Rasputin’s influence over the Russian court, Harlequin (released in the US as Dark Forces) is a classic Australian chiller from producer Antony I Ginnane (Patrick)....

Robert Powell (The Survivor), David Hemmings (Fragment of Fear), Carmen Duncan (Turkey Shoot), and Broderick Crawford (The Mob) star in Harlequin, a mysterious and fantastical thriller from director Simon Wincer (Snapshot) and writer Everett De Roche (Roadgames). When eccentric faith healer Gregory Wolfe (Powell) apparently cures the terminally ill son of Senator Nick Rast (Hemmings), Rast’s wife (Duncan) places her faith in Wolfe’s powers. But when Wolfe begins meddling in sensitive government business, political fixer Doc Wheelan (Crawford) decides to make the problem go away... Inspired by Rasputin’s influence over the Russian court, Harlequin (released in the US as Dark Forces) is a classic Australian chiller from producer Antony I Ginnane (Patrick)....

Oscar® winner Cillian Murphy delivers a stunning performance as devoted father Bill Furlong in this film based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Claire Keegan. While working as a coal merchant to support his family, he discovers disturbing secrets kept by the local convent - and uncovers truths of his own - forcing him to confront his past and the complicit silence of a small Irish town controlled by the Catholic Church. ...

Henry Hathaway (Go West Young Man) directs John Wayne (Jet Pilot), Betty Field (7 Women), Harry Carey (You and Me), and Beulah Bondi (Remember the Night) in the classic 1941 melodrama The Shepherd of the Hills. When Daniel Howitt (Carey), a kindly stranger, arrives in a remote Ozark community riven by hatred, he befriends young Sammy (Field) and raises the ire of her fiancé, Matt (Wayne), a bitter moonshiner who has sworn to kill his own father. Based on the best-selling novel by Harold Bell Wright, and boasting ravishing cinematography by Charles Lang (The Long Gray Line) and W Howard Greene (The Magnificent Seven), Hathaway’s version of The Shepherd of the Hills was the third of no fewer than four big-screen adaptations, and was Wayne’s first film in Technicolor....