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Top Hits
New Foreign
The Killer’s Game (DVD, Action; Dir: J.J. Perry; Starring: Dave Bautista, Dmitrij Kalacsov, Mia Rouba M.Kiss)
“When top hitman Joe Flood is diagnosed with a terminal illness, he decides to take matters into his own hands – by taking a hit out on himself. But when the very hitmen he hired also target his ex-girlfriend, he must fend off an army of assassin colleagues and win back the love of his life before it’s too late.” Read more…
Skincare (DVD, Mystery; Dir: Austin Peters; Starring: Elizabeth Banks, Lewis Pullman, Luis Gerardo Méndez)
“Famed aesthetician Hope Goldman is about to take her career to the next level by launching her very own skin care line. However, she soon faces a new challenge when a rival opens a boutique directly across from her store. Suspecting that someone is trying to sabotage her, she embarks on a quest to unravel the mystery of who’s trying to destroy her life.” Read more…
Dance First (DVD, 2023, U.K.; Dir: James Marsh; Starring: Gabriel Byrne, Aidan Gillen, Maxine Peake)
“Parisian bon vivant, World War II Resistance fighter, Nobel Prize-winning playwright, philandering husband and recluse…Samuel Beckett lived a life of many parts. Titled after Beckett’s famous ethos “Dance first, think later”, the film is a sweeping account of the life of this 20th-century icon.” Read more…
For Your Consideration (Blu-ray, 2006; Dir: Christopher Guest; Starring: Catherine O’Hara, Harry Shearer, Parker Posey)
“The possibility of Oscar gold holds the cast and crew of an independent film in its grip after the performance of its virtually unknown, veteran star generates awards buzz.” Read more…
One, Two, Three (Blu-ray, 1961; Dir: Billy Wilder; Starring: James Cagney, Horst Buchholz, Pamela Tiffin)
“C.R. MacNamara is a managing director for Coca Cola in West Berlin during the Cold War, just before the Wall is put up. When Scarlett, the rebellious daughter of his boss, comes to West Berlin, MacNamara has to look after her, but this turns out to be a difficult task when she reveals to be married to a communist.” Read more…
The Battle of Chile (Parts I-III) (Blu-ray, 1975-79; Dir: Patricio Guzmán)
“On September 11, 1973, President Salvador Allende's democratically-elected Chilean government was overthrown in a bloody coup by General Augusto Pinochet's army. Patricio Guzmán and five colleagues had been filming the political developments in Chile throughout the nine months leading up to that day. The bombing of the Presidential Palace, during which Allende died, would now become the ending for Guzman's seminal documentary The Battle of Chile, an epic chronicle of that country's open and peaceful socialist revolution, and of the violent counter-revolution against it.” Read more…
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Opus (DVD, 2023; Dir: Neo Sora)
““Ars longa, vita brevis” – art is long, life is short. This is one of Japanese music icon Ryuichi Sakamoto’s favorite quotes, and the message that he leaves for viewers at the end of his final concert film, shot before he succumbed to cancer in March 2023. Consisting of only Sakamoto and his piano, Opus features the final live performances of 20 songs that Sakamoto meticulously curated to encapsulate his distinguished 40-year career.” Read more…
Back Catalog
Help (DVD, 2021, U.K.; Dir: Marc Munden; Starring: Jodie Comer, Stephen Graham, Ian Hart)
“Sarah seems to have found her calling working in a Liverpool care home where she has a special talent for connecting with the residents. Then, in March 2020, the Coronavirus pandemic hits.” Read more…
Belgravia: The Next Chapter (DVD, 2024; Starring: Benjamin Wainwright, Harriet Slater, Toby Regbo)
“25 years after the events of the previous show, scandals continue to plague this family.” Read more…
New Series
New Docs
Funny Girl (Blu-ray, 1968; Dir: William Wyler; Starring: Barbara Streisand, Omar Sharif, Kay Medford)
“The life of famed 1930s comedienne Fanny Brice, from her early days in the Jewish slums of New York, to the height of her career with the Ziegfeld Follies, as well as her marriage to the rakish gambler Nick Arnstein.” Read more…
Zyzzyx Road (DVD, 2006; Dir: John Penney; Starring: Katherine Heigl, Leo Grillo, Tom Sizemore)
“A married man meets a beautiful woman in a Las Vegas casino and allows her to seduce him. When her jealous boyfriend finds them together, a scuffle results in the boyfriend’s death. The lovers head to the desert to bury the corpse, but it disappears.” Read more…
Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story (DVD, 2023; Dir: Barnaby Thompson)
“The extraordinary life of playwright, singer, actor, composer, and director Noël Coward, who rose from poverty to stardom while keeping his sexuality a secret. Featuring Laurence Olivier, Maggie Smith, Frank Sinatra, Michael Caine and Lucille Ball. Narrated by Alan Cumming. With Rupert Everett as the voice of Noël Coward.” Read more…
The Tenant (4K/Blu-ray, 1976; Dir: Roman Polanski; Starring: Roman Polanski, Isabelle Adjani, Melvyn Douglas)
“A quiet and inconspicuous man rents an apartment in France where he finds himself drawn into a rabbit hole of dangerous paranoia.” Read more…
