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Chikamatsu Monogatari / Uwasa No Onna (1954) [The Masters of Cinema Series #56/57] Movies

Posted by Someonelse at July 5, 2011

Based on a centuries old tale with roots in real events, Chikamatsu Monogatari [A Tale From Chikamatsu, aka The Crucified Lovers] tells the hauntingly tragic story of a forbidden love affair between a merchant’s wife, Osan (Kyoko Kagawa), and her husband’s employee, Mohei (Kazuo Hasegawa), in an era when the punishment for adultery was crucifixion. When a series of innocent events lead to the false accusation of an affair between Osan and Mohei, the accused pair are forced to flee an almost certain death sentence. On the run, the outlaw couple grow closer together, drawn inexorably towards the romantic crime of which they are accused. In the hands of Mizoguchi, Chikamatsu Monogatari depicts two people caught up in a constricted world where true love and social obligation are at odds. His portrayal of the lovers’ dilemma lead famed director Akira Kurosawa to describe the film as “a great masterpiece that could only have been made by Mizoguchi.”
The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present Mizoguchi’s films for the first time on home video in the UK - Chikamatsu Monogatari is only available as a twinpack with Uwasa no Onna.

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Deux fois (1968) Movies

Posted by Someonelse at Oct. 26, 2012

Jackie Raynal is most commonly remembered, in retrospect, as the programmer of two arthouse cinemas in Manhattan, but in the early '60s she worked her way up, rapidly, to become the youngest editor in the French film industry. Accepting a challenge issued by the patroness of Zanzibar, Raynal completed one of the seminal works of avant-garde cinema in 1966: the formalist experiment Deux Fois (or Twice Upon a Time)…..

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Trafic (1971) [The Criterion Collection #439] Movies

Posted by Rare-1 at Sept. 29, 2014

At Altra Motors, Mr. Hulot designs an ingenious camper car with lots of clever features. A lorry hauls the prototype to an important auto show in Amsterdam, with Mr. Hulot alongside in his car and a spoiled, trendy PR exec, the young Maria, in her sports car packed with designer clothes and her fluffy dog. The lorry has every imaginable problem, delaying its arrival. A flat tire, no gas, an accident, a run-in with police, a stop at a garage, and numerous traffic jams showcase vignettes of people and their cars. Through interactions with these down-to-earth folks, Maria gradually loses her imperious conceit, becoming much more relaxed and fetching.

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Trafic (1971) [The Criterion Collection #439] Movies

Posted by Someonelse at Aug. 4, 2011

In Jacques Tati’s Trafic, the bumbling Monsieur Hulot, outfitted as always with tan raincoat, beaten brown hat, and umbrella, takes to Paris’s highways and byways. For this, his final outing, Hulot is employed as an auto company’s director of design, and accompanies his new vehicle (a camper tricked out with absurd gadgetry) to an auto show in Amsterdam. Naturally, the road is paved with modern-age mishaps. This late-career delight is a masterful demonstration of the comic genius’s expert timing and sidesplitting visual gags, and a bemused last look at technology run amok.

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Erotic Tales 1993-1996 Movies

Posted by serpmolot at Dec. 3, 2010

Erotic Tales 1993-1996

DVD5 | MPEG2 | Audio: Russian | Run time: ~321 min | 4.38 GB | +18 Erotic
video: 720x576 | DVD5 | MPEG2 | PAL | 4:3 | ~9800 kbps avg
audio: Russian | AC3 | 2 ch | ~192Kbps
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Erotic, Love story, Short Feature, Art house

Unique international project of German producer Regina Ziegler, "Masterpieces of World Cinema Erotic Culture". Under this project, a famous film director was given a chance to demonstrate their personal view of the erotic at the end of the twentieth century. Erotic Tales: The Dutch Master; Wet; Vroom, Vroom, Vroom; The insatiable Mrs. Kirsch; The Cloud Door; Touch Me; Sweeties; Hotel "Paradise"; Devilish Education; The Elephant Never Forgets; The Waiting Room; Sambolico.

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Herzog / Kinski Box Set [2004] [Re-UP] Movies

Posted by Someonelse at May 31, 2015

Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski: A Film Legacy [2004]
Aguirre, The Wrath of God / Nosferatu: The Vampyre / Woyzeck / Fitzcarraldo / Cobra Verde / My Best Fiend
3xDVD9 + 3xDVD5 | ISO+MDS | PAL | Covers | 634 mins | 32 Gb
German or English with English optional subs (see below)
Genre: Classics, Art-house

The six-film Herzog/Kinski boxed set is a sleek compilation of a visionary cinematic collaboration. The history of cinema is dotted with great directors who have found an actor whose face, voice, and style capture that director's point of view: Josef Von Sternberg and Marlene Dietrich; John Ford and John Wayne; Martin Scorsese and Robert DeNiro. In 1972, the German director Werner Herzog cast Polish actor Klaus Kinski in Aguirre, the Wrath of God–the result was perhaps the definitive film for both. Kinski had previously made almost 100 films, but his malevolent role–as a Spanish conquistador obsessed with finding gold–shot him into international stardom.

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Rediscover Jacques Feyder, French Film Master (1921-1925) Movies

Posted by Someonelse at Nov. 17, 2011

Rediscover Jacques Feyder, French Film Master (1921-1925)
Queen of Atlantis (1921) / Crainquebille (1922) / Faces of Children (1925)
2xDVD5 + DVD9 | VIDEO_TS | NTSC 4:3 | HQ Covers -> 40 Mb | ~ 6 Hrs | Total: 14,30 Gb
Musical Score AC3 2.0 @ 224 Kbps with Intertitles and Subtitles (for details see below)
Genre: Fantasy, Art-house | France | HVE, 2006

Until now, Jacques Feyder has been unjustly reduced almost to a footnote in film history, but these beautifully-restored editions with stunning tints and new orchestral scores reveal him as one of the finest silent film directors in Europe. Following these accomplishments, Feyder was invited to Hollywood in 1929 to direct two outstanding films with Greta Garbo, The Kiss and the German version of Anna Christie, and to London for Marlene Dietrich in Knight without Armour; he is probably best remembered for Carnival in Flanders (La Kermesse heroique, 1935), which, unfortunately, was cut by about one-third for American release.

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GoodFellas (1990) Movies

Posted by Efgrapha at Sept. 24, 2014

GoodFellas (1990)
DVD9 | VIDEO_TS | PAL, 16:9 (720x576) VBR | 02:19:28 | 7.12 Gb
Audio: English AC3 5.1 @ 384 Kbps; German AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps; Spanish AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps
Subs: English, English HoH, German, German HoH, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, Greek, Hebrew,
Czech, Croatian, Polish, Slovenian, Hungarian, Icelandic, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, Turkish
Genre: Gangster Film, Crime Drama

Martin Scorsese explores the life of organized crime with his gritty, kinetic adaptation of Nicolas Pileggi's best-selling Wiseguy, the true-life account of mobster and FBI informant Henry Hill. Set to a true-to-period rock soundtrack, the story details the rise and fall of Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian New York kid who grows up idolizing the "wise guys" in his impoverished Brooklyn neighborhood. He begins hanging around the mobsters, running errands and doing odd jobs until he gains the notice of local chieftain Paulie Cicero (Paul Sorvino), who takes him in as a surrogate son. As he reaches his teens, Hill (Ray Liotta) is inducted into the world of petty crime, where he distinguishes himself as a "stand-up guy" by choosing jail time over ratting on his accomplices. From that moment on, he is a part of the family. Along with his psychotic partner Tommy (Joe Pesci), he rises through the ranks to become Paulie's lieutenant.

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Daun Haus (2000) Movies

Posted by MirrorsMaker at May 19, 2012

Down House (2000)
DVDRip | MKV | 720 x 576 | x264 @ 1800 Kbps | 79 min | 1,21 Gb
Audio: Russian AAC 5.1 @ 224 Kbps | Subs: English
Genre: Art-house, Comedy, Crime

The plot is set in modern Moscow, probably in the second half of 1990s, with "New Russians", Hummer H1 jeeps, bribery, violence, truckfuls of tinned stew as a dowry, and so on. The film is quite far from the novel's subject, but still keeps to the main storyline. It features Fyodor Bondarchuk as Myshkin, and a soundtrack by DJ Groove, one of the most popular Russian DJs….

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Harry Potter: Complete 8-Film Collection (2001-2011) Movies

Posted by angus77 at July 28, 2015

From the first spell to the final battle! The entire eight-film Harry Potter collection is now available for you to own. Join Harry, Hermione and Ron from their first year at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone all the way through to Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2. In the epic finale, the battle between the good and evil forces of the wizarding world escalates into an all-out war. The stakes have never been higher and no one is safe. But it is Harry Potter who may be called upon to make the ultimate sacrifice as he draws closer to the climactic showdown with Lord Voldemort. It all starts and ends here.

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