A+face+in+the+crowd+(1957)

An interview with a WWII Red Cross official who wrote a glowing report on a Jewish ghetto-cum-death camp.

Yuri Ilyenko has created a parable centering on an old man who lives a secluded life in the desert, alone with only his memories and photographs. His wellspring, once a source of joy and hope for thirsty passersby, is now rarely used. No longer able to find comfort in his memories, he turns all his photographs to face the walls. Divided into five sections a spring for the thirsty is practically a silent film. From its powerful, abstract black-and-white images, however, we learn that the old man is waiting to die.

A comprehensive and compelling history of the United States immediately following the Civil War.

A comprehensive and compelling history of the United States immediately following the Civil War.

A look at contemporary art and artists.

A look at contemporary art and artists.

A look at contemporary art and artists.

Over the past four decades, Belgian director Chantal Akerman (Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles) has created one of cinema’s most distinctive bodies of work—formally daring, often autobiographical films about people and places, time and space. In this collection, we present the early films that put her on the map: intensely personal, modernist investigations of cities, history, family, and sexuality, made in the 1970s in the United States and Europe and strongly influenced by the New York experimental film scene. Bold and iconoclastic, these five films pushed boundaries in their day and continue to have a profound influence on filmmakers all over the world.

Now in this stunning and detailed 5 disc collection, see the war as it was - warts and all. Go back to the early days of French colonialism in Southeast Asia and get an understanding of the underlying circumstances that became the breeding ground for the war; witness the horror of jungle warfare and see what life was like for the brave soldiers who put it all on the line.

Charlie Chan is an agent of the U.S. government assigned to investigate the mysterious death of an inventor.