


STAFF PICKS

The City of No Limits
In this gripping thriller, an elderly Spanish man in a Paris hospital (Fernando Fernan-
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Raggae Nashville–Deep Roots Music 2
The ultimate word on the history of reggae, this six-
Ingmar Bergman’s Persona
With some of the most iconic imagery every committed to film, this “exceptionally
beautiful specimen of movie-
Crime Story Season 1
Following the phenomenal success of MIAMI VICE, Executive Producer Michael Mann returned
to television with a new kind of gritty crime drama, one that talked tougher and
hit harder than anything the small screen had ever seen before. For two explosive
seasons, CRIME STORY told the hard-
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The Square
Arson, murder and blackmail. This astonishingly original thriller takes twists and turns to a new level. Ray and Carla, who are having a steamy affair, plot to steal money form Carla’s husband, Greg. But what begins as a simple plan quickly spirals out of control when the mob gets involved and Ray and Carla are helpless to stop the violent and bloody consequence of events.
Georges Meiles–First Wizard of Cinema (1896-
Georges Melies built the world’s first movie studio in 1896 near Paris; from it cascaded fantastic magic films, dream films, historical reconstructions, imaginary journeys, melodramas, slapstick comedies–even erotic films. Examples of all are here, with many still retaining power to astonish and charm. This monumental thirteen hour collection on five DVDs gathers for the first time nearly all the surviving films of Georges Melies form his first Card Party (1896) to his last, The Voyage of the Bouririchon Family (1913), bracketing more than 170 others.
The Battleship Potemkin
When you think of the handful of films that are at the core of cinema history, you
think of D.W. Griffith’s “The Birth of a Nation”, Orson Welles’ “Citizen Kane”–and
Sergei Eisenstein’s THE BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN. Back in 1925, the immediate worldwide
success of THE BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN focused attention on the Soviet cinema while earning
its creator instant, lasting fame. Before the end of the decade, Eisenstein’s contributions
to the art form (along with those of two other filmmakers, Alexnder Dovzenko and
V.I. Pudovkin) would push Soviet cinema to the forefront of the international film
scene. THE BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN evolved from a film project assigned to Eisenstein
by the Soviet Central Committee in charge of planning celebrations for the 20th anniversary
of the unsuccessful 1905 Russian Revolution. (The 27-
At Five In The Afternoon
This film by internationally acclaimed Iranian director Samira Makmalbaf is the first to be made in Afghanistan following the fall of the Taliban regime. Set in the ruined city of Kabul, it tells the story of Noqreh, a young woman eager to take advantage of the new freedoms and opportunities afforded to women. Despite her father’s wishes that she receive only a traditional religious education, Noqreh also attends a secular school for girls, where she is inspired by the idea of becoming Afghanistan’s first woman President. But the harsh reality of survival in a country devastated by war threaten her dreams and aspirations. A touching and resonant analysis of the struggle faced by Afghan women, ‘At Five in the Afternoon’ is a poetic and compelling combination of realist drama and striking imagery and Makhmalbaf’s most ambitious film to date.
The Perfume of the Lady in Black
Director Francesco Barilli’s hallucinatory horror-
Let’s Scare Jessica To Death
Finally released from an institution after suffering a nervous breakdown, Jessica (Zohra Lampert, Opening Night, Stanley & Iris) seeks the tranquility of a secluded home in Connecticut to help make her recovery complete. But instead of a restful recuperation with her husband Duncan (Barton Heyman) and a close friend (Kevin O’Connor) in the New England countryside, Jessica soon finds herself falling into a swirling vortex of madness and the supernatural. And an even more unsettling discovery is that the entire region seems to be under the influence of a mysterious woman the trio finds living in the supposedly empty house. Jessica’s fear and dread only intensify when she discovers that the “undead” girl, Emily, tragically drowned long ago, on her wedding day. Is she back to take vengeance...and scare Jessica to death?
Cisco Pike
Just released from prison for drug-
Brotherhood
Adam Buckely finds himself in the middle of a convenience store, robbery during his last night as a pledge for a college fraternity. When the initiation ritual goes horribly wrong and everything starts falling apart, Adam is forced to choose between his new brothers or his ethics.
Cannibal Girls
SCTV regular Eugene Levy and Andrea Martin star in this Canadian horror spoof as
a couple on a romantic holiday who settle into a quaint little bed-
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The Fan
Lauren Bacall returns to the screen in her most exciting, suspenseful role as glamorous
celebrity and renowned Broadway actress Sally Ross. She is the object of adoration
of countless fan–especially one young man. His impassioned letters are a source
of pleasure and amusement, then annoyance, and finally terror, as he tries to realize
his ultimate fantasy. When he feels Sally has rejected him, there is no one left
to protect her from the fan’s twisted adulation,resulting in an edge-
Intimate Affairs
When a scholar (Dermot Mulroney), is haunted by an overwhelming desire to understand the mystery of sex, he decides to conduct an investigation. With two beautiful assistants (Robin Tunney and Neve Campbell) joining the case, the stakes are raised. Intimate Affairs is an arousing and provocative exploration of mind and body starring Dermot Mulroney, Neve Campbell, Nick Nolte, Julie Delpy and Terrance Howard.
They Live
They influence our decisions without us knowing it. They numb our senses without
us feeling it. They control our lives without us realizing it. They Live. Horror
master John Carpenter (Halloween, The Thing) direct this heart-
The Nightcomers
Captivating and disturbing, this intense psychodrama with its haunting, twisted notion of sexuality puts a new spin on the characters from Henry James’ celebrated ghost story, The Turn of the Screw. MARLON BRANDO stars as Quint, a gardener who powerfully impacts the lives of young orphans Miles and Flora, who are left in the care of their governess (STEPHANIE BEACHAM) and housekeeper (THORA HIRD). Obsessed with the charismatic Quint, the children are mesmerized b his warped views of love and life and soon pattern their own lives after his crude, secret courtship with their governess. When the housekeeper finds out about the lovers’ relationship, she decides to fire them, leaving the bereft children to take matters into their own chilling hands.
Deep Red
An English jazz pianist living in Rome witnesses the brutal hatchet murder of a renowned
psychic and is quickly drawn into the savage crime. With the help of a tenacious
female reporter, the pair track a twisted trail of deranged clues and relentless
violence towards a shocking climax that has ripped screams from the throats of audiences
for more than 25 years! DEEP RED stars David Hemmings (Blow-
Xala
This savagely funny satire portrays El Hadji, a prosperous, self-
Innocence Unprotected
This utterly unclassifiable film is one of Makavejev’s most freewheeling farces,
assembled from the “lost” footage of the first Serbian talkie, a silly melodrama
titled Innocence Unprotected, made during the Nazi occupation; contemporary interviews
with the megaman who made it and other crew members; and images of the World War
II destruction, and subsequent rebuilding, of Belgrade. And at its center is a (real-
Love at Large
Oscar nominees Tom Berenger (Platoon) and Anne Archer (Fatal Attraction) team with
an all-
Vibrator
Directed by international rising star Ryuichi Hiroki (I am an S&M Writer, Tokyo Trash
Baby, It’s Only Talk) and based on the acclaimed novel by Mari Akasaka, Vibrator
follows Rei (the extraordinary Shinobu Terashima), a thirty-
Crows Zero
At Suzuran Boys’ High School, the students form gangs and fight for control almost every day. No one has ever managed a total takeover, but the closes to it is Tamao Serizawa. Things change when Genji Takiya, a mob boss’s son, transfers to the school with the challenge of taking control of it. With a little outside help, he teams up with three of Serizawa’s most powerful rivals in a shot to gain power. Roadblocks and tragedy wait along the way, and danger is around every corner as the showdown with Serizawa comes to a head.



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Juice
Q. Raheem. Bishop. Steel. They’re four Harlem friends who spend their days hanging
out and looking for a way to get the power and respect they call Juice. Q hopes
to earn respect by becoming a scratch ‘n’ mix DJ. Bishop has a deadlier plan. He
wants to take it through an armed robbery. And he wants his crew to be with him.
Ernest R. Dickerson, the acclaimed cinematographer whose collaborations with Spike
Lee include Do The Right Thing and Malcom X, makes his directional debut with this
powerful mortality take steeped in ‘90s urban lifestyle. Features the cutting-
The Man from Nowhere
An ex-
King of The Hill
Terror hits new heights in the “brilliant, vicious little piece of work” (twitchfilm.net) set in a remote mountain wilderness. After a man traveling alone has a steamy encounter with a beautiful stranger, the pair join up and take a detour through the hills. Suddenly, they are forced to abandon their cars when an unseen sniper puts them in the line of fire. Without understanding why they are being targeted, the strangers must survive their ruthless pursuers and their harsh surroundings. King of the Hill is a frighteningly realistic thriller that “builds steadily towards crackerjack finale”. (Neil Young, The Hollywood Reporter)
Timecrimes
A man being pursued by a murderer stumbles into a mysterious lab and accidentally travels back in time. A naked girl in the midst of the forest. A cloaked stranger with his face covered in bandages. A disquieting mansion on the top of a hill. All of them pieces of an unpredictable jigsaw puzzle where terror, drama and suspense will lead to an unthinkable sort of crime. Who’s the murderer? Who’s the victim?
Don’t Tempt Me
Heaven has sent its best, and the devil has enlisted his worst. Victoria Abril and
Penelope Cruz co-
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City of Men
From the team behind the Academy Award nominated feature CITY OF GOD, including directors
Fernando Meirellles (The CONSTANT GARDNER) and Katia Lund comes the hit Brazilian
television series CITY OF MEN, a comedy/drama about two teenage boys growing up in
a dangerous Rio de Janiero slum starring Darlan Cunha and Douglas Silva (CITY OF
GOD). The CITY is a shantytown located in one of the many mountains of Rio de Janiero.
The MEN are two 13-
The Magic Blade
Two rival swordsmen in imperial China, poncho-
Beverly Hills Cop Special Collector’s Edition
The heat is on in this fast paced action-
Dream Lover
How well can you really know the one you love? Oscar nominee* Nicholas Kazan explores
this question in his "sensuous, deadly game of romantic cat-
Fighting
Small-
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Village of the Damned and Children of the Damned Double Feature
We have met the enemies and they are our children. Well, perhaps not our children,
and that’s the problem: the are the offspring of aliens who secretly impregnated
human women! That’s the riveting premise of Village of the Damned, a science-
Black Orpheus
Marcel Camus’ Black Orpheus (Orfeu negro) took the art house world by storm 1959 with its sultry bossa nova beats, winning both an Academy Award and the Palme d’ Or at Cannes. Transplanting the tale of Orpheus and Eurydice to the slums of Rio de Janiero, Black Orpheus brings Greek mythology to vivid, frenetic life.
Green For Danger
In the midst of Nazi air raids, a postman dies on the operating table at a rural English hospital. But was the death accidental? A delightful and wholly unexpected murder mystery, British writer/director Sidney Gilliat’s Green for Danger features Trevor Howard and Sally Gray as suspected doctors and Alastair Sim in a marvelous turn as Scotland Yard’s insouciant Inspector Cockrill. A screenwriter who had worked with Hitchcock on such films as The Lady Vanishes and Jamaica Inn, Gilliat slyly upends whodunit conventions with wit and style.
SLC Punk
It’s 1985 and Stevo is that rare animal, a punk rocker in the Mormon stronghold of
Salt Lake City, Utah. He just graduated from college with honors and now his life
is a nutty roller coaster ride of rock shows, stealing cars, beating up rednecks
and non-
Flatliners
Are you afraid to die? Kiefer Sutherland isn’t. He an ambitious, charismatic medical student who persuades classmates Julia Roberts and Kevin Bacon to take part in a reckless experiment. To see if there is life after death, they will kill themselves: temporarily shut down (“flatline”) their heart and brain functions to briefly experience clinical death.
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Electric Glide in Blue
Robert Blake "displays a superabundance of magnetism and machismo" (Cue) as a good
cop on the ultimate bad bike in this "powerful" (Boxoffice) film featuring "striking
action sequences"(Leonard Maltin) and a "bravura rock score" (Los Angeles Times).
Set against the breathtaking visuals of Monument Valley, this mesmerizing film is
your ticket to open-