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1) Jour de fête
Series
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Two-DVD special edition.
Language
Français
Description
In this enchanting debut feature, Jacques Tati stars as a fussbudget of a postman who is thrown for a loop when a traveling fair comes to his village. Tati shot this film simultaneously in black and white and in an untested color process that proved impossible to print copies of. In 1964 he re-edited it with added hand-colored footage, and in 1995 the full-color film was able to be released from the original color negatives.
3) Mon oncle
Series
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Two-DVD special edition.
Language
Français
Description
A supremely amusing satire of mechanized living and consumer society.
4) PlayTime
Series
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Two-DVD special edition.
Language
Français
Description
A nearly wordless comedy about confusion in an age of high technology.
Series
Criterion collection volume 950
Language
English
Description
Two musicians disguise themselves as women and join an all-female band in order to evade the Mafia, since they witnessed the St. Valentine's Day Massacre.
Series
Criterion collection volume 396
Pub. Date
2007.
Edition
Fullscreen version.
Language
English
Description
A cave collapse in New Mexico traps a man, and all eyes turn toward the tragedy … including those of Charles "Chuck" Tatum (Kirk Douglas), a washed-up newspaper reporter who sees the incident as a ticket back to his former days at the top of the journalism heap. As the media circus begins to swirl around the trapped man's plight, Tatum takes command of the situation, embellishing the unfolding drama and prolonging the rescue effort … while feeding...
11) Downhill Racer
Series
Criterion collection volume 494
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Director Michael Ritchie's (*The Golden Child*) debut film is a tense and taut look at the world of Olympic skiing. Robert Redford plays the hero, Chappellet, a handsome loner from Colorado, bent on making it to the top and Gene Hackman plays his demanding coach. As the pressure and tension build, Chappellet learns how fleeting and lonely fame can be. Winner of Best Actor (Robert Redford) at the **BAFTA Awards**. Nominated for Best Drama Written Directly...
Series
Criterion collection volume 922
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
DVD special edition.
Language
Finnish
Description
The wry, melancholic comedy from Aki Kaurismk̃i is a bittersweet tale of human kindness in the face of official indifference. A response to the ongoing global refugee crisis, the film follows two people, a displaced Syrian and a Finnish salesman, searching for a place to call home.
13) The kid brother
Series
Criterion collection volume 964
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Two-DVD special edition.
Language
None
Description
When a traveling medicine show rolls into town, it brings with it excitement, the possibility of love, and a chance for Harold to prove his mettle. Deftly balancing Lloyd's brilliant sight gags and thrilling set pieces, which include an epic, knock-down, drag-out fight aboard an abandoned ship, the film is a hilarious and heartwarming high-water mark of early screen comedy.
15) Rushmore
Series
Criterion collection volume 65
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
Director approved special edition.
Language
English
Description
When two offbeat friends fall in love with the same woman, each takes drastic measures to win her heart.
16) Parade
Series
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
DVD edition.
Language
Français
Description
The director himself serves as master of ceremonies at a circus. Focusing on the spectators, this stripped down work is a testament to the communion betwen audience and entertainment.
Series
Criterion collection volume 996
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
DVD special edition.
Language
None
Description
A tramp reluctantly takes a job at a middling circus and falls for a trick riding woman, who just happens to be the daughter of the overbearing circus owner.
Series
Criterion collection volume 924
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Special edition.
Language
Romanian
Description
Blending rigorous naturalism with the precise construction of a thriller, this Cannes award-winning drama from Cristian Mungiu sheds light on the high stakes and ethical complexities of life in contemporary Romania. As his daughter nears high-school graduation, Romeo, an upstanding doctor, counts on her winning a competitive scholarship that will send her to university in England.
Series
Criterion collection volume 374
Pub. Date
2007]
Edition
Restored, digitally transferred version.
Language
Italiano
Description
In postwar, poverty-stricken Rome, a man, hoping to support his desperate family with a new job, loses his bicycle and main means of transportation to work. With his wide-eyed young son in tow, he sets off to track down the thief.
Series
Criterion collection volume 410
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
Widescreen version ; Special edition.
Language
English
Description
Withering from alcoholism, British consul Geoffrey Firmin stumbles through a small Mexican village amidst the Day of the Dead fiesta, attempting to reconnect with his estranged wife, but only further alienating himself.
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