An investigative thriller set in the world of nuclear power and politics, La Syndicaliste follows the true story of Maureen Kearney (Isabelle Huppert, The Piano Teacher), the influential head union... more
Available at last on video, the notorious exploitation shocker from Mexican director René Cardona, Jr. That purported to show the gruesome events leading up to the November 1978 mass suicide of cult... more
A survey of the prolific director's early works. In Harakiri (Paul Biensfeldt, 1919/80 min.), the beautiful O-Take-San is chased by a vile monk who wishes to make her a geisha of the Forbidden... more
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Brigitte Helm, Alfred Abel, Gustav Froelich. A completely restored version of the original sci-fi epic about a futuristic city and its mechanized and segregated society set in the year 2000. Includes... more
Douglas Fairbanks, Julanne Johnston. This is considered the "definitive" version of this silent masterpiece about a charming thief's love for a beautiful princess that leads him to change his... more
Douglas Fairbanks, Marguerite de la Motte, Noah Beery. The iconic screen adventurer pulls double duty —first as Zorro, the masked Mexican hero who fights for the rights of the poor and leaves the... more
Freshly mastered from the finest international archival material available, this five-part series explores the genesis of cinema featuring more than 133 silent films. Includes Vol. 1: The Great Train... more
The Cigarette Girl of Mosselprom is a charming, silent romantic comedy that tells the tale of a young man who falls in love with the title character (Yulia Solnsteva). She becomes a famous film star,... more
In one of the most eclectic films of the German silent era, visual stylist F.W. Murnau (Faust, Sunrise) broke away from the dark, foreboding dramas for which he was known to explore the realm of... more
Richie Andrusco, Ricky Brewster. A seven-year-old boy takes refuge under the boardwalks of Coney Island after believing he has killed another boy with his cap gun. Includes audio commentary,... more
This double-feature celebration hails from the earliest era of women directors in the mid-1910s. Includes The Ocean Waif (Doris Kenyon, Carlyle Blackwell. 1916/41 min.), which offers a Pygmalion-like... more
Ernst Lubitsch began his four-decade filmmaking career in Berlin when he left high school at the age of 16. After being invited to America by Hollywood legend Mary Pickford, it was clear early on... more
Harold's humor reaches new heights of zaniness in this 2-DVD collection! These 10 flicks include several of his greatest hits such as Never Weaken (1921/8 min.), High and Dizzy (1920/26 min.), The... more
Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess. Director D.W. Griffith's powerfully moving film about an abused young girl's love for an older Chinese man. Silent with original music score. 1919/colorized/90... more
In Parisian Love (Clara Bow, Donald Keith. 1925/64 min.), Bow plays a conniving French seductress and dresses up as a street urchin, French maid, convent girl and society woman in this extremely... more
Theda Bara, Edward Jose. A married businessman travels to Europe and falls under the spell of an alluring but scheming "vamp" named Gilda. Theda Bara's stunning performance made her one of the silver... more
Lon Chaney. Due to a doctor's error, a young boy loses his legs. As an adult, he becomes a top crime boss and plots his revenge. Chaney and effects are phenomenal as he had both his legs in real life... more
Bartolomeo Pagano, Lidia Quaranta. While the Second Punic War rages, a girl is separated from her parents. During her odyssey through ancient Rome, she encounters an erupting volcano, the barbaric... more
Jean-Luc Godard is synonymous with cinema. With the release of Breathless in 1960, he established himself overnight as a cinematic rebel and symbol for the era's progressive and anti-war youth.... more
Lee Marvin, Fredric March, Jeff Bridges. Eugene O'Neill's poignant tale jumps boldly onto the screen in this John Frankenheimer masterpiece. A group of alcohol-drenched losers wait outside Harry... more
Jane Finda, Anna Karina. An inspired and passionate retelling of Jean Anouilh's romantic story, transplanted from 19th century Vienna to the Art Nouveau streets of Paris. Directed by Roger Vadim.... more
Maximilian Schell, Lois Nettleton. A Jewish New York businessman is brought to trial for Nazi war crimes—accused of commanding a concentration camp and exterminating his own family— in this riveting... more
Ralph Fiennes's exquisite performance of T. S. Eliot's poetic masterpiece is dynamically translated from stage to screen by director Sophie Fiennes (Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami, The Pervert's... more
One of the greatest artistic and technical achievements of the German silent cinema, Fritz Lang's monumental Die Nibelungen is a passionate retelling of Nordic legend, invested with all the resources... more
In pre-revolutionary Russia, Madame Ranevskaya returns to her decaying estate after an exile in Ranevskaya's dissolute brother Gaev, her insecure adopted daughter Varya and dotty butler Feers are as... more