In 1930, following their short film triumph UN CHIEN ANDALOU, Bunuel and Dali created an hour long avant-garde tour de force that's both an aesthetic avalanche of boldness and a withering attack on a... more
Toshiro Mifune, Yuzo Kayama. The patients at a poor medical clinic and a sharp but overbearing doctor teach an enthusiastic young intern hard lessons about the true meaning of practicing medicine. In... more
Paolo Bonacelli, Giorgio Cataldi. Fascist rulers in WWII Italy brutally rape and torture male and female teenagers. Loosely based on the Marquis de Sade's 18th-century novel. 2 DVDs. In Italian with... more
The late Japanese filmmaker Yasujiro Ozu directed 53 films over the course of his career; these are some the finest from his artistic prime. Includes Early Spring (Haruko Sugimura. 1956/145 min.),... more
Shocking, outrageous, and poetic, Jigoku (Hell) is the most innovative creation from Nobuo Nakagawa, the father of the Japanese horror film. After a young theology student flees a hit-and-run... more
Jean Marais, Josette Day. Jean Cocteau's hauntingly beautiful, visually dazzling masterpiece returns from the 1940s to reincarnate the surrealistic and magical spin he so eloquently placed on the... more
Nianzhen Wu, Issey Ogata. Edward Yang's epic covering the one-year examination of daily life in Taipei for a family of five (parents, two children and a grandmother) that begins with a wedding and... more
Marcello Mastroianni, Daniela Rocca. Since his devoted wife would never hear of a divorce, a middle-aged Italian man decides to murder her so that he can be with his teenage cousin. In Italian with... more
Toshiro Mifune. A Japanese detective descends into a criminal underworld to find his missing gun—and the killer who's been using it. Directed by Akira Kurosawa. In Japanese with English subtitles.... more
Brigitte Bardot, Jean-Louis Trintignant. Nobody can halt the insatiable pleasure-seeking of the gorgeous Bardot—least of all her husband—in this sexy classic set in the French Riviera. Includes HD... more
A stunning drama about a ginza bar hostess as she approaches the perilous age of 30. Director Mikio Naruse Star Hideko Taka mine, Tatsuya Nakadai, Masayuki Mori Special Features: Widescreen,... more
Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell. Many critics consider this Oscar-winning classic to be one of the greatest films ever made. Told with non-professional actors, this simple human... more
Benoit Poelvoorde, Remy Belvaux. A "reality-TV" crew follows the daily activities and murderous habits of a charming, poetry-reciting homicidal maniac in this bizarre comic spoof. In French with... more
Nikolay Burlyaey, Valentin Zubkov, Yevgeni Zharikov. At the age of 12, Ivan had lost his family and his home to the destructive Nazi Army who then sent him off to a prison camp. However, Ivan never... more
Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Otto Wernicke. A criminal mastermind controls his underworld empire while residing in an asylum, plotting ways of destroying the world. In German with English subtitles. Includes... more
Carlos Saura's exquisite Créía cuervos... heralded a turning point in Spain: Shot while General Franco was on his deathbed, the film melds the personal and the political in a portrait of the legacy... more
Silvia Pinal, Francisco Rabal, Fernando Rey. This award-winning film, originally banned in Spain, tells the funny and cynical story of a young nun who encounters perversion, obsession and poverty... more
Jean Gabin, Mireille Balin. Later remade as Algiers, this French classic tells the tale of a gangster who hides from the police in the Casbah section of Algiers—only to be lured out of safety by a... more
Setsuko Hara, Chishu Ryu. A young girl's parents are intent on picking out a husband for her but Norika wants to do it herself and she picks her childhood friend. In Japanese with English subtitles.... more
Albert Prejean, Pola Illery, Edmond T. Greville. Legendary director Rene Clair's famed classic about two Parisian street performers and the powerful love they share. In French with English subtitles.... more
Freddie Jones, Victor Poletti. Aristocrats, politicians and a rhinoceros board a ship in 1914 to scatter the ashes of a famous singer. A rarely seen and delightfully bizarre film by Federico Fellini!... more
Marcel Dalio, Nora Gregor. This famous comedy/drama contrasting affaires d'amour of aristocrats and servants during a weekend outing in the country, is thought by many critics to be the best movie... more
A master of intensely emotional human dramas, director Lee Chang-dong (POETRY) is a leading light of contemporary Korean cinema, and his place on the international stage was cemented by this stirring... more
ECLIPSE SERIES 28: THE WARPED WORLD OF KOREYOSHI KURAHARA features the films INDIMIDATION (1960), THE WARPED ONES (1960), I HATE BUT LOVE (1962), BLACK SUN (1964) and THIRST FOR LOVE (1967).
Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale. Trying to bounce back from overwhelming stress, a filmmaker checks into a rehab hospital. But his troubled childhood, difficult producers and his passion for... more