Cries And Whispers
on DVD
(1972) Starring:Ingrid Thulin, Kari Sylwan, Harriet Andersson Director:Ingmar Bergman Certificate:
Ingmar Bergman's acclaimed drama, which deals with the fractured relationships between three sisters, is set in a vast turn-of-the-century manor house where unidentified voices are continually whispering and mingle with a dying woman's cries of pain. Karin and Maria (played by Ingrid Thulin and Liv ..read more »
Smiley's People
(2 discs)
on DVD
(1982) Starring:Alec Guinness, Mario Adorf, Eileen Atkins Director:Simon Langton Certificate:
John Le Carre's follow up to the highly acclaimed TINKER, TAILER, SOLDIER, SPY sees shy espionage expert George Smiley coming out of retirement yet again to investigate enemy filtration in his old department. Alec Guinness reprises his superb, definitive nuanced role as Smiley in this masterful ..read more »
Winter Light
on DVD
(1962) Starring:Max von Sydow, Ingrid Thulin, Gunnel Lindblom Director:Ingmar Bergman Certificate:
The second film of Ingmar Bergman's trilogy on religion and the loss of faith--the other two being THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY and THE SILENCE)--is an unrelentingly austere minimalist drama that takes place in a small village surrounded by a bleak, wintry landscape. Local pastor Tomas Ericsson (Gunnar ..read more »
Pitfall
on DVD
(1962) Starring:Hisashi Igawa, Hideo Kanze, Sumie Sasaki Director:Hiroshi Teshigahara Certificate:
An out-of-work miner is attacked and murdered. His killer is dressed in a white suit and hat. The murder is witnessed but the woman is threatened by the killer. Soon the local town is plagued by more deaths
Stalingrad
on DVD
(1992) Starring:Dominique Horwitz, Sebastian Rudolph, Jochen Nickel Director:Joseph Vilsmaier Certificate:
This German film is a gritty, devastating retelling of the battle for Stalingrad during World War II, in which more than a million and a half soldiers lost their lives. Told from the point of view of the German soldiers, who were under orders to neither retreat nor surrender, this film ..read more »
Ozu - Vol. 1
(3 discs)
Starring:Chishu Ryu, Setsuko Hara, Chieko Higashiyama Director:Yasujiro Ozu Certificate:
A double feature from the director Yasujiro Ozu. 'Tokyo Story' is a depiction of life's disappointments and frustrations told through the eyes of an ageing couple who go to visit their grown-up son and daughter in Tokyo. Japanese dialogue with English subtitles. Also included is the film 'Late Spring'.
Moliere
on DVD
(2006) Starring:Romain Duris, Fabrice Luchini, Laura Morante Director:Laurent Tirard Certificate:
1644, Paris, and 22-year-old Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, also known as Molière, is not yet the writer that history recognizes as the father and true master of comic satire, author of The Misanthrope and Tartuffe, and a dramatist to rank alongside Shakespeare and Sophocles. Far from it. He is, in fact, ..read more »
Deja Vu
on DVD
(2006) Starring:Denzel Washington, Paula Patton, Val Kilmer Director:Tony Scott Certificate:
When a ferry filled with crewmen from the USS Nimitz and their families is blown up in New Orleans, Federal Agent Doug Carlin (Washington) is brought in to help with the investigation. He becomes attached to an experimental FBI surveillance unit that uses spacefolding technology to look back a ..read more »