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DVD Review FEAR AND DESIRE (BLU-RAY)

The legendary Stanley Kubrick's first feature film finally makes its way to Blu-ray, after being virtually unseen since it first showed up in theaters back in 1953. The fact that Kino has thrown in a documentary short by Kubrick as well, makes this realease one of the easier purchasing decisions of the year.

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Posted by: Chuck Aliaga - October 29, 2012, 6:58 pm - DVD Review
Keywords: soldiers, peasant, assassinate

PR Fidel on DVD & VOD Aug 14

Sal Landau filmed Castro using a 16mm camera in a variety of settings, from military camps to a pickup baseball game to Castro's speech on the 15th anniversary of his attack on Fort Moncada which marked the beginning of the Revolution. Landau captured an unparalleled time into the relationship of the Cuban people with their popular leader, at a time when the country was being transformed internally while internationally vilified.

Cinema Libre

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Posted by: News Editor - August 12, 2012, 11:24 am - PR
Keywords: documentary

PR The Life And Death Of A Porno Gang on Blu-ray & DVD Aug 14

During the final days of Slobodan Milosevic's Serbian rule, a young film student named Marko becomes desperate to make a feature film. Finally getting a job as an adult film director, he quickly runs afoul of the mob and needs to get out of town fast! Assembling a traveling group of misfits, Marko and his new friends drive though the quiet countryside in a beat-up van performing live sex acts for peasants and farmers. But life is hard on the road, and they find it hard to earn enough money to survive.

Synapse Films

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Posted by: News Editor - June 21, 2012, 7:08 am - PR
Keywords: drama

DVD Review THE TROUBLE WITH TOLSTOY

A challenging travelogue walks in the footsteps of Russia's biggest troublemaker.

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Posted by: Ross Johnson - May 8, 2012, 11:48 am - DVD Review
Keywords: art, documentary

PR Shinsuke Ogawa's Red Persimmons Out on DVD

From legendary Japanese director Shinsuke Ogawa (A Summer in Narita, Peasants of the Second Fortress, The Building of the Iwayama Tower) and his disciple, feminist filmmaker Peng Xiolian (Shanghai Story, A Woman of Substance). Red Persimmons is a visually elegant paean to the cultivation and harvesting of the sweet red fruit in the tiny Japanese village of Kaminoyama. The film's larger subject, however, is the disappearance of Japan's traditional culture, the end of a centuries-old way of life. Begun by Ogawa in the late 1980s.

Icarus Films

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Posted by: News Editor - March 24, 2012, 8:45 am - PR
Keywords: drama

PR The Mill & The Cross on DVD & Blu-ray Jan 31

With special features, including "The World According to Bruegel", an in-depth documentary exploring the making of the film; an interview with director Lech Majewski; trailers and a stills gallery. A fascinating reflection upon the world (and creative process) of acclaimed Flemish renaissance painter and printmaker Pieter Bruegel.

Kino Lorber

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Posted by: News Editor - January 27, 2012, 9:05 am - PR
Keywords: drama

PR Little Big Soldier on DVD & Blu-ray Aug 23

Legendary martial arts star Jackie Chan is the writer, producer and star of the comic martial arts extravaganza Little Big Soldier, debuting on Blu-ray(TM) + DVD Combo Pack and DVD August 23 from Well Go USA. Chan co-stars with Leehom Wang (Lust, Caution) as a peasant soldier in ancient China who kidnaps a young enemy, then escorts him home in hopes of collecting a reward. The extensive bonus features include two featurettes and a Jackie Chan music video.

Well Go USA

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Posted by: News Editor - July 24, 2011, 7:12 pm - PR
Keywords: martial arts

DVD Review KAGEMUSHA (BLU-RAY)

Yet another of the master's amazing films sees the light of day on Blu-ray via The Criterion Collection. Keep 'em coming, Criterion!

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Posted by: Chuck Aliaga - August 16, 2009, 4:37 pm - DVD Review
Keywords: warlord, peasant thief, samurai

DVD Review TEMPEST

The fall of the Tsars has proven to be fertile ground for filmic drama, but one of the earlier of these efforts was John Barrymore's Tempest, produced only a decade after the events depicted. With a story written by a Russian, and a screenplay co-written by an uncredited Erich von Stroheim, it certainly promises to be interesting.

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Posted by: Mark Zimmer - July 5, 2009, 8:58 pm - DVD Review
Keywords: russia, revolution, tsar, von stroheim