Desperate struggle for survival by a group of truck drivers locked in a remote mountain base. Cast: Zygmunt Kestowicz, Emil Karewicz, Teresa Izewska, 1959. Black/White, 105 mins. English Subtitles.

The first movie in post-war Poland to achieve cult status, this absurd comedy features a group of picturesque characters: a cross-section of Polish society in the late '60s spending their holidays on a boat trip to nowhere. Cast: Stanislaw Tym, Jan Himilsbach 1970, B/W, English subtitles. Running Time: 65 min.

Join the sleek and stylish adventurers John Steed (Patrick Macnee) and Tara King (Linda Thorson) as they fight the world of evil megalomaniacs and international spy rings. These later episodes, filmed after the departure of Diana Rigg and Honor Blackman, are rarely seen but essential to seeing the entire AVENGERS narrative. 7 Completes Episodes: Volume 10: Wish You Were Here, Stay Tuned. Volume 11: Take Me To Your Leader, Fog. Volume 12: Homicide & Old Lace, Love All, & Get-A-Way.

Just four minutes into "Sins of the Past," the first episode of Xena, you'll gladly follow the warrior princess anywhere. Taking on a gang of marauders, she leaps onto an upright spear embedded in the ground and, with a cry of "Ai-yi-yi-yi-yi," does a circular wall of death on their chests. A syndication phenomenon, this audacious 1995 series was a spin-off from Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. Lucy Lawless stars as Xena, dressed to kill in leather and breastplate. Her exploits are legend: "She came down out of the sky in a chariot throwing thunderbolts and breathing fire," remarks one awestruck boy in the first episode. Xena wants to bury her violent past, but there is no rest for the formerly wicked as she takes up arms (and feet) against any number of villains and mythological beasts. She is joined by Gabrielle (Renee O'Connor), a young peasant woman who "is not cut out for this village life," and runs away from home to join Xena in her adventures. As the series evolved, speculation was rife about the true nature of their relationship. Playful and provocative teasers in several of these episodes give this first season an unexpected erotic charge, as witness "Altared States," in which the two skinnydip, and later, a drugged Gabrielle, revived by Xena, looks upon her and gushes, "By the gods! You are beautiful. " Other memorable episodes include "Callisto," which introduces the vengeful female warrior who would further bedevil Xena in seasons to come; "Prometheus," in which Kevin Sorbo guest stars as Hercules; "Chariots of War," in which Xena wears a dress (!), and "Warrior. [+]

A bitter comedy about war heroism. A truly great film and one of the key works of postwar Polish cinema, this feature by Andrzej Munk is a fine example of the Polish myth of romantic heroism. The Warsaw Uprising is looked at through the eyes of a drunken black marketeer; in the second "movement," Polish prisoners in a German camp fanatically believe in the heroism of their comrade, which, in fact, is a farce. Cast: Edward Dziewonski, Kazimiezr Opalinski, Leon Niemczyk. 1959. Black/White. Running time: 80 mins. English Subtitles.

A young scientist who believes that everything in life can be handled through rational analysis, has his conviction shattered by his difficult affair with an older woman and the death of a close friend in a climbing accident. Cast: Stanislaw Latallo, Malgorzata Pritulak. 1973, color. English Subtitles.

One of the best known Polish comedies from post-war production. The odyssey of a man through Poland from 1939 to 1950, in a changing world that seems to have no place for him. We watch him from his childhood to his first love, from his unwilling involvement in Facist politics to his arrest and imprisonment in a POW camp. Cast: Bogumil Kobiela, Maria Ciesielska, Barbara Kwiatkowska. Andrzej Munk 1960. Black/White. 108 mins. (English Subtitles).

The Tai Chi Fighting video comprehensively instructs and demonstrates the 88-Posture, 2-Person Fighting Matching Set for advanced Tai Chi Chuan (Taijiquan). This Fighting Set is a combination of techniques from pushing hands and the solo Tai Chi Chuan sequence, and it serves as a bridge connecting pushing hands with real fighting. Like pushing hands, it teaches you how to sense your opponent's actions and intentions, and it also teaches footwork and how to set up your strategy, making your fighting skill more realistic and alive. Anyone who is proficient at the solo sequence and pushing hands should be able to learn this fighting set easily, and make it part of their practice routine. In ancient times, this form was taught by a few masters to only a handful of trusted students as a part of the final training of Taijiquan as a sophisticated and extremely effective fighting art. No matter what style of Tai Chi you practice, the Tai Chi Fighting Set is an important part of the study of authentic Tai Chi Chuan for all martial artists.

Before Pulp Fiction put him back on the mainstream cultural radar, John Travolta lent his considerable charms (and, somewhat surprisingly, cowrote the script) to this wholly schizophrenic straight-to-video L. A. gangland drama. The opening expository scenes are a bit of a drag, but be sure to hang on; what starts out as a painfully earnest paean to these troubled streets abruptly (and delightfully) switches gears to become a viscerally bruising action flick, as Travolta's troubled social worker goes undercover to save a wholesome teen from a murderous street gang. Second-half highlights include a terrific use of found locations, a completely dumbfounding suspension bridge stunt destined to wear out rewind buttons everywhere, and a flamboyant drug lord (played by Law & Order hunk Benjamin Bratt) whose swinging bachelor pad includes a decidedly nonregulation alligator pit. Not likely to be featured in any future Travolta career retrospective, but a fun film nonetheless. -Andrew Wright.

Yanosik is a legendary hero of the Tatra Mountains. As a leader of a band of outlaws, this mountain robber steals from the rich and helps the poor. An exciting action film, in the tradition of Robin Hood, full of adventures, fights, duels, pursuits and traps. Cast: Marek Perepeczko, Ewa Lemanska, Bogusz Bilewski. 1973, color. 74 mins. English Subtitled.

If you haven't seen the original Dragonheart, never fear-this story doesn't have much to do with it. Geoffrey (Chris Masterson) is a stable boy at a monastery, with dreams of knighthood-dreams that seem out of reach until he discovers a young dragon living in the monastery's dungeon, a scaly but kindly faced fellow named Drake (voiced by Robby Benson). Unfortunately, the king of the realm has fallen under the spell of an evil adviser, who has plans for this dragon. Fortunately, an old Chinese man and his ward-a very attractive girl with a stunning kung-fu kick-have arrived to keep the dragon from harm. The story is straightforward and clearly aimed at a younger audience, with an uncontroversial moral about friendship. The special effects are capable and at times expressive. Dragonheart: A New Beginning is kid-friendly and will probably be kid-appealing. -Bret Fetzer.

Live action feature from Walerian Borowczyk. The film is a chronicle of a young girl's progress from her strict Victorian upbringing to a love affair with a young man which soon blossoms into passion, jealousy and a final heroically grotesque self-sacrifice. Cast: Grazyna Dlugolecka, Jerzy Zelnik, Olgierd Lukaszewicz. 1975, color. 128 mins. ENGLISH SUBTITLES.

War drama based on a true story. Legendary Hubal - major Dobrzanski, in spite of Nazi occupation in 1939 does not surrender and fights the aggressor with a group of his faithful soldiers. 1973. Color. English Subtitles.