Actors & Directors
- Alain Artur
- Marcel Anselin
- Thierry Artur
- Sandrine Bonnaire
- Ghislain Boitrelle
Run time: 93 min.
List Price: $29.95
Price: $29.95
Review Under the Sun of Satan / Connoisseur Video:
Actors & Directors
- Peter Greenaway
- Richard Bohringer
- Alan Howard
- Tim Roth
- Helen Mirren
- Michael Gambon
Run time: 124 min.
Creator: Pascale Dauman
List Price: $14.98
Price: $59.99
Review The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover / Starz / Anchor Bay:Few directors polarize audiences like Peter Greenaway, a filmmaker as influenced by Jacobean revenge tragedy and 17th century painting as by the French New Wave. The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover is both adored and detested for its combination of sumptuous beauty and revolting decadence. A vile, gluttonous thief (Michael Gambon, The Singing Detective) spews hate and abuse at a restaurant run by a stoic French cook (Richard Bohringer, Diva), but under the thief's nose his wife (the ever-sensuous Helen Mirren, Prime Suspect) conducts an affair with a bookish lover (Alan Howard, Strapless). Clothing (by avant-garde designer Jean-Paul Gaultier) changes color as the characters move from room to room. Nudity, torture, rotting meat, and Tim Roth (Reservoir Dogs) at his sleaziest all contribute the atmosphere of decay and excess. Not for everyone, but for some, essential. -Bret Fetzer.
Actors & Directors
- Carmen Salinas
- María Elena Marqués
- Gonzalo Martínez Ortega
- Eduardo de la Peña
- Bruno Rey
- Anita Blanch
Run time: 105 min.
Creator: Josefina Vicens
Price: $19.99
Review El Testamento / Oxxo Compania (do Not Use):
Actors & Directors
- Juan Carlos Desanzo
- Rodolfo Ranni
- Ulises Dumont
- Gerardo Romano
- Jorge Sassi
- Katja Alemán
Run time: 90 min.
Creator: José Pablo Feinmann
Price: $9.99
Review Al Filo DE LA Ley / Millon Dollar Video Corp.:
Actors & Directors
- Kazunori Ikegami
- Martin Burke
- Hekiru Shiina
- Yasunori Matsumoto
- Masami Kikuchi
- Lainie Frasier
Run time: 60 min.
Creator: Yuji Naka
List Price: $7.98
Price: $24.88
Review Sonic the Hedgehog: Movie (Dub) / Adv Films:True to its Sega video-game roots, this futuristic 60-minute movie includes a lot of yelling, crashing, and exploding on the way to saving the world. Sonic and his sidekicks are determined to thwart a plan that would turn their Land of the Sky into the equivalent of The Land of Darkness, which lurks beneath the surface (and is obviously the former planet Earth). So they plow through to the center of the planet and the ancient city of Robotropolis (the former New York City?) to do righteous battle. The big question of the day is whether the usually evil Dr. Robotnik is telling the truth for once or sending the good guys into a trap. The tape's producers suggest viewers be at least 7 years old because of its violence, but the rudimentary nature of the animation will probably make it appealing only to hard-core action fans among the older-kid crowd. -Kimberly Heinrichs.
Release date: 1992-10-14
Price: $9.99
Review Caras Pintadas / Millon Dollar Video Corp.:
Actors & Directors
- Armando Arriola
- Guillermo Álvarez Bianchi
- Lupe Carriles
- Lola Beltrán
- Luz María Aguilar
- Miguel Morayta
Run time: 90 min.
Price: $9.98
Review Soy Un Golfo / Gold Mex Films:
Actors & Directors
- Katharine Hepburn
- Theodore Bikel
- Humphrey Bogart
- Robert Morley
- Peter Bull
- John Huston
Run time: 105 min.
Creator: Peter Viertel
List Price: $59.98
Price: $50.00
Review African Queen: Limited Commemorative Edition / 20th Century Fox:The 1951 John Huston classic, set in Africa during World War I, garnered Humphrey Bogart an Oscar for his role as a hard-drinking riverboat captain in Africa, who provides passage for a Christian missionary spinster (Katharine Hepburn). Taking an instant, mutual dislike to one another, the two endure rough waters, the presence of German soldiers, and their own bickering to finally fall into one another's arms. This is classic Huston material-part adventure, part quest-but this time with a pair of characters who'd all but given up on happiness. Bogart (a longtime collaborator with Huston on such classics as The Maltese Falcon and Key Largo) and Hepburn have never been better, and support from frequent Huston crony Robert Morley (Beat the Devil, also featuring Bogart) adds some extra dimension and color. -Tom Keogh.
Release date: 2000-03-01
Price: $8.99
Review Alla En El Rancho Grande / Laguna Films:
Release date: 1990-01-31
Price: $89.99
Review Rasputin / Water Bearer Films,:
Actors & Directors
- Julie Delpy
- Leos Carax
- Suzanne Lanza
- Woody Allen
- Kate Mailer
Run time: 90 min.
Price: $24.99
Review Jean Luc-Godard's King Lear / Cinematheque Collection:
Actors & Directors
- Pak-cheung Chan
- Gwok Wa Cheung
- Fung-Ping Chan
- Jing Wong
- Pat Ha
- Charlie Cho
Run time: 92 min.
Price: $39.99
Review Ghost Fever / Tai Seng Video:
Actors & Directors
- Freddy Fernández
- Amanda del Llano
- Evita Muñoz 'Chachita'
- Pedro Infante
- Irma Dorantes
- Ismael Rodríguez
Run time: 120 min.
Creator: Pedro de Urdimalas
List Price: $9.99
Price: $24.90
Review Pepe El Toro / Film Mex Entertainment Inc.:
Actors & Directors
- Maimouna Hélène Diarra
- Thierry Neuvic
- Juliette Binoche
- Josef Bierbichler
- Alexandre Hamidi
- Michael Haneke
Run time: 118 min.
Creator: Titi Popescu
Price: $24.95
Review Code Unknown / Kino Video:
Actors & Directors
- Abril Campillo
- José Flores
- Miguel Marte
- Jacqueline Castro
- Manuel 'Flaco' Ibáñez
- Walter Fuentes
Run time: 87 min.
Creator: Patricia I. Fuentes
Price: $12.99
Review Muertes Violentas / Mexcinema Video Corp.:
Actors & Directors
- Shinsuke Minami
- Toshiyuki Tonomura
- Yoshitaka Zushi
- Kin Sugai
- Yûko Kusunoki
- Akira Kurosawa
Run time: 140 min.
Creator: Shugoro Yamamoto
List Price: $29.95
Price: $129.99
Review Dodes 'Ka-Den / Homevision:Akira Kurosawa's first color film is a spellbinding tribute to humankind's ability to overcome adversity by holding on to dreams. Brilliant colors flood the screen as Kurosawa illuminates the grim world of Tokyo slum dwellers who, to escape the pain of poverty, have taken refuge in illusion. Made in 1970, this film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film in 1972. This is Kurosawa's first color film, and there seems to be an almost psychedelic overlay to his production palette. The story revolves around a collection of characters held together only by the frayed thread of poverty. Rokkuchan (Yoshitaka Zushi), a teenager with the mind of a boy, is obsessed with trolley cars. He draws them from every angle in vivid colors. His despondent mother (Kin Sugai) hangs them lovingly on the walls and windows of their simple home. Every morning Rokkuchan goes out to his imaginary trolley car and makes his way through the surrounding slums. His neighbors include a humble man with a terrible limp and an unforgiving wife, two couples who color-coordinate their husband-swapping, and a sad derelict man with an adoring but doomed little boy. [+]During the day, father and son pass the time building a dream house in their minds. At night they sleep in an abandoned car. While visually compelling, the film lacks connection between the characters, which leaves the viewer feeling disjointed and somehow lessens the emotional impact of these tragic stories. But as a slice-of-life look at how people maintain simple dignities in the face of great hardship, it is definitely a film worth seeing. -Luanne Brown.
Actors & Directors
- Margaret Lee
- Massimo Dallamano
- Marie Liljedahl
- Richard Todd
- Herbert Lom
- Helmut Berger
Run time: 93 min.
Creator: Oscar Wilde
Price: $14.98
Review Dorian Gray / Republic Pictures:
Actors & Directors
- Anton Diffring
- Seymour Cassel
- Leslie Caron
- June Bolton
- Don Fellows
Run time: 128 min.
List Price: $19.98
Price: $29.79
Review Valentino (1977) / MGM/UA Home Video:
Actors & Directors
- Jorge Alberto Cano Jr.
- Lizetta Romo
- Javier Montaño
- Manuel Capetillo hijo
- Edna Bolkan
- Arturo Gonzalez Pulido
Creator: Francisco López
Price: $19.99
Review Pesadilla Asesina / Oxxo Compania (do Not Use):
Actors & Directors
- Thomas Hill
- Peter Berling
- Howard Gaines
- Rudolf Waldemar Brem
- Hannes Gromball
Run time: 88 min.
Price: $19.98
Review Love Is Colder Than Death / Fox Lorber:The first feature in the frantic career of Rainer Werner Fassbinder is, like Godard's debut Breathless, a nod to the traditional gangster movie. This time, however, the tough-guy attitudes are imparted to a trio of typical Fassbinder losers, slouching about in the drab underworld of Munich. They are played by Alain Delon lookalike Ulli Lommel (who poses in a trenchcoat and film noir fedora), Fassbinder himself, and the director's blond goddess Hanna Schygulla. The film works hard to subvert conventional notions of movie storytelling, with lots of loooong pauses and stylized gestures-and as such, feels more like a trial run than a full-blown Fassbinder meisterwork. But everywhere, in the insolent opening shot or the final thrilling cut from car interior to bleak landscape, you can sense the utter confidence that burbled out of this gifted German: he was only 23, and he was going places in a hurry. -Robert Horton.
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