Actors & Directors
- Vilen Galstyan
- Sergei Parajanov
- Giorgi Gegechkori
- Spartak Bagashvili
- Melkon Aleksanyan
- Sofiko Chiaureli
Run time: 79 min.
Creator: Sayat Nova
Price: $29.99
Review Color of Pomegranates / Connoisseur Video:This controversial 1969 film directed by rebellious Russian filmmaker Sergei Paradzhanov (Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors) chronicles the life of the 18th-century poet Sayat Nova, but in a most unconventional way. Paradzhanov seeks to portray the poet by different actors at various stages of his long life, from a poor childhood working on farms through early celebration as a poet to his self-imposed isolation as a cloistered monk. The unorthodox stream-of-consciousness style of the film highlights character over plot, using the poet's own words as a springboard for sumptuous images that chart the course of his life from birth until death, from his youth and the great love of his life through his struggles with religion and philosophy and the despair of old age. The loose, evocative style not only brings to life the poetry of Sayat Nova's body of work, but also brings great weight to the poetry of his life. Challenging, defiant, and unconventional, The Color of Pomegranates is a must for those searching for new and different forms of filmmaking. -Robert Lane.
Actors & Directors
- Jerzy Leszczynski
- Aleksander Ford
- Mieczyslawa Cwiklinska
- Wladyslaw Godik
- Jerzy Pichelski
- Wladyslaw Walter
Run time: 110 min.
Creator: Ludwik Starski
List Price: $49.95
Price: $29.97
Review Border Street / Sisu Home Entertainment:
Actors & Directors
- Inga Tidblad
- Gösta Ekman
- Hugo Björne
- Ingrid Bergman
- Gustaf Molander
- Erik 'Bullen' Berglund
List Price: $119.98
Price: $119.98
Review 8 The Ingrid Bergman Collection (6-Pack) / Fox Lorber:1 copy of each of the following: Intermezzo (FLV1437), June NIght (FLV1438), Only One Night (FLV1439), Dollar (FLV1440), A Woman’s Face (FLV1441) and Walpurgis Night (FLV1442) shrink-wrapped together.
Actors & Directors
- Vilen Galstyan
- Melkon Aleksanyan
- Sofiko Chiaureli
- Spartak Bagashvili
- Sergei Parajanov
- Giorgi Gegechkori
Run time: 79 min.
Creator: Sayat Nova
Price: $29.95
Review The Color of Pomegranates / Kino Video:This controversial 1969 film directed by rebellious Russian filmmaker Sergei Paradzhanov (Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors) chronicles the life of the 18th-century poet Sayat Nova, but in a most unconventional way. Paradzhanov seeks to portray the poet by different actors at various stages of his long life, from a poor childhood working on farms through early celebration as a poet to his self-imposed isolation as a cloistered monk. The unorthodox stream-of-consciousness style of the film highlights character over plot, using the poet's own words as a springboard for sumptuous images that chart the course of his life from birth until death, from his youth and the great love of his life through his struggles with religion and philosophy and the despair of old age. The loose, evocative style not only brings to life the poetry of Sayat Nova's body of work, but also brings great weight to the poetry of his life. Challenging, defiant, and unconventional, The Color of Pomegranates is a must for those searching for new and different forms of filmmaking. -Robert Lane.
Release date: 1991-10-04
Run time: 73 min.
Price: $59.95
Review The Overcoat / Hens Tooth Video Movies:
Actors & Directors
- Nikolai Cherkasov
- Dmitri Vasilyev
- M. Filimonova
- Sergei M. Eisenstein
- Serafima Birman
- Andrei Abrikosov
- Nikolai Okhlopkov
- Lyudmila Tselikovskaya
Run time: 297 min.
Creator: Pyotr Pavlenko
Price: $79.95
Review Last of Eisenstein: Sound Films (Ivan the Terrible Part I& II/ Alexander Nevsky) / Homevision:Alexander NevskyCommissioned by Stalin in 1938 to stir public sentiment against a threatened German invasion, cinematic giant turned to the thirteenth century prince who defeated an army of Teutonic Knights as the subject of his first sound fil
Actors & Directors
- Jean Gabin
- Pierre Fresnay
- Julien Carette
- Erich von Stroheim
- Dita Parlo
- Jean Renoir
Run time: 114 min.
Creator: Charles Spaak
Price: $14.99
Review La Grande Illusion / Hollywood Select Video:It's long been one of the revered classics of international cinema, but there is no fine layer of dust over La Grande Illusion. Jean Renoir's film is just as vibrant, exciting, and wise as it has ever been. The story is set during World War I, mostly in a couple of German POW camps, where two very different French prisoners plot to escape: the working-class officer Maréchal (Jean Gabin, the French Spencer Tracy) and the upper-class de Boieldieu (Pierre Fresnay). The suspenseful backbone of the story is formed by these escape attempts, but Renoir is primarily concerned with the way people treat each other, and especially with how class and nationality inform human relations. Most compelling of all the film's characters is the aristocratic German officer von Rauffenstein, unforgettably incarnated by stiff-backed Erich von Stroheim; although he runs a prison camp, von Rauffenstein cannot help but strike up a friendship with de Boieldieu, a kindred spirit from the doomed nobility. There is nothing dewy or naive about Renoir's vision (and two years after the release of this antiwar film, Europe was plunged into another world war), yet Grand Illusion is one of those movies that makes you feel good about such long-outmoded ideas as sacrifice and brotherhood. After it won a prize at the Venice Film Festival in 1937, the Nazis declared the film "Cinematographic Enemy Number One. " There can be no higher praise. -Robert Horton.
Actors & Directors
- Mikhail Gipsi
- Pyotr Zinovyev
- Yelena Yegorova
- Nikolai Cherkasov
- Viktor Kulakov
- Aleksandr Medvedkin
Run time: 95 min.
Creator: Aleksandr Medvedkin
Price: $29.95
Review Happiness / Kino Video:
Actors & Directors
- Jan Klusák
- Ivan Vyskocil
- Jiri Nemec
- Karel Mares
- Pavel Bosek
- Jan Nemec
Run time: 71 min.
Creator: Ester Krumbachová
Price: $59.95
Review Report on Party & The Guests (O slavnosti a hostech) / Facets:
Actors & Directors
- Alfonso Mejía
- Miguel Inclán
- Luis Buñuel
- Roberto Cobo
- Estela Inda
- Alma Delia Fuentes
Run time: 80 min.
Creator: Pedro de Urdimalas
List Price: $59.95
Price: $129.99
Review Los Olvidados / Connoisseur Video:
Actors & Directors
- Aleksander Kostic
- Ruzica Sokic
- Miodrag Andric
- Dusan Makavejev
- Eva Ras
- Slobodan Aligrudic
Run time: 70 min.
Creator: Branko Vucicevic
Price: $29.95
Review "Love Affair: Or, The Case of the Missing Switchboard Operator " / Facets:
Actors & Directors
- Victor Sjöström
- Bibi Andersson
- Gunnar Björnstrand
- Max von Sydow
- Ingmar Bergman
- Birgitta Valberg
Run time: 274 min.
Creator: Ulla Isaksson
Price: $59.95
Review Ingmar Bergman Collection / Homevision:Presenting three of Ingmar Bergman's greatest films, The Bergman Classic Prepack includes The Virgin Spring, which brought Bergman his first Oscar®; The Seventh Seal starring Max von Sydow; and "one of the few great motion pictures of our time" (The New York Post), Wild Strawberries.
Actors & Directors
- Gonjurô Kawarazaki
- Tokusaburo Arashi
- Shôtarô Hanayagi
- Kôkichi Takada
- Kenji Mizoguchi
- Kakuko Mori
Run time: 148 min.
Creator: Yoshikata Yoda
Price: $29.95
Review The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum / Homevision:In the hands of Kenji Mizoguchi (Ugetsu, Sansho the Bailiff), the simple story of a man redeemed by a woman's love is no less than profound. The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum pulls the viewer into a world of pure love, intense hear.
Actors & Directors
- Simone Mareuil
- Marval
- Salvador Dalí
- Pierre Batcheff
- Robert Hommet
Run time: 43 min.
Creator: Simone Mareuil
List Price: $24.95
Price: $99.99
Review Un Chien Andalou / Land Without Bread / Kino Video:
Actors & Directors
- Ingmar Bergman
- Harriet Andersson
- Gunnar Björnstrand
- John Elfström
- Eva Dahlbeck
- Dagmar Ebbesen
Run time: 96 min.
List Price: $29.95
Price: $59.99
Review A Lesson in Love / Homevision:One of Ingmar Bergman's best comedies, A Lesson in Love belongs to that trio of films (Dreams, Smiles of a Summer Night) Time called a "lewdly hilarious trilogy. " This witty look at marriage and adultery re-unites Gunnar Bjorns.
Actors & Directors
- Henri Barakat
- Zubeida Tharwat
- Omar Sharif
Run time: 159 min.
Price: $4.99
Review A Man in our House / AFD:Based on the famous novel by Ihsan Abdel Qoddous, this 1961 classic is set prior to the 1952 revolution and stars the legendary Omar Sharif in one of his most memorable roles. Sharif plays Ibrahim, a member of the underground resistance who seeks refuge from the so-called "political police" by taking shelter in the home of a civil servant and his family. Directed by Henri Barakat, this film offers a vivid depiction of the Egyptian resistance to the British occupation and features some of Egypt's finest filmmaking talents.
Actors & Directors
- Delores Delmar
- Arthur Clark
- John Armstrong
- Bill Britten
- Peter Falk
- John Cassevetes
Run time: 131 min.
Price: $19.98
Review Husbands / Sony Pictures:Three real-life buddies (John Cassavetes, Peter Falk, and Ben Gazzara) team up to play three pals whose lives suffer a shock wave when a fourth friend drops dead. After the funeral, the three friends, feeling death's hot breath on their own necks, take off on a weekend-long debauch, with way too much drinking and loose women. But, in the process, they have lengthy heart-to-hearts about the nature of friendship, manhood, and marriage, among other things. As strong an example of Cassavetes's improvisational art as any of his films, this film may test your patience with his indulgent treatment of actors, allowing them to explore their characters on film. Sometimes they come up empty, but more often, they find precious moments and revelations. And these three guys play off each other like long-time partners in a high-wire game of chicken in which they all emerge as winners. -Marshall Fine.
Release date: 1995-10-31
Run time: 89 min.
Creator: Marianna Norris
List Price: $29.95
Price: $150.00
Review Gertrude Stein: When This You See, Remember Me / Meridian Video Corporation:
Actors & Directors
- Ana Milosavljevic
- Vera Jovanovic
- Bratoljub Gligorijevic
- Pera Milosavljevic
- Dragoljub Aleksic
- Dusan Makavejev
Run time: 75 min.
Creator: Branko Vucicevic
Price: $29.95
Review Innocence Unprotected / Facets:
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