Home Vision Entertainment (Firm)
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Disc 1: Two brothers and two sisters find that an old wardrobe magically transports them into the world of Narnia, a land of talking animals and mythical creatures. They discover that Narnia is under the evil power of the White Witch, who has kept the land in eternal winter and has turned all her enemies to stone. Disc 2: Narnia is later ruled by corrupt King Miraz, and his nephew calls upon the children to help defeat his uncle and restore the land...
Series
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Special ed.
Language
Français
Description
A well-off bookseller rescues a tramp from a suicidal plunge into the Seine and his family dedicates itself to reforming him. He shows his gratitude by shaking the household to its foundations, challenging the hidebound principles of his hosts.
Pub. Date
[1999]
Edition
Letterboxed version.
Language
English
Description
Seven World War II artists present an intimate and often startling look at combat and the task of transforming the horrors of war into stark, revealing, and enduring works of art. Artists featured include Franklin Boggs, Howard Brodie, Manuel Bromberg, William Draper, Richard Gibney, Robert Greenhalgh, Edward Reep.
4) The tin drum
Series
Criterion collection volume 234
Language
Deutsch
Formats
Description
A German child refuses to grow up in response to the Nazi presence. To vent his hostility, he pounds on a tin drum.
5) The tunnel
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
Deutsch
Description
The Tunnel tells the incredible true story of a massive underground escape attempt from East to West Berlin. An Anti-communist East German swimming champion narrowly escapes before the Berlin Wall is done, but his sister is left behind.
Language
English
Description
Olive, a militant suffragette, takes on the education of Verena, a brilliantly gifted but naive young girl. Olive wants to mold and use this gift for the feminist cause. But Verena is also loved by Basil Ransom, an impecunious young lawyer with views strenuously opposed to the Boston feminists. The contest is met between Basil and Olive. The prize: possession of Verena.
8) Slacker
Series
Criterion collection volume 247
Pub. Date
[2004]
Edition
Special edition.
Language
English
Description
Richard Linklater's Slacker presents a day in the life of a subculture of marginal, eccentric, and overeducated citizens in and around the University of Texas; a prescient look at an emerging generation of aggressive nonparticipants.
9) Exiles
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
Français
Description
A young couple, both of Arabic descent, leave Paris with no money, jobs, or connections, and travel to their ancestral home of Algeria. In search of re-connecting to their roots, they cross three countries by foot, bus, train, and hitched rides.
Series
Criterion collection volume 297
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
Français
Description
Robert Bresson's masterpiece follows a much-abused donkey, Balthazar, whose life strangely parallels that of his owner, Marie. A beast of burden suffering the sins of man, Balthazar nevertheless nobly accepts his fate.
Series
Criterion collection volume 304
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Special edition.
Language
English
Description
The Man Who Fell to Earth is a daring exploration of science fiction as an art form. The story of an alien on an elaborate rescue mission provides the launching pad for Roeg's visual tour de force, a formally adventurous examination of alienation.
12) Fat girl
Series
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
Français
Description
Twelve-year-old Anaïs is fat. Her sister, Eléna, is a beauty. Eléna meets an Italian law student, who seduces her with promises of love, as the ever-watchful Anaïs bears witness to the corruption of her sister's innocence.
13) Man of Aran
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Documents the life of a family in a small fishing village in the Aran Islands, Ireland, as it struggles to win the daily battle against its magnificent opponent--the sea.
14) A constant forge
Series
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
A look at the life and work of John Cassavetes assembled from candid interviews, rare photos, archival footage, and the director himself. The narration is created from Cassavettes' own words. The actors discuss their own performances and those of their colleagues, give insights into Cassavetes's theater work, and into his handling of music in his films.
15) Abouna
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
Arabic
Description
After two young Chadian boys discover their father has abandoned them, they embark on a desperate quest to bring him home.
Series
Criterion collection volume 266
Pub. Date
[2004]
Edition
Special edition.
Language
English
Description
The King of Kings is the Greatest Story Ever Told as only Cecil B. DeMille could tell it. In 1927, working with the biggest budget in the history of Hollywood, DeMille spun the life and Passion of Christ into one of the highest-grossing films of all time.
17) Maya
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
Hindi
Description
For Maya and her cousin Sanjay, life is simple in rural India. However, their fraternal love is shattered when Maya's journey to becoming a woman results in her being the victim of an ancient and brutal ritual, tragically ending her childhood innocence and scarring her for life.
18) Ran
Series
Criterion collection volume 316
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Special ed.
Language
日本語
Description
An aging warlord decides to split his kingdom between his three sons, who will live in three separate castles. The two eldest sons are quite happy, but the youngest thinks his father has gone mad, and predicts that it won't be long until the two older brothers are fighting with each other.
19) The inheritance
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Special ed.
Language
Danish
Description
Christoffer, who four years earlier abandoned the family steel business for an idyllic life as a restauranteur with the woman he loves, Maria, a rising actress. But when Christoffer's father commits suicide, Christoffer's domineering and manipulative mother compels him to return home to take control. Maria's worst fears for Christoffer are tragically realized as he must contend with a business on the brink of financial ruin and a brother-in-law scheming...
20) Maîtresse
Series
Criterion collection volume 223
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
Français
Description
A young man stumbles into a subterranean world of sadomasochism when he is implicated in a burglary of a Paris apartment. The apartment's mistress runs a two-floor operation, respectibility above and a dungeon of punishment-seeking clients below.
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