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Le doulos Jean-Pierre Melville, 1962
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Warner Bros. Classic Holiday Collection Vol. 2 (All Mine to Give, Holiday Affair and It Happened on 5th Avenue, Blossoms in the Dust) Warner, British Cinema: Classic B Film Collection Volume 1 (Siege Of Sidney, Frightened Man, Crimes At The Dark House, Hooded Terror, Girl In The News, Tread Softly Stranger) - VCI Entertainment, Never Love a Stranger (Robert Stevens, 1958) Republic Pictures, Eclipse Series 13 Kenji Mizoguchi's Fallen Women 4DVD set (Naniwa erejî, 1936 - Gion no shimai, 1936 - Akasen chitai, 1956 - Yoru no onnatachi, 1948) Criterion, Missing (Costa-Gavras, 1982) Criterion, Le Deuxieme Souffle (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1966) Criterion, Le Doulos (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1962) Criterion, The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (John Cassavetes, 1976) Criterion, A Woman Under the Influence (John Cassavetes, 1974) Criterion, Looney Tunes: Golden Collection, Vol. 6 - Warner Home Video, Forgetting Sarah Marshall (3 Disc Unrated Collector's Edition) (Nick Stoller, 2008) Universal Studios, Forgetting Sarah Marshall [Blu-ray] (Nick Stoller, 2008) Universal Studios, The Case of the Grinning Cat (Chris Marker, 2004) Icarus Films, Remembrance of Things to Come (Chris Marker, Yannick Bellon) - Icarus Films, The Sixth Side of the Pentagon / The Embassy (Chris Marker) - Icarus Films, The Last Laugh (Restored Deluxe Edition) (F.W. Murnau, 1924) Kino, Road House (Jean Negulesco, 1948) Fox Film Noir, Moontide (Archie Mayo, Fritz Lang, 1942) Fox Film Noir, The Chaser (Hong-jin Na, 2008) R3 Premier Entertainment, Psycho - Special Ed. 2-disc - new transfers/extras (Alfred Hitchcock, 1960) Universal Studios, Rear Window - Special Ed. 2-disc - new transfers/extras (Alfred Hitchcock, 1954 ) Universal Studios, Touch of Evil - 50th Anniversary 2-disc (1958, Orson Welles) Universal Studios, Vertigo - Special Ed. 2-disc - new transfers/extras (Alfred Hitchcock, 1958) Universal Studios, Ludwig (Luchino Visconti, 1972) Koch Lorber, Revenge of a Kabuki Actor (Kon Ichikawa, 1963) Animeigo, The Last Bolshevik / Happiness (Chris Marker;Alexander Medvedkin) Icarus Films, The Takashi Miike Omnibus (8-Disc) (1997) Arts Magic, Shadow (Jerzy Kawalerowicz , 1956) Polart, The Wolves (Hideo Gosha, 1972) Animeigo, Privilege (Peter Watkins, 1967) New Yorker

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Latest SD Reviews - Under the Bombs, Irina Palm, Country Princess, The Satyajit Ray Collection - Vol. 1, Blues in the Night, André Téchiné Collection, Help Me Eros, The Pied Piper, Desert Fury, Shotgun Stories, The Bank Job, Monsieur Vincent, Macbeth, Palace, Identification of a Woman, Mon Oncle Antoine, City of Men, Girl on the Bridge, Boarding House, Only the Valiant, Sunflower, Devil Times Five, Desperate, Belle Toujours, Curse of the Devil, Man of a Thousand Faces, The Forest, Honeydripper, Journey to the Far Side of the Sun, Patriotism, Hana, My Blueberry Nights, Bill Douglas Trilogy, Kaos, Glitterbox - Derek Jarman X 4, Alice in the Cities, Rat-Trap, Black Emanuelle's Box Vol. 2, Caramel, Fanny, Classe Tous Risques, Icons of Adventure, Before the Rain, The Free Will, Ruler of Your Own World, Action, The Furies, Sophia Loren 4-Film Collection, The Catherine Deneuve Collection, Popeye the Sailor 1938-1940, The Fugitive - Season Two, Vol. 1, Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs, Akasen Chitai/Yokihi, The Changeling, The Thin Red Line, The Machine Girl, The Three Stooges Vol. 2 (1937-39'), The Bucket List, Monoamour, The Invaders (Season One), A Cottage on Dartmoor, Heroes of the East, Come Drink With Me, Forgotten Noir - Vol. 8, Zeder, The Way West, The Gunfight at Dodge City, Man With the Gun, The Willow Tree, The Edge of Heaven Shimizu Hiroshi Collection - Part 1 Yamaai No Fukei, Night Passage, The Thief of Bagdad, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days

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Latest NEW FORMAT Reviews - Behind the Yellow Line (BR), Dark City (BR), The Exorcism of Emily Rose (BR), King of New York (BR), Zodiac (BR), Top Gun (BR), Patriot Games (BR), 21 (BR), The Bank Job (BR), The Mummy (BR), First Blood (BR), The Cowboys (BR), Shutter (BR), The Dirty Dozen (BR), Bee Movie (BR), The Professionals (BR), One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (BR), Gattaca (BR), The Wild Bunch (BR), Blood Diamond (BR), Step Up 2 The Streets (BR), College Road Trip (BR), Batman - Gotham Knight (BR), Batman Begins (BR), 10,000 BC (BR), 2001: A Space Odyssey (BR), Cast Away (BR), Sleepwalking (BR), The Shining (BR), Vantage Point (BR), In the Line of Fire (BR), Point Break (BR), The Spiderwick Chronicles (BR), Gangs of New York (BR), Men in Black (BR), Monty Python's Life of Brian (BR), Fool's Gold (BR), The Bucket List (BR), The Orphanage (BR), The Professionals (BR), There Will Be Blood (BR), Infernal Affairs II (BR), Infernal Affairs III (BR), The Recruit (BR), Broken Trail (BR), Dirty Harry Ultimate Edition (BR), Patton (BR), The Sand Pebbles (BR), The Longest Day (BR), A Bride Too Far (BR), Battle of Britain (BR), Signs (BR), Face/Off (BR), 5 Centimeters Per Second (BR), Shinobi - Heart Under Blade (BR), Twister (BR), Shall We Dance (BR), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (BR), The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (BR), The Golden Compass (BR), Youth Without Youth (BR)

 

Latest Comparisons - Dark City (BR), King of New York (BR), You, the Living, Satantango, Dirty Money (Un Flic), First Blood (BR), The Cowboys (BR), The Professionals (BR), One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (BR), Gattaca (BR), The Wild Bunch (BR), Blood Diamond (BR), Vampyr, Trafic, Batman - Gotham Knight (BR), High and Low, Batman Begins (BR), Eyes Wide Shut (BR), Picnic at Hanging Rock, Great Expectations (BR), The Girl on the Bridge, Werewolf Shadow, Curse of the Devil, The Boys From Brazil (BR), Black Narcissus (BR), 2001: A Space Odyssey (BR), The Seventh Seal (BR), Hoosiers (BR), Desperate, Batman: the Movie (BR), Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters, The Searchers (BR), Monty Python's Life of Brian (BR), Ballad of Narayama, 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days, Cluny Brown, I Don't Want To Sleep Alone, The Wayward Cloud, Four Times That Night, Lips of Blood, Five Dolls For An August Moon, The Living Dead Girl, Alphaville, High Noon, Diva, The Nude Vampire, The Red Violin, Lisa and the Devil, Phenomena, Tenebre Baron Blood, Bay of Blood, Hour of the Wolf, The Naked Kiss, La Chinoise, Destry Rides Again, Rare Breed, Winchester 73, Bend of the River, The Far Country, The Whip and the Body, Man of the West, Honey and Clover, Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, A Man Escaped, The Lovers, The Fire Within, Frivolous Lola, Lancelot Du Lac, Ugetsu Monogatari / Oyu-Sama, Trasgredire (Cheeky), This Island Earth, The Fall of the Roman Empire, Bamako, Irma Vep, Night Train Murders, Les Vampires, The Watchmaker of St. Paul, La Notte

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Week of July 21st

 

21 (Robert Luketic, 2008) Sony Pictures

21 [Blu-ray] (Robert Luketic, 2008) Sony Pictures

Andre Techine Boxset (Wild Reeds, I Don't Kiss, Hotel America and My Favorite Season) - Lionsgate

Big Dreams Little Tokyo (Dave Boyle, 2006) Echo Bridge

Blues in the Night (Anatole Litvak, 1941) Warner Home Video

The Chaser (Hong-jin Na, 2008) R3 Premier Entertainment

Dirty Money (aka Un Flic) (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1972) - Lionsgate

Europa Europa (Agnieszka Holland, 1990) R2 UK Arrow films

The Exorcism of Emily Rose [Blu-ray] (Scott Derrickson, 2005) Sony

Help Me Eros (Lee Kang-Sheng, 2007) Strand