Half waking dream and half fiery polemic THEGARDEN was born of director Derek...Half waking dream and half fiery polemic THE GARDEN was born of director Derek Jarman s rage over continued anti-gay discrimination and the sluggardly response to the AIDS crisis-he had been diagnosed HIV-positive in 1988. Starring Tilda Swinton...more
Two-disc set includes: A Zed And Two Noughts (1985)Twin brothers-Oswald and Ol...Two-disc set includes: A Zed And Two Noughts (1985)Twin brothers-Oswald and Oliver Deuce (Brian Deacon and Eric Deacon)-who work for the city zoo and whose wives are both killed in an auto accident enter into a strange affair with Alba Bewick (Andr?a...more
Literally a film like no other ARCHANGEL is a weird wild and extraordinary pho...Literally a film like no other ARCHANGEL is a weird wild and extraordinary photoplay that is both a melodrama and a deadpan parody of silent film style. With striking black and white cinematography and stylized set design Guy Maddin s second feature...more
The true story of Germany s most famous anti-Nazi heroine is brought to thrill...The true story of Germany s most famous anti-Nazi heroine is brought to thrilling life in the multi-award winning drama SOPHIE SCHOLL - THE FINAL DAYS. Academy Award Nominee for Best Foreign Language Film SOPHIE SCHOLL stars Julia Jentsch (The...more
Winner of top prizes at the Venice and Mumbai film festivals Chaitanya Tamhane...Winner of top prizes at the Venice and Mumbai film festivals Chaitanya Tamhane s Court is a quietly devastating absurdist portrait of injustice caste prejudice and venal politics in contemporary India. An elderly folk singer and grassroots organizer...more
Icarus Films is proud to present five newly restored early short film masterpi...Icarus Films is proud to present five newly restored early short film masterpieces from legendary filmmaker Alain Resnais (1922-2014). Resnais would go on to make his mark in feature films including the Oscar- nominated Hiroshima Mon Amour but these...more
Based on the novel by Nicholas Proffitt Francis Ford Coppola s stirring look a...Based on the novel by Nicholas Proffitt Francis Ford Coppola s stirring look at stateside soldiers during Vietnam follows Sgt. Clell Hazard (James Caan) and Sgt. Major Goody Nelson (James Earl Jones) veteran non-commissioned officers who serve on the...more
Manufactured Landscapes is the hit documentary on the world and work of renown...Manufactured Landscapes is the hit documentary on the world and work of renowned artist Edward Burtynsky. Internationally acclaimed for his striking large-scale photographs of manufactured landscapes -quarries recycling yards factories mines and...more
A truly surreal exercise from Canada s Guy Maddin this eerie film is set in a ...A truly surreal exercise from Canada s Guy Maddin this eerie film is set in a remote Manitoba community. Two children visiting their ailing mother in the hospital are relayed the story (told mostly sans dialogue) of an early-1900s smallpox outbreak and...more
Over the past 30 years cinematic sorceress Nina Menkes has produced a visually...Over the past 30 years cinematic sorceress Nina Menkes has produced a visually stunning and uncompromising body of work that stands alone in the landscape of American independent cinema. Beginning with a quartet of films - THE GREAT SADNESS OF ZOHARA...more
In the mid-1950s a radically new vision of French cinema emerged. The short fi...In the mid-1950s a radically new vision of French cinema emerged. The short films in this special edition box set represent the dawn of this New Wave - the earliest works of it s most emblematic auteurs which would include Jean-Luc Godard Fran?ois...more
Half waking dream and half fiery polemic THEGARDEN was born of director Derek...Half waking dream and half fiery polemic THE GARDEN was born of director Derek Jarman s rage over continued anti-gay discrimination and the sluggardly response to the AIDS crisis-he had been diagnosed HIV-positive in 1988. Starring Tilda Swinton...more