Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play SYNOPSIS Gerard Blain & Jean
- Claude Brialy star in the first of their collaborations with the great Claude Chabrol The director&s masterful feature debut
- ironic funny unsparing
- is a revelation another of that rare breed of film where the dusty formula might be used in full sincerity Le Beau Serge marks the beginning of " the Chabrol touch " In this first feature film of the French New Wave one year before Truffaut&s The Four Hundred Blows the dandyish François (Brialy of Godard&s A Woman Is a Woman Rohmer&s Claire&s Knee & countless other cornerstones of 20th
- century French cinema) takes a holiday from the city to his home village of Sardent where he reconnects with his old chum Serge (Blain) now a besotted & hopeless alcoholic & sly duplicitous carnal Marie (Bernadette Lafont) A grave triangle forms & a tragic slide ensues From Le Beau Serge onward up to his final film Bellamy in 2009 the revered Chabrol would come to leave a significant & lasting impression upon the French cinema
- frequently with great commercial success It is with great pride that we present Le Beau Serge the kickstart of the Nouvelle Vague & of Chabrol&s enormous body of work on Blu
- ray & DVD in the UK for the first time SPECIAL DVD EDITIONGorgeous new Gaumont restoration of the film in its original aspect ratio New & enhanced English subtitles Original theatrical trailer A 56
- minute documentary about the making of the film L& Avarice Avarice Chabrol&s 1962 short film A lengthy booklet with a new & exclusive essay by critic Emmanuel Burdeau; excerpts of interviews & writing by Chabrol; & more






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A blast from the past Literally! We&8217;ve brought back this quick little classic with updates to add to the fun There are only two components the custom die & the &8216;boomb&8217; Roll the die & hope the &8216;boomb&8217; is not in front of YOU when the explosion comes up! Fast-playing funny & super portable this little gem is just what you need to brighten up your game nights! Ages 10 Playing time 15 mins ...

Tracklist Wounds Belong To Me Out For You Don't Bleed You're In The Middle Of The Forest Now I Know Tunisia Love Someone Boom ...

Tracklist A1 spider WAVES A2 father ELOHIM A3 in THE END A4 nothing BUT TROUBLE B5 la SANDIA B6 struggle STRUGGLE (bi) B7 dressed IN A MATTER OF SPEECH B8 mother HOLDS ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play The Studio Canal Collection presents A perfect combination of the Hollywood heist film & Melville’s trademark existentialism Le Cercle Rouge is a masterful study of the French Underworld Alain Delon stars as an aristocratic master-thief who joins forces with a fugitive & an alcoholic ex-cop in order to carry out the ultimate robbery in this uniquely stylish Gallic film noir Actors Alain Delon Directors Jean-Pierre Melville Language French Subtitles English Number of discs 1 ...

In 2010 photographer Cemal Emden set out to document every building designed by the master architect Le Corbusier Traveling through three continents Emden photographed all the 52 buildings that remain standing Each of these buildings is featured in the book & captured from multiple angles with images revealing their exterior & interior details Interspersed throughout the book are texts by leading architects & scholars whose commentaries are as fascinating & varied as the buildings themselves The book closes with an illustrated annotated index From the early Villa Vallet built in Switzerland in 1905 to his groundbreaking Unite d' Habitation in Marseille completed in 1947 this ambitious project presents the entirety & diversity of Le Corbusier's architectural output Visually arresting & endlessly engaging it will appeal to the architect's many fans as well as anyone interested in the foundation of modern architecture ...

You will hear a Nile Rodgers song today It will make you happy Legendary producer & co-founder of Chic Nile wrote ' We are Family' for Sister Sledge & 'I'm Coming Out' for Diana Ross & then produced Let's Dance for David Bowie & Like a Virgin for Madonna But before he reinvented pop music Nile Rodgers invented himself Le Freak is an astonishing exuberant & inspiring story of a creative genius It is also a stunning recreation of a time & place
- by the man who wrote its soundtrack
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French screenwriter & actress Agnes Jaoui&s assured directorial debut is a funny clever & moving examination of the intertwining love lives & differing cultural standpoints of an unlikely group of men & women When Castella (Jean-Pierre Bacri) a successful factory owner bored with his workaday life unwillingly accompanies his shrill high-strung wife Angelique (Christiane Millet) to a performance of Racine&s BERENICE he falls hard for the lead actress Clara (Anne Alvaro) Meanwhile during the performance Castella&s chauffeur Deschamps (Alain Chabat) has a surprise run-in with Manie (Agnes Jaoui) a bartender with whom he once had a one-night stand This touches off a discussion about women & sex with Castella&s hard-edged bodyguard Moreno (Gerard Lanvin) who warns Deschamps about his romantic naivete Castella&s new goal to pursue the intelligent sophisticated Clara is aided by fate when she becomes his English instructor Clara along with her artistic friends however is less than enthralled by Castella&s tactlessness & lack of culture At the same time the soulful Deschamps cynical Moreno & cool carefree Manie enter into an unexpected relationship Jaoui&s accomplished funny tale features excellent performances & is a wise look at the complexities of love & the errors people make in falsely judging each other ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play A marvellous rediscovery from the golden age of French cinema Jacques Feyder&s Le Grand jeu is a tragic doppelgänger romance steered by the fate of the tarot card & set against the dizzying exoticism of 1930s Morocco When scandalous Parisian playboy Pierre Martel is forced by his family to leave France & his adored lover Florence (Marie Bell) he begins a new life in the Foreign Legion as Pierre Muller Drowning his regrets in camaraderie whores & hell-raising he is astonished at meeting Irma (also Marie Bell) a prostitute with an uncanny resemblance to his beloved & begins a fitful scheme to allow her escape An early benchmark of poetic realism & a fascinating precursor to both Duvivier&s Pepe le Mokoand Hitchcock&s Vertigo Feyder&s fluid masterful storytelling make this a unique classic of the screen vividly forceful yet subtle acutely observed yet fantastic world-weary yet tender SPECIAL FEATURES
- Beautiful digital transfer officially licensed from Pathe s film restoration
- New English subtitle translation
- PLUS A booklet featuring a new essay by French cinema scholar Ginette Vincendeau newly translated writings by Feyder reminiscences by his collaborators & production stills


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Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play In this warmhearted portrait of the French harbor city that gives the film its name fate throws young African refugee Idrissa (Blondin Miguel) into the path of Marcel Marx (Andre Wilms) a well-spoken bohemian who works as a shoeshiner With innate optimism & the unwavering support of his community Marcel stands up to officials doggedly pursuing the boy for deportation A political fairy tale that exists somewhere between the reality of contemporary France & the classic cinema of Jean-Pierre Melville & Marcel Carne Le Havre is a charming deadpan delight Actors Andre Wilms Kati Outinen Jean-Pierre Darroussin Blondin Miguel Elina Salo Evelyne Didi Quoc-Dung Nguyen Laika François Monnie Roberto Piazza Pierre etaix & Jean-Pierre Leaud Director Aki Kaurismäki Certificate 12 years & over Year 2011 Screen 1851 Languages French
- DTS-HD Master Audio (51) Subtitles English Duration 1 hour & 33 minutes (approx)
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